PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Andy Veidt (ranked 1291 p4p, 1933 weight class) and Marcus Aurelius (ranked 139 p4p, 207 weight class). Veidt comes to the cage accompanied by Alien Weaponry. Marcus Aurelius has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Veidt
vs
Aurelius

180 cm
26
157
11 - 6 - 0

167 cm
32
148
14 - 18 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Brooklyn Apothecary
Voodoo 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 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Andy Veidt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 18 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marcus Aurelius!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Veidt moves into the clinch.
Veidt throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Aureliuss head.
Veidt misses with a punch to the body.

Veidt breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Veidt tries to clinch up.
Veidt tries to clinch up.
As Veidt backs off Aurelius throws a huge counter combo but Veidt manages to avoid it all.
Veidt tries to close the distance and clinch but Aurelius swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Veidt tries to clinch up.
Aurelius throws a nice looking combination but Veidt bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Veidt gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Aurelius manages to break the clinch.
Andy Veidt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Veidt fails in his attempt to clinch.
Aurelius looks like he wants to counter punch here.

Veidt clinches up with Aurelius and pushes him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The referee is keeping an eye on Aurelius - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Veidt blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Veidt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Veidt scores with a shot to the side of Aurelius's head.

Aurelius manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aurelius circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Aurelius counter with a right hand.

It looks like Andy Veidt has been cut.
Veidt tries to close the distance and clinch up but Aurelius swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Aurelius is looking for the big counter here.
Aurelius avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Aurelius swats away the attempt to clinch by Veidt.
Aurelius swats away the attempt to clinch by Veidt.
Veidt fails with an attempt to clinch.
Aurelius swats away the attempt to clinch by Veidt.
Veidt tries to clinch up
and Aurelius counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Veidt tries to clinch but Aurelius is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Veidt rushes Aurelius and presses him up against the cage.

Veidt manages to break the clinch.

Veidt drives through and clinches with Aurelius against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Aurelius softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Aurelius manages to break the clinch.
Veidt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Veidt slips a jab and a cross from Aurelius.

Veidt gets tackled into the cage by Aurelius. Aurelius maintains the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Veidt slowing the pace effectively.

Veidt breaks the clinch.

Veidt gets a clinch.
Veidt trying to control the position but instead, Aurelius has worked for underhooks and has pushed Veidt into the cage.
Veidt misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Veidt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Aurelius is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Veidt lands a nice shot to the body.
Aurelius trying to land knees to the body.
Aurelius is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Veidt avoids the elbow strike from Aurelius, against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Veidt.

Veidt escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Veidt fails in his attempt to clinch.

Veidt clinches up with Aurelius and pushes him back against the cage.
Veidt leaning his opponent against the cage.
Veidt keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Aurelius's efforts to push away.
Aurelius is trying to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Veidt managing to block the knees to the body from Aurelius.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Veidt as Aurelius tries to tie him up.
Veidt misses with a hook from the clinch.
Aurelius tries to throw a body punch but Veidt avoids it by throwing Aurelius back against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Veidt.
Aurelius scores with a hook to the body.

Veidt breaks from the clinch.
Veidt fails in his attempt to clinch.
A countering left hand to the body from Aurelius misses.
Veidt tries to close the distance and clinch but Aurelius swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Veidt is looking to clinch but Aurelius is avoiding it.
Veidt steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Aurelius.
Aurelius has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Aurelius throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Veidt.

Veidt moves into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Aurelius works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Aurelius manages to break the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Marcus Aurelius will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Andy Veidt's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Veidt closes the distance but Aurelius moves to the side
and Aurelius counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Veidt tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Aurelius keeps the fight on the outside.
Aurelius keeps the fight on the outside.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Aurelius, as that shot connected.

Veidt rushes Aurelius and presses him up against the cage.
Veidt misses with some punches.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Aurelius blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aurelius's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Aurelius.

Aurelius's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Aurelius avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Aurelius looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Veidt is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Veidt closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Aurelius's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Veidt doesn't manage to clinch there - Aurelius circles away.
Aurelius is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Veidt moves in looking to clinch but Aurelius pushes him off.
Aurelius throws out a counter right but Veidt avoids it with no problem.
Veidt wants to clinch up but Aurelius keeps it at a distance.
Veidt moves in looking to clinch but Aurelius pushes him off.
A shot to the liver by Aurelius. Beautiful body shot.
Veidt tries to close the distance and clinch up but Aurelius swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A nice combination there by Aurelius.

Aurelius moves into the clinch successfully.
Veidt lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Aurelius.
Veidt lands a right hand that snaps the head of Aurelius backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Veidt misses with a punch to the body.

Veidt pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Veidt pushes Aurelius up against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Veidt breaks from the clinch.
Andy Veidt is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Aurelius throws a series of punches but Veidt avoids them all with ease.
The fight stays on the outside here - Veidt looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Veidt closes the distance and pushes Aurelius back into the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Veidt.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Aurelius.

Veidt breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Aurelius will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Aurelius cracks a nice hook into Veidt's ribs.
Veidt is looking to clinch.
Veidt closes the distance but Aurelius moves to the side
letting Aurelius counter with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Veidt is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Veidt tries to clinch there but Aurelius circles away.
Veidt tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Aurelius manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Aurelius looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Aurelius lands with a shot to the body.

Veidt gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Veidt lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Aurelius manages to break the clinch.
Aurelius takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Veidt tries to clinch up.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Aurelius! But no joy.
Aurelius misses with a two punch combination.
Aurelius throws the left hand but Veidt avoids the punch easily.
Veidt takes one to the side of the head.
Veidt is looking to clinch.
Aurelius swats away the attempt to clinch by Veidt.
Aurelius let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Veidt tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Aurelius counters with a crisp one two that drops Veidt! Aurelius thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Veidt to his feet! Veidt is in big trouble!

Veidt is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Veidt darts in trying to clinch
and Aurelius counters with a right, left combo that wobbles Veidt badly! Aurelius follows up with a massive right hook, straight to the bridge of the nose that knocks Veidt out cold! Oh wow, what a finish! Very reminiscent of Koscheck vs Yoshida as Aurelius finished him against the cage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Marcus Aurelius!
Marcus Aurelius managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!), into his post fight interview.