PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ash Berry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Koers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Berry comes to the cage accompanied by Red Hot Chilli Pipers - Clocks. Koers comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Godsmack - Cryin' Like A Bitch!! kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Berry
vs
Koers

200 cm
25
216 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

190 cm
25
215 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ash Berry!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jake Koers!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koers misses the shot to the body.
Koers throws a looping overhand right but Berry ducks down to avoid it.
Berry throws a leg kick
and Koers counters with a right hand to the body.
Koers thows a body shot but no joy.
A telegraphed right hand from Koers misses the target.
Koers swings for the body but Berry moves out of range.
Koers fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Koers ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Berry moves away.
Koers scores with a sloppy right hand. Berry should have avoided that one.
Koers shoots in looking for a takedown. Berry tries to sprawl out of it but Koers keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Berry manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Berry swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Koers misses with a right hand
and Berry counters with a low kick, right behind Koers 's knee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koers misses with a hook
and Berry counters with a low kick, right behind Koers 's knee.
Koers tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Koers tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Berry swivels and escapes.
Berry takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Koers slips under a jab from Berry.
Koers swings for the body but Berry moves out of range.
Koers connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Berry's hands.
Koers feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Berrys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Koers throws a series of punches but Berry avoids them all with ease.

Koers shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Koers showed some decent athleticism there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Berry manages to get to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koers passes into half guard.
Koers wants to control but Berry is keeping him busy.
Berry is pressing down on Koers's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Berry is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Koers wants to pass the guard but Berry is keeping the position.

Koers avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Koers tries to free his leg and advance position but Berry is retaining full guard.
Koers is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Koers looking to pass the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koers throwing strikes from guard but Berry blocks nicely.
Koers throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Berry works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Berry is looking for a triangle but Koers pushes his legs off easily.
Berry throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Berry keeping full guard, as Koers tries to pass.
Koers is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Koers is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Koers distracts Berry with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Koers throwing strikes from guard but Berry blocks nicely.
Koers works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Koers scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berry manages to get to full guard.
Koers is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Koers slips nicely into half guard.
Berry tries to get to full guard but Koers has control of the leg.
Koers looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Berry with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Berry is trying to get back to full guard.
Berry gets full guard.

Berry has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Koers can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Berry throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Berry looking to control.
Koers landing with the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Koers dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Koers fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Berry looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Koers scores with a one two! Berry had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Koers lands with an overhand left.
Berry chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Koers misses with a body punch
and Berry counters with a head kick. That will keep Koers thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Berry throws a leg kick but Koers checks it.
Koers fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Berry avoids it really well and circles away.
Koers misses with a straight right.
An inside leg kick lands from Berry.
Jake Koers seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berry uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Koers.
Berry slips a jab from Koers.
Koers on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Berry keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Berry throws a leg kick that misses.
Koers swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Koers throws a sloppy body shot
and Berry makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Koers.
Berry moves out of range as Koers strikes.
Koers swings for the body but Berry moves out of range.
Berry slaps away a takedown attempt from Koers, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Berry staying out of range there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koers misses with a wild combination.
Koers looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Berry is fending him off so far but Koers persists. Nope, Berry circles away and we're back to standing.
Ash Berry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jake Koers.
Koers is breathing heavily.
Koers looks to land a left hand but Berry moved out of range nicely.
Berry lands with a hook. Koers tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
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!
Koers throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Koers takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Berry lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Koers thows a left - swing and a miss!
Koers shoots in looking for a takedown but Berry manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Koers's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Berry misses.
Koers throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Berry misses with a low kick as Koers jumps back.
Koers missing with a left hand there. Berry was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Koers thuds a left hand into Berry's body.
Koers throws a right and a left that both miss.
Berry moves out of range of the strikes.
Koers misses with a wild body shot.
Koers misses with a hook. Berry ducked under it nicely.
Koers pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Koers throws a poor cross that misses
and Berry counters with an outside leg kick.
Berry is trying hard to land a takedown here. Koers sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Jake Koers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koers misses the shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Koers. Berry does a little dance to reset his feet.
Koers throws a body punch but Berry moves out of range.
Berry throws a chopping leg kick but Koers manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Berry fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Koers throws a poor cross that misses
and Berry counters with a good, hard body kick but Koers shrugs it off.
That kick from Berry tenderised Koers's leg. Koers is trying to keep his angry face on.
Berry throws a leg kick but Koers sees it coming and moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Koers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Koers tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Berry swivels and escapes.
Koers throws a poor cross that misses
and Berry connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ash Berry dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Koers takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Koers falls off balance throwing a combination
and Berry counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Koers misses with a jab, cross combination.
Koers misses with a double jab
and Berry counters with an inside leg kick.
Berry misses with a low kick.
Berry scores with a nice right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Koers swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Berry counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Koers thinking.
Good leg kick by Berry there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Koers takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Koers swings away with a body shot that misses
and Berry counters with a good, hard body kick but Koers shrugs it off.
Berry shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Koers as he avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Berry. That's going to slow Koers down.
A chopping leg kick lands by Berry.
Berry lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Koers's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Koers misses with a straight left.
Koers shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Berry defends it nicely.
Berry tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A clash of legs there as Koers blocks the low kick.
Koers misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Berry.
Koers misses with a hook

and Berry counters with a shoot takedown. Koers fights it but they end up in guard.

