PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matthew Veira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Willie Snap (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Veira
vs
Snap

180 cm
24
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
25
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Matthew Veira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Willie Snap!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Ackerman and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Snap rushes Veira and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Snap takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Willie Snap has been cut.
Snap throws a punch but it's blocked by Veira.
Veira unloads a knee to the mid-section. Snap lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees to the body from Veira.
Veira lands a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Veira crunches a lovely knee into Snap's ribcage.
Snap looks winded!
Veira putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Snap in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Veira.
Veira unloads a knee to the mid-section. Snap lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Veira working Snap over with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Veira.
Snap takes a knee to the side of the body.
Veira lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Veira is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Veira scores with a knee to the head.
Veira gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Veira obliges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Veira landing knees to the body.
Snap takes a knee right on the jaw!
Veira with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Veira.
Veira landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Veira lands an elbow inside that Snap shrugs off.
Knees to the body from Veira.
Veira gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Snap tries to pull guard but Veira forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Veira working Snap over with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Veira with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Veira with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Veira landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Snap is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Veira to keep the fight standing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Veira landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Veira.
Veira lands a nice knee to the body.
Snap looking to slow down the pace here.
Veira using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Veira.
Veira lands a good knee to the midsection. Snap won't want to take too many of those.
Veira pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Snap is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Veira gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Snap on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Snap struggles to land a body shot inside as Veira controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snap avoids the elbow strike from Veira, against the cage.
Veira landing knees to the head.
Snap is trying to break the clinch but Veira has him pressed against the cage.
Veira pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Snap is looking to control Veira's arms but Veira gets an underhook and turns him. Now Snap has his back to the cage.
Veira keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Snap's efforts to push away.
Snap drops down looking for an ankle pick but Veira pulls his leg out and moves away.
Matthew Veira has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Willie Snap.

Snap fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Veira, pushing him back against the cage.
Snap is looking to take this one to the mat.
Snap is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Snap creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Knees to the body from Veira.
Snap looking to stall.
Snap looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Snap tries for a takedown. No joy.
Snap tries to pull guard but Veira holds him up against the cage and eventually Snap drops back down to his feet.
Veira scores a nice knee to the body.
Veira scores with a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Snap is looking to break free of the clinch but Veira has double underhooks.
Snap is looking to break free of the clinch but Veira has double underhooks.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Veira as Snap tries to tie him up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matthew Veira dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Willie Snap's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Snap keeps the fight on the outside.
Snap swats away the attempt to clinch by Veira.
Veira is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Veira throws a head kick that misses.
Snap tries to score a power double leg takedown but Veira sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Snap somewhat.
Veira uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Snap.
Matthew Veira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Snap throws a series of punches but Veira moves out of range.
Veira lands a nice looking kick to the body. Snap takes a step back to recover.
Snap is breathing heavily.
Veira wants to clinch up but Snap keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Snap looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Snap closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Veira did well to prevent Snap getting side control.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Snap throwing shots but Veira is blocking nicely.
Veira is trying to escape back to his feet but Snap uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Veira is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Snap is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Veira looks calm but he's in trouble here. Snap gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Veira is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Snap lets go of the hold and Veira can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Willie Snap!