PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Wells (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Berry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Wells
vs
Berry

170 cm
25
140 lbs
7 - 5 - 1

163 cm
21
140 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Dangerous GnP
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

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 7 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryan Wells!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jason Berry!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Alan Glass and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wells stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Wells wants it to stay on the feet.
Horrible takedown by Berry or perhaps it was just good defense by Wells which made him look bad.
Wells leaves Berry with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Ryan Wells has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Berry.
Wells keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Berry gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Wells to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Wells lands a couple of digs.
Wells works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Wells 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.
Berry wants to get back to full guard but Wells has mounted him!
Berry wants to hold on but Wells pushes him away.
Berry is looking to get to half guard.

Wells working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Berry is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berry wants to control but Wells is having none of it.
Wells controlling the pace for now.
Wells trying to control but Berry is having none of it.
Wells is landing with some decent strikes but Berry is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Berry is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Wells landing shots from mount.
Wells controlling the pace for now.
Wells is landing with some decent strikes but Berry is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Wells controlling the position easily from mount.
Berry is desperately trying to improve his position but Wells has a good base and remains in mount.
Berry wants to control but Wells is having none of it.
Wells controlling the pace for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berry is wriggling around trying to escape.
Berry throwing hammer fists to the chest of Wells. What's that going to do exactly?
Wells connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Berry is working to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wells working Berry over with strikes here.
Wells lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Wells is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berry is looking to get to half guard.
Wells looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Berry is looking to get to half guard.
Berry looks gassed!
Berry tries to hold on but Wells pushes him away.
Wells with the ground and pound from mount.
Berry is wriggling around trying to escape.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Berry throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Wells landing punches.
Wells takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Wells dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Wells shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Berry strikes from the bottom but Wells uses the opportunity to move to side control.

Wells tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Wells has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Wells in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Berry tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Wells easily slips into full mount!
Berry is in a horrible position here. Wells smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berry tries to hold on but Wells postures up.
Wells landing strikes, looking to finish!
Berry is in all sorts of trouble here.
Berry wants to hold on but Wells pushes him away.
Wells lands a heavy elbow.
Wells with good strikes from the mount here!
Wells trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Wells working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Wells with a couple of short strikes.
Berry throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wells fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Wells scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Berry is rocked!
Wells working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Berry is still in real trouble! Can Wells finish him?
Berry is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Berry takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Wells's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryan Wells!