PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marco Bühler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miguel Berrao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Berrao is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Common Knowledge - by Asher Roth. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bühler
vs
Berrao

188 cm
24
219 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

189 cm
25
220 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marco Bühler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Miguel Berrao!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Dean Styles and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Berrao throws a head kick that misses.

Bühler drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Bühler lands a few punches from side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Bühler.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Berrao being controlled for a moment.
Berrao is looking to reverse the position.
Berrao dodges the ground and pound from Bühler.
Berrao is not content to let Bühler control the position.
Bühler in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Berrao manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Berrao thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bühler's head.
Nice strikes from Berrao there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berrao thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Bühler is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Berrao scores with a couple of nice shots.

Berrao is working for a submission of some sort.
Berrao drops an elbow to the side of Bühler's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Berrao is looking for a kimura here.
Bühler makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Bühler.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berrao throws an elbow that misses. Bühler uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Berrao's guard. Nice move by Bühler!

Berrao is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Bühler defends well.
Bühler chips away with some ground and pound.
Bühler postures up.
Bühler trying to control but Berrao is working from the bottom.
Bühler is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Berrao working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Bühler doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Bühler manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Berrao keeping full guard, as Bühler tries to pass.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bühler advances to half guard.
Bühler wants to take a breather but Berrao is having none of it.
Berrao has a hand on Bühler's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Bühler takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
BOOM! Bühler connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Bühler is landing with some decent strikes but Berrao is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Bühler is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bühler punishing his opponent with strikes.
Bühler takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Berrao regains half guard.

Berrao looking for submissions off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bühler lands a nice short elbow.
Berrao on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Bühler working over Berrao with some ground and pound. Berrao looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Bühler is nestled in close to Berrao, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Well, if Bühler is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Berrao trying to control but Bühler postures up.

Berrao looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Berrao wants to get back to full guard.
Bühler working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marco Bühler dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Bühler tries to clinch but Berrao moves out of range.
Bühler avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Bühler scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Berrao gets full guard.
Bühler is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Marco Bühler overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Berrao is trying to keep Bühler in close.

Berrao is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Bühler is looking to pass into half guard but Berrao pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Berrao is in guard.
Berrao pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bühler is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bühler working a defensive guard here.
Bühler manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Bühler looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Bühler raining down hammerfists from mount.

Berrao is rocked!
Bühler is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Berrao goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Bühler!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Marco Bühler!