PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Liam Lesner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brandon Vera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lesner
vs
Vera

196 cm
22
210 lbs
5 - 1 - 1

190 cm
22
210 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Liam Lesner!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brandon Vera!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vera throws a series of punches but Lesner moves out of range.
Vera defending well as Lesner loads up on a big left hand.
Vera scores with a nice body kick.
Vera fails to land with a series of punches.
Lesner on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Some wild striking there from Vera.
Vera tries to clinch up but Lesner circles away and keeps his distance.
Vera swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lesner throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Vera.
Lesner tries to bum rush Vera with a series of wild strikes but Vera uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lesner misses with a body kick.
Vera tries to clinch up.
Liam Lesner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vera throws a nice looking combination but Lesner bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Vera is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lesner lands with an overhand left.
Vera misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Vera scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Vera tries to clinch but Lesner is having none of it.
A combination from Lesner does no damage.
Decent striking displayed by Vera there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lesner takes a swing at Vera's ribcage but misses.
Vera tries to clinch there but Lesner circles away.
Vera avoids a kick to the body.
Lesner scores with a spinning back kick!
Lesner connects with an inside leg kick.
Lesner throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lesner is breathing heavily.
Vera will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Vera tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Lesner manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lesner tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A combination from Lesner does no damage.
Lesner misses with a wild combination.
No joy there for Lesner, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Vera scores with a push kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vera pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Lesner back to the cage. Vera follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Lesner dodges the punch combination from Vera.
Vera lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Vera.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lesner pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Vera scores with a push kick.
A left and a right from Vera both land. Nice combination.
Vera tries to clinch up.
Vera scores with a three punch combo!
Vera feints and then cracks Lesner's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lesner down.
Vera feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Lesner's calf.
Lesner swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Vera tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lesner swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Vera moves in looking to clinch but Lesner pushes him off.
Lesner on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Lesner swings widly with a right hand
and Vera counters with a slapping leg kick.
Vera feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Lesner's calf.
Vera tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lesner swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lesner is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Vera.
Vera moves in looking to clinch but Lesner pushes him off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lesner takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Lesner keeps the fight on the outside.
Lesner misses with the combination.
Vera tries to clinch up.
Vera lands a lovely overhand right.
Lesner takes a swing at Vera's ribcage but misses.
Lesner misses with a leg kick.
Vera tries to clinch but Lesner is having none of it.
Vera lands a nice looking body kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Vera. Lesner shrugs it off though.
Vera thuds a left hand into Lesner's body.
Vera misses with the combination.
Vera throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A lazy left from Vera finds it's target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vera thows a body kick. Lesner tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Good standup being displayed there by Vera as he connects with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vera cracks the inside of Lesner's front leg.
Vera dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lesner. That did some damage!
Lesner will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Vera lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lesner circles away quickly and effectively.
No joy there for Vera, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lesner takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Vera moves in looking to clinch but Lesner pushes him off.
Vera throws a series of punches but Lesner avoids them all with ease.
Vera scores with a head kick.
Lesner throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Vera fails with an attempt to clinch.
Vera fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lesner thows a body shot but no joy.
A punch combination from Lesner misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vera digs a good hook to Lesner's body.
Vera lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Vera lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Vera plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brandon Vera dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Vera looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Vera throws a nice inside leg kick.
Brandon Vera seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Vera moves out of range of the strikes.
Lesner fails to land with a series of punches.
Vera tries to bum rush Lesner with a series of wild strikes but Lesner uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lesner swats away the attempt to clinch by Vera.
Lesner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Lesner!

It looks like Brandon Vera has been cut.
Vera tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Vera lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Vera tries to clinch but Lesner moves out of range.
Lesner keeps the fight on the outside.
Liam Lesner is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Vera throws a quick inside leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lesner takes a swing at Vera's ribcage but misses.
A head kick from Vera lands but Lesner takes it in his stride.
Lesner takes a head kick and keeps coming.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Lesner throws a leg kick but Vera sees it coming and checks it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vera catches Lesner with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
No joy there for Lesner, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Vera stalks Lesner and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Lesner's face. Lesner staggers backwards, shaken.
Vera slips a straight right by Lesner.
Vera lands a head kick!
Vera tries to clinch but Lesner is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vera looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lesner looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Vera scoring well with a low kick there.
Vera pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Lesner back to the cage. Vera follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Vera fails in his attempt to clinch.
Vera throws a head kick that Lesner semi-blocks.
Vera throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
A combination from Vera does no damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lesner scores with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lesner circles away from the clinch attempt.
Vera misses the shot to the body.
