PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Ross Buchanan (ranked 23224 p4p, 23656 weight class) and Benjamin Berkley (ranked 297 p4p, 305 weight class). Buchanan's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Roy Buchanan's Train Blues. Berkley comes into a darkened arena with his song building. X kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Ross Buchanan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Buchanan
vs
Berkley

169 cm
42
147
26 - 28 - 0

168 cm
22
147
7 - 5 - 0

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Cardio machine

World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 28 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ross Buchanan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Benjamin Berkley!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Jonathan Paton and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Buchanan moves into the clinch.
Berkley looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Buchanan pushes Berkley back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Berkley.
Berkley throws an elbow that misses.
Berkley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Buchanan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Buchanan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Berkley pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Buchanan working aggressively here.
Buchanan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Buchanan lands a body shot.
Berkley looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Buchanan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Berkley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Buchanan working aggressively here.
Berkley has a couple of punches blocked by Buchanan.
Berkley looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Buchanan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Berkley's efforts to push away.
Berkley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Buchanan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Buchanan blocks an elbow strike from Berkley.
A nice right hand lands inside from Buchanan.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Buchanan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berkley lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Buchanan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Berkley has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Buchanan seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Berkley can turn it around.
Berkley is looking to break free of the clinch but Buchanan has double underhooks.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Berkley just misses with a elbow thrown towards Buchanan's brow.
Buchanan has a couple of punches blocked by Berkley.

Berkley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Buchanan avoids a punch combination nicely.
A swing and a miss from Berkley.
Buchanan throws a sloppy head kick and Berkley moves out of range easily.
Buchanan misses the shot to the body.
Berkley swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Some wild striking there from Buchanan.
Berkley tries to close the distance and clinch but Buchanan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Buchanan has closed the distance and engaged Berkley in a clinch.
Berkley lands an elbow just above Buchanan 's eye.

It looks like Ross Buchanan has been cut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Berkley.
Buchanan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Berkley is trying to break the clinch but Buchanan is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berkley working hard to break the clinch.
Berkley blocking some punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Berkley pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Berkley wants to break free but Buchanan has control.
Buchanan has a couple of punches blocked by Berkley.
Berkley is looking to break free of the clinch but Buchanan has double underhooks.
Berkley throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Buchanan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Buchanan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Buchanan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Berkley.
Buchanan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Berkley blocking some punches.
Berkley creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Buchanan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Buchanan lands a body shot.
Buchanan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Berkley is looking to break free of the clinch but Buchanan has double underhooks.
Buchanan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Buchanan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Buchanan pushes Berkley back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Berkley lands a hook that snaps the head of Buchanan backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ross Buchanan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ross Buchanan's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Buchanan connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Buchanan clinches with his opponent.
Berkley wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Buchanan has him pressed against the ropes.
Buchanan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Buchanan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Berkley backwards.
Berkley throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ross Buchanan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Buchanan throws a head punch that misses.
Berkley creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Buchanan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Berkley backwards.
Buchanan misses with some punches.
Buchanan can't find room to land a body shot as Berkley controls the action.
Buchanan misses with the head strike.
Berkley blocks an uppercut.
Berkley softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Buchanan prevents Berkley from breaking the clinch.
Berkley creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

Berkley breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ross Buchanan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Buchanan is looking to slow Berkley down with leg kicks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Berkley misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Buchanan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berkley scores with a jab.

Buchanan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Buchanan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Berkley backwards.
Buchanan misses with a punch to the body.
Buchanan misses with the head strike.
Berkley has a couple of punches blocked by Buchanan.
Berkley working hard to break the clinch.
Buchanan throws a punch but it's blocked by Berkley.
Berkley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Berkley is trying to maintain a safe position but Buchanan gets an underhook and turns Berkley into the ropes.
Berkley working hard to break the clinch.
Buchanan misses with a punch on the inside.
Berkley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Berkley has had enough of the clinch but Buchanan keeps him there for the moment.
Buchanan lands with a right to the head.
Berkley blocks an uppercut.
Buchanan pushes Berkley back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Berkley throws an elbow that misses.
Berkley is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Buchanan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Berkley backwards.
Berkley throws an elbow but it misses.
Buchanan misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Berkley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Buchanan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Berkley.
Berkley throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Buchanan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Berkley can do to turn this around?
Berkley throws a head kick that misses.
Berkley ducks under a wild hook from Buchanan.
Buchanan slips under a jab from Berkley.
Ross Buchanan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sloppy strikes from Buchanan. Those never looked like landing.
Berkley slips under a jab from Buchanan.
Buchanan is looking to land body kicks.
Berkley throws out a counter right but Buchanan avoids it with no problem.
A head kick misses from Berkley.
Buchanan throws a shot from downtown. Berkley moves away and avoids it.
Buchanan takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Berkley tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Buchanan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Buchanan takes the fight into the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ross Buchanan dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ross Buchanan's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Buchanan clinches up with Berkley and pushes him back against the ropes.
Berkley lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Berkley blocking some punches.
Buchanan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Berkley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Buchanan.
Berkley wants to get back to striking at distance but Buchanan won't allow it.
Buchanan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Buchanan lands a nice uppercut.
Buchanan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Buchanan tries to throw a body punch but Berkley avoids it by throwing Buchanan back against the ropes.
Berkley working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Berkley lands an elbow that stopped Buchanan in his tracks for a moment.
A short body shot lands from Buchanan as the two fighters clinch.
Berkley lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Buchanan backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Buchanan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Berkley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Berkley tries to clinch but Buchanan moves out of range.
Berkley tries to close the distance and clinch but Buchanan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buchanan checks a low kick from Berkley.
Buchanan on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A jab from Berkley misses.

Buchanan has managed to clinch.

Berkley breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Buchanan chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Berkley can pounce on him.
Buchanan misses with a hook to the body
and Berkley counters with a stiff right hand.
Buchanan misses with a kick to the body.
Buchanan misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Berkley counters with a stiff right hand.
Buchanan misses with a body punch
and Berkley cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ross Buchanan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Buchanan misses with a body shot.

Buchanan fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Berkley, pushing him back against the ropes.
Buchanan misses with a punch on the inside.
Berkley has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Berkley is trying to break free.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Berkley's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
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!
Berkley tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Berkley misses with an uppercut.

Buchanan closes the distance and pushes Berkley back into the ropes.
Berkley has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Berkley breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Buchanan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Buchanan lands a body shot in the clinch.
Buchanan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Buchanan tries a body shot but Berkley blocks it.
Benjamin Berkley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Buchanan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Berkley throws a punch but it's blocked by Buchanan.
Berkley prevents a body shot from Buchanan.
Buchanan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Buchanan lands a nice uppercut.
Buchanan avoids the elbow strike from Berkley, against the ropes.
Buchanan pushes Berkley back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Berkley looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Buchanan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

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 Ross Buchanan.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Buchanan, 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight for Ross Buchanan!
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight for Ross Buchanan!
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight for Ross Buchanan!

Ross Buchanan wins by unanimous decision!
Ross Buchanan decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.