PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Moses (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Berry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Moses comes to the cage accompanied by Black Label Society - too tough to die. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Moses
vs
Berry

176 cm
26
166 lbs
17 - 7 - 0

183 cm
30
162 lbs
18 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

[CBK] The Smashwear Corporation

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ricky Moses!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Mark Berry!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Berry looks for the body kick but Moses saw that one coming.
Berry tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Moses was well out of range. Poor timing from Berry.

Moses shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Berry napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Moses controls the position.
Berry pushes Moses away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Moses gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Moses wants to control but Berry is keeping him busy.

Moses is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Berry is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Moses in the domination position with Berry hanging on.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moses is looking to take a break and control but Berry is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Moses lands a decent elbow from side control.
Berry regains half guard, as Moses was trying to land strikes.
Moses wants to lay and pray for a moment but Berry keeps working.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moses looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Moses stalling.
Berry trying to control but Moses postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moses is trying to control. Berry wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Ricky Moses wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Berry moves out of range as Moses throws a body kick.
Berry takes one on the button.
Moses is looking to clinch but Berry is avoiding it.
Moses misses with a wild body shot.
Berry motions for Moses to come forward. Berry throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Berry throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Berry throws a shot from downtown. Moses moves away and avoids it.
Berry fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berry throws a poor cross that misses
and Moses connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Moses keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Berry dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice defenses there by Moses.

Moses feints and as Berry raises his hands in defense, Moses changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Moses trying to control but Berry is working from the bottom.

Berry pushes Moses off and gets back to his feet.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Berry works on Moses's body with a couple of short punches.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Berry can't find room to land a body shot as Moses controls the action.
Berry looking to slow down the pace here.
Berry lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Berry struggles to land a body shot inside as Moses controls his hands.
Berry presses Moses against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Moses throws a head punch that misses.
Berry lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Moses backwards.
Berry lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Moses backwards.

Moses has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Berry is trying to keep an underhook but Moses manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Berry is not content to let Moses control the position.
Moses stops Berry from getting back to his feet.
Berry is refusing to be controlled, as Moses sits in half guard.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Moses missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Moses trying to control from Berry's half guard. Berry has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Moses controlling from the top position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Moses postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Moses is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Moses stands and throws Berry's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Berry tries to escape but Moses is in control.
Moses wants to control for a moment but Berry uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Berry tries to kick Moses off but Moses keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Moses passes the guard and advances to mount!
Berry is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Moses tries to control but Berry wriggling away.
Moses lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Moses wants to finish this one by submission but Berry is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Moses.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Berry is looking to get to half guard.
You get the feeling that Berry really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Berry is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Berry keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Moses wants to control the pace but Berry is squirming around nicely.
You get the feeling that Berry really doesn't like being in this position too much.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricky Moses dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Moses throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Berry stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Moses looks to land a right hand but Berry moved out of range.
Moses lands a slapping body shot.
Berry tries to clinch
and Moses counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Berry throws a body punch but Moses moves out of range.
Berry throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Berry misses with a wild body shot.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Berry enables Moses to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Berry manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Moses is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Moses pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Berry is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berry wants to get back to his feet but Moses is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Moses trying to control but Berry is working from the bottom.
Moses stops Berry from standing up.
Moses postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Berry is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Moses is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Moses fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Berry is out of range.
Berry throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Moses tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Berry keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Berry lands a nice looking body shot.
Berry just misses with a punch to the body.
Berry misses with a low kick.
Moses ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Berry moves away.
Moses keeps the fight on the outside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moses throws a sloppy head kick and Berry moves out of range easily.
Mark Berry is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Berry ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Moses moves away.
Mark Berry seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Berry throws a chopping leg kick but Moses manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

Berry darts in and clinches Moses up against the cage.
Moses pushes Berry back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Moses lands a nice uppercut.
Moses tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Moses misses with the head strike.

Berry escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Berry fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Moses, pushing him back against the cage.
Berry struggles to land a body shot inside as Moses controls his hands.
Moses wants to stall.
Moses misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Moses.
Moses'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.
Moses lands an uppercut.
Moses lands a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice left hand lands by Berry.
Moses blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Berry misses with a hook to the ribs.
Berry digs a right hand into Moses's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Moses's gas tank.
Berry lands an uppercut.
Berry has a couple of punches blocked by Moses.
Moses lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Berry fails to land.
A left hand lands to the body for Berry.
Moses tries to throw a body punch but Berry avoids it by throwing Moses back against the cage.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Moses blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Moses is looking to control Berry's arms but Berry gets an underhook and turns him. Now Moses has his back to the cage.
Berry misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Moses is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Berry stops a takedown attempt from Moses.
Berry misses with a hook from the clinch.
Moses goes for a takedown in the clinch but Berry prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ricky Moses. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Berry tries a body shot but Moses blocks it.
Berry tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Moses's elbow.
Moses tries to throw a body punch but Berry avoids it by throwing Moses back against the cage.
Moses is looking to take this one to the mat.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Berry dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Moses fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Berry.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Moses goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Moses blocking some punches.
Berry throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mosess head.
Moses blocks an uppercut.

