PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dominic Vera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chito Hua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vera kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Romper Stomper. 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.

Vera
vs
Hua

188 cm
21
202 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

190 cm
22
185 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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Knock Out Artistry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dominic Vera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Chito Hua!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Winston Howard and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vera misses with a hook. Hua ducked under it nicely.
Vera misses the jab.
Vera connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hua slips a straight right by Vera.
Vera pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A cross from Vera lands.
A jab lands there for Vera.
Hua takes one to the chin there.
Vera avoids the head kick by Hua.
Vera ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hua moves away.
Vera jabs at Hua's body.
Hua on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Hua throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Vera throws a series of punches but Hua avoids them all with ease.
Hua blocks a jab.

Hua takes the fight into the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hua just misses with a elbow thrown towards Vera's brow.
Vera managing to block the knees to the body from Hua.
Hua throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hua lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Dominic Vera has been cut.
Hua tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vera avoids it.
Vera on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Vera managing to block the knees to the body from Hua.
Hua tries to stall but Vera uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hua tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Vera keeps control of Hua as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hua keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Vera's efforts to push away.
Hua missing with knees to the body.
Hua misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vera.

Vera manages to break the clinch.
Vera uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hua has time to react.
Vera is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Hua.
Vera jabs Hua right on the nose. Hua blinks but takes it well.
Vera throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hua on the side of the head.
Vera scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hua in his tracks.
Hua tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hua with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Vera to score with a decent uppercut.
Hua moves out of range of the strikes.
Vera scores with a nice head shot.
Vera scores with a shot to the body.
Hua moves out of range as Vera strikes.
Vera lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hua at a distance.
Vera cracks a nice hook into Hua's ribs.
Vera throws a shot to the body.
Hua looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vera lands a really nice looking cross but Hua seems unphased.
Hua fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hua on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Vera. Vera obviously looking to wear him down.
Vera throws a right and a left that both miss.
The crowd cheers as Vera lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hua doesn't seem phased though.
Vera lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Hua has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Vera finds it's way round the side to connect with Hua's head.
A jab from Vera does it's job there.

Vera has closed the distance and engaged Hua in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hua is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

Vera breaks from the clinch.
Jab by Vera.
Hua doesn't manage to clinch there - Vera circles away.
Vera is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Hua throws a leg kick
and Hua takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hua moves in looking to clinch but Vera pushes him off.
A telegraphed right hand from Vera misses the target.
Hua is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Vera lands a nice shot that snaps Hua's head back.
Vera digs a good body shot into Hua's ribs.
Dominic Vera is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Vera clobbers Hua with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A telegraphed right hand from Vera misses the target.
Vera scores with a hook.
Hua takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Vera lands a slapping body shot.
A jab lands there for Vera.
Vera lands a two punch combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Vera.
Vera lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hua's sensitive parts.
Vera lands with a nice body punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vera scores with a nice head shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Vera, as that shot connected.
Vera keeps the fight on the outside.
Hua doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Vera connects with a crisp jab.
Vera lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hua at a distance.
Vera scores with a nice right hand.
Hua tries to clinch up.
Vera fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vera fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Vera moves into range and connects with a jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Vera.
Dominic Vera seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hua takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dominic Vera dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dominic Vera's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Vera tests Hua's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Vera ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Vera there.
Hua tries to clinch up.
Vera looks to throw the jab but Hua is out of range.
Vera scores with a hook to the body. Hua takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hua keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vera.
Dominic Vera is winning the standup battle so far.
Vera lands a body shot.
Vera scores with a sloppy right hand. Hua should have avoided that one.
Nice straight punches there by Vera. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Vera.
Vera swats away the attempt to clinch by Hua.
Hua has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Vera throws a combination that misses
and Hua counters with a two punch combo.
Hua slips a straight right by Vera.
Decent striking displayed by Vera there.
Hua is breathing heavily.
Vera lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hua takes one on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hua doesn't manage to clinch there - Vera circles away.
Hua tries to clinch up but Vera circles away and keeps his distance.
Hua takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Vera throws a one two combo.
Nice body punch from Vera.
Vera misses with a series of wild punches.
Vera avoids the head kick by Hua.
Donk. Vera catches Hua right on the button with a cross.
Vera scores with a jab to the head.
Vera scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hua doesn't seem bothered though.
Hua is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Vera throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hua on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Vera connects with a looping right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vera cracks Hua with a right hand to the side of the head.
Vera chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Vera's corner calls for a 1-2. Vera obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Hua closes the distance looking to clinch
and Vera counters with a left and a right that stings Hua.
Vera throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hua on the side of the head.
Vera keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Vera lands a lovely overhand right.
Hua with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Vera to score with a decent uppercut.
Hua takes one to the side of the head.
Hua has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Vera finds it's way round the side to connect with Hua's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vera bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hua's head backwards.

