PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jean Charles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Verson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Charles
vs
Verson

171 cm
25
159 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

173 cm
28
150 lbs
20 - 11 - 0

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World class boxer
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jean Charles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rodrigo Verson!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Charles digs a good body shot into Verson's ribs.
Charles fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

It looks like Rodrigo Verson has been cut.
Charles throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Verson shoots in and drives through. Charles sprawls well.
Verson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Charles tries to avoid it but Verson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Charles to the ground. Charles escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Charles defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Verson.
Jean Charles has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rodrigo Verson.
Verson fails to land the takedown.

Charles has taken the fight to the clinch.
Charles lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Verson or not.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Charles lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Charles misses with a knee strike.
Verson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Charles avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Charles utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Verson looks gassed!
Charles slows down the pace here.
Charles tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Verson is looking to take this one to the mat.
Charles putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Verson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Charles pushes Verson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Charles stops a takedown attempt from Verson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Charles lands a body shot.
A shot in the inside from Charles.
Charles tries to land knees in the clinch but Verson avoids the damage to the body.
Charles scores with a shoulder strike.
Charles lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Verson.
Charles scores with a shoulder strike.
Charles stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A knee to the head by Charles.
Charles presses Verson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Charles.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Charles lands a body shot in the clinch.
Charles lands a right hand that snaps the head of Verson backwards.
Verson has Charles pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Charles manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Charles lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Verson tries to score a body lock takedown but Charles shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Charles tries to land a knee to the head but Verson blocks with his arms.
Verson has Charles pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Charles manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Charles is leaning against Verson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Charles unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Verson letting Charles take a breather here.
A short uppercut from Charles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Charles throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Versons head.
Charles lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Verson backwards.
Charles presses Verson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Charles can't find room to land a body shot as Verson controls the action.
Charles landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Charles.
Charles digs a right hand into Verson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Verson's gas tank.
Charles utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Charles working Verson over with knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Charles.
Charles slowing the pace effectively.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Charles obliges.
Verson drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Charles landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Charles with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Charles lands an uppercut.
Charles putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Verson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charles is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Charles obliges.
A right hand to the body from Charles.
Charles with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Charles.
A hook to the body from Charles.
Charles lands a body punch in the clinch.
Charles is stalling here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Charles.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Charles putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Verson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Charles lands a nice knee to the body.
Charles tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Verson has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Charles is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Charles stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Charles obliges.
Charles misses with a knee strike.
Verson wants to take the fight to the mat but Charles manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Charles lands a knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Charles putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Verson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Charles lands a shot to the body.
Charles lands a nice shot to the body.
Charles lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Charles controlling the action here for a moment.
Charles gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Verson.
Charles unloads a knee to the mid-section. Verson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Charles lands a right hand.
Charles is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Charles softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short left from Charles.
Charles throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Versons head.
Charles taking a breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jean Charles dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rodrigo Verson's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Verson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Verson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Charles takes the fight into the clinch.
Verson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Charles gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Charles gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Verson.
Verson is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Jean Charles has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rodrigo Verson.
Verson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Verson drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Charles lands a left hand.
Charles landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Verson tries to score a body lock takedown but Charles shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Verson is breathing heavily.
Charles lands a right hand that snaps the head of Verson backwards.
Charles lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Charles unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Charles connects with a knee to the head.
Charles lands a body punch.
Charles digs a right hand into Verson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Verson's gas tank.
Charles connects with a knee to the head.
Verson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Charles working Verson over with knees to the body.
Charles throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Verson blocks it with crossed arms.
Charles scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A hook to the body from Charles.
Charles with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Charles landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Charles with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Charles trying to stall but Verson improves his position.
Charles is leaning against Verson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Charles is pressed up against the cage. Verson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Charles down to the mat. Charles avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Charles lands with a nice body punch.
Charles fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Charles has taken the fight to the clinch.
Verson tries for a takedown but Charles manages to get underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Charles throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Charles scores a nice knee to the body.
Charles looking to throw knees to the head but Verson is blocking nicely.
Charles utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Charles lands a body shot.
Charles scores with a hook to the body.
Charles tries a knee to the head but Verson blocks it.
Charles landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Charles with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Verson is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Charles pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Charles tries a body shot but Verson blocks it.
Charles stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Charles lands a knee to the body.
Charles unloads a knee to the mid-section. Verson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Charles lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A hook to the body from Charles.
Verson is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Charles is defending well.
Jean Charles has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charles scores with a knee to the head.
Charles with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Charles is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Verson can do to turn this around?
Charles lands a nice knee to the body.
Verson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Charles stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Charles unloads a knee to the mid-section. Verson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Charles working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Charles gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Verson.
Charles unloads a knee to the mid-section. Verson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nice body punch from Charles - that landed with a thud.
Knees in the clinch landing for Charles.
Charles manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Verson is trying to drag Charles to the mat but Charles just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Charles with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Verson is working for takedown but Charles is calmly controlling the position for now.
Charles digs a right hand underneath Verson's ribcage. Verson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Charles lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Verson changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Charles fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Charles stuns Verson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Charles smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Verson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Charles cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Charles lands with a nice combination. Verson backs away looking to recover.
Charles throws a sloppy head kick and Verson moves out of range easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Verson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Charles is fending him off so far but Verson persists. Nope, Charles circles away and we're back to standing.

