PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Trayvon Lewis (ranked 1172 p4p, 2296 weight class) and Marco Vera (ranked 162 p4p, 304 weight class). Trayvon Lewis had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Lewis
vs
Vera

180 cm
19
176
5 - 1 - 0

178 cm
20
181
1 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Trayvon Lewis!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marco Vera!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Josh West and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Lewis. Vera does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lewis looks to land a right hand but Vera moved out of range.
Vera rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lewis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Vera dips to his left and cracks Lewis with an uppercut!
Vera lands a glancing blow to the side of Lewis's head.
Lewis swings for the body but Vera moves out of range.
Vera throws out a counter right but Lewis avoids it with no problem.
Vera just misses with a punch to the body.
Vera throws an overhand right that lands on Lewis's shoulder, as Lewis tries to avoid the shot.
Lewis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vera with a nice cross.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Vera, as that shot connected.
Vera scores with a body shot.
Lewis slips under a jab from Vera.
Vera lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vera scores with a nice head shot.
Marco Vera seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lewis is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vera cracks Lewis with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Lewis avoids a punch combination nicely.
Vera is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Lewis had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Vera throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Vera fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Vera's corner calls for a 1-2. Vera obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Lewis throws a leg kick that misses.
Vera tests Lewis's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Vera throws a nice looking combination but Lewis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lewis swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Lewis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Vera throws out the jab.
Lewis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vera throws out a counter right but Lewis avoids it with no problem.
Vera looks to throw the jab but Lewis is out of range.
Vera swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lewis throws a push kick but Vera slaps the foot to one side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vera misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lewis looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vera throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Vera misses with an uppercut.
Marco Vera is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Vera lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Vera pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lewis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lewis misses with a low kick.
Vera is looking for the big counter here.
Vera checks a low kick from Lewis.
Vera let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Lewis tries a head kick but it misses.
Vera throws a series of punches but Lewis avoids them all with ease.

Lewis looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Vera!
Lewis staying calm.
Lewis throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vera is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Lewis grinds an elbow into Vera's temple.
Lewis has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Lewis wants to control but Vera is keeping him busy.
Lewis in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Lewis wants to control but Vera is keeping him busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Lewis throws an elbow but Vera slips to the side and avoids it well.
Lewis is working Vera over with some ground and pound from side control.
Vera is trying to buck Lewis off.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lewis is looking to take a break and control but Vera is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Lewis tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marco Vera dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Vera throws a shot to the body.
Vera slips under a jab.
Vera lands with a nice body punch.
Vera throws a body punch but Lewis moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Lewis misses the target.
Lewis throws the left hand but Vera avoids the punch easily.
Vera bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lewis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A nice side step and Vera releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Lewis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vera.
Lewis moves away from the strike by Vera.
A big left from Vera misses.
Vera throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewis looks for a takedown but Vera sprawls well.
Lewis misses with a body kick.
A little jabbing left from Vera on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A shot to the body from Lewis misses
and Vera counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Vera scores with a hook.
Vera misses the jab.
Vera lands a lovely overhand right.
Vera misses with a wild body shot.
Lewis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vera.
Lewis uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Vera.
Vera missing with a left hand there. Lewis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lewis quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Vera misses with a few strikes there.
Vera throws an overhand right that lands on Lewis's shoulder, as Lewis tries to avoid the shot.
Lewis is looking to counter punch.
Lewis misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vera throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lewis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lewis fires out a quick counter leg kick but Vera just manages to avoid it.
Vera tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lewis was well out of range. Poor timing from Vera.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Vera.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vera throws the left hand but Lewis avoids the punch easily.
Vera rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lewis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lewis is looking to wear down Vera with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Lewis moves away from the strike by Vera.
Vera throws a jab when Lewis was well out of range.
Lewis avoids the body shot from Vera.
Vera uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lewis.
Lewis tries to work over Vera's front leg with a kick but Vera checks it.
Lewis is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Vera.
Vera scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Vera throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lewis looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Vera displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Lewis.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lewis tries a low kick but Vera avoids it.
Vera swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vera fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Vera avoids a kick to the body.
Lewis blocks a jab.
Lewis half committed to a counter leg kick.
Vera misses with a jab, cross combination.

Lewis closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Vera bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A swing and a miss from Lewis.
Vera throws a combination. Lewis tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Lewis avoids the body shot from Vera.
Vera throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lewis tries a low kick but Vera avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vera misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lewis.
A jab from Vera finds it's way through Lewis's defenses.
Lewis stuns Vera with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Vera checks the leg kick nicely there.
Lewis misses with a body punch
and Vera counters with a series of strikes. Lewis will be more careful next time no doubt.
Vera uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lewis.
Lewis throws a low kick, looking for Vera's leg but Vera calmly moves out of range.
Marco Vera seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Vera keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vera throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lewis tries to work over Vera's front leg with a kick but Vera checks it.
Lewis walks into a left hand.
Lewis throws a solid leg kick but Vera takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Lewis.
Vera clobbers Lewis with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marco Vera showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action!

