PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Your Name Here (ranked 3094 p4p, 361 weight class) and Winslow Berhardt (ranked 2020 p4p, 243 weight class). Here comes into the arena with Green Card blaring out of the sound system. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Name Here
vs
Berhardt

172 cm
28
153 lbs
10 - 9 - 1

175 cm
29
167 lbs
14 - 12 - 3

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

IniTech Nutrition
Pit Bull Development

Pit Bull Development

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Your Name Here!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 12 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Winslow Berhardt!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shirou Masuda and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Berhardt scores with a nice head shot.
Berhardt has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Here is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Berhardt blocks a jab.
It seemed like Berhardt was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

Here has taken the fight to the clinch.
Here lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Here lands a body shot.
Berhardt goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Berhardt.

Berhardt pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Berhardt misses with a few strikes there.
Berhardt works the jab nicely.
Berhardt takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Winslow Berhardt has been cut.
Here looks to land a left hand but Berhardt moved out of range nicely.
Berhardt blocks a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Berhardt connects with a good right hand that stumbles Here. Here circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Here looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Here takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Here gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Berhardt to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Here keeping moving, preventing Berhardt from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Here is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Here throwing shots but Berhardt is blocking nicely.
Here scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Here seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Berhardt trying to control but Here postures up.
Here with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Berhardt regains full guard. Nicely done.

Berhardt has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Here can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Here trying to control but Berhardt is working from the bottom.
Here scoring with punches to the head and body.
Berhardt is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Berhardt is controlling Here's posture.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Berhardt has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Here can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Here sitting in guard here, content to control.
Here is working Berhardt over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Here passes into half guard.

Berhardt looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Here scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Here lands a nice short elbow.
Here is keen to just control but Berhardt is a slippery customer.
Berhardt keeping control of the position.
Here slows the pace down in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berhardt is looking to improve his position.
Here lands with a punch from half guard.
Berhardt is staying active underneath Here, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Here tries to pass to full mount but Berhardt defends it.
Here working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Berhardt's thigh. Berhardt counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Here won't allow Berhardt to sweep him here.
Here throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Berhardt works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Here trying to control the position from guard on top but Berhardt is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Here is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Berhardt is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Berhardt 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.

Berhardt had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Here defends it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berhardt keeping moving, preventing Here from controlling successfully.
Here trying to move into half guard but instead Berhardt has managed to sweep!

Here working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Berhardt doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Berhardt manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Here is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Berhardt postures up.

Here is looking for a triangle but Berhardt pushes his legs off easily.
Here is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Berhardt in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Berhardt is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Here looking for a guillotine here but Berhardt defends easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Your Name Here will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Winslow Berhardt's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Here shoots in for a takedown but Berhardt shows good takedown defense.
Berhardt slaps away a takedown attempt from Here, before circling back to the center of the mat.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Berhardt! But no joy.
Berhardt lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Here lands a nice leg kick that just misses Berhardt's sensitive parts.
Nice straight punches there by Berhardt. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Berhardt.
Here misses the jab.
Nice sprawl there from Berhardt as Here shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Your Name Here. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Here gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Berhardt to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Berhardt working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Here is trying to control the position but Berhardt postures up.
Berhardt loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Berhardt drops back looking for a leg! Here is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Here manages to kick Berhardt off! Berhardt jumps back into Here's guard.
Winslow Berhardt has got the better of the ground game so far.
Here wants to sweep here but Berhardt controlling him for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Here is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Berhardt being controlled here momentarily.
Berhardt is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Berhardt stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Here swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Here looking to hit a scissor sweep but Berhardt is one step ahead there.
Berhardt lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Here is pulling down on Berhardt's head. It's preventing any offense from Berhardt, at least for the moment.
Here keeping moving, preventing Berhardt from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Berhardt stopping the sweep attempt from Here.
Berhardt forces his way into half guard.
Here on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Berhardt wants to take a breather but Here is having none of it.
Here is controlling Berhardt's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Here trying to control from the bottom.
Here is controlling Berhardt's trapped leg to prevent Berhardt from advancing to side control.
Berhardt drops an elbow to the side of Here's head.
Here trying to hold on to Berhardt's head to control him but Berhardt postures up.
Nice strikes from Berhardt there.
Berhardt has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Here is defending against the submission attempts here by Berhardt.

Here looking for submissions off his back.
Berhardt lands with a punch from half guard.
Here is controlling Berhardt's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Berhardt is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Berhardt working over Here with some ground and pound. Here looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Berhardt sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Here defending well though.
Berhardt throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Berhardt looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Here with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Here wants to get back to full guard.

Berhardt is trying to work for a kimura but Here is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Berhardt connects with a nice short shot to Here's temple.
Here is trying to control but can't.

Here looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Berhardt working Here over with strikes.

Here looking for submissions off his back.
Berhardt has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Here has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Berhardt is working away from the top position though.
Berhardt scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Berhardt scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Here trying to hold on to Berhardt's head to control him but Berhardt postures up.
Here has hold of Berhardt's hands but Berhardt slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Winslow Berhardt showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Winslow Berhardt's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Berhardt shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Berhardt was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Here defending against the ground and pound.
Berhardt working away.
Berhardt working the head and body with strikes.
Here is looking for a sweep.

Berhardt is trying to get an arm triangle but Here is defending well.
Berhardt in side control lands a decent elbow.
Here gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Ground and pound from Berhardt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Here trying to control from the bottom.
Here controlling the position well.
Berhardt is pressing down on Here's thigh, looking to free his foot. Here is holding on for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Here is trying to control but Berhardt passes into side control!
Here prevents Berhardt from moving into mount.
You can see the frustration on Here's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Berhardt working the head and body with strikes.
Berhardt creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Here sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Here is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Here gets full guard.
Berhardt landing some decent shots from guard.
Berhardt is fighting to break Here's control of his arms but Here is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Berhardt working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Here looking to hit a scissor sweep but Berhardt is one step ahead there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berhardt loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Berhardt's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Here is trying to keep Berhardt in close.
Berhardt trying to control the position from guard on top but Here is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Berhardt lands a couple of digs.
Berhardt sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Here's guard.
Here avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Berhardt.
Here is looking to control Berhardt's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Here avoid being mounted?
Here manages to get to full guard.
Here lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Here wants to pass the guard but Berhardt is keeping the position.
Berhardt bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Here's guard.

Berhardt lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Berhardt advances to half guard.

Here is defending against the submission attempts here by Berhardt.
Berhardt scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Here moves into full guard.

Here working for a triangle but Berhardt defends it easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Here looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berhardt postures up and lands a big shot to Here's brow.
Here working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Berhardt.
Berhardt throwing strikes from guard but Here blocks nicely.
Here wants to sweep here but Berhardt controlling him for the moment.
Berhardt trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Here looking to control.
Berhardt postures up in Here's guard and throws a big left but Here blocks it.
Berhardt trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Berhardt landing some decent shots from guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Berhardt connects with a couple of short punches.
Here is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Berhardt pushes down on Here's leg and manages to get into half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Winslow Berhardt comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Berhardt has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:30
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Winslow Berhardt!
Winslow Berhardt very nearly forgot to thank Pit Bull Development amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
The defeated Your Name Here had this to say: 'Ay Caramba.'.