Vera has closed the distance and engaged Hua in a clinch.
Hua trying to land knees to the body.
Hua throws an elbow but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hua throws an elbow but misses.
Vera wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Vera avoiding damage as Hua throws knees to the body.
Hua misses with an elbow over the top.
Hua tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hua throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vera blocks it with crossed arms.
Vera blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hua throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vera blocks it with crossed arms.

Vera breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hua tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Vera displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Vera.
Vera lands with an overhand left.
Vera scores with a hook.
Vera lands a slapping body shot.
Hua takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Danga de danga de dang - Vera scores with a four punch combination!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vera misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
No joy there for Vera, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Vera lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
No joy there for Vera, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Vera lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Vera throws a jab when Hua was well out of range.
Vera lands a body shot.
Chito Hua is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Vera lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hua at a distance.
Vera lands a glancing blow to the side of Hua's head.
Vera scores with the left hand. Hua knows he should have avoided that one.
Vera connects with a body shot.
Vera scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vera lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Hua backs up against the cage.
A decent looking cross lands there for Vera.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Vera, as that shot connected.
Vera lands a with a good body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dominic Vera dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dominic Vera's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Good shot there by Vera.
Hua doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Vera scores with a hook to the body. Hua takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hua moves forwards but Vera connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Hua misses with a body kick.
Vera looks to land a right hand but Hua moved out of range.
Vera lands a with a good body shot.
Vera lunges at Hua with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hua's hand.
Hua needs to keep his hands up - Vera had a free shot at his head there.
Vera misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jab by Vera.
Vera misses with a hook.
Hua takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A jab from Vera finds it's way through Hua's defenses.
Hua tries to clinch but Vera moves away
and Vera makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Hua misses with a kick to the body.
Hua ducks under a wild hook from Vera.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hua tries to close the distance and clinch but Vera swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Vera gets a clinch.

Vera breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hua fails with an attempt to clinch.
Vera bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hua's head backwards.
Vera dips to his left and cracks Hua with an uppercut!
Vera looks to throw the jab but Hua is out of range.
Vera lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Nice uppercut there from Vera.
Vera fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Vera throws a hook but Hua blocks it.
Hua walks into a straight right hand from Vera.
Hua avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hua looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hua fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vera listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Vera ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hua misses with a straight right.
Vera connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Vera is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hua can do to turn this around?
A jab from Vera misses.
Vera swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Vera connects with a single shot there.
Hua tries to clinch but Vera moves out of range.
Vera scores with a nice strike.
Hua is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Vera slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Vera misses with a wild body shot.
Vera scores with a shot to the body.
Vera connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hua momentarily.
Vera throws a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vera works the jab nicely.
Vera scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hua tries to land a front kick but Vera steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

Hua shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Vera wants to control but Hua is having none of it.
Vera is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Vera tries to buck Hua off but he can't manage it.
Vera holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Hua tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
The referee warns Vera that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vera wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vera is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Hua misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Vera is squirming around, avoiding Hua's attempts to control the action.
Vera is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Chito Hua has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
BOOM! Hua connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Hua thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Vera is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dominic Vera showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Vera, 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:27
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dominic Vera!