PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Artem Gric (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hans Beringer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Gric
vs
Beringer

187 cm
19
220 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

193 cm
18
201 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Artem Gric!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hans Beringer!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Daniel Blasius and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Beringer.
Beringer cracks the inside of Gric's front leg.
Beringer misses with a wild body shot.
Beringer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Beringer fails in his attempt to clinch.
Beringer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gric.
Beringer ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A slow jab from Gric misses its intended target.

Beringer gets a clinch.
Gric wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gric wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gric is trying to break the clinch but Beringer is controlling him.
Beringer jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Gric walks away with a smile on his face. Beringer gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Gric tries to keep at a distance but Beringer has taken the fight into the clinch.
Gric wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gric has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gric wants to break the clinch but can't.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Beringer takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gric has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gric is trying to break the clinch but Beringer has him pressed against the cage.
Gric wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gric wants to break the clinch but can't.
Beringer connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gric's face.
Gric is trying to break free.
Gric wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Beringer has him pressed against the cage.
Gric is trying to push Beringer away but Beringer has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Beringer lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Artem Gric has been cut.
Beringer lands an elbow inside that Gric shrugs off.
Gric wants to get back to striking at distance but Beringer won't allow it.
Beringer lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Beringer landing knees to the head.
Beringer keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gric's efforts to push away.
Beringer taking a breather.
Gric is trying to push Beringer away but Beringer has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beringer tries to land knees in the clinch but Gric avoids the damage to the body.
Beringer keeps control of Gric as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gric has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gric is trying to break the clinch but Beringer is controlling him.
Gric wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gric is trying to break the clinch but Beringer is controlling him.
Gric wants to get back to striking at distance but Beringer won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Beringer is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gric wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Beringer lands an elbow inside.
Beringer with a knee to the head.
Beringer goes for a takedown in the clinch but Gric prevents it.
Beringer with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beringer misses with a knee strike.
Gric wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gric is trying to push Beringer away but Beringer has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Gric tries to break the clinch but Beringer is controlling the position.
Beringer taking a breather.
Gric tries to break the clinch but Beringer is controlling the position.
Gric wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gric wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gric is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gric is looking to break free of the clinch but Beringer has double underhooks.
Beringer gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Beringer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gric has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Beringer lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gric wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Beringer throws a knee to the head but misses.
Beringer lands a knee to the body.
Beringer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gric blocks it with crossed arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gric tries to circle away but Beringer has him pinned against the cage.
Gric wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gric takes an elbow to the forehead.
Beringer wants to take the fight to the mat but Gric manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Artem Gric has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hans Beringer.
Beringer lands a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beringer lands a nice elbow.
Gric wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Beringer has him pressed against the cage.
Gric tries to break the clinch but Beringer is controlling the position.
Beringer trying to control the position but instead, Gric has worked for underhooks and has pushed Beringer into the cage.
Gric looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gric takes an elbow to the forehead.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gric is trying to force a seperation but Beringer has the dominant position.
Gric wants to break the clinch but can't.
Beringer lands a damaging elbow.
Beringer lands an elbow just above Gric 's eye.

Artem Gric's cut is getting worse.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Beringer tries a knee to the head but Gric blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hans Beringer dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Artem Gric's cut.
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.

Gric throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gric finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Beringer shoots for a takedown but Gric saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Beringer throws a low kick but it's checked well by Gric.
Gric avoids the head kick by Beringer.
Beringer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Beringer fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Gric tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A jab from Gric misses.
Beringer shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Gric defends it nicely.
Artem Gric has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hans Beringer.
Gric works Beringer's body with a nice hook.
Nice uppercut there from Gric.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Beringer.
Gric throws a hook but Beringer blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gric falls off balance throwing a combination
and Beringer counters with a body kick that stops Gric in his tracks momentarily.
Beringer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gric paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Beringer drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Gric throws a big shot that misses.
Gric waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Beringer.
A big right from Gric misses.
Beringer slips a jab and a cross from Gric.
Beringer fails to land with a series of punches.
Gric throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Beringer throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Gric scores with a crisp jab that stopped Beringer in his tracks.
A swing and a miss from Gric.
Gric throws a hook to the side of Beringer's head but Beringer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gric lands with a cross.
Beringer moves out of range of the strikes.
Gric throws a lazy right hand but Beringer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beringer throws a front kick aimed at Gric's knee but Gric avoids it well.
Gric misses with a looping left.
Gric scores with a nice right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gric has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Beringer.
Beringer scores with a jab to the body.
Beringer doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Jab from Gric.
Gric throws a lazy right hand but Beringer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gric throws a hook to the side of Beringer's head but Beringer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Beringer moves into the clinch successfully.

