PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dingle Berry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and xavier sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Berry
vs
sanchez

195 cm
22
235 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

191 cm
22
245 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dingle Berry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, xavier sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Wesley Smith and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Berry shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts sanchez as he jumps to the side.
sanchez keeps the fight on the outside.
Berry 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.
Berry is looking to clinch but sanchez is avoiding it.
Horrible takedown by Berry or perhaps it was just good defense by sanchez which made him look bad.
Berry shoots for a double leg takedown but sanchez sprawls well. He's pushed Berry's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dingle Berry. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Berry has a takedown stuffed.
Berry is looking to clinch.
Berry is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Berry fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Berry shoots in for a double leg but sanchez sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Berry shoots in but sanchez avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Berry is breathing heavily.
Berry fails to land the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berry shoots in for a double leg but sanchez sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

sanchez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

sanchez ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. sanchez no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
sanchez bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Berry's guard.
Berry keeping moving, preventing sanchez from controlling successfully.

sanchez thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Berry looking to hit a scissor sweep but sanchez is one step ahead there.

Berry looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

sanchez drops back looking for a leg! Berry is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Berry manages to kick sanchez off! sanchez jumps back into Berry's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
sanchez won't allow Berry to sweep him here.
Berry keeping full guard, as sanchez tries to pass.

Berry is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
sanchez must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Berry misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

sanchez shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Berry's guard.
Berry manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Berry looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berry lands a nice shot to the head.
Berry looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Berry looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

It looks like xavier sanchez has been cut.
Berry scoring with strikes but sanchez is staying in there.
Berry lands a heavy elbow.
sanchez should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
sanchez is in a horrible position here. Berry smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Berry trying to control but sanchez is having none of it.
Berry scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish sanchez?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
sanchez is bucking up trying to escape but Berry cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
BOOM! Berry connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Berry is landing with some decent strikes but sanchez is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Berry landing strikes from the mount and sanchez is in trouble!
Berry landing punches.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Berry cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Berry cracks sanchez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Berry throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for sanchez because Berry loaded up on that one.
sanchez is in all sorts of trouble here.
Berry looking to finish sanchez with some ground and pound. This is bad for sanchez!
Berry throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Berry is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Berry throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Berry throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for sanchez because Berry loaded up on that one.
Berry fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dingle Berry dominated that round.
The cut man is working on xavier sanchez's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Berry clinches but sanchez breaks the clinch

and sanchez moves into the clinch.
sanchez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Berry with a knee to the head.

That has opened up xavier sanchez's cut even more.
Berry using the Thai plumb to throw knees but sanchez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Berry lands a damaging elbow.
sanchez prevents the takedown attempt.
Berry working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Berry using the Thai plumb to throw knees but sanchez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knees to the body from Berry.
Berry is leaning against sanchez and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
sanchez lands an elbow inside.
sanchez blocks a body shot from Berry.
sanchez tries to score a body lock takedown but Berry shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
sanchez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from sanchez.
Berry cracks sanchez with a nice body shot.
Berry gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
sanchez lands a knee to the head.
Berry dodges an elbow strike from sanchez.
Berry blocks an elbow strike.

Berry wants the takedown. sanchez is fighting it off but Berry persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in sanchez's guard against the cage.
Berry trying to control the position from guard on top but sanchez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Berry pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. sanchez is keeping the position for now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Berry passes sanchez's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
sanchez is staying active underneath Berry, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berry thows a huge punch but sanchez dodges it nicely.
sanchez is not content to let Berry control the position.
Berry is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Berry throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Berry is working for a submission of some sort.
Berry throwing shots but sanchez is blocking nicely.
Berry seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but sanchez does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
sanchez is looking for a sweep. Berry is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Berry is keen to just control but sanchez is a slippery customer.
Berry lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
sanchez is refusing to be controlled, as Berry sits in half guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
sanchez circles away from the clinch attempt
and sanchez counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Berry gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and sanchez decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Berry's guard.
sanchez slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Berry tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but sanchez wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Berry sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Berry is trying to maintain the position but sanchez is very close to passing his half guard.

sanchez is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Berry defends it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berry is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute sanchez jumps into side control!
Berry is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on sanchez's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Berry works his way to full guard. Good work.
Berry trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

Berry looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Berry working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because sanchez has passed into half guard!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Berry gets back to full guard.
Berry bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in sanchez's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berry wants to control from the top but sanchez keeps moving.

sanchez is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Berry lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Berry wants to pass the guard but sanchez is keeping the position.
Berry 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.
Berry trying to control the position from guard on top but sanchez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

sanchez working for a triangle but Berry defends it easily.
Berry in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Dingle Berry will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on xavier sanchez's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Berry misses with a takedown

and sanchez counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by sanchez.
Berry is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
sanchez avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Berry.
Berry moves into full mount! sanchez won't be happy about that!
Berry tries to control but sanchez wriggling away.
BOOM! Berry connects with a massive shot to the dome!
sanchez working to try and regain half guard.
Berry connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Berry pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Berry breaks from sanchez's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
sanchez is in a horrible position here. Berry smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
sanchez is squirming around, avoiding Berry's attempts to control the action.
Berry with shots to the head and body - sanchez looks very uncomfortable down there.
Berry scoring with strikes but sanchez is staying in there.
Berry lands a heavy elbow.
Berry landing strikes, looking to finish!
Berry lands a big shot there that rocks sanchez but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
sanchez takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
sanchez slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Berry is looking to stall here but sanchez recovers full guard.

sanchez has his foot on Berry's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Berry works his way back into a safe position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berry trying to control but sanchez is working from the bottom.
Berry distracts sanchez with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Berry trying to control the position from guard on top but sanchez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Berry cracks sanchez with a solid left hand.
Dingle Berry overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Berry throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as sanchez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Berry stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. sanchez swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Berry drops back, looking for a kneebar! sanchez looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. sanchez looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from sanchez!
Berry is looking for a sweep.
Berry is working hard here to advance position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Berry's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Berry is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Berry sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Berry is pressing down on sanchez's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Berry trying to strike off his back.
sanchez won't allow Berry to sweep him here.
Berry throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Berry is striking from the bottom but sanchez uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.
Berry slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

Berry is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! sanchez rolls with it to try and escape but Berry cranks on the arm and sanchez is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Dingle Berry!