PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Don Cherry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dick Offenhard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cherry comes to the cage accompanied by Let me ride that donkey!. Offenhard has chosen Ghostface Killah - Daytona 500 as his entrance music. Don Cherry has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Cherry
vs
Offenhard

187 cm
21
212 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

186 cm
19
200 lbs
2 - 0 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
Granite chin

BioPharm Nutrition

Monster MMA
CROWN

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Don Cherry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 1, fighting out of New York, Dick Offenhard!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Steve Montenegro and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cherry lands with a nice body punch.
Offenhard stuffs the takedown attempt from Cherry. Cherry gets slowly back to his feet.
Offenhard is looking to clinch but Cherry is avoiding it.
Cherry throws a jab when Offenhard was well out of range.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Cherry.
Offenhard is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Cherry scoring with punches and elbows.
Offenhard is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Cherry tries to advance to mount but Offenhard denies him.
Offenhard sneaks back into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Offenhard regains full guard. Nicely done.
Offenhard 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.
Cherry trying to control but Offenhard is working from the bottom.
Offenhard keeping full guard, as Cherry tries to pass.
Offenhard working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cherry.
Cherry 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.
Cherry wants to pass the guard but Offenhard is keeping the position.
Cherry content to stall in guard here.

Offenhard pushes Cherry off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Offenhard is looking to clinch but Cherry is avoiding it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
The fight stays on the outside here - Offenhard looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Offenhard looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cherry circles away from the clinch attempt.
Offenhard keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cherry.

Cherry scores a takedown into full mount!

Cherry has hold of Offenhard's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Offenhard manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Offenhard tries to hold on but Cherry postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cherry lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Offenhard hang on?
Offenhard takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Offenhard tries to hold on but Cherry pushes him away.
Offenhard can't escape the position.

Cherry looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Cherry looking to control but Offenhard is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Cherry wants to finish this one by submission but Offenhard is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Cherry.
Offenhard sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Offenhard wants to control but Cherry is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Offenhard makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Offenhard.

Offenhard is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Offenhard looking to throw knees to the head but Cherry is blocking nicely.
Cherry drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Cherry takes a knee right on the jaw!
Cherry changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Offenhard fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Don Cherry. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Offenhard tries to clinch but Cherry moves out of range.
Offenhard fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cherry swinging wilding here.
Offenhard moves in looking to clinch but Cherry pushes him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Don Cherry dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Cherry throws a hook but Offenhard avoids it easily.
Offenhard is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cherry circles away from the clinch attempt.
Offenhard moves in looking to clinch but Cherry pushes him off.
Cherry shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Offenhard pinned against the cage. Offenhard gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Cherry keeps the fight on the outside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cherry circles away from the clinch attempt.
Offenhard is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Cherry misses its intended target.
Don Cherry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Offenhard ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cherry looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Offenhard is fending him off so far but Cherry persists. Nope, Offenhard circles away and we're back to standing.
Cherry misses with a jab, cross combination.
Offenhard tries to clinch up.
Cherry lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Cherry.

It looks like Dick Offenhard has been cut.
Offenhard tries to clinch but Cherry is having none of it.
Offenhard moves away from the strike by Cherry.
Cherry paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Offenhard tries to clinch but Cherry moves out of range.
Offenhard tries to clinch but Cherry moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Offenhard tries to clinch up.
Offenhard tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cherry paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cherry bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Offenhard's head.
Offenhard tries to clinch but Cherry moves out of range.
Offenhard is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Offenhard tries to clinch there but Cherry circles away.
Cherry throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cherry throws a jab when Offenhard was well out of range.
Offenhard is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cherry shoots in for a takedown but Offenhard shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Don Cherry. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cherry steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Offenhard.
Offenhard circles away from the clinch attempt.
Offenhard clinches but Cherry breaks the clinch
and Cherry counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Offenhard avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Cherry scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Cherry working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Offenhard manages to work his way to half guard, despite Cherry's best efforts.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cherry missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Offenhard is trying to stand.
Offenhard is positioning himself well to prevent Cherry advancing to mount.

Cherry in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Offenhard tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Cherry!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Don Cherry!