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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Roberto Elliot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Berry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mark Berry has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Roberto Elliot's chin.
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164 cm
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140 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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183 cm
23
144 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Roberto Elliot! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mark Berry! The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Elliot slips a jab from Berry. Elliot misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Berry scores with a nice head shot. Elliot moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination. Berry throws a wild combination but nothing lands. A punch combination from Elliot misses. A punch combination from Berry misses. Berry fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Elliot manages to avoid it. Elliot paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button. Berry is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two. Berry throws a lazy right hand but Elliot sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Berry misses with a hook. Elliot fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Some wild striking there from Elliot.
Berry throws a hook to the side of Elliot's head but Elliot sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Berry misses with a straight right. Nice shot by Berry. No luck for Elliot with that takedown attempt. Berry lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Elliot is rocked! A swing and a miss from Berry. Berry throws the left hand but Elliot avoids the punch easily. Elliot misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mark Berry is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round. Berry swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Berry showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Elliot.
Horrible takedown by Elliot or perhaps it was just good defense by Berry which made him look bad. A slow jab from Berry misses its intended target. Berry throws a lazy right hand but Elliot sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Elliot pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Elliot moves out of range as Berry strikes. Elliot lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Berry circles away quickly and effectively. Elliot lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Berry circles away quickly and effectively. Berry with a nice cross. Oh Elliot is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Berry rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Elliot moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Berry checks a low kick from Elliot. Elliot seems to have got his legs back now. Berry throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Elliot sees it coming and avoids it easily. Elliot misses with a wild combination.
Elliot misses with a jab, cross combination.
Elliot takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away. Elliot fails with the takedown. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roberto Elliot. That's going to take a lot out of him. Elliot tries to move into range but Berry moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand. Berry might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The fighters circling - Berry throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Berry avoids the head kick by Elliot.
A swing and a miss from Berry. Elliot throws the left hand but Berry avoids the punch easily. Berry misses the shot to the body. Elliot misses with a jab, cross combination.
Berry gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Elliot. Elliot misses with a double jab
and Berry counters with a series of strikes that sends Elliot to the canvas! Berry follows down into guard, looking to finish the fight! We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Elliot thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage. Elliot looking to hit a scissor sweep but Berry is one step ahead there. Elliot is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. Elliot is stalling here. Berry is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Elliot seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Berry has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work. Elliot has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Berry controls the position. Elliot tries to buck Berry off but Berry is having none of it. Berry working away. Elliot tries to improve position but can't. Berry controlling the position. Elliot wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round. A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace. Berry decides to stand back up. Berry steps back and let's Elliot get back to his feet. Wow, both these guys are really going for it! Elliot throws a head kick that misses and Berry connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Berry misses with an uppercut. Elliot throws a leg kick but Berry sees it coming and checks it nicely. Elliot misses with a takedown attempt and Berry counters with a left and a right... And another left! Elliot is down! He's done! The ref dives in to save him and that's the end of the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mark Berry!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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