PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Death Touch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Amir Verdune (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Amir Verdune is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Touch
vs
Verdune

188 cm
22
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
22
203 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
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 Montreal, Death Touch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Amir Verdune!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Steve Smith and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Verdune rushes Touch and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Touch's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right from Verdune.
Touch wants to get back to striking at distance but Verdune won't allow it.
Touch takes a shot to the head.
Verdune working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Verdune lands a left hand that snaps the head of Touch backwards.
Verdune lands with a right to the head.

It looks like Death Touch has been cut.
Verdune has a couple of punches blocked by Touch.
Verdune misses with the head strike.
Verdune lands a damaging elbow.
Touch blocking some punches.
Touch tries to stall but Verdune uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Verdune's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Touch managing to block the knees to the body from Verdune.
Touch wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Verdune lands a body shot.
Touch tries to break the clinch but Verdune is controlling the position.
Verdune lands a shot to the body.
Verdune pushes Touch back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Touch wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Verdune has him pressed against the cage.
Touch is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Verdune.
Verdune lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Verdune.
Touch is looking to break free of the clinch but Verdune has double underhooks.
Verdune misses with a punch on the inside.
Verdune keeps control of Touch as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Touch tries to break free but Verdune pushes him back against the cage.
Verdune softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Touch wants to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Touch tries to break free but Verdune pushes him back against the cage.
Touch has had enough of the clinch but Verdune keeps him there for the moment.
Touch looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Verdune prevents a body shot from Touch.
Verdune lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Touch wants to break free but Verdune has control.

Touch breaks from the clinch.
Verdune keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Touch.
Verdune is looking to clinch but Touch is avoiding it.
Touch looks to throw the jab but Verdune is out of range.
Verdune slips a jab and a cross from Touch.

Verdune pushes Touch up against the cage in a clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Verdune misses with a short punch on the inside.
Touch wants to break free but Verdune has control.
Verdune pushes Touch back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Touch looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Verdune.
Verdune throws an elbow but it misses.
Verdune gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Touch is trying to force a seperation but Verdune has the dominant position.
Verdune lands with a light punch inside.
Touch takes a shot to the head.
Verdune wants to stall.
Verdune working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Verdune lands a right hand.
Touch tries to stall but Verdune uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Verdune swings wildly with an uppercut but Touch uses good head movement to avoid it.
Touch takes a shot to the head.
Verdune keeps control of Touch as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Verdune comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Verdune lands a body punch in the clinch.
Verdune stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Touch is breathing heavily.
Verdune scores with a shot to the side of Touch's head.
A short left from Verdune.
Touch trying to stall but Verdune improves his position.
Verdune looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Verdune.
Touch avoids the elbow strike from Verdune, against the cage.
Verdune has Touch pressed against the cage, preventing Touch from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Touch blocks the elbow strike.
Verdune stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Verdune dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Touch managing to block the knees to the body from Verdune.
Touch is trying to break the clinch but Verdune is controlling him.
Verdune softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Verdune lands a body punch.
Verdune lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Verdune misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Touch.
Verdune misses with an elbow over the top.
Touch tries to circle away but Verdune has him pinned against the cage.
Good body shot from Verdune.
Touch blocks an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Verdune lands a nice shot to the body.
Verdune lands a shoulder strike.
A short left from Verdune.
Verdune digs a right hand into Touch's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Touch's gas tank.
Verdune creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Verdune stalling in the clinch.
Verdune is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Touch is defending well for now.
Verdune working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nice body punch from Verdune - that landed with a thud.
Verdune scores with a hook to the body.
Verdune lands a hook to the side of the head.
Verdune scores with a nice hook to the head.
Verdune throws an elbow but it misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Verdune.
Touch being controlled against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Verdune.
Verdune is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Verdune lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Touch backwards.
Touch's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A nice right hand lands inside from Verdune.
Verdune works on Touch's body with a couple of short punches.
Touch dodges an elbow strike from Verdune.
Touch tries to circle away but Verdune has him pinned against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Verdune.
Touch blocks the elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Verdune lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Touch backwards.
Touch is trying to force a seperation but Verdune has the dominant position.
Verdune keeps control of Touch as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Verdune lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Verdune fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Touch wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Verdune taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Verdune throws a head punch that misses.
Verdune stalling against the cage.
Verdune lands an elbow inside that Touch shrugs off.

Death Touch's cut is getting worse.
Touch looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Touch is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Verdune.
Verdune lands with a right to the head.
Touch blocks an elbow strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Verdune as Touch tries to tie him up.
A frustrated look appears on Touch's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Verdune pushes off an throws an elbow but Touch leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Touch is trying to break the clinch but Verdune is controlling him.
Verdune prevents Touch from breaking the clinch.
Touch has had enough of the clinch but Verdune keeps him there for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Amir Verdune dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Death Touch's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Verdune throws a shot from downtown. Touch moves away and avoids it.
Verdune slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Verdune uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Touch.
Touch looks to land a left hand but Verdune moved out of range nicely.
Touch missing with a left hand there. Verdune was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Touch throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Touch lands a with a good body shot.
Verdune keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Touch uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Touch thuds his right hand into Verdune's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Verdune takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Verdune drives through and clinches with Touch against the cage.
Touch is trying to break the clinch but Verdune has him pressed against the cage.
Touch is trying to break the clinch but Verdune is controlling him.
Verdune pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Touch avoids a wild elbow strike from Verdune.
Touch stalling in the clinch but Verdune improves position.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Verdune in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Verdune lands an elbow inside.
Nice body punch from Verdune - that landed with a thud.
Verdune lands with a right to the head.

Death Touch's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
A right hook to the body lands for Verdune.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Verdune lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Verdune makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Verdune keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Touch's efforts to push away.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Nice elbow from Verdune.
Amir Verdune seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Verdune.
Touch working hard to break the clinch.
Touch is trying to break the clinch but Verdune is controlling him.
A right handed body shot lands from Verdune.
Touch is looking to control Verdune's arms but Verdune gets an underhook and turns him. Now Touch has his back to the cage.
Verdune has Touch pressed against the cage.
Verdune lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Good body shot from Verdune.
Verdune lands with a light punch inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Verdune lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Verdune stalling the fight.
A short right from Verdune.
Verdune gets through Touch's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Verdune digs a right hand underneath Touch's ribcage. Touch let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Verdune lands an elbow just above Touch 's eye.
Verdune lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Verdune lands a hook to the side of the head.

Jeez, Death Touch's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Verdune manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Verdune lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Verdune prevents Touch from breaking the clinch.
Verdune digs a right hand underneath Touch's ribcage. Touch let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Verdune lands a shoulder strike.
Verdune displaying some good clinch control by pressing Touch up against the cage.
Touch looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Verdune lands a nice uppercut.
Verdune is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Touch wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Verdune has him pressed against the cage.
A short right from Verdune on the inside.
Touch wants to get back to striking at distance but Verdune won't allow it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Verdune misses with a punch on the inside.
Verdune lands a hook to the side of the head.
Verdune lands an elbow just above Touch 's eye.
Verdune throws a head punch that misses.
Touch is looking to control Verdune's arms but Verdune gets an underhook and turns him. Now Touch has his back to the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Verdune swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Verdune lands an elbow that stopped Touch in his tracks for a moment.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Amir Verdune!