PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mario Berkovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frederick Barbarossa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Berkovic
vs
Barbarossa

197 cm
21
265 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

186 cm
22
215 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Mario Berkovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Frederick Barbarossa!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Daniel Bishop and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barbarossa misses with an uppercut
and Berkovic counters with a left to the body.
Barbarossa misses with a lunging right hand
and Berkovic counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Barbarossa looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barbarossa takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Barbarossa staying out of range there.
No joy there for Berkovic, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Barbarossa defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Berkovic.
Berkovic avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Barbarossa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Berkovic manages to avoid it.
Berkovic misses with the combination.
Berkovic misses with a body shot.
Barbarossa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Barbarossa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Barbarossa blocks a leg kick.
Barbarossa keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A punch lands to the side of Berkovic 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berkovic misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Barbarossa ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Barbarossa looks to land a right hand but Berkovic moved out of range.
Berkovic slips a jab from Barbarossa.
Berkovic is trying hard to land a takedown here. Barbarossa sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mario Berkovic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Berkovic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barbarossa was well out of range. Poor timing from Berkovic.
Frederick Barbarossa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barbarossa displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Berkovic.
Berkovic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barbarossa was well out of range. Poor timing from Berkovic.
Barbarossa connects with a body shot.
Frederick Barbarossa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Barbarossa connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Barbarossa fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Barbarossa cracks Berkovic with a right hand to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barbarossa takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barbarossa lands with a good body shot.
Berkovic throws a hook to the side of Barbarossa's head but Barbarossa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Barbarossa uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Berkovic has time to react.
Berkovic takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Berkovic ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Barbarossa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barbarossa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Barbarossa lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Barbarossa.
Berkovic gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Barbarossa.
Berkovic avoids the body shot from Barbarossa.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Berkovic.
Barbarossa lands a jab to the nose.
Berkovic takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berkovic tries to move into range but Barbarossa moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Berkovic rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Barbarossa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Berkovic takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Barbarossa misses with a wild combination.
Barbarossa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Berkovic.
Berkovic keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Barbarossa.
Barbarossa ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Barbarossa is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Berkovic had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Berkovic shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Barbarossa defends it nicely.
Barbarossa moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Barbarossa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Berkovic.
Berkovic closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Barbarossa coming out on top.
Barbarossa lands with a straight right. Berkovic didn't see that one coming.
Barbarossa bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A slow jab from Barbarossa misses its intended target.
Berkovic misses with a body shot.
Left hook, right uppercut from Barbarossa.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barbarossa with a jab.
Barbarossa thuds a left hand into Berkovic's body.
Barbarossa with a jab.
Berkovic shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barbarossa leaves Berkovic with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Barbarossa misses with a straight right.
Barbarossa lands a nice hook to Berkovic's body. Berkovic takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frederick Barbarossa dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Barbarossa scores with a decent looking hook.
Berkovic fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Berkovic's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Barbarossa connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Berkovic scrambles back to his feet.
Barbarossa throws the left hand but Berkovic avoids the punch easily.
Barbarossa jabs at Berkovic's body.
Mario Berkovic is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A big left from Barbarossa misses.
Nice defenses there by Berkovic.
Barbarossa throws a body punch but Berkovic moves out of range.
Berkovic with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Barbarossa to score with a decent uppercut.
Berkovic moves away from the strike by Barbarossa.
Barbarossa scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Barbarossa lands with a cross.
Berkovic takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Barbarossa scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbarossa works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Frederick Barbarossa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Berkovic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Berkovic is looking to wear down Barbarossa with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Berkovic takes one to the chin there.
Berkovic slips under a jab.
Berkovic uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Barbarossa.
Berkovic misses the jab.
Berkovic looks for the body kick but Barbarossa saw that one coming.
Berkovic takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Barbarossa lands a nice shot to the body.
Barbarossa jabs at Berkovic's body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Donk. Barbarossa catches Berkovic right on the button with a cross.
Berkovic takes a jab right on the kisser.
Barbarossa digs a good body shot into Berkovic's ribs.
Barbarossa thows a body shot but no joy.
Berkovic takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barbarossa bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Berkovic misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Barbarossa lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Berkovic at a distance.
