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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Phil Berry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cha Cha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Berry comes to the ring accompanied by Tony Allen - Take Me Higher. Phil Berry has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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190 lbs
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198 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Phil Berry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Cha Cha!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Cha as Berry shoots in.
Cha ducks under a wild hook from Berry.
Berry misses with a two punch combination.
Nice defenses there by Cha.
Berry fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cha throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Berry.
Cha closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Berry avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cha.
Cha tries to pass the half guard into mount. Berry knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Berry pushes Cha off looking to stand but Cha dives back in and keeps control.
Cha looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Berry knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Cha on the ground.
Berry has hold of Cha's hands but Cha slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cha not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Berry keeping control of the position.
Berry is trying to control but can't.
Cha seems to be looking for submissions.
Berry trying to hold on to Cha's head to control him but Cha postures up.
Cha is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Berry sees it coming and defends easily.
Cha looks to land a strike but Berry avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Cha throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cha throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Berry works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Berry not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Cha has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Berry is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Cha defends well.
Cha drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Berry dives on top into guard.
Cha is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Berry stays in close to Cha's body and controls the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berry wants to control from the top but Cha keeps moving.
Cha is looking for a triangle here but Berry uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Berry is looking to take a break and control but Cha is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Berry has control of an arm but Cha manages to advance to Berry's back!
Berry tries to break free.
That's four 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.
Cha is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Berry knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Berry for a finish.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Cha keeps control of the position as Berry tries to break free.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Berry is having to fend off submission attempts from Cha, who is looking to sink in the choke. Cha doesn't have the hooks in though and Berry manages to reverse position! He's now on top, in his opponent's guard.
Cha throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Cha looks gassed!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Berry trying to control the position from guard on top but Cha is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cha Cha dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Berry changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Cha tries to avoid it but Berry manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Cha to the ground. Cha escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Berry tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Cha paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cha darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Cha drives through with a takedown into guard.
Cha postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Cha drops back, looking for a kneebar! Berry looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Berry looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Berry!
Cha sneaks back into half guard.
Cha is looking to improve his position.
Cha trying to control from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cha works his way to full guard. Good work.
Cha trying to control the position.
Berry trying to control the position from guard on top but Cha is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cha wants to sweep but no luck.
Berry decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Berry shoots in but no luck this time.
Berry misses with a double jab.
That's two 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.
Cha is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Berry.
Cha throws a series of punches but Berry avoids them all with ease.
Berry tries to close the distance and clinch but Cha swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Berry looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cha dives in and grabs Berry's left leg, looking for a takedown. Berry pushes down on Cha's head and hops out.
Cha is breathing heavily.
Berry misses with a jab, cross combination.
Berry shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Cha as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Phil Berry. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cha misses with a double jab
and Berry counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Cha wants to improve his position but Berry is controlling well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cha keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Berry looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Cha wants to improve his position but Berry is controlling well.
Cha moves into full guard.
Cha wants to sweep but no luck.
Berry has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Cha keeping full guard, as Berry tries to pass.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Berry is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Berry tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Cha paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's four 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 looks for a takedown but Cha sprawls well.
A combination from Cha does no damage.
Berry dodges the punch combination from Cha.
Berry shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Cha pinned against the cage. Cha gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Cha Cha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Berry fails with the takedown.
Berry moves into range and clinches up with Cha.
Cha looking for a takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Phil Berry will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Berry fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cha misses with an uppercut. Berry saw that one coming.
A jab lands there for Cha.
Cha bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Berry throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cha throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Berry.
Cha shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Berry counters with a left to the body.
Berry clinches with his opponent.
Berry pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cha shoots for a double leg takedown but Berry sprawls well. He's pushed Cha's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Cha takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Berry misses with a combination
and Cha counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Phil Berry is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cha gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cha is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Phil Berry overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Berry wants to control from the top but Cha keeps moving.
Berry postures up in Cha's guard and throws a big left but Cha blocks it.
Cha looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Berry puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Berry working Cha over with strikes.
Cha is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Berry escapes and gets back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Berry misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cha swinging wilding here.
Cha looks to throw the jab but Berry is out of range.
Berry tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cha swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Berry dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cha takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Berry throws a right hand that Cha ducks under and follows up with a left that Cha also avoids with ease.
Berry fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Cha circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cha swings for the body but Berry moves out of range.
Cha has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Berry finds it's way round the side to connect with Cha's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berry blocks a jab.
Horrible takedown by Berry or perhaps it was just good defense by Cha which made him look bad.
Berry pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Berry looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cha shoots for a takedown but Berry saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Phil Berry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cha Cha.
Cha misses with a jab, cross combination.
A slow jab from Berry misses its intended target.
Berry misses with a hook to the body
and Cha counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Berry's guard now.
Cha trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Berry manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Cha keeping full guard, as Berry tries to pass.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cha being controlled here, momentarily.
Cha looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Berry passes into half guard.
Berry passes into side control, despite Cha's attempt to control the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Phil Berry showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Berry has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Phil 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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