Gric pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Beringer walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Beringer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gric moves away.
Beringer slips under a jab from Gric.
Gric jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Beringer throws the kick towards the body but Gric avoids it.
Gric sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beringer pivots, looking for a leg kick but Gric is out of range and Beringer settles back down.
Beringer wants to clinch.
Gric misses with an uppercut. Beringer saw that one coming.
Gric throws out a loose jab but Beringer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Beringer throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Gric throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Beringer.
Beringer slips under a jab.
Beringer slips a jab from Gric.
Gric leaves Beringer with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Gric throws an overhand right that lands on Beringer's shoulder, as Beringer tries to avoid the shot.
Gric throws a big shot that misses.
Artem Gric is winning the standup battle so far.
Beringer lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gric jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gric missing with a left hand there. Beringer was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gric throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gric thows a leg kick but Beringer checks it
and Beringer counters with a nice kick to the body.
Gric keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Beringer fails to land the takedown.
Beringer lands a high kick!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gric paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Beringer defending well as Gric loads up on a big left hand.
Beringer misses with an uppercut. Gric saw that one coming.
Beringer moves out of range as Gric strikes.
Gric looks to land a right hand but Beringer moved out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Beringer slips under a jab from Gric.
Nice defenses there by Beringer.
Beringer slips a straight right by Gric.
Beringer is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Gric rather than just go for the knockout.
A jab from Gric misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Artem Gric dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Artem Gric's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Gric walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Beringer checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Gric tries to bum rush Beringer with a series of wild strikes but Beringer uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gric lands with a nice body punch.
Gric keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gric misses with a series of wild punches.
Gric looks to throw the jab but Beringer is out of range.
Beringer misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gric swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A left lands for Gric.
Beringer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gric moves away.
Gric misses with a few strikes there.
Gric lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Gric.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gric. Beringer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gric throws a series of punches but Beringer moves out of range.
Artem Gric seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gric throws a series of punches but Beringer avoids them all with ease.
Beringer blocks a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Beringer fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gric, pushing him back against the cage.
Beringer content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hans Beringer seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Gric tries to circle away but Beringer has him pinned against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Beringer.
Gric tries to break free but Beringer pushes him back against the cage.
Beringer is pushing Gric up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Beringer missing with knees to the body.
Gric is trying to break free.
Beringer is trying to maintain a safe position but Gric gets an underhook and turns Beringer into the cage.
Beringer putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gric in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Gric is trying to break the clinch but Beringer has him pressed against the cage.
Gric tries to break free but Beringer pushes him back against the cage.
Beringer throws a knee to the head but misses.
Beringer has Gric pressed against the cage, preventing Gric from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Beringer comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gric is trying to force a seperation but Beringer has the dominant position.
Gric is trying to break the clinch but Beringer is controlling him.
Gric wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gric looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Beringer lands an elbow inside.
Beringer throws a knee to the head but misses.
Beringer will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Gric up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Beringer is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gric letting Beringer take a breather here.
Beringer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gric blocks it with crossed arms.
Beringer keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gric's efforts to push away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beringer's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Gric tries to break the clinch but Beringer is controlling the position.
Beringer effectively controlling the action here.
Gric tries to circle away but Beringer has him pinned against the cage.
Gric wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gric wants to get back to striking at distance but Beringer won't allow it.
Gric looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Beringer keeps control of Gric as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Beringer lands a knee to the body.
Beringer prevents Gric from breaking the clinch.
Gric wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Beringer's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gric is trying to force a seperation but Beringer has the dominant position.
A frustrated look appears on Gric's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gric is trying to force a seperation but Beringer has the dominant position.
Gric wants to break free but Beringer has control.
Gric tries to circle away but Beringer has him pinned against the cage.
Beringer keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gric's efforts to push away.
Beringer keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gric's efforts to push away.
Beringer lands a nice knee to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Beringer connects with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knees to the body from Beringer.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Hans Beringer.
I think Beringer 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 28:29
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hans Beringer!
A very excited looking Hans Beringer made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.