PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Uriel Verrus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Neal Stephenson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Verrus
vs
Stephenson

185 cm
24
192 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

182 cm
26
187 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
Powerful

Zentrope Fighting Universe

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Uriel Verrus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Neal Stephenson!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Paul Tew and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Verrus looks to land a left hand but Stephenson moved out of range nicely.
Stephenson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Stephenson throws a head kick but Verrus moves out of range.
Verrus checks a leg kick.
Stephenson throws a head kick that half lands.

It looks like Uriel Verrus has been cut.
Verrus takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Stephenson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Verrus has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Stephenson keeps Verrus at a distance using the push kick.
Stephenson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
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!
Stephenson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Verrus throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Stephenson counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stephenson throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Verrus avoids the head kick by Stephenson.
Stephenson scores with a leg kick.
Stephenson lands a nice looking body kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Stephenson.
Verrus misses with a right hand
and Stephenson counters with a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A solid body kick from Stephenson.
Stephenson misses with a head kick.
A head kick from Stephenson lands but Verrus takes it in his stride.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Stephenson. No joy for Verrus on that attempt.
Stephenson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Stephenson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Verrus.
Verrus throws a shot from downtown. Stephenson moves away and avoids it.
Stephenson feints and then cracks Verrus's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Verrus down.
Verrus takes a swing at Stephenson's ribcage but misses.
Verrus looks to land a left hand but Stephenson moved out of range nicely.
Good work by Verrus as he checks the leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Verrus throws a jab when Stephenson was well out of range.
A good leg kick by Stephenson.
Stephenson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Stephenson tries a head kick but it misses.
Stephenson throws a head kick but Verrus moves out of range.

Verrus looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Stephenson!
Stephenson is desperately trying to improve his position but Verrus has a good base and remains in mount.
Verrus with a couple of short strikes.
Stephenson is bucking up trying to escape but Verrus cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stephenson is trying desperately to improve position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Verrus scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Stephenson?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Verrus raining down shots from the mount!

Stephenson is rocked!
A big strike lands for Verrus! That's really hurt Stephenson and he's turned his back - Verrus keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Verrus jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Uriel Verrus!
Uriel Verrus really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Empire Threads - The Best $15 You've Ever Spent! logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.