PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jacob Verner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brett Blair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Verner comes to the cage accompanied by Lose Yourself - Eminem. Jacob Verner has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Verner
vs
Blair

190 cm
26
205 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

182 cm
20
210 lbs
1 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Knockout power

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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jacob Verner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brett Blair!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Dillan Fox and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Verner blocks a head kick by Blair.
Verner looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Blair keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Verner.
Blair with a nice cross.

Verner has managed to clinch.
Verner landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Blair controlling the action here for a moment.
Blair stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blair avoiding damage as Verner throws knees to the body.
Verner gets through Blair's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Blair pressing his opponent against the cage.
Verner is leaning against Blair and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Verner - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Blair effectively controlling the action here.
Verner misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Come on Blair - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Blair working aggressively here.
A bit of stalling here from Blair.

Verner breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Verner moves out of range of the strikes.
Blair should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

That's two 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.

Blair tries to sprawl but Verner drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Blair tries to get to full guard but Verner has control of the leg.
Blair is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Blair controlling the position well.
Blair's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Blair is looking to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blair makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Blair.
Blair looking to hit a scissor sweep but Verner is one step ahead there.
Blair is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Blair keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blair drops an elbow to the side of Verner's head.
Well, if Blair is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Nice strikes from Blair there.
Blair perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Blair is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Blair looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Verner with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Blair lands with a punch from half guard.
Verner taking some punishment here, with Blair in his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Brett Blair will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Blair listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Verner slips a jab and a cross from Blair.
Verner tried to score with a low kick but Blair checks it.
Blair misses with a wild body shot.

Verner rushes Blair and presses him up against the cage.
Blair stalling in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Blair fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Blair fails to land.

Verner manages to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Verner pushes Blair up against the cage in a clinch.
Blair is leaning against Verner and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Blair misses with a punch on the inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blair working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Blair has Verner pushed against the cage.
Blair slows down the pace here.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Blair.
The referee calls for Blair to work.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Brett Blair.
Blair throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Verner sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Blair lands a lovely overhand right.
Verner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blair.
Nice body punch from Blair.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Verner takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Blair connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Verner's hands.
Nice cross by Blair.
Blair lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Blair has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Verner moves away from the strike by Blair.
Blair has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
No joy there for Blair, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Verner swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Blair lands an overhand right.

Verner is rocked!
Blair lands with a jab that stuns his opponent. Verner is looking to close the distance but Blair sees it coming and throws a beautiful knee! Verner crumbles to the mat and that's all she wrote! Let's hope Verner is OK because that was naaaaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Brett Blair!