PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jose Vera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcos Dias (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dias is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Prefácio. Jose Vera is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Vera
vs
Dias

175 cm
18
141 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

175 cm
19
157 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good gas tank

Syndicate Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jose Vera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcos Dias!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Thiago Cunha and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vera takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Dias scores with a jab. Vera acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Marcos Dias seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vera wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Vera scores with a decent looking hook.
Vera uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
No joy there for Dias, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A punch combination from Dias misses.
Vera dodges the punch combination from Dias.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vera. Dias does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vera throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vera sizes up Dias with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Vera lands with a hook. Dias tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Dias scores with a jab to the head.
Vera takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Dias takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Dias takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dias swinging wildly here.
Dias fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dias looks to throw the jab but Vera is out of range.
Dias misses with a straight left.
Dias on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Dias misses with a body shot.
Dias throws a right and a left that both miss.
Vera throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Vera sizes up Dias with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Nice defenses there by Vera.
Vera lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Dias takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Vera uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dias.
Dias throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A jab from Dias misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vera throws a head kick that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vera throws a head kick that misses.
Nice straight punches there by Vera. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Vera.
Dias misses with a body shot.
Dias swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Vera counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Dias misses with a straight left.
Dias looks to score with a jab to the body but Vera is just out of range.
A jab from Dias finds it's way through Vera's defenses.
Vera moves out of range of the strikes.
Dias blocks a head kick by Vera.
Vera looks to score with a jab to the body but Dias is just out of range.
Dias misses the jab.
Vera uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dias.
Dias thows a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Vera finds it's way through Dias's defenses.
Vera scores with a shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dias. Vera does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dias misses with a two punch combination.
Dias misses with an uppercut.
Vera looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Vera digs a good body shot into Dias's ribs.
Vera misses the shot to the body.
Dias looks to score with a jab to the body but Vera is just out of range.
Dias misses the jab.
Dias throws a hook but Vera avoids it easily.
Vera scores with a three punch combo!
Dias misses with a lunging right hand
and Vera makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Vera throws a shot to the body.
Dias throws a poor cross that misses
and Vera connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vera throws a nice head kick!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Vera!
Dias throws a hook but Vera blocks it.
Dias just misses with a punch to the body.
Vera moves out of range as Dias strikes.
Vera staying out of range there.
Vera lands with a nice body punch.
Vera is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Dias misses with a shot to the body
and Vera counters with a right hand to the body.
Vera takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A big left from Dias misses.
Vera slips a straight right by Dias.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Vera - that will leave a mark!
Vera pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dias misses with a looping right.
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 Jose Vera will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Dias on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A left lands for Vera.
Dias swings widly with a right hand
and Vera counters with a flying knee. Nice.

Dias is rocked!
Vera drops Dias with a huge uppercut! Dias drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Vera is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jose Vera!
During a confident post fight interview, Jose Vera thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.