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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Newport (ranked 1389 p4p, 190 weight class) and Romulus Veres (ranked 2450 p4p, 303 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Aaron Newport!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Romulus Veres!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Robert Douchet and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Veres moves out of range of the body kick.
A little jabbing left from Veres on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Veres pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Veres takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Newport throws a body shot but no joy.
Veres was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
A jab from Veres misses.
Romulus Veres seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Veres goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Veres jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Veres misses with a jab, cross combination.
Newport on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Veres has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Newport.
Newport finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Newport uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Veres.
Veres misses with a lunging right hand
and Newport counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Newport circles away from the clinch attempt.
Veres throws a leg kick that misses.
Newport connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Veres momentarily.
Newport keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Veres blocks the body kick.
Veres counters with a body kick.
Newport misses with a body shot.
Newport throws a head kick that Veres semi-blocks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Veres takes one to the side of the head.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Newport.
Newport blocks the body kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Newport as he connects with a hook.
Veres ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Newport moves away.
Newport slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Veres misses the target.
Newport misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Newport lands a nice looking body shot.
Newport jabs at Veres's body.
Veres moves out of range as Newport throws a body kick.
Newport moves out of range of the leg kick from Veres.
A jab from Veres finds it's way through Newport's defenses.
Newport moves out of range as Veres throws a body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Veres throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Newport clinches up with Veres and pushes him back against the cage.
Newport blocking some punches.
Newport tries to land knees in the clinch but Veres avoids the damage to the body.
Newport swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Veres.
Newport throws a knee to the head but misses.
Veres scores with a hook to the body.
Veres tries to work over Newport's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Newport tries a body shot but Veres blocks it.
Veres goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Veres scores with a nice short uppercut.
Veres misses with a punch on the inside.
Newport throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Veress head.
Newport tries to work over Veres's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Newport has a couple of punches blocked by Veres.
Newport tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Veres avoids it.
Veres misses with a hook from the clinch.
Veres lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Newport landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Newport stalling against the cage.
Newport misses with a knee to the head.
Newport misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Veres.
Newport throws a punch but it's blocked by Veres.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Veres tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Newport's elbow.
Veres misses with the head strike.
Newport tries a knee to the head but Veres blocks it.
Veres throws a punch but it's blocked by Newport.
Newport is trying to stall.
Veres misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Newport displaying some good clinch control by pressing Veres up against the cage.
Newport misses with a body punch.
Newport misses with a hook to the ribs.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Veres tries to work over Newport's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Veres lands a shoulder strike.
Newport scores with a nice hook to the head.
Veres tries to work over Newport's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Veres tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Veres tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Newport's elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Newport lands a shoulder strike.
Veres is leaning against Newport and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Newport stalls.
Newport takes a shot to the head.
Newport lands a hook to the side of the head.
Veres blocking some punches.
Newport misses with a short punch on the inside.
Veres blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Veres goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Newport with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Newport throws a knee to the head but misses.
Veres cracks Newport with a nice body shot.
Newport landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Newport trying to land knees to the body.
Newport is pushing Veres up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Veres stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Newport lands a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aaron Newport dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Newport misses with a shot to the body
and Veres counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Veres connects with an inside leg kick.
Newport takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Veres feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Newport's calf.
Veres lands with an overhand left.
Newport cracks Veres with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Newport displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Veres throws out the jab.
Veres moves out of range of the body kick.
Newport is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A left lands for Veres.
Newport throws out a powerful jab.
Veres throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Veres looks to land a left hand but Newport moved out of range nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A good leg kick by Newport.
Veres keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A bone on bone clash there as Newport blocks the leg kick.
Veres throws a push kick but Newport slaps the foot to one side.
Veres lands a jab to Newport's midsection.
Veres stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Veres misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Newport.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Veres throws a series of punches but Newport avoids them all with ease.
Newport tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Veres avoids the head kick by Newport.
Romulus Veres seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Veres smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
An inside leg kick from Newport misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Veres.
Newport fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Veres manages to avoid it.
Veres throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Newport takes a swing at Veres's ribcage but misses.
Newport fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Veres manages to avoid it.
Veres throws a leg kick but Newport moved away.
Veres on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Veres misses with a body shot.
Veres circles away from the clinch attempt.
Veres blocks the body kick.
Veres scores with a jab to the head.
Newport throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Newport ducks under a wild hook from Veres.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Newport on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Veres. Veres obviously looking to wear him down.
Newport misses with a straight right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Newport tried to score with a low kick but Veres checks it.
Newport swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Veres.
Veres checks a leg kick.
Veres scoring well with a low kick there.
A big right from Veres misses.
Newport throws a body shot but no joy.
Veres lands with a cross.
Newport scores with a leg kick.
