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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between John Berry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Doc Morbid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Berry's entrance music is Cant be touched-Roy Jones Jr.. A fine choice. Morbid has chosen Duran Duran - Wild Boys as his entrance music. Doc Morbid has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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145 lbs
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149 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, John Berry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Doc Morbid!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Berry wants to clinch.
Morbid keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Berry.
Morbid throws a half hearted mid kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Morbid.
Jab from Berry.
John Berry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morbid takes one on the button.
Morbid tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Berry counters with a nice uppercut.
Morbid takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Berry thuds a left hand into Morbid's body.
Berry lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Berry is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Morbid tries to clinch but Berry moves out of range.
Nice cross by Berry.
Berry closes the distance but Morbid moves to the side
and Morbid counters with an outside leg kick.
Berry cracks Morbid with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Berry uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Berry getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Berry tries to clinch up.
John Berry is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Morbid avoids a punch combination nicely.
Berry throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Morbid.
Berry takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Morbid wants to land a leg kick but Berry is out of range.
Berry fails in his attempt to clinch.
Berry lands with an uppercut that bounces Morbid off the cage and back into rage.
Berry throws a right and a left that both miss.
Left hook, right uppercut from Berry.
Berry tries to clinch
and Morbid counters with a body kick that stops Berry in his tracks momentarily.
Berry misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Morbid connects with a solid leg kick.
Berry has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Morbid.
Berry lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Berry.
Berry thows a leg kick but Morbid checks it
and Morbid counters by moving into the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Morbid obliges.
Morbid crunches a lovely knee into Berry's ribcage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berry can't break the clinch.
Berry wants to get back to striking at distance but Morbid won't allow it.
Morbid misses with a knee to the head.
Morbid connects with a knee to the head.
Morbid lands a knee to the head.
Berry really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Morbid looking to stall.
Berry on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Morbid throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Berry blocks it with crossed arms.
Morbid with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morbid with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A knee to the head by Morbid.
Berry lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Morbid.
Berry working hard to break the clinch.
Berry swings wildly with an uppercut but Morbid uses good head movement to avoid it.
Berry has had enough of the clinch but Morbid keeps him there for the moment.
Berry will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Morbid up against the cage.
Morbid tries to land knees in the clinch but Berry avoids the damage to the body.
Berry takes a knee to the side of the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Berry can't break the clinch.
Berry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berry listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Berry misses with the combination.
Berry is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Berry tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Morbid was well out of range. Poor timing from Berry.
Morbid thumps Berry with a low kick.
Morbid takes a jab right on the kisser.
Berry throws a jab but it's blocked by Morbid.
Morbid gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Berry.
Berry is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Berry!
Morbid tries a head kick but it misses.
Berry lands a body shot.
Morbid moves into the clinch successfully.
Berry has had enough of the clinch but Morbid keeps him there for the moment.
Morbid takes a shot to the head.
Berry taking a breather.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Berry fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Berry getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Morbid throws a front kick aimed at Berry's knee but Berry avoids it well.
Berry moves into range and clinches up with Morbid.
Berry wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Berry is looking to break free of the clinch but Morbid has double underhooks.
Berry lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Berry breaks from the clinch.
Berry lands a jab-cross combination.
Morbid tries to clinch but Berry is having none of it.
Berry lands with a shot to the body.
Morbid misses with a body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morbid throws a leg kick but Berry moved away.
Berry looks to land a combination. Morbid sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Berry is working the combinations to good effect here.
Berry swings for the body but Morbid moves out of range.
Berry throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that John Berry will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Berry throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morbid avoids a punch combination nicely.
Berry throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Morbid.
Morbid tries to clinch but Berry is having none of it.
Berry cracks Morbid with a right hand to the side of the head.
Morbid gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Berry thuds a left hand into Morbid's body.
Berry scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Berry checks a low kick from Morbid.
A nice leg kick lands there from Morbid.
Morbid is looking to clinch.
Berry bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Berry connects with a looping right hand.