Lesner throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Lesner throws a sloppy head kick
and Vera counters with a good, hard body kick but Lesner shrugs it off.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Vera.
Vera displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Lesner keeps the fight on the outside.
Lesner walks into a straight right hand from Vera.
Lesner throws a right hand that Vera ducks under and follows up with a left that Vera also avoids with ease.
Vera lands a leg kick that knocks Lesner off balance momentarily.
Vera tries to clinch up.
Vera uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lesner.
Vera throws a series of strikes that have Lesner backpedaling.
Vera thows a body kick. Lesner tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Vera fails with an attempt to clinch.
Vera wants to clinch.
Vera is working the combinations to good effect here.
Sloppy strikes from Lesner. Those never looked like landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vera lands with a kick to the temple. Lesner shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Lesner throws a series of punches but Vera avoids them all with ease.
Vera misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lesner darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Vera goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Lesner showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vera.
Lesner has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A punch combination from Vera misses.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Lesner crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Vera - the referee stops the clock and Lesner gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Vera. Lesner manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Vera slips a jab and a cross from Lesner.
Vera misses with a two punch combination.
No joy there for Lesner, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lesner tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Lesner chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Vera can pounce on him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vera pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Lesner back to the cage. Vera follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Lesner takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Vera tries to clinch there but Lesner circles away.
Vera misses with a series of wild punches.
Lesner throws a head kick that half lands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vera tries to bum rush Lesner with a series of wild strikes but Lesner uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Vera lands with a kick to the ribs.
Lesner scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Vera rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lesner moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lesner will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Vera avoids a kick to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lesner fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Vera has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Vera throws a one two combo.
Vera throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brandon Vera showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Brandon Vera's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Lesner gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Lesner keeps the fight on the outside.
Vera throws a series of punches but Lesner moves out of range.
Vera wants to clinch.
Vera displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Vera misses with the combination.
Vera lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Lesner throws a head kick that misses.
Vera throws a quick inside leg kick.
Vera tries to clinch but Lesner moves out of range.
Lesner throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lesner misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Vera tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Vera tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vera fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lesner throws a head kick but Vera moves out of range.
Lesner dodges the punch combination from Vera.
Lesner lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Vera fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Lesner swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lesner takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Lesner avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lesner looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Lesner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vera scores with a leg kick.
Lesner takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Vera fails in his attempt to clinch.
Vera moves out of range of the body kick from Lesner.
Vera tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lesner paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Vera throws a front kick that sends Lesner stumbling back into the cage.
Lesner takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vera misses with a series of wild punches.
A punch combination from Lesner misses.
Vera's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Vera duly obliges.
Lesner is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Lesner misses with a straight left.
A right-left combo lands from Vera.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vera lands a nice looking kick to the body. Lesner takes a step back to recover.
Lesner throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Vera.
Lesner swinging wildly here.
Some wild striking there from Vera.
Vera lands with a kick to the ribs.
Vera lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Vera.
Vera moves in looking to clinch but Lesner pushes him off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Vera. That snapped Lesner's head back.
Vera dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lesner. That did some damage!
Vera throws a series of punches but Lesner avoids them all with ease.
Vera avoids the head kick by Lesner.
Lesner misses with a double jab.
Vera is looking to clinch but Lesner is avoiding it.
Lesner takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Vera tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Lesner manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Vera with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Lesner chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Vera can pounce on him.
Lesner throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Vera looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Vera throws a one two combo.
Vera tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lesner paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Vera showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lesner.
Vera buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Vera.
Vera is looking to slow Lesner down with leg kicks.
Vera showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lesner.
Vera turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vera tries to clinch there but Lesner circles away.
Vera tries to bum rush Lesner with a series of wild strikes but Lesner uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A nice combination there by Vera.
Lesner tries a head kick but it misses.
Vera wants to clinch up but Lesner keeps it at a distance.
Vera uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lesner.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vera looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Vera throws a nice inside leg kick.
Vera is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brandon Vera really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brandon Vera's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Lesner takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Lesner tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Vera throws a right and a left that both miss.
Vera moves in looking to clinch but Lesner pushes him off.
Vera throws a leg kick which misses Lesner's front leg but catches the back leg as Lesner tries to avoid it.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Vera - that will leave a mark!
Lesner lands with a hook. Vera tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Vera!
Vera swinging wildly here.
Vera looks to land a combination but Lesner avoids it well.
Lesner misses with a few strikes there.
Vera moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Lesner gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Vera tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A big right from Lesner misses.
Lesner lands with an overhand left.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lesner misses with a series of wild punches.
Lesner takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Lesner throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Vera shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Lesner eats them both and turns towards Vera to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Nice body punch from Vera.
