PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ash Berry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Archie Bell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Berry comes into the arena with Red Hot Chilli Pipers - Clocks blaring out of the sound system. Bell has chosen Eminem - Almost Famous as his entrance music. Ash Berry has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Berry
vs
Bell

200 cm
28
216 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

185 cm
26
212 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

CEC Nutrition Q159 (*$75*)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ash Berry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Archie Bell!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Ren Mimura and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bell gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Berry.
Nice straight punches there by Bell. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bell.
Berry connects with a leg kick. Bell looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Berry tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bell was well out of range. Poor timing from Berry.
Berry ducks under a wild hook from Bell.
Bell throws the left hand but Berry avoids the punch easily.
Berry tries a low kick but Bell avoids it.
Bell has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Berry.
Bell just misses with a punch to the body.
Bell scores with a shot to the body.
Berry tries for a takedown but Bell sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bell takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Bell moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berry tries to land a front kick but Bell steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Bell takes a swing at Berry's ribcage but misses.
Berry uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Berry wants to land a leg kick but Bell is out of range.
Berry uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bell has time to react.
Berry misses with a takedown attempt - Bell sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Berry takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Berry shoots in for a double leg but Bell sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ash Berry. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bell pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Berry keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bell misses with an uppercut.
Bell throws a body punch but Berry moves out of range.
Archie Bell is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A bone on bone clash there as Bell blocks the leg kick.
Bell lands a jab to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bell with a hook.
Bell swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Berry throws a big shot that misses.
Bell scores with a crisp jab that stopped Berry in his tracks.
Bell swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bell misses with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bell just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice jab there from Bell.
Archie Bell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Berry throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Berry 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Berry tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Bell is able to avoid easily.
Bell thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bell looks to score with a jab to the body but Berry is just out of range.
Bell ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Berry moves away.
Bell misses the shot to the body.
Berry tries to work over Bell's front leg with a kick but Bell checks it.
Bell misses with a straight right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bell bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bell ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Berry moves away.
Bell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Berry moves away from the strike by Bell.
A head kick misses from Berry.
Bell with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Bell moves out of range of the body kick.
Bell misses the jab.
Bell pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bell is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Berry.
Bell fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Berry looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Bell lands with an uppercut that bounces Berry off the cage and back into range.
Berry doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Berry lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bell's sensitive parts.
Bell is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Berry had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Berry staying out of range there.
Bell lands with a good body shot.
Bell waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Berry.
Bell jabs at Berry's body.
Bell throws a hook but Berry blocks it.
A low kick from Berry misses
and Bell counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Berry tried to score with a low kick but Bell checks it.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Berry throws out a loose jab but Bell uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bell lands a nice hook to Berry's body. Berry takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bell throws a lazy right hand but Berry sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Berry blocks a jab.
Bell stuns Berry with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bell throws a shot to the body.
Bell throws a shot to the body.
Bell misses with a looping right.
Bell misses with a looping left.
Bell throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Berry connects with a right hand. Bell shakes it off.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Bell works Berry's body with a nice hook.
Bell misses the jab.
Bell misses the shot to the body.
Bell keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Berry goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A big right from Bell misses.
Berry slips a jab from Bell.
Bell connects with a nice looking jab.
Bell tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Berry was well out of range. Poor timing from Bell.
Bell lands the left hand.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Bell checks a low kick from Berry.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Berry on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Bell misses with a straight right.
Bell lands a nice hook to Berry's body. Berry takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bell is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Berry misses with a low kick.
Bell looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bell lands a jab to the head.
Berry moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bell looks to score with a jab to the body but Berry is just out of range.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Berry throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bell wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bell keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Bell connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Bell takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Berry pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Berry gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bell.
Berry moves forwards but Bell connects with a nice, crisp jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bell swings widly with a right hand
and Berry counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bell's knee momentarily.
Bell lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Berry at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Bell lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Bell scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bell misses with a looping right.
Bell throws a series of punches but Berry moves out of range.
Berry tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Bell is able to avoid easily.
Berry is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A jab from Bell does it's job there.
Nice defenses there by Berry.
Berry fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bell scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bell digs a good body shot into Berry's ribs.
Bell lands with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bell throws a right hand that misses
and Bell takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Berry walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Bell checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Bell thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bell fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Berry throws the kick towards the body but Bell avoids it.
Bell misses with a telegraphed body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Bell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Berry.
Bell takes a swing at Berry's ribcage but misses.
Bell scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Archie Bell seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bell jabs at Berry's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bell swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nice uppercut lands for Bell. That snapped Berry's head back.
Bell lands a nice looking body shot.
Berry takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jab from Bell.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Berry lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Bell has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bell and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Berry misses with an uppercut
and Bell cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Berry looks to land a right hand but Bell moved out of range.
Bell throws a big shot that misses.
Bell ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bell lands with a straight right. Berry didn't see that one coming.
Berry finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Berry fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bell.
Berry shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Berry throws out a leg kick but Bell moves out of range and Berry only half commits.
Bell lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Nice defenses there by Berry.
Bell throws a sloppy body shot
and Berry counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Berry displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bell throws out the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bell with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Berry connects with a solid leg kick.
Bell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Berry throws a body kick that misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Bell misses the target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bell waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Berry.
Berry uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bell.
Bell missing with a left hand there. Berry was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Berry walks into a left hand.
Bell stuns Berry with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Bell throws a big shot that misses.
Berry moves out of range as Bell strikes.
Nice defenses there by Berry.
Bell ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Berry moves away.
Bell scores with a nice head shot.
Berry throws a solid leg kick but Bell takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Berry.
Bell throws a series of punches but Berry avoids them all with ease.
Berry looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Bell checks the leg kick nicely there.
A cross from Bell lands.
Berry tries a low kick but Bell avoids it.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Bell misses with the combination.
Bell throws a body punch but Berry moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Berry.
Berry moves out of range of the strikes.
Berry staying out of range there.
Bell lands a jab.
Bell with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Bell throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Bell tries to bum rush Berry with a series of wild strikes but Berry uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bell misses the jab.
Berry misses with a looping right.
Berry is looking to score with low kicks.
Berry fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bell manages to avoid it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Berry lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Bell has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bell and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bell connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Bell's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bell checks a low kick from Berry.
Bell misses with a straight left.
Bell lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Bell ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A big left from Bell misses.
Bell scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bell blocks a head kick by Berry.
Berry slips a straight right by Bell.
Berry tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Bell is able to avoid easily.
Berry will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A slow jab from Berry misses its intended target.
Bell swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Berry.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Berry misses with a body kick.
Berry has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Berry there as he acknowledges the shot.
Bell misses with a wild body shot.
Berry lands a lovely overhand right.
Berry gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Berry throws a push kick but Bell slaps the foot to one side.
A head kick misses from Berry.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bell pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Berry digs a good body shot into Bell's ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Archie Bell showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Bell moves out of range of the body kick.
Bell throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Berry counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Berry displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bell throws out the jab.
Berry misses with a head kick.
Bell swings for the body but Berry moves out of range.
Bell missing with a left hand there. Berry was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bell throws an overhand right that lands on Berry's shoulder, as Berry tries to avoid the shot.
Bell misses with a straight left.
Bell misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Berry.
Berry takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bell throws a shot from downtown. Berry moves away and avoids it.
Bell throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Berry.
Berry throws a leg kick but Bell sees it coming and moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bell. Berry does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bell checks a low kick from Berry.
Bell loads up on a big right hand but Berry slips the punch.
Berry bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bell moves into range and connects with a jab.
Berry throws a lazy head kick
and Berry takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Berry takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Berry decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