Veres uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Newport.
Veres looks to score with a jab to the body but Newport is just out of range.
Veres walks into a stiff left hand from Newport.
Veres digs a good body shot into Newport's ribs.
Newport checks a low kick from Veres.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Veres.
Newport avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Newport misses the shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Veres throws a leg kick but Newport sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Newport is looking to counter with a body kick.
Newport clobbers Veres with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Veres misses with an uppercut.
Newport lands a nice looking body kick.
Veres cracks the inside of Newport's front leg.
Veres swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Veres misses with a leg kick.
Veres scores with a shot to the body.
Newport works the jab nicely.
Veres takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Veres needs to keep his hands up - Newport had a free shot at his head there.
Newport has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Newport there as he acknowledges the shot.
Veres uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Newport.
A low kick from Newport is predictable there
and Veres counters with a thumping low kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Newport throws a body shot but no joy.
Newport throws the left hand but Veres avoids the punch easily.
Newport tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Veres was well out of range. Poor timing from Newport.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Veres has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Newport.
Newport takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Newport scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Veres tried to score with a low kick but Newport checks it.
Newport lands with a good body shot.
Veres loads up on a big right hand but Newport slips the punch.
Veres thumps Newport with a low kick.
Veres takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Newport looks to throw a body kick
and Veres cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Newport.
Veres sizes up Newport with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Veres throws a shot to the body.
Newport wants to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Newport lands a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Romulus Veres showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Veres tries a low kick but Newport avoids it.
Newport scores with a three punch combo!
A looping hook to the body misses from Newport. Veres does a little dance to reset his feet.
Veres is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Newport with a body shot.
Newport takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A big left from Veres misses.
Veres misses the shot to the body.
Veres throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Newport moves out of range of the body kick from Veres.
Newport's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Veres connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Newport scrambles back to his feet.
Newport lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Veres doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Newport keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Newport looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Newport is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Veres looks to throw a body kick
and Newport counters with a nice kick to the body.
Veres scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
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!
The fighters circling - Veres throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Newport lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Newport throws a body shot but no joy.
Veres throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Newport misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Veres.
Newport steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Veres. That one must have hurt.
Veres waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Newport.
Newport checks the leg kick nicely there.
Veres missing with a left hand there. Newport was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A slapping leg kick lands for Newport.
Newport takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Veres moves out of range of the strikes.
Newport throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Veres feints a jab promting Newport to slip. Veres then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Newport slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Veres throws a body punch but Newport moves out of range.
Veres misses with a jab to the body
and Newport counters with a nice leg kick.
Veres tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Newport was well out of range. Poor timing from Veres.
Veres tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Newport wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Veres lands with a thumping leg kick.
Newport chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Newport throws a push kick but Veres slaps the foot to one side.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Veres gets cracked there but stands up to it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Veres stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Veres tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Veres lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Newport takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Newport throws a front kick aimed at Veres's knee but Veres avoids it well.
Veres thows a body kick. Newport tries to catch it but that hurt him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Veres. Newport does a little dance to reset his feet.
Veres avoids the head kick by Newport.
Veres tries a low kick but Newport avoids it.
Veres throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Newport sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Veres throws a head kick that Newport semi-blocks.
A big right from Veres misses.
Veres misses with a head kick.
Veres throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Veres looks to throw the jab but Newport is out of range.
Veres throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
It looked like Newport was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Veres.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Veres bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Newport's head.
A big right from Newport misses.
Both fighters circling a little - Newport finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
A slow jab from Veres misses its intended target.
Newport throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Veres misses with an uppercut. Newport saw that one coming.
Newport cracks Veres with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Veres defending well as Newport loads up on a big left hand.
Veres scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Newport doesn't seem bothered though.
Veres walks into a straight right hand from Newport.
Newport slips under a jab from Veres.
Veres throws a body punch but Newport moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Newport on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Veres dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Veres lands a jab to Newport's midsection.
Veres on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Newport. Newport obviously looking to wear him down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Veres swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Veres bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Veres throws a looping overhand right but Newport ducks down to avoid it.
Newport throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Veres takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Veres throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Newport was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Veres throws a leg kick that misses.
Veres throws a push kick but Newport slaps the foot to one side.
Veres thows a body kick. Newport tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Newport will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Veres misses with an uppercut. Newport saw that one coming.
Newport lands with a hook. Veres tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Veres connects with a body shot that sends Newport's belly button to the back.
Veres throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Newport is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Veres.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Newport scores with a jab to the body.
Newport on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Newport. Veres shrugs it off though.
Veres misses with a head kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Romulus Veres comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Veres has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Romulus Veres!
Romulus Veres very nearly forgot to thank FORCEE amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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