PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Berzins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phat Funk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Daniel Berzins could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Phat Funk's chin.

Berzins
vs
Funk

185 cm
27
185 lbs
14 - 1 - 0

185 cm
20
185 lbs
15 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Decent knees
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Daniel Berzins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Phat Funk!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Sandra Marshall and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Funk darts in and clinches Berzins up against the cage.
Funk misses with a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Berzins just misses with a elbow thrown towards Funk's brow.
Berzins throws an elbow that misses.
Funk tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Berzins avoids it.
Funk with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Funk blocks an elbow strike from Berzins.
Berzins pushes off an throws an elbow but Funk leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Funk tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Berzins avoids it.
Berzins pushes off an throws an elbow but Funk leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Funk tries to land knees in the clinch but Berzins avoids the damage to the body.
Berzins looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Berzins throws an elbow that misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Funk scores with a knee to the head.
Berzins is trying to break the clinch but Funk is controlling him.
Berzins blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Berzins on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Berzins throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Berzins stalling.
Berzins throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Berzins throws an elbow but misses.
Funk stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Funk tries a knee to the head but Berzins blocks it.
Funk tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Berzins avoids it.
Funk blocks an elbow strike.
Funk blocks an elbow strike from Berzins.
Funk landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Berzins can't break the clinch.
Nice elbow from Berzins.

It looks like Phat Funk has been cut.
Funk avoids the elbow strike from Berzins, against the cage.
Funk avoids the elbow strike from Berzins, against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Berzins lands an elbow that stopped Funk in his tracks for a moment.
With the fighters up against the cage, Berzins throws an elbow but misses.
Berzins blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Funk's coach down at was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Funk's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Berzins lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Berzins just misses with a elbow thrown towards Funk's brow.
Funk missing with knees to the body.
Berzins avoiding damage as Funk throws knees to the body.
Berzins misses with an elbow strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Berzins pushes off an throws an elbow but Funk leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Funk blocks the elbow strike.
Funk missing with knees to the body.
Berzins avoiding damage as Funk throws knees to the body.
Funk is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Berzins is defending well for now.
Funk blocks an elbow strike from Berzins.
Funk landing knees to the head.
Berzins looking to slow down the pace here.

Berzins breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Funk tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Berzins paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Funk checks a leg kick.
Funk throws a leg kick that is checked
and Berzins counters with a body kick that stops Funk in his tracks momentarily.

Berzins tries to keep at a distance but Funk has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berzins throws an elbow but it misses.
Berzins looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Funk misses with a knee to the head.
Berzins blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Funk avoids the elbow strike from Berzins, against the cage.
Funk with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Berzins throws an elbow but it misses.
Berzins misses with an elbow strike.
Berzins misses with an elbow strike.
Berzins lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Berzins throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Funk trying to control the position but instead, Berzins has worked for underhooks and has pushed Funk into the cage.
Funk avoids a wild elbow strike from Berzins.
Funk scores with a knee to the head.
Berzins pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Berzins breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Funk throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Funk tries to clinch up but Berzins circles away and keeps his distance.
Berzins throws a quick inside leg kick.
Funk wants to clinch
and Berzins counters with a hugh head kick that removes Funk from consiousness! A brutal head kick knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Daniel Berzins!
Daniel Berzins decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.