PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dominic Vea (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gerardo Arcani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Vea
vs
Arcani

189 cm
20
224 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

191 cm
21
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Predator Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dominic Vea!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gerardo Arcani!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Dillan Fox and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown by Arcani or perhaps it was just good defense by Vea which made him look bad.
Vea keeps the fight on the outside.

Arcani closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Vea to the mat! Vea manages to get full guard.
Arcani throws a big right hand that misses.
Vea keeping moving, preventing Arcani from controlling successfully.
Vea tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Vea has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

Arcani drops back, looking for a kneebar! Vea looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Vea looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Vea!
Vea controlling the position from side mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arcani tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Vea working away.
Vea wants to stand but Arcani has his arm trapped.
Vea laying and praying for a moment but Arcani takes advantage and regains half guard.
Vea wants to get back to his feet.
Vea prevents Arcani from improving his position.

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.

Arcani is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Vea pulls his head out easily.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Vea lands a lovely overhand right.
Vea swings for the body but Arcani moves out of range.
Arcani with a hook.
Arcani takes a jab right on the kisser.

It looks like Gerardo Arcani has been cut.
Vea misses with a hook. Arcani ducked under it nicely.
Vea cracks a nice hook into Arcani's ribs.
Arcani throws a jab when Vea was well out of range.
Dominic Vea is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Vea throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vea wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Arcani looks gassed!
Good standup being displayed there by Vea as he connects with a hook.
Vea fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A punch combination from Vea misses.
Vea misses with a wild combination.
Arcani shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Vea as he avoids it easily.
Arcani has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Vea finds it's way round the side to connect with Arcani's head.
A combination from Vea does no damage.
Vea jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vea tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Arcani was well out of range. Poor timing from Vea.
Vea throws a good cross that connects.
Arcani shoots for a double leg takedown but Vea sprawls well. He's pushed Arcani's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Dominic Vea has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gerardo Arcani.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vea displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Vea throws a nice looking combination but Arcani bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Vea waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Arcani.
Arcani moves out of range of the strikes.
Vea connects with a nice looking jab.
Dominic Vea seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Arcani shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Vea as he jumps to the side.
Vea scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Arcani gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That has opened up Gerardo Arcani's cut even more.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vea clobbers Arcani with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Vea is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Vea with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dominic Vea dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gerardo Arcani's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Vea lands a jab.
Arcani tries for a takedown but Vea sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Vea scores with a jab to the body.
Arcani showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vea.
Vea throws a jab when Arcani was well out of range.
A punch combination from Vea misses.
Vea throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Arcani sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Vea with a jab.
Vea throws a big shot that misses.
Arcani throws a jab when Vea was well out of range.
Vea moves out of range of the strikes.
Arcani is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arcani avoids the body shot from Vea.
Vea swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dominic Vea is winning the standup battle so far.
Vea scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Vea is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Arcani can do to turn this around?
Arcani avoids the body shot from Vea.
Arcani fails with the takedown.
Arcani slips a jab from Vea.
Vea swings for the body but Arcani moves out of range.
Vea scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Vea misses with a two punch combination.
Arcani fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Dominic Vea has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gerardo Arcani.
Vea lands with a nice body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vea connects with a single shot there.

The cut above Gerardo Arcani's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Vea wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Vea lands with a nice body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vea lands a glancing blow to the side of Arcani's head.
Vea thuds his right hand into Arcani's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Nice shot lands for Vea.
Arcani blocks a jab.
Vea lands a two punch combo.
Vea connects with a nice looking jab.
Vea jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Vea stalks Arcani and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Arcani's face. Arcani staggers backwards, shaken.

Gerardo Arcani's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vea thuds his right hand into Arcani's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Arcani takes one to the chin there.
Vea with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Vea is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Arcani.
Vea misses with a wild body shot.
Vea scores with a nice right hand.
Nice straight punches there by Vea. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Vea.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Gerardo Arcani's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Dominic Vea!
Dominic Vea is the new light heavyweight champion!