Moses has picked Berry up - he's going for a ride! Moses dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Berry avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Moses.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Moses in particular looking to stall.
Moses wants to lay and pray for a moment but Berry keeps working.
Berry is trying to stand back up but Moses is controlling him

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

Moses is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Berry doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Moses.
Moses prevents Berry from standing back up.
Moses perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Moses passes the guard and advances to mount!
Moses won't let Berry get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Moses throwing strikes but Berry recovers to half guard. A much better position.
Moses not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Berry is staying active underneath Moses, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Moses slows the pace down in half guard.
Berry wants to get back to his feet.
Berry moves into full guard.
Moses throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Berry works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Moses content to stall in guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Ricky Moses will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Moses throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Berry rushes Moses and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Moses blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Moses.
Moses swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Moses throws a punch but it's blocked by Berry.
Berry tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Moses's elbow.
Berry misses with the head strike.
Moses blocks a body shot from Berry.

Berry breaks the clinch.
Berry tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A solid leg kick lands there for Berry.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moses is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Berry.
Berry throws a predictable looking body shot
and Moses counters with a nice uppercut.
Moses feints and then cracks Berry's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Berry down.
Berry tries to clinch but Moses is having none of it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Berry.
Berry throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A nice inside leg kick there by Moses. That's going to slow Berry down.
Moses throws a leg kick but Berry sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Moses looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Moses takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moses throws a nice looking combination but Berry bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Berry throws a looping overhand right but Moses ducks down to avoid it.
Berry throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Moses fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Berry has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Berry takes a swing at Moses's ribcage but misses.
Berry throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Moses sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Berry is looking to clinch but Moses is avoiding it.
Berry has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Moses.
Berry wants to land a leg kick but Moses is out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Berry displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Moses.
Berry misses with a right hand
and Moses counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moses missing with a left hand there. Berry was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Berry listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Moses connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Moses wants to clinch up but Berry keeps it at a distance.
The fighters circling - Berry throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Moses tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Berry was well out of range. Poor timing from Moses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Berry.
A clash of legs there as Moses blocks the low kick.
Moses goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Moses fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Berry avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ricky Moses. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berry misses with a body kick.
Berry fails with an attempt to clinch.
Berry tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Moses was well out of range. Poor timing from Berry.
Berry tries to close the distance and clinch but Moses swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Berry scores with a body shot.
Berry thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Moses if he has to take too many more of those.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Moses slips under a jab.
Moses uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Berry.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Berry scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Berry swings wildly with an uppercut but Moses uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Moses.
A short right from Berry.
Berry tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Moses prevents a body shot from Berry.
Berry struggles to land a body shot inside as Moses controls his hands.
Berry misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Berry wants to stall.
Berry blocks an uppercut.

Berry breaks from the clinch.
Moses staying out of range there.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Moses keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Moses keeps the fight on the outside.
Berry throws a leg kick
and Moses counters with a head kick.
Berry stuns Moses with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Moses takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Moses throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Berry stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Berry on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Moses cracks Berry with a good jab.
Moses avoids the body shot from Berry.
Moses looks to land a left hand but Berry moved out of range nicely.
Berry ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Berry lands with a straight right. Moses didn't see that one coming.
Berry swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Berry takes a swing at Moses's ribcage but misses.
Berry throws out a leg kick but Moses moves out of range and Berry only half commits.
Moses is looking to clinch.
Berry takes a swing at Moses's ribcage but misses.
Moses fails with a takedown attempt.
Berry scores with a leg kick.
Moses shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Berry as he avoids it easily.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Berry misses with a body kick.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Moses.
Both fighters circling a little - Berry finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Berry blocks a low kick nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Berry looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Berry uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Moses.
Berry throws a nice inside leg kick.
Berry digs a good hook to Moses's body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Moses keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Berry pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nice defenses there by Berry.
Moses shoots and misses
and Berry counters with an inside leg kick.
Moses steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Berry. That one must have hurt.
Berry misses with an uppercut.

Berry pushes Moses up against the cage in a clinch.
Berry lands a hook that snaps the head of Moses backwards.
Berry throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A hook to the body from Berry.
Berry tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Berry is working Moses over against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Berry tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Berry really dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

An inside leg kick lands from Berry.
Berry keeps Moses at a distance using the push kick.
Moses uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Berry.
Moses tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Berry scores with a crisp jab that stopped Moses in his tracks.
Berry dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Berry throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Berry scores with a leg kick.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Berry explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Moses circles away from the clinch attempt.
Berry walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Moses checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moses is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Berry.
Berry lands the left hand.
Berry lands with a thumping leg kick.
Berry thuds a left hand into Moses's body.
Berry loads up on a big right hand but Moses slips the punch.
Berry throws out a loose jab but Moses uses good head movement to avoid it.
Moses tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Berry jabs Moses to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Moses tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A decent looking cross lands there for Berry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berry blocks a head kick by Moses.
Berry takes a swing at Moses's ribcage but misses.
Berry ducks under a wild hook from Moses.
Moses misses with a hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Moses closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Berry quickly recovers to half guard.
Berry is trying to stand.
Berry is staying active underneath Moses, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Berry manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Moses is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Moses tries to close the distance and clinch up but Berry swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berry lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Moses at a distance.

Berry gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A body shot lands from Berry.
Berry scores with a shot to the side of Moses's head.
Berry scores with a shot to the side of Moses's head.
Moses's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Moses misses with a hook from the clinch.

Berry pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Berry tests Moses's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Berry lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Moses is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Berry.
Oh Moses is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Berry thows a body shot but no joy.
A nice leg kick lands there from Berry.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berry throws a one two combo.
Berry scores with a punch to the head.
Berry pounces like a tiger and cracks Moses with a vicious hook! Moses is down but not out! Berry follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:17 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Mark Berry! Mark Berry retains his lightweight title!