PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Christian Willemoes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kid Vera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vera has chosen You are just a JOKE! as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Willemoes
vs
Vera

181 cm
28
185 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

185 cm
25
192 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Happy Pills

Steel Penn's Laundry 93%

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 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Christian Willemoes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kid Vera!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Bruno Hogan and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Willemoes throws a lazy right hand but Vera sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Vera throws a series of punches but Willemoes moves out of range.
A clash of legs there as Willemoes blocks the low kick.
Willemoes works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Nice uppercut lands for Vera. That snapped Willemoes's head back.
Vera lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Willemoes throws the left hand but Vera avoids the punch easily.
Willemoes gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Vera.
Willemoes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vera.
Vera misses with a double jab.
Vera attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Willemoes scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Willemoes throws a sloppy body shot
and Vera counters with a stiff right hand.
Willemoes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vera lands a right hook to the body.
Vera misses with a low kick.
Vera on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Vera moves out of range of the strikes.
Vera buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A big left from Willemoes misses.
Vera throws out a loose jab but Willemoes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Willemoes moves out of range of the leg kick from Vera.
Jab from Vera.
Vera throws a sloppy head kick and Willemoes moves out of range easily.
Willemoes throws an off balance right hand
and Vera counters with a two punch combo.
Kid Vera seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Willemoes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Willemoes blocks a head kick by Vera.
Vera throws a sloppy head kick and Willemoes moves out of range easily.
Vera moves into range and connects with a jab.
Willemoes avoids a punch combination nicely.
Vera misses with an uppercut. Willemoes saw that one coming.
Vera takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vera walks into a straight right hand from Willemoes.
Willemoes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Willemoes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vera.
Vera looks to land a left hand but Willemoes moved out of range nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willemoes staying out of range there.
Vera swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Vera keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vera uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Willemoes.
Vera fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Willemoes looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Willemoes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vera.
Vera misses with a body kick.
A jab from Vera misses.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Willemoes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Willemoes trying to control the position but Vera is working away.
Willemoes misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Willemoes in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Willemoes misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

Willemoes is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Vera has escaped the position, nice work there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vera parries the strikes from Willemoes easily there. Willemoes is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Vera to escape.
Vera is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Willemoes is chipping away with strikes.
Willemoes scores with punches from side control.
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 Christian Willemoes will probably get the nod.
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.

Vera scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Vera looks to land a left hand but Willemoes moved out of range nicely.
Kid Vera seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Willemoes takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A jab from Vera finds it's way through Willemoes's defenses.
Willemoes misses with a hook.
Willemoes throws a hook to the side of Vera's head but Vera sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Vera is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Willemoes.
Vera slips a jab from Willemoes.
Vera keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Willemoes misses with a body shot.
Vera connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Willemoes momentarily.
Vera steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Willemoes.
Vera throws a hook but Willemoes avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vera misses with a series of wild punches.
Willemoes moves out of range of the body kick from Vera.

Willemoes fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Vera to the ground. Willemoes is now in Vera's guard.
Vera is adopting a defensive guard.
Willemoes with a flurry of punches that miss.
Willemoes wants to control from the top but Vera keeps moving.
Willemoes in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vera lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Willemoes!
Vera sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Willemoes wants to hold on but Vera pushes him away.
Willemoes is desperately trying to improve his position but Vera has a good base and remains in mount.
Willemoes is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Willemoes tries to reverse the position but Vera maintains control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Willemoes sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vera is looking to take a break and control but Willemoes is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vera controlling the action here.
Christian Willemoes overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Willemoes is trying to control but can't.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Kid Vera was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Vera misses with a few strikes there.
Vera throws a hook to the side of Willemoes's head but Willemoes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Willemoes thows a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vera misses with a two punch combination.
Vera slips under a jab.
Sloppy strikes from Vera. Those never looked like landing.
Willemoes misses with a few strikes there.
Kid Vera is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Vera throws the kick towards the body but Willemoes avoids it.
Vera defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Willemoes.
Willemoes digs a good hook to Vera's body.
Willemoes lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A jab lands there for Vera.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vera misses with a looping right.
Vera uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Willemoes.
Vera uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Willemoes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Kid Vera will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

A big right from Vera misses.
Willemoes cracks Vera with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Willemoes ducks under a wild hook from Vera.
Vera wants to land a leg kick but Willemoes is out of range.
Willemoes drops his hands momentarily and Vera takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Willemoes shoots in looking for a takedown. Vera tries to sprawl out of it but Willemoes keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Vera manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Vera looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Willemoes swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Vera defending well as Willemoes loads up on a big left hand.
Willemoes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vera stuffs the takedown.
Vera thows a body shot but no joy.
The fighters circling - Vera throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Willemoes misses with a straight left.
Willemoes throws a hook to the side of Vera's head but Vera sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Willemoes dodges the punch combination from Vera.
Vera attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A nice inside leg kick there by Vera. That's going to slow Willemoes down.
Willemoes misses with a wild body shot.
Willemoes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jab, jab by Vera - just one landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vera connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Willemoes's hands.
Willemoes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fighters circling - Willemoes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vera. Willemoes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vera lands a jab to the head.
Vera uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Willemoes.
A lazy left from Vera finds it's target.
Vera connects with an inside leg kick.
A combination from Vera does no damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vera displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Willemoes throws out the jab.
Vera tries a low kick but Willemoes avoids it.
Vera thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vera misses with a low kick.
Vera takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Willemoes.
Willemoes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vera manages to avoid it.
Vera throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Vera lands a jab to the nose.
Willemoes jabs Vera right on the nose. Vera blinks but takes it well.
Vera uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Willemoes.
Willemoes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vera manages to avoid it.
Vera attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Vera keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Christian Willemoes. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vera bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Willemoes avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Vera is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Willemoes looks to land a left hand but Vera moved out of range nicely.
Willemoes takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Vera avoids the body shot from Willemoes.
Willemoes fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Vera avoids it really well and circles away.
Willemoes swings for the body but Vera moves out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vera lands with a right hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kid Vera comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Vera 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 28:29
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kid Vera!
Kid Vera really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Steel Penn's Laundry 93% logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.