PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Prevost (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Berry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ryan Prevost could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jason Berry's chin.

Prevost
vs
Berry

180 cm
22
165 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

187 cm
19
175 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ryan Prevost!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jason Berry!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Dillan Fox and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Berry looks to score with a jab to the body but Prevost is just out of range.
Berry looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Prevost defending well as Berry loads up on a big left hand.

Berry drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Berry wants to control but Prevost is keeping him busy.
Berry tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Prevost is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now.
Prevost wants to control but Berry postures up.
Prevost tries to buck Berry off but Berry is having none of it.
Berry tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Berry working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Prevost shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Berry as he avoids it easily.
Berry misses with a takedown attempt
and Prevost counters with a right hand to the body.

Prevost moves into the clinch.

Berry breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Berry looks to clinch

and Prevost counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Berry is trying to get back to full guard.
Berry trying to hold on to Prevost's head to control him but Prevost postures up.
Prevost throwing shots but Berry is blocking nicely.
Berry tries to get to full guard but Prevost has control of the leg.
Prevost trying to control the pace.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Berry is looking for a sweep. Prevost is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prevost passes the guard and advances to mount!
Berry tries to hold on but Prevost pushes him away.
Berry is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Prevost controlling from the full mount.
Berry is working to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Berry is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Prevost content just to control the position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berry working to try and regain half guard.
Prevost controlling the position easily from mount.
Berry tries to hold on but Prevost postures up.
Prevost controlling the pace for now.
Berry is trying desperately to improve position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Prevost controlling the pace for now.
Berry tries to hold on but Prevost pushes him away.
Prevost looking to control but Berry is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Berry is trying to stand.
Prevost trying to control but Berry is having none of it.
Berry can't escape the position.
Prevost scoring with strikes but Berry is staying in there.
Prevost landing shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Prevost dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Nice uppercut there from Prevost.
Prevost throws a nice looking combination but Berry bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Prevost misses with a series of wild punches.
Berry moves in looking to clinch but Prevost pushes him off.
Berry throws a head kick that misses.

Prevost scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Berry managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Prevost.
Prevost is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Berry's shoulder. That is not cool.
Prevost seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Berry for as long as he can get away with.
Prevost looks up at the clock and then as Berry takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Prevost smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Prevost is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Berry's shoulder. That is not cool.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Berry bucks up and tries to throw Prevost off but instead Prevost has got his back!
Prevost looking to soften up his opponent with punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
I would not like to be Berry right now.
Berry really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Prevost. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Ryan Prevost just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Prevost looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Prevost gets a clinch.
Prevost wants to get back to striking at distance but Berry won't allow it.

Berry breaks from the clinch.
Berry tries for a takedown but Prevost circles away easily

so Prevost counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Prevost sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Berry is working an open guard so Prevost takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berry avoids a punch combination nicely.
Berry cracks Prevost with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Prevost thows a body shot but no joy.
Prevost will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Berry misses with a right hand

and Prevost counters with a takedown into side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Berry is not content to let Prevost control the position.
Prevost controls the position.
Berry is looking to get back to his feet here but Prevost is keeping cool and he's managed to take Berry's back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good control from Prevost.
Prevost keeps control of the position as Berry tries to break free.
Ryan Prevost overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Berry holding both Prevost 's hands and preventing any damage.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
I really don't envy Berry right now.
What can Berry do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
Prevost lands strikes to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Prevost lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Berry hold on?!
Berry controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Prevost is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Berry up.
Berry is trying to escape under a series of strikes and manages to escape from Prevost 's hooks.
Berry tries to reverse the position but Prevost maintains control.
Berry really wants to buck Prevost off and get back to his feet.

Prevost working for a guillotine from mount but Berry is in no mood to give up.
Prevost controlling the position easily from mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Prevost landing shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Prevost dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Berry swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Berry dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Prevost closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Berry to the mat! Berry manages to get full guard.
Prevost lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Berry tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Berry is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Prevost seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Berry manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Berry trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Berry controlling the pace for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prevost tries to hold on but Berry pushes him away.
Berry tries to control but Prevost wriggling away.
Prevost wants to control but Berry is having none of it.
Prevost is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Prevost is working hard here to advance position.
Prevost manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Berry is trying to control the action in half guard but Prevost is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Berry prevents Prevost from standing back up.
Berry tries to pass the half guard into mount. Prevost knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Prevost makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Prevost.
Berry trying to control but Prevost is working from the bottom.
Prevost manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Prevost takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Prevost dominating with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prevost controlling the position easily from mount.
Berry can't escape the position.
Prevost lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Prevost takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Prevost wants to control the pace but Berry is squirming around nicely.
Berry wants to hold on but Prevost pushes him away.
Prevost controlling the position easily from mount.
Berry really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Berry is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Prevost landing strikes from the mount and Berry is in trouble!
Berry is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

Prevost working for a guillotine from mount but Berry is in no mood to give up.
Prevost trying to control but Berry is having none of it.
Prevost lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Berry hang on?
Prevost controlling from the full mount.
Berry tries to hold on but Prevost postures up.
Jason Berry has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Prevost tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ryan Prevost showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Prevost, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryan Prevost!