Charles has taken the fight to the clinch.
Charles softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Verson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Charles avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jean Charles dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rodrigo Verson's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Verson dives in and grabs Charles's left leg, looking for a takedown. Charles pushes down on Verson's head and hops out.
Charles with a jab.
A solid leg kick lands there for Charles.
Verson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Verson tries to score a power double leg takedown but Charles sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Verson somewhat.
Verson shoots in for a takedown but Charles shows good takedown defense.
Jean Charles has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rodrigo Verson.

Charles moves into the clinch successfully.
Verson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Verson has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Charles is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Charles lands a body shot.
Verson is trying desperately to land a takedown but Charles is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Verson.
Knees in the clinch landing for Charles.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Charles lands a body punch in the clinch.
Charles is trying to maintain a safe position but Verson gets an underhook and turns Charles into the cage.
Charles lands a shot to the body.
Verson drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Verson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Charles with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Charles takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Charles lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Charles gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Verson.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Charles.
A knee to the head by Charles.

Verson is rocked!

That has opened up Rodrigo Verson's cut even more.
Verson is looking to take this one to the mat.
Verson is still on wobbly legs! Can Charles finish him?
Verson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Charles is working Verson over against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Charles.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Verson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Charles tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Charles crunches a lovely knee into Verson's ribcage.
Rodrigo Verson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jean Charles is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Verson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Charles misses with a body punch.
Verson is working for takedown but Charles is calmly controlling the position for now.
Verson seems to have recovered his senses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Verson is looking for a takedown.
Charles manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Verson has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Charles after a bit of a struggle.
Charles lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Verson backwards.
Verson tries for a takedown but Charles manages to get underhooks.
Verson takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Verson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Charles avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Verson can't get the takedown.
Verson changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Charles fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Verson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Charles as he avoids it easily.
Charles scores with a leg kick.
Verson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Charles.
Jean Charles is winning the standup battle so far.
Charles displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Verson.
Donk. Charles catches Verson right on the button with a cross.
Charles bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

Charles instigates a clinch.
Charles softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Verson misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Verson drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Verson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Charles gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Verson wants a takedown but no success here.
Verson is working for takedown but Charles is calmly controlling the position for now.
Verson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Charles avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Charles lands a body shot in the clinch.
Verson wants a takedown.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Verson wants a takedown but no success here.
A right hook to the body lands for Charles.
Charles lands a right hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jean Charles showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Charles has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:26
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:26
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jean Charles!