PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Andre Verona (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lord Humungus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Verona comes into the arena with Dawn Patrol by The Eliminators blaring out of the sound system. Humungus has chosen My Speech as his entrance music. Lord Humungus has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Verona
vs
Humungus

184 cm
21
167 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

177 cm
23
168 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Andre Verona!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lord Humungus!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Franklyn Lucas and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Verona misses with the combination.
Humungus slips a jab from Verona.
Andre Verona seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Verona doesn't manage to clinch there - Humungus circles away.
Verona slips a straight right by Humungus.
Humungus throws a right and a left that both miss.
Verona throws a big shot that misses.
Verona misses with a wild body shot.
Verona throws a sloppy head kick and Humungus moves out of range easily.
Humungus looks for a takedown but Verona sprawls well.
Verona cracks Humungus with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Verona moves into range and clinches up with Humungus.
A frustrated look appears on Verona's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Humungus stalling in the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Humungus's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Humungus looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Humungus is trying to break free.
Verona lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Verona's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Verona gets a clinch.
Humungus takes an elbow to the forehead.
Verona throws an elbow but it misses.
Verona throws an elbow but it misses.
Verona missing with knees to the body.
Humungus managing to block the knees to the body from Verona.
Verona tries to land knees in the clinch but Humungus avoids the damage to the body.
Humungus on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Verona looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Humungus blocks an elbow strike.
Humungus wants a takedown.
Verona landing knees to the head.
Verona throws an elbow but it misses.
Verona throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Humungus lands with a short shot to the head.
Humungus avoids a wild elbow strike from Verona.

Verona breaks the clinch.
Humungus fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Humungus misses with a leg kick.
Verona throws a lazy right hand but Humungus sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Verona tries to close the distance and clinch but Humungus swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Verona tries to clinch there but Humungus circles away.
Humungus throws a lazy right hand but Verona sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Verona displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Humungus throws out the jab.
Verona throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Humungus throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Verona sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Humungus throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Humungus throws a left and a right that both miss
and Humungus takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Humungus throws a shot from downtown. Verona moves away and avoids it.
Verona fails with an attempt to clinch.
Verona is looking to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Verona throws a hook but Humungus blocks it.
Verona misses with a kick to the body.
Verona misses with an uppercut. Humungus saw that one coming.
Andre Verona is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Humungus uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Verona.
Verona tries to close the distance and clinch up but Humungus swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Humungus staying out of range there.
Verona looks to land a combination. Humungus sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Verona tries to close the distance and clinch but Humungus swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Humungus swinging wildly here.
Verona tries to clinch but Humungus is having none of it.
Verona misses with a wild combination.
Verona connects with the punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Verona doesn't manage to clinch there - Humungus circles away.
Verona connects with a right hand. Humungus shakes it off.
Humungus throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Verona sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Humungus throws a left and a right that both miss
and Verona counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The fight stays on the outside here - Verona looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Verona misses the shot to the body.
Verona misses the jab.
Verona doesn't manage to clinch there - Humungus circles away.
Verona throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A swing and a miss from Verona.
The fight stays on the outside here - Verona looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andre Verona dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Humungus swats away the attempt to clinch by Verona.
Humungus throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Verona looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Verona closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Verona throws a knee to the head but misses.
Humungus is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Verona lands a damaging elbow.
Verona utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Humungus lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Verona misses with a knee to the head.
Verona tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Verona lands an elbow inside.
Verona is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Humungus is defending well for now.
Verona tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Verona misses with an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Humungus swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Verona misses with a knee strike.
Verona tries a knee to the head but Humungus blocks it.
Humungus lands a hook to the side of the head.
Humungus is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

Humungus gets control of Verona's arms and successfully pulls guard. Humungus will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Humungus is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Verona wants to control from the top but Humungus keeps moving.

Verona avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Humungus looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Humungus is breathing heavily.
Verona controlling from the top position.
Verona stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Humungus swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Humungus manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Verona is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Humungus content just to control the position here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Verona is working to get back to half guard.
Humungus is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Verona can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Verona tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Humungus with a couple of short strikes.
Verona knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Humungus on the ground.
The referee warns Verona that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Humungus sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Humungus can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Verona is looking to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Humungus misses with a head shot.
Humungus thowing shots but they're missing.
Verona is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Verona wants to hold on but Humungus pushes him away.
Verona is trying desperately to improve position.
Verona is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Verona is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Verona in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Verona holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Humungus tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Verona is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Humungus cracks Verona with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Verona is rocked!

Humungus is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Verona is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Lord Humungus!