Barbarossa misses the shot to the body.
Barbarossa lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Berkovic at a distance.
Berkovic takes one on the button.
Barbarossa with a hook.
Barbarossa lands a slapping body shot.
Berkovic scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Barbarossa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Berkovic manages to avoid it.
Barbarossa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Berkovic moves away.
Barbarossa connects with a good right hand that stumbles Berkovic. Berkovic circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Berkovic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Berkovic looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Barbarossa misses with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbarossa lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Berkovic circles away quickly and effectively.
Barbarossa scores with a three punch combo!
Barbarossa with a jab.
Barbarossa misses with a right hand
and Berkovic counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A cross from Berkovic lands.
Berkovic misses with a takedown attempt - Barbarossa sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Barbarossa misses with a hook.
Barbarossa lands a glancing blow to the side of Berkovic's head.
Barbarossa bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Barbarossa works the jab nicely.
Barbarossa scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barbarossa. Berkovic does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Barbarossa as he connects with a hook.
Berkovic takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Berkovic takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Barbarossa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Good shot there by Barbarossa.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Barbarossa lands a slapping body shot.
Nice cross by Barbarossa.
Barbarossa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Berkovic has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Berkovic there as he acknowledges the shot.
Barbarossa's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Barbarossa duly obliges.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Berkovic walks into a left hand.
Barbarossa thows a body shot but no joy.
Barbarossa digs a good hook to Berkovic's body.
Barbarossa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Berkovic moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frederick Barbarossa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Barbarossa swinging wildly here.
Berkovic drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Berkovic takes one to the chin there.
Barbarossa missing with a left hand there. Berkovic was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Barbarossa connects with the punch.
Barbarossa misses the shot to the body.
Berkovic slips a jab and a cross from Barbarossa.
The fighters circling - Barbarossa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Barbarossa looks to score with a jab to the body but Berkovic is just out of range.
Barbarossa fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Barbarossa throws a right hand that misses
and Barbarossa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Barbarossa looks to land a left hand but Berkovic moved out of range nicely.
Berkovic fails to land the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbarossa swinging wildly here.
Berkovic missing with a left hand there. Barbarossa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Barbarossa displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Barbarossa lands with a nice combination. Berkovic backs away looking to recover.
Nice defenses there by Berkovic.
Barbarossa looks to score with a jab to the body but Berkovic is just out of range.
Barbarossa has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Some wild striking there from Berkovic.
Barbarossa lands a lovely overhand right.
Berkovic rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Barbarossa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Barbarossa lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Berkovic shoots for a double leg takedown but Barbarossa sprawls well. He's pushed Berkovic's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berkovic keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Barbarossa.
Berkovic is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A big right from Berkovic misses.
Barbarossa lands with a good body shot.
Berkovic tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Barbarossa paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Well,Berkovic is on his way to losing a decision here. Can he use his experience to pull something off in the closing minutes?
A jab lands there for Barbarossa.
Berkovic will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Barbarossa tests Berkovic's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Barbarossa digs a good hook to Berkovic's body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Decent striking displayed by Barbarossa there.
Barbarossa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Berkovic was well out of range. Poor timing from Barbarossa.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Barbarossa, as that shot connected.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbarossa connects with a jab.
Barbarossa clobbers Berkovic with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Barbarossa staying out of range there.
Barbarossa scores with a crisp jab that stopped Berkovic in his tracks.
A decent looking cross lands there for Barbarossa.
A jab from Barbarossa misses.
Barbarossa scores with a decent looking hook.
Berkovic shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Barbarossa defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mario Berkovic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Berkovic misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Barbarossa fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Berkovic looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbarossa connects with a body shot that sends Berkovic's belly button to the back.
Berkovic shoots for a double leg takedown but Barbarossa sprawls well. He's pushed Berkovic's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Barbarossa lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Berkovic at a distance.
Nice body punch from Barbarossa.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Berkovic. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Barbarossa scores with a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Berkovic takes one on the button.
Barbarossa works over Berkovic's head and body with a nice combination.
A left and a right from Barbarossa both land. Nice combination.
Barbarossa lunges at Berkovic with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Berkovic's hand.
Barbarossa lands a jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Barbarossa jabs at Berkovic's body.
Barbarossa connects with a right hand. Berkovic shakes it off.
Mario Berkovic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Frederick Barbarossa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Berkovic takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Frederick Barbarossa comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Barbarossa 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight for Frederick Barbarossa!
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight for Frederick Barbarossa!
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight for Frederick Barbarossa!

Frederick Barbarossa wins by unanimous decision!