PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Carlo English (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Beraldi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jose Beraldi acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

English
vs
Beraldi

189 cm
24
193 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

185 cm
24
194 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

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 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Carlo English!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jose Beraldi!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Dillan Fox and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Beraldi rushes English and presses him up against the cage.

Beraldi gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.

Beraldi decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
English shoots in looking for a takedown. Beraldi tries to sprawl out of it but English keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Beraldi manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
English rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Beraldi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

English closes the distance and clinches.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Beraldi.
English is trying to break free.

Beraldi manages to break the clinch.

English feints and as Beraldi raises his hands in defense, English changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Beraldi is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Beraldi trying to advance position but English counters by regaining guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beraldi loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Beraldi decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
English shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Beraldi sprawls well. Beraldi wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. English gets slowly back to his feet.

Beraldi shoots in and gets a takedown into English's guard.
Beraldi is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Beraldi stands and throws English's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Beraldi controlling the position from side mount.
Beraldi wants to lay and pray for a moment but English keeps working.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee asks Beraldi politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Beraldi prefers to stall for the moment though.
Beraldi has knee on belly and moves into mount.
English gets back to half guard.
Beraldi thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Beraldi slows the pace down in half guard.
Beraldi looks to land a strike but English avoids it nicely and regains full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beraldi advances position into side control!
English gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

Beraldi decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
English lands a two punch combo.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Beraldi dives in and scores a takedown into English's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
English keeping moving, preventing Beraldi from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Beraldi dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Nice sprawl there from Beraldi as English shoots in.
Jose Beraldi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No joy there for English, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Beraldi gets a double leg takedown into English's guard.
English working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Beraldi.
Beraldi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. English is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Beraldi content to stall in guard here.

Beraldi stands up and waves to English to follow him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
English misses with a few strikes there.
English avoids the head kick by Beraldi.

Beraldi closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Beraldi lands in his opponent's guard.

English manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
English wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Beraldi has him pressed against the cage.

Beraldi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Beraldi tries to clinch but English moves out of range.
Beraldi fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beraldi throws a right hand that English ducks under and follows up with a left that English also avoids with ease.
Beraldi thuds a left hand into English's body.
A low kick from Beraldi misses
enabling English to counter with a crisp jab.
English shoots in and drives through. Beraldi sprawls well.
Beraldi misses with a double jab.
Beraldi tries a head kick but it misses.

Beraldi has English up against the cage in a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
English is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Beraldi drags the fight down to the ground.
Beraldi has a closed guard, preventing English from standing up.

Beraldi has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but English can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Beraldi is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Beraldi has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. English is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.

Beraldi jumps into guard, dragging English to the mat.

English decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Beraldi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from English.
Beraldi lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but English circles away quickly and effectively.
English fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Carlo English. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Beraldi closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming English to the mat! English manages to get full guard.
Beraldi slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
English tries to strike from the bottom.
Beraldi content to stall in guard here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
English is trying to control the position but Beraldi postures up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Beraldi trying to control but English is working from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Jose Beraldi was stalling too much, according to the referee.
English fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Beraldi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! English's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Beraldi fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. English sprawls well initially but Beraldi persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Beraldi is controlling the pace.
English looks like he's trying to stand up.
Beraldi passes to full mount!
Beraldi raining down hammerfists from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beraldi throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for English because Beraldi loaded up on that one.

Beraldi looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Beraldi throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Jose Beraldi has got the better of the ground game so far.
Beraldi avoids the attempt from English to control.
Beraldi throws some wild stikes that English manages to avoid easily.
Beraldi content just to control the position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Beraldi tries to control but English wriggling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beraldi throws some wild stikes that English manages to avoid easily.
Beraldi takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
English is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
English avoids a series of strikes thrown by Beraldi.
Beraldi sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

Beraldi looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beraldi lands with some strikes.
Beraldi trying to control but English is having none of it.
Beraldi controlling his opponent.
English is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jose Beraldi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Beraldi has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jose Beraldi!