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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Andy Berdich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Hur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ben Hur is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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142 lbs
11 - 3 - 0 |
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144 lbs
10 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Andy Berdich!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ben Hur!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Berdich misses with a takedown attempt
and Hur counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Berdich shoots for a double leg takedown but Hur sprawls well. He's pushed Berdich's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Berdich fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andy Berdich. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Berdich doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Hur counters with a nice right hand that sends Berdich toppling to the canvas! Berdich scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Hur finish him?!
Berdich is rocked!
Berdich has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hur stuffs the takedown attempt from Berdich. Berdich gets slowly back to his feet.
Oh Berdich is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Berdich gets the takedown into side control.
Hur manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Hur is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Berdich wants to free his trapped foot but Hur is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Hur wants to control but Berdich is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Berdich not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Berdich missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Berdich missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Berdich 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.
Berdich seems to have got his legs back now.
Berdich is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Berdich missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Berdich is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Berdich is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Hur has managed to free his arm - good work.
Hur is trying to get back to full guard.
Berdich looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hur wants to get back to his feet.
Berdich is looking to advance position but Hur won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hur keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Berdich 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.
Hur has hold of Berdich's hands but Berdich slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Berdich sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hur defending well though.
Berdich not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hur is in trouble now - Berdich has advanced to mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berdich lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
A nice elbow there by Berdich.
Berdich landing strikes, looking to finish!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hur is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Berdich lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Berdich lands a big shot there that rocks Hur but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Berdich connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Berdich punching from mount but Hur doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Berdich looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Berdich breaks from Hur's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Berdich working some short elbows here. He postures up to throw some more ground and pound but Hur slips a leg through to get back to half guard. Nice work.
Berdich is looking to pass Hur's guard but actually Hur recovers to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berdich with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Hur has momentary wrist control but Berdich slips an elbow through the middle.
Berdich throws a big elbow that misses.
Berdich throwing strikes from guard but Hur blocks nicely.
Hur avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Berdich stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hur swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Berdich postures up in Hur's guard and throws a big left but Hur blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andy Berdich dominated that round.
That's time! Berdich's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Hur keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Berdich throws a body punch but Hur moves out of range.
Berdich drives through with a takedown into Hur's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Hur preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Berdich's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Hur can do anything to dispel that myth.
Berdich scoring with punches to the head and body.
Berdich is looking to work some ground and pound but Hur has wrist control.
Hur preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Andy Berdich overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Berdich is working Hur over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Berdich stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hur swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Berdich working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Berdich's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Berdich scoring with punches to the head and body.
Berdich missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Berdich throws a strike but Hur rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Berdich bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hur's guard.
Hur is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Berdich won't allow Hur to sweep him here.
Berdich throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hur works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Berdich is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berdich is in close to Hur's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hur trying to control the position.
Berdich throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hur works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Berdich working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Hur's head.
Berdich is working Hur over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hur is adopting a defensive guard.
Hur working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Berdich.
Berdich working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hur preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berdich cracks Hur with a solid left hand.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Berdich accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Berdich with a nice head shot there.
Berdich throwing strikes from guard but Hur blocks nicely.
Hur wants to stand but Berdich is controlling the position.
Hur avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Berdich sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Hur's guard.
Berdich sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hur defending well though.
Hur blocking the ground and pound attempt from Berdich.
Berdich tries to pass the half guard into mount. Hur knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hur wants to improve his position but Berdich is controlling well.
Hur avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Berdich.
Berdich missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Berdich is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hur can do to turn this around?
Berdich missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Berdich throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hur has hold of Berdich's hands but Berdich slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ground and pound from Berdich.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Berdich misses with a head shot. Hur uses the momentum to regain guard.
Hur working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Berdich.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andy Berdich dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Hur slaps away a takedown attempt from Berdich, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Berdich will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hur defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Berdich.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andy Berdich. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Berdich tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Hur swivels and escapes.
Berdich with a poor takedown
and Hur counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hur stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Hur wants it to stay on the feet.
Berdich looks for a takedown but Hur sprawls well.
Berdich shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Hur's guard.
Hur avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Berdich postures up in Hur's guard and throws a big left but Hur blocks it.
Berdich in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Berdich throws an elbow that misses. Hur uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Berdich's guard. Nice move by Hur!
Berdich looking for a sweep. Not yet Berdich, not yet.
Berdich is working hard here to advance position.
Berdich is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Hur defends well.
Berdich looking for a guillotine here but Hur defends easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Berdich keeping moving, preventing Hur from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berdich manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Berdich lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Hur is trying desperately to improve position.
Berdich raining down hammerfists from mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Berdich goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Hur is on top in guard.
Berdich wants to sweep here but Hur controlling him for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berdich lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Hur!
Berdich lands with some strikes.
Hur is trying to escape the mount.
Berdich raining down hammerfists from mount.
A nice elbow there by Berdich.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berdich landing shots from mount.
Hur is rocked!
It looks like Ben Hur has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Berdich postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Hur in real trouble here! The ref calls for Hur to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andy Berdich!
Andy Berdich retains his bantamweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Andy Berdich thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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