PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Andre Verona (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ol Bastard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Verona comes to the cage accompanied by Dawn Patrol by The Eliminators. Bastard has chosen Ol' Dirty Bastard - Brooklyn Zoo as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Verona
vs
Bastard

184 cm
26
167 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

175 cm
28
168 lbs
20 - 13 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

White Gorilla Nutrition
White Gorilla Nutrition

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 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Andre Verona!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ol Bastard!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Viktor Lagutenko and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Verona takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Bastard moves into the clinch.
Bastard lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Verona backwards.
Verona lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Verona lands a good knee to the midsection. Bastard won't want to take too many of those.
Bastard lands a shoulder strike.
Bastard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Verona lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Verona lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Verona lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bastard backwards.
Bastard struggles to land a body shot inside as Verona controls his hands.

Verona breaks the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Verona swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bastard fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Verona on the side of the head.
Verona feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bastard's calf.
Bastard throws a looping overhand right but Verona ducks down to avoid it.
Bastard throws a jab when Verona was well out of range.

Verona gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Bastard misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Verona obliges.
Verona blocks a body shot from Bastard.
Verona is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Verona lands an elbow inside that Bastard shrugs off.

Verona pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Verona connects with a solid leg kick.
Bastard looks to land a right hand but Verona moved out of range.

Verona instigates a clinch.
Bastard wants to stall.
Verona landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bastard looks gassed!
A shot in the inside from Verona.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Verona with a knee to the head.
Verona lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bastard backwards.

Bastard is rocked!
Bastard tries a body shot but Verona blocks it.
Verona digs a right hand into Bastard's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bastard's gas tank.
Bastard working aggressively here.
Verona is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Verona scores with a jab.
Bastard is still on wobbly legs! Can Verona finish him?
Verona throws a quick head kick that knocks Bastard silly! This fight is all over! What a finish! Verona is up on the cage, taking in the applause from the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Andre Verona!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Andre Verona made sure he mentioned White Gorilla Nutrition, along with how happy he was to win his fight.