A jab from Berry finds it's way through Morbid's defenses.
Berry misses the jab.
Berry thuds his right hand into Morbid's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Berry circles away from the clinch attempt
and Berry counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A bone on bone clash there as Berry blocks the leg kick.
Berry lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Berry misses with a wild body shot.
Berry throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Morbid clinches up against the cage.
Come on Morbid - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Berry lands with a light punch inside.
Morbid missing with knees to the body.
Morbid landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Berry breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Berry fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Morbid looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Morbid looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Berry's corner calls for a 1-2. Berry obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Berry checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berry throws a series of punches but Morbid avoids them all with ease.
Morbid shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Berry but Berry pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Berry moves into range and clinches up with Morbid.
Berry is trying to force a seperation but Morbid has the dominant position.
Morbid tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morbid prevents Berry from breaking the clinch.
Berry has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Knees to the body from Morbid.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Morbid content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Berry fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Berry wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Berry as Morbid tries to tie him up.
Berry is looking to control Morbid's arms but Morbid gets an underhook and turns him. Now Berry has his back to the cage.
Berry is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Berry working hard to break the clinch.
Berry pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Berry!
Morbid circles away from the clinch attempt.
Berry scores with a nice right hand.
Morbid misses with a body kick.
Berry moves in looking to clinch but Morbid pushes him off.
Morbid uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Berry.
Decent striking displayed by Berry there.
Morbid tries to clinch there but Berry circles away.
Berry throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Morbid stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A combination from Berry does no damage.
Morbid is looking to chop away at Berry's legs.
Nice shot lands for Berry.
Morbid has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Morbid.
Morbid looks to clinch
letting Berry counter with a right hand.
Morbid misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
John Berry is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A solid leg kick lands there for Morbid.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berry jabbing away but nothing is landing.
John Berry is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice takedown defense from Berry. No joy for Morbid on that attempt.
John Berry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Doc Morbid.
Berry scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Morbid throws out a leg kick but Berry moves out of range and Morbid only half commits.
Morbid scores a takedown into full mount!
Berry is looking to improve his position but Morbid isn't that keen on the idea.
Berry is in a horrible position here. Morbid smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Berry sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Berry dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Berry is looking to clinch but Morbid is avoiding it.
Berry tries to bum rush Morbid with a series of wild strikes but Morbid uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Berry throws a right and a left that Morbid avoids nicely.
Morbid gets a clinch.
Berry working hard to break the clinch.
Berry breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Morbid shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Berry pinned against the cage. Berry gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Berry thows a body shot but no joy.
Berry tries to clinch but Morbid moves out of range.
Good shot there by Berry.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Berry fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morbid manages to avoid it.
Morbid does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A decent looking cross lands there for Berry.
Berry tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morbid swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Morbid walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Berry checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Berry misses with a hook. Morbid ducked under it nicely.
An inside leg kick lands from Morbid.
Morbid tries a head kick but it misses.
Berry misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morbid.
Berry tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Berry throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Berry digs a good hook to Morbid's body.
Berry misses with a body shot.
Morbid doesn't manage to clinch there - Berry circles away.
Morbid tries a low kick but Berry avoids it.
Berry fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morbid manages to avoid it.
Berry connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Morbid throws a leg kick which misses Berry's front leg but catches the back leg as Berry tries to avoid it.
Berry getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Morbid looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Berry!
Poor strikes thrown by Morbid there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berry is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Berry tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Morbid sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Berry wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Morbid.
Berry is squirming around, avoiding Morbid's attempts to control the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berry blocking the ground and pound.
Morbid sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Morbid tries to push Berry's head away but Berry is holding on tight.
Morbid with good strikes from the mount here!
Morbid sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Berry keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Morbid tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Morbid tries to push Berry's head away but Berry is holding on tight.
Morbid prevents Berry from getting the reversal.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Morbid thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Doc Morbid has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Morbid dominating with strikes here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Doc Morbid comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Berry has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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... John Berry!
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