Berry seems to be working for a kimura but Bell defends the submission attempt.
Berry wants to take a breather but Bell is having none of it.
Berry working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Bell's thigh. Bell counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Bell looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Berry looking to pass the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bell uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Berry throws a head kick that misses.
Bell checks a leg kick.
Bell throws a right and a left that both miss.
A bone on bone clash there as Bell blocks the leg kick.
Berry pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bell is out of range and Berry settles back down.
Bell misses with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berry misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bell digs a good body shot into Berry's ribs.
Berry fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bell lands a glancing blow to the side of Berry's head.
Berry scores with a kick to the body.
Berry throws a shot from downtown. Bell moves away and avoids it.
Bell feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Berrys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Berry misses the shot to the body.
Bell is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Bell just misses with a punch to the body.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Bell misses the target.
Bell dips to his left and cracks Berry with an uppercut!
Berry uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bell.
Bell swings widly with a right hand
enabling Berry to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd cheers as Berry lands an impressive looking overhand right. Bell doesn't seem phased though.
Bell paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Berry connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Bell throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bell checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Berry lands a lovely overhand right.
Bell tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Berry was well out of range. Poor timing from Bell.
Bell misses with a hook.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bell tests Berry's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Berry throws a head kick that half lands.
Bell looks to score with a jab to the body but Berry is just out of range.
Berry throws a head kick but Bell moves out of range.
Bell wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Berry takes a swing at Bell's ribcage but misses.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Bell keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Berry scores with a hook.
Berry fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Bell checks it well.
Bell thows a body shot but no joy.
Bell lands a jab.
Bell misses the shot to the body.
Bell takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Berry displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bell throws out the jab.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Berry motions for Bell to come forward. Berry throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bell blocks the body kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Berry.
Berry moves out of range of the strikes.
Bell throws a right hand that misses
and Berry counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bell's knee momentarily.
Berry on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Berry tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bell blocks a head kick by Berry.
Bell works the jab nicely.
Bell ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Berry moves away.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Bell misses with a looping right.
Ash Berry has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A jab from Bell finds it's way through Berry's defenses.
Bell throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Berry avoids the body shot from Bell.
A big left from Bell misses.
Berry throws a leg kick but Bell sees it coming and moves out of range.
Bell throws a right hand that misses
and Berry counters with a nice kick to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A clash of legs there as Bell blocks the low kick.
Bell works Berry's body with a nice hook.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Ash Berry.
I think Bell has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Archie Bell!
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Archie Bell!
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight for Archie Bell!

Archie Bell wins by unanimous decision!
Archie Bell seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.