PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Amir Verdune (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sig Hemmer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Verdune comes to the cage accompanied by Remember the name. 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.

Verdune
vs
Hemmer

187 cm
27
215 lbs
7 - 10 - 0

200 cm
26
215 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 7 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Amir Verdune!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sig Hemmer!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, William Peck and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hemmer throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Verdune counters with a straight right hand.
Hemmer defending well as Verdune loads up on a big left hand.
A combination from Verdune does no damage.
Hemmer tried to score with a low kick but Verdune checks it.

Hemmer closes the distance and pushes Verdune back into the cage.
Verdune lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hemmer's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Verdune landing knees to the head.

It looks like Sig Hemmer has been cut.
Verdune throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hemmer blocks it with crossed arms.
Verdune landing knees to the body.
Verdune lands a hook to the side of the head.
Verdune landing knees to the head.
Verdune landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hemmer looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Verdune lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Verdune stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Verdune lands a knee to the body.
Verdune lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hemmer backwards.
Nice elbow from Verdune.
Verdune scores a nice knee to the body.
Verdune lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hemmer takes a shot to the head.
Verdune throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hemmer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Verdune lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Verdune lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Verdune scores a nice knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Verdune connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hemmer's face.
Verdune landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Verdune misses with a knee to the head.
Verdune utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Verdune utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Verdune unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hemmer lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Verdune throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hemmer blocks it with crossed arms.
Verdune with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Verdune is working Hemmer over against the cage.
Verdune cracks Hemmer with a nice body shot.
Verdune trying to land knees to the body.
Verdune is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Verdune.
Verdune lands a hook that snaps the head of Hemmer backwards.
Verdune putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hemmer in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Verdune working Hemmer over with knees to the body.
Verdune throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hemmer blocks it with crossed arms.

Hemmer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Verdune clinches.
Hemmer is trying to break the clinch but Verdune has him pressed against the cage.
Verdune lands with a right to the head.
Verdune manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Verdune trying to land knees to the body.
Verdune throws a head punch that misses.
Hemmer being controlled against the cage.
Verdune misses with a knee strike.
Hemmer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Verdune lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hemmer.
Verdune throws a knee to the head but misses.
Verdune putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hemmer in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Verdune pushes Hemmer back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hemmer takes an elbow to the temple.
Hemmer avoids the elbow strike from Verdune, against the cage.
Verdune wants to stall.
Verdune keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hemmer's efforts to push away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Verdune misses with some punches.
Hemmer wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hemmer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hemmer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Verdune lands with a light punch inside.
Verdune working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Verdune misses with a knee strike.
Hemmer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Verdune has him pressed against the cage.

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

Verdune has managed to clinch.
Verdune misses with a shot to the kidneys.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hemmer has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Verdune misses with a knee strike.
Verdune pushes Hemmer back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Verdune with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Amir Verdune dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sig Hemmer's cut.
That's time! Verdune's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Hemmer just misses with a punch to the body.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Hemmer throws a lazy uppercut

and Verdune moves into the clinch.
Hemmer misses with the head strike.
Verdune is pushing Hemmer up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Verdune lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hemmer backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Verdune creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Verdune tries to land a knee to the head but Hemmer blocks with his arms.
Verdune scores with a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Verdune trying to land knees to the body.
Amir Verdune has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Hemmer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Verdune gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Verdune misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hemmer looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hemmer tries to break the clinch but Verdune is controlling the position.
Verdune throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hemmer blocks it with crossed arms.
Verdune lands with a short shot to the head.
Hemmer is trying to break free.
Hemmer is trying to force a seperation but Verdune has the dominant position.
Verdune misses with a knee to the head.
Verdune trying to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Verdune throws an elbow that misses.
Hemmer throws a punch but it's blocked by Verdune.

