PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ahmad Berry (ranked 4353 p4p, 4740 weight class) and Daniel Davis (ranked 538 p4p, 563 weight class). Berry comes to the cage accompanied by Up One . Berry has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Ahmad Berry has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Berry
vs
Davis

189 cm
24
179
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
20
171
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ahmad Berry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Daniel Davis!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Steven Brown and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Davis throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Berry was covering up waiting for the punch and Davis finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Davis is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Berry is breathing heavily.
Davis postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Davis content to stall in guard here.
Davis scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davis with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Davis advances position into side control!
Berry prevents Davis from improving position.

Davis working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis is staying tight to Berry's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Davis advances to full mount.
Davis has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Berry's face.
Davis content just to control the position here.
Davis cracks Berry with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Davis landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis landing strikes from the mount and Berry is in trouble!
Davis landing strikes, looking to finish!
BOOM! Davis connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Davis landing punches.
Davis scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Berry?
Davis has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Davis is landing with some decent strikes but Berry is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Davis with good strikes from the mount here!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Davis breaks from Berry's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Davis content just to control the position here.
Berry definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Davis lands a heavy elbow.
Davis breaks from Berry's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Davis working Berry over with strikes here.

Davis is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Berry to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Berry shrugs it off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis controlling the position easily from mount.
Berry wants to get back to his feet.
Davis working the ground and pound effectively.
Berry is bucking up trying to escape but Davis cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Davis tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Davis is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Berry can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Davis landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis controlling the pace for now.
Davis landing strikes from the mount.
Davis sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Davis landing shots from mount.
Davis lands a big shot there that rocks Berry but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Davis working the ground and pound effectively.
Davis sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Davis dominated that round.
That's time! Berry's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Davis feints and as Berry raises his hands in defense, Davis changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

Davis decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

Davis fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Berry to the ground. Davis is now in Berry's guard.
Davis keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Berry's head.
Davis postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Davis has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Davis chips away with some ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Davis decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Davis shoots in and bounces Berry off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Davis working some strikes from top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis lands a couple of digs.
Davis controlling from the top position.
Davis scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Davis content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Davis controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Davis working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Davis sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Davis scoring with punches to the head and body.
Davis is pushing down on Berry's leg trying to pass to half guard. Berry is fighting to maintain full guard but Davis has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Davis scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Daniel Davis has got the better of the ground game so far.
Davis is looking to advance position but Berry won't allow it.

Davis gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Davis pulls out of a head kick attempt.
It looked like Berry was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.

Davis gets the takedown into side control.

Davis decides to stand back up.

Davis closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Berry's guard.
Davis keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Berry's head.
Davis makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Davis lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis landing some decent shots from guard.
Davis showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

Davis gets to his feet. Berry looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Davis shoots in and bounces Berry off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Davis looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Davis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Davis shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Berry napping and manages to drive through into side control!

Berry explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!

Davis throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Berry was covering up waiting for the punch and Davis finishes the takedown easily into guard.

Davis is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Davis with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis advances position into side control!
Davis connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Berry some visible discomfort.
Davis is putting a hurting on Berry here, landing some big shots from side control.
Davis controls the position from side control.

Davis is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Berry looks calm but he's in trouble here. Davis gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Berry is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Davis lets go of the hold and Berry can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Daniel Davis!
Ahmad Berry spoke after the fight, saying 'I will be back. Don't worry.'.