Lesner throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Vera counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Vera misses with a jab, cross combination.
Vera moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Lesner misses with a series of wild punches.
Vera moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Vera lands a jab-cross combination.
Lesner fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Vera misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lesner throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Lesner misses.
Lesner gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
No joy there for Vera, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lesner throws a body punch but Vera moves out of range.
Lesner takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Lesner dodges the punch combination from Vera.
Nice cross by Lesner.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vera tries to clinch but Lesner is having none of it.
Vera pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Lesner back to the cage. Vera follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Lesner closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Lesner avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Vera throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A shot to the liver by Vera. Beautiful body shot.
Vera throws a series of punches but Lesner moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Lesner misses.
Vera tries to bum rush Lesner with a series of wild strikes but Lesner uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lesner throws a series of punches but Vera moves out of range.
Vera dips to his left and cracks Lesner with an uppercut!
Lesner takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Lesner looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Vera throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Lesner throws a jab but it's blocked by Vera.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vera looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lesner swings widly with a right hand
and Vera counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Lesner is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Vera's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Vera duly obliges.
Vera tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Lesner manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lesner throws a nice looking combination but Vera bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Some wild striking there from Vera.
Vera works the jab nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lesner tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lesner has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Vera.
Vera lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Vera uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lesner.
Vera fails in his attempt to clinch.
Vera tries to clinch up.
A cross from Vera lands.
Vera cracks Lesner with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
This has been an exciting period of action!
No joy there for Lesner, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lesner showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vera.
Vera looks to land a combination. Lesner sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vera throws a series of punches but Lesner avoids them all with ease.
Vera lands a head kick!
Vera misses with a jab, cross combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brandon Vera dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Brandon Vera's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Lesner misses with the combination.
Vera is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Vera throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lesner.
Lesner avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lesner throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Lesner throws a hook to the side of Vera's head but Vera sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Vera throws a one two combo.
Lesner looks to land a combination but Vera avoids it well.
Vera shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Lesner eats them both and turns towards Vera to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Vera moves in looking to clinch but Lesner pushes him off.
Lesner misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Vera thows a body kick. Lesner tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
A good leg kick by Vera.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vera with a hook.
Lesner circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vera misses with a series of wild punches.
No joy there for Lesner, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Vera throws a nice looking combination but Lesner bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Vera tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Lesner manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Vera thumps Lesner with a low kick.
Vera lands a jab-cross combination.
Vera thumps Lesner with a low kick.
Vera goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Lesner swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Vera is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lesner misses with a kick to the body
and Vera counters with a thumping low kick.
Vera scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Vera thows a body kick. Lesner tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Vera connects with an inside leg kick.
A right-left combo lands from Vera.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lesner bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lesner throws a wild body kick that Vera sees coming a mile off.
Lesner misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Vera throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice uppercut there from Vera.
Vera fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lesner.
No joy there for Vera, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lesner fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Vera checks it well.
Lesner scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Vera - that will leave a mark!
Vera misses with a wild combination.
Vera throws a hook but Lesner blocks it.
Lesner throws a leg kick that misses.
Jab, jab by Vera - just one landing.
Vera throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Lesner. Those never looked like landing.
Lesner swinging wildly here.
Lesner takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Vera tries to bum rush Lesner with a series of wild strikes but Lesner uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lesner throws a series of punches but Vera avoids them all with ease.
Vera throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Lesner throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Vera counters with a three punch combo that has Lesner backing up. Lesner nods at Vera to acknowledge the strikes.
Vera looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Lesner misses with a double jab.
Vera tries to clinch there but Lesner circles away.
Lesner takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Lesner tries to bum rush Vera with a series of wild strikes but Vera uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lesner misses with a body kick.
Vera throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lesner.
Lesner throws a head kick that misses
and Vera counters with a three punch combo that has Lesner backing up. Lesner nods at Vera to acknowledge the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lesner throws a combination that misses
and Vera counters with a nice leg kick.
Vera doesn't manage to clinch there - Lesner circles away.
Vera showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lesner.
Vera's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Vera duly obliges.
Vera lands a nice looking body kick.
Some wild striking there from Vera.
Vera cracks Lesner with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lesner tries to bum rush Vera with a series of wild strikes but Vera uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Vera tries to close the distance and clinch but Lesner swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Vera is looking to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vera misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lesner just misses with a punch to the body.
Lesner swats away the attempt to clinch by Vera.
Brandon Vera is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Vera throws a head kick that half lands.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brandon Vera comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Vera has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 45:50
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 45:50
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brandon Vera!
Brandon Vera is the new light heavyweight champion!