PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Efrain Vera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Van Demel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ryan Van Demel will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Vera
vs
Van Demel

177 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

193 cm
21
215 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

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 Amsterdam, Efrain Vera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ryan Van Demel!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Wagner Zegers and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Van Demel clinches up with Vera and pushes him back against the cage.
Van Demel wants to get back to striking at distance but Vera won't allow it.

Van Demel decides to pull guard.
Vera throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Van Demel works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Vera wants to pass the guard but Van Demel is keeping the position.
Vera trying to control but Van Demel is working from the bottom.
Vera with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Vera trying to control the position from guard on top but Van Demel is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Vera loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Vera thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Van Demel utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Van Demel working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Vera.
Van Demel utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Vera missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Vera cracks Van Demel with a solid left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vera connects with a couple of short punches.
Vera throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Van Demel is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Vera prevents Van Demel from getting back to his feet.
Vera postures up.
Vera postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Van Demel has momentary wrist control but Vera slips an elbow through the middle.
Van Demel utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Vera thows a big elbow that misses.
Vera trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Vera forces his way into half guard.

Van Demel makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Van Demel looks gassed!
Vera is looking to clinch but Van Demel is avoiding it.
Van Demel misses with a series of wild punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Demel tries to clinch up.

Vera shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Van Demel is trying to defend but Vera finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Vera throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Vera missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Van Demel really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Vera. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Van Demel won't allow Vera to pass to mount.
Vera drops an elbow to the side of Van Demel's head.
Vera has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Vera looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Vera slips a nice elbow through Van Demel's hands, connecting with Van Demel's forehead.
Vera not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Van Demel blocking the ground and pound attempt from Vera.
Vera scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Van Demel taking some punishment here, with Vera in his half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Demel trying to control from the bottom.
Vera thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vera moves into full mount! Van Demel won't be happy about that!
Vera cracks Van Demel with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Vera scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Vera with good strikes from the mount here!
Vera pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Vera looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Vera dominating with strikes here.
Vera landing shots from mount.
Vera working the ground and pound effectively.
Vera lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vera is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Van Demel taking shots to the head.
Vera landing shots from mount.
Vera lands a heavy elbow.
Vera looking to control and managing it successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vera is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Van Demel can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Vera fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Van Demel tries to lock up and control but Vera gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Vera landing strikes from the mount.
Vera landing strikes from the mount and Van Demel is in trouble!
Van Demel is in a horrible position here. Vera smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Van Demel is bucking up trying to escape but Vera cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Efrain Vera dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Vera tries to close the distance and clinch but Van Demel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Vera is looking to clinch but Van Demel is avoiding it.
Vera tries to close the distance and clinch up but Van Demel swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Vera slips a jab and a cross from Van Demel.
Van Demel keeps the fight on the outside.

Van Demel closes the distance and clinches.
Van Demel gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Vera.

Van Demel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Vera scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Vera cracks Van Demel with a big right hand but Van Demel just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Van Demel takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Vera grinds an elbow into Van Demel's temple.
Van Demel takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Vera working the body and head with strikes.
Vera working the body and head with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vera scores with punches from side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Vera lands a few punches from side control.
Vera landing a few strikes.
Vera working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Van Demel defending against the ground and pound.
Vera connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Van Demel some visible discomfort.
Van Demel is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Vera working the head with strikes.
Van Demel takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Van Demel is working to avoid the ground and pound but Vera connects with a decent elbow.
Vera landing strikes.
Vera lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Van Demel down.
Van Demel is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Vera has just dragged him back down to the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Vera looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Vera grinds an elbow into Van Demel's temple.
Vera looks up at the clock and then as Van Demel takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Vera smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Van Demel is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Van Demel takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Vera scoring with punches and elbows.
Vera looks up at the clock and then as Van Demel takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Vera smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Vera landing strikes.
Vera landing strikes.
Van Demel wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Vera lands a nice forearm strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Demel takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Van Demel is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Vera asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Vera lands a nice forearm strike.
Vera working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Van Demel is trying to control Vera's posture but Vera avoids it.
Vera cracks Van Demel with a big elbow.
Vera landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Vera tries to move into full mount but can't pass Van Demel's legs.
Van Demel takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Van Demel taking punishment in the form of punches.
Vera working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Van Demel is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Vera lands with a punch from half guard.
Van Demel is trying to stand up here but Vera is controlling him well.
Vera working Van Demel over with strikes.
Vera slows the pace down in half guard.
Vera throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Van Demel on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Vera takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Efrain Vera dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Van Demel gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Vera to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Vera won't allow Van Demel to get back to his feet.
Vera with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Vera stands up over Van Demel, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Vera stands and throws Van Demel's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Van Demel taking punishment in the form of punches.
Vera lands a nice forearm strike.
Vera is chipping away with strikes.
Vera scores with a couple of short elbows.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Vera thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Vera wants to control but Van Demel is keeping him busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vera fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Vera in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Vera in side control lands a decent elbow.

Vera tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Efrain Vera overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Van Demel defending against the ground and pound.
Vera scoring with punches and elbows.
Vera lands some shots froms side control.
Vera works to advance to full mount. Van Demel defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Van Demel is wriggling around trying to escape.
Vera working the ground and pound effectively.
Vera landing punches.
Vera lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Van Demel hang on?
The referee warns Van Demel that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
A nice elbow there by Vera.
Vera raining down shots from the mount!
Vera lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Vera with good strikes from the mount here!
Vera with shots to the head and body - Van Demel looks very uncomfortable down there.
Vera lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Van Demel hang on?
Vera raining down shots from the mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vera in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Vera postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Van Demel looks a forlorn figure.
Vera lands a heavy elbow.
The referee warns Van Demel that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Vera dominating with strikes here.
Vera with a couple of short strikes.
Van Demel is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Vera lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Vera is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Van Demel can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Van Demel is trying to escape the mount.
Vera landing strikes from the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Vera landing strikes from the mount.
Vera lands a nice shot to the head.
Vera putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Efrain Vera is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Vera looking to finish Van Demel with some ground and pound. This is bad for Van Demel!
Vera controlling the position easily from mount.
Vera landing strikes from the mount.
Vera is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Van Demel wants to try and get back to his feet.
Vera takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Efrain Vera showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Vera, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:26
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Efrain Vera!