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!
Berry throws a big right hand that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Berry throwing strikes from guard but Koers blocks nicely.
Berry in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Berry looking to pass the guard.
Berry sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Koers's guard.
Koers is looking to control Berry's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Koers avoid being mounted?
Berry frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Berry pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Koers is trying desperately to improve position.
Berry has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Koers is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berry moves to the back position.
Berry throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Berry is landing with strikes from the back.
Berry punishes Koers with strikes from the back mount.
Koers takes a big shot to the side of the head.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Berry's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.

Berry looking to break Koers's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Koers remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Berry will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Koers rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Koers is pressing down on Berry's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Berry trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Ash Berry overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Berry trying to control the position from guard on top but Koers is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Koers wants to sweep here but Berry controlling him for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koers looking to control.
Berry looking to pass the guard.
Berry slips nicely into half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Berry moves nicely into side control.
Berry is looking to take a break and control but Koers is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ash Berry clearly takes that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A swing and a miss from Koers.
Koers fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Koers will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Koers throws a right hand that Berry ducks under and follows up with a left that Berry also avoids with ease.
Koers shoots in and drives through. Berry sprawls well.
Koers throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Berry's waist but Berry gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Koers off to one side.
Koers is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Horrible takedown by Koers or perhaps it was just good defense by Berry which made him look bad.
Ash Berry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jake Koers.
Berry connects with a leg kick. Koers looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crunch! Berry slams his shin into Koers's torso.
A good leg kick by Berry.
Berry with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Koers blocks a leg kick.
Good work by Koers as he checks the leg kick.
Berry fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A leg kick checked by Koers.
Koers just misses with a punch to the body.
Koers swings for the body but Berry moves out of range.
Berry is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Koers misses with a looping left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koers swings away with a body shot that misses
and Berry counters with an inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Koers keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Koers blocks a head kick by Berry.
An inside leg kick from Berry misses.
Berry uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Koers.
Berry throws a front kick aimed at Koers's knee but Koers avoids it well.
Koers throws a jab but it's blocked by Berry.
Koers connects with a single shot there.
Berry thows a body kick. Koers tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Berry throws a solid leg kick but Koers takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Berry.
Berry swings away with a leg kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koers throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Koers closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Berry does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Koers takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Koers pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nice body kick from Berry.
Berry tries a head kick but it misses.
Koers throws a lazy right hand but Berry sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Koers throws a hook but Berry blocks it.
Nice defenses there by Berry.
Koers misses with a body shot
and Berry counters with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Berry walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Koers is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Koers checks the leg kick.
Berry throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Berry uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Koers.
Koers looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Berry displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Koers.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Koers shoots and misses
and Berry connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Koers throws a series of punches but Berry avoids them all with ease.
Koers keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ash Berry had his way with Jake Koers in that round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Koers takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Koers misses the shot to the body.
Koers lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Koers throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Berry lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Koers throws a right and a left that both miss.
Koers looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Berry is fending him off so far but Koers persists. Nope, Berry circles away and we're back to standing.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Koers crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Berry - the referee stops the clock and Koers gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Berry. Koers manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Berry tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Berry motions for Koers to come forward. Berry throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Koers is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berry cracks Koers with an open hand slap.
Koers takes a kick to the side of the head.
Berry slips under a jab.
Berry throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Koers.
Koers checks the leg kick nicely there.
Koers shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Berry sprawls well. Berry wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Koers gets slowly back to his feet.
Ash Berry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jake Koers.
Berry thumps Koers with a low kick.
Koers has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Berry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Berry misses.
Berry keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Berry misses with a body kick.
Koers checks a leg kick.
Koers fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Berry manages to avoid it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Berry.
Koers shoots for a double leg takedown but Berry sprawls well. He's pushed Koers's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Berry turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Berry closes the distance and clinches up with Koers, looking for a takedown. Berry pushes Koers against the cage but Koers circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Koers avoids the head kick by Berry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koers scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Koers shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Berry is trying to defend but Koers finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Ground and pound from Koers.

Berry actively working from the bottom here.
Berry wants to get back to full guard.
Koers thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jake Koers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Berry wants to get back to full guard.
Koers winds up and cracks Berry with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Koers prevents Berry from improving his position.
Koers scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koers scoring with strikes to the body and head.
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 makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Berry.
Koers pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Berry is keeping the position for now.
Koers loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Koers stopping the sweep attempt from Berry.
Koers must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Koers stands up over Berry, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Koers lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Berry wants to sweep here but Koers controlling him for the moment.

Koers drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Koers jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

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.
Well Berry has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 49:46
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 49:46
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ash Berry!
Ash Berry retains his light heavyweight title!