Hemmer manages to break the clinch.
Hemmer throws a leg kick
and Verdune counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hemmer gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Verdune counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

Verdune has Hemmer up against the cage in a clinch.
Verdune wants to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Verdune tries to land a knee to the head but Hemmer blocks with his arms.
Hemmer has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Verdune avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Hemmer has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Good body shot from Verdune.
Verdune misses with a knee to the head.
Hemmer tries to circle away but Verdune has him pinned against the cage.
A body shot lands from Verdune.
Verdune misses with a knee strike.
Hemmer takes a knee right on the jaw!
A head punch on the inside from Hemmer fails to land.
Verdune scores a nice knee to the body.
Verdune misses with a punch on the inside.
Hemmer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hemmer can't break the clinch.
Verdune throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hemmer blocks it with crossed arms.
Verdune tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Verdune throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hemmer blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Verdune keeps control of Hemmer as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Verdune tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Verdune lands a knee to the head.
Hemmer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Verdune trying to control the position but instead, Hemmer has worked for underhooks and has pushed Verdune into the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Verdune.
Hemmer misses with the head strike.
Hemmer is trying to break free.
Verdune looking to slow down the pace here.
Maybe Verdune would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Hemmer avoiding damage as Verdune throws knees to the body.
Verdune tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Verdune with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Verdune leaning his opponent against the cage.
Hemmer avoiding damage as Verdune throws knees to the body.

That's four 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.
Hemmer can't break the clinch.
Verdune throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hemmer blocks it with crossed arms.
Verdune tries to land knees in the clinch but Hemmer avoids the damage to the body.
Hemmer is trying to break the clinch but Verdune is controlling him.
Hemmer is trying to break the clinch but Verdune has him pressed against the cage.
Verdune is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hemmer can do to turn this around?
Hemmer wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hemmer wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hemmer takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hemmer wants to get back to striking at distance but Verdune won't allow it.

Hemmer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Verdune ducks under a wild hook from Hemmer.
Amir Verdune is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hemmer misses with a lunging right hand
and Verdune counters with a three punch combo that has Hemmer backing up. Hemmer nods at Verdune to acknowledge the strikes.
Verdune shoots in but Hemmer avoids the takedown attempt easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Amir Verdune dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sig Hemmer's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Hemmer throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Verdune sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Verdune scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Hemmer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Verdune.
Hemmer throws a right and a left that both miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Verdune gets a clinch.
A short uppercut from Verdune.
Verdune tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hemmer is trying to break free.
Verdune tries to land knees in the clinch but Hemmer avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hemmer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Hemmer gets tackled into the cage by Verdune. Verdune maintains the clinch.
Verdune misses with a knee to the head.
Verdune has Hemmer pressed against the cage, preventing Hemmer from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hemmer tries to pull guard but Verdune holds him up against the cage and eventually Hemmer drops back down to his feet.
Verdune throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hemmer blocks it with crossed arms.
Verdune tries to throw a body punch but Hemmer avoids it by throwing Verdune back against the cage.
Verdune using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hemmer has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

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

Verdune has closed the distance and engaged Hemmer in a clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Verdune - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Verdune lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hemmer backwards.
Verdune lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Verdune lands a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hemmer can't break the clinch.
Verdune misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hemmer.

Hemmer breaks the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hemmer takes a knee to the side of the body.
Verdune goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The referee is keeping an eye on Verdune - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Hemmer tries to throw a body punch but Verdune avoids it by throwing Hemmer back against the cage.
Verdune lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hemmer is trying to force a seperation but Verdune has the dominant position.
Verdune tries a knee to the head but Hemmer blocks it.

Hemmer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Verdune closes the distance and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Verdune misses with a knee strike.
Verdune tries to land knees in the clinch but Hemmer avoids the damage to the body.
Verdune working Hemmer over with knees to the body.
Hemmer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Verdune throws a knee to the head but misses.
Verdune goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hemmer looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Verdune is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Hemmer blocks a body shot from Verdune.
Verdune misses with a short punch on the inside.
Verdune digs a right hand underneath Hemmer's ribcage. Hemmer let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hemmer wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Verdune trying to land knees to the body.
Hemmer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Verdune has him pressed against the cage.
Hemmer tries to circle away but Verdune has him pinned against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Verdune tries a knee to the head but Hemmer blocks it.
Hemmer looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hemmer wants to break free but Verdune has control.

Hemmer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hemmer feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Verdunes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

Verdune clinches up against the cage.
Sig Hemmer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Verdune with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hemmer managing to block the knees to the body from Verdune.
Verdune tries a knee to the head but Hemmer blocks it.
Hemmer is trying to push Verdune away but Verdune has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Verdune effectively controlling the action here.
Hemmer tries to pull guard but Verdune won't allow it.
Hemmer lands a left hand that snaps the head of Verdune backwards.
Verdune trying to control the position but instead, Hemmer has worked for underhooks and has pushed Verdune into the cage.
Verdune working aggressively here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Amir Verdune showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Verdune 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:26
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Amir Verdune!