PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Keenan Berry (ranked 6115 p4p, 5253 weight class) and Carlos Zapata (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Berry comes to the cage accompanied by Ladies and Gentleman. Carlos Zapata has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Berry
vs
Zapata

165 cm
23
275
0 - 2 - 0

187 cm
18
221
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Hates pizza

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Keenan Berry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Carlos Zapata!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Fedor Mirinova and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zapata fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Berry misses with a kick to the body.
Zapata fails with an attempt to clinch.
Zapata wants to clinch
and Berry counters with a nice body shot.

Berry closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Zapata to the mat! Zapata manages to get full guard.
Berry looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Zapata is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zapata throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Berry stands and steps away. Zapata gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Decent striking displayed by Zapata there.
Berry shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Zapata sprawls well. Zapata wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Berry gets slowly back to his feet.
Zapata fails to land the takedown.
Zapata tries to close the distance and clinch up but Berry swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Zapata is trying hard to land a takedown here. Berry sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Keenan Berry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Carlos Zapata.
Zapata is trying hard to land a takedown here. Berry sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Berry swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Zapata looks winded!
Berry slaps away a takedown attempt from Zapata, before circling back to the center of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Zapata gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Berry to score an easy takedown into full guard.

Berry drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Berry jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Berry slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Berry takes a little break here. Zapata wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zapata managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Berry.
Zapata tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
Zapata holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Berry tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Zapata wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Berry punches the canvas rather than the man.
Zapata really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Berry. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Berry just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.

Berry is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berry keeps control of the position easily here as Zapata tries to buck him off.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Berry is looking for the choke from the back position but Zapata is controlling his hands well.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Keenan Berry dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Berry drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Zapata wants to get back to his feet but Berry is dominant here and he's now got Zapata's back!
Berry throwing damaging strikes from the back! Zapata could be in trouble here!

Berry looking to break Zapata's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Zapata remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Berry will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!

Zapata is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Zapata trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Zapata rolls, trying to escape but Berry keeps control of the position.
Zapata is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Zapata showing good submission defense here.
Zapata is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
I really don't envy Zapata right now.

Berry working for the choke.
Zapata covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Berry really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Zapata.

Berry is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Zapata has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Berry patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Berry throwing sloppy strikes.
Zapata tries to roll but Berry sticks to his back.
Berry scores with punches to the body.
Berry really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Zapata.
Berry seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Zapata for as long as he can get away with.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berry's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Berry scores with punches and elbows.

Berry is working for the choke. It looks like he might have got it... has he...? Yes! Zapata is tapping out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Keenan Berry!
After the fight, Keenan Berry was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.