Vera lands a jab to Lewis's midsection.
A left and a right from Vera both land. Nice combination.
Vera goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Lewis tried to score with a low kick but Vera checks it.
Vera throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lewis thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lewis swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Lewis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vera.
Vera throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Vera pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Vera misses the jab.
Vera moves out of range as Lewis strikes.
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!
Vera misses with a looping left.
Lewis defending well as Vera loads up on a big left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vera uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lewis.
Vera ducks under a wild hook from Lewis.
Vera misses with a hook. Lewis ducked under it nicely.
Vera displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Vera throws a hook but Lewis avoids it easily.
Lewis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vera.
Vera avoids the body shot from Lewis.
Lewis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lewis will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A clash of legs there as Vera blocks the low kick.
Lewis avoids the body shot from Vera.
Vera checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Lewis misses with an uppercut
and Vera connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A punch combination from Vera misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lewis looks to land a body kick but Vera moved away.
Lewis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vera.
Lewis attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Vera keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lewis throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Vera cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vera blocks a leg kick.
Vera uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lewis.
Vera missing with a left hand there. Lewis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Vera bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Lewis's head.
Vera swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lewis fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Vera checks it well.
Vera gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Lewis.
Vera lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lewis takes one on the button.
Vera uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lewis.
Lewis looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Vera thuds a left hand into Lewis's body.
Vera lands a nice hook to Lewis's body. Lewis takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Vera misses with a looping left.
Vera takes a swing at Lewis's ribcage but misses.
Vera lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lewis at a distance.
Lewis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lewis throws a leg kick but Vera checks it.
Vera throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Vera cracks Lewis with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Lewis ducks under a wild hook from Vera.
Vera just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromLewis.
Lewis missing with a left hand there. Vera was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lewis takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Vera swinging wildly here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vera misses the jab.
We've been informed that Vera has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Lewis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Lewis gets a double leg takedown into Vera's guard.
Lewis won't allow Vera to get back to his feet.
Lewis scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lewis controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Vera has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Lewis with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lewis trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Lewis wants to control from the top but Vera keeps moving.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marco Vera really dominated that round.
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.

Vera blocks a leg kick.
Vera throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lewis misses with an uppercut
and Vera counters with a right hand to the body.
No joy there for Vera, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lewis ducks under a wild hook from Vera.
Lewis swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Nice sprawl there from Vera as Lewis shoots in.
Vera swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lewis throwing a counter right hand but Vera manages to avoid it.
Lewis misses with a low kick.
Vera throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lewis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jab from Vera.
Vera checks a leg kick.
Vera connects with a single shot there.
Vera misses with a straight left.
Lewis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vera.
An attempted straight right counter from Lewis misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vera takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A left lands for Vera.
Vera connects with a right hand. Lewis shakes it off.
Vera throws a looping overhand right but Lewis ducks down to avoid it.
Lewis misses the shot to the body.
Lewis staying out of range there.
Vera misses the shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Vera misses the target.
Vera misses with an uppercut.
Vera keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Lewis scores with a decent looking hook.
Vera throws a big shot that misses.
Vera tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lewis was well out of range. Poor timing from Vera.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vera defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Lewis.
The fighters circling - Vera throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lewis throws a body shot but no joy.
Vera is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Lewis with a body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Vera. Those never looked like landing.
Lewis throws a leg kick but Vera sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Lewis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vera.
Vera throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lewis misses with a body kick.
The fighters circling - Vera throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Vera throws a hook but Lewis blocks it.
Vera fails to land with a series of punches.
Lewis tried to counter with a leg kick but Vera avoided it.
Vera misses with a body shot.
Vera connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Lewis's hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vera scores with a jab.
Lewis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vera.
Lewis feinted with a counter takedown.

Lewis gets a takedown into half guard.
Lewis is keen to just control but Vera is a slippery customer.
Lewis lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Vera pushes Lewis off and gets back to his feet.
Vera throws out a loose jab but Lewis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vera loads up on a big right hand but Lewis slips the punch.
Vera misses with a straight left.
The fighters circling - Vera throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vera fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A telegraphed right hand from Lewis misses the target.
Lewis is trying hard to land a takedown here. Vera sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Trayvon Lewis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vera swings for the body but Lewis moves out of range.
Vera misses with an uppercut. Lewis saw that one coming.
Vera misses with a left hand
and Lewis counters with a nice body shot.
Horrible takedown attempt by Lewis or perhaps it was just good defense by Vera, which made it look bad.
Vera rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lewis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lewis tries for a takedown but Vera sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Lewis is looking to score with low kicks.
Vera lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lewis circles away quickly and effectively.
Vera checks the leg kick.
Vera looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marco Vera dominated that fourth round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Lewis slips a jab from Vera.
Nice body punch from Lewis.
Lewis misses with a low kick.
Vera connects with a single shot there.
Vera looks to throw the jab but Lewis is out of range.
Vera moves out of range of the body kick.
Vera scores with a punch to the head.
Lewis takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Lewis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Vera.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lewis does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Vera clobbers Lewis with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Lewis misses with a leg kick
and Vera counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Lewis thinking.
Vera ducks right into an uppercut from Lewis.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vera.
Lewis half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Lewis does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Lewis fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Vera avoids it really well and circles away.
Vera misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lewis.
Lewis throws a hook but Vera blocks it.
It seemed like Vera was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Vera looks to land a right hand but Lewis moved out of range.
Lewis appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Lewis throws a lazy uppercut
and Vera counters with a right hand to the body.
Vera connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Vera throws the left hand but Lewis avoids the punch easily.
Vera stalks Lewis and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Lewis's face. Lewis staggers backwards, shaken.
Vera scores with the left hand. Lewis knows he should have avoided that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vera gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Vera cracks Lewis with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Lewis fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Vera to the ground. Lewis is now in Vera's guard.
Lewis stops Vera from standing up.
Marco Vera is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

Vera pushes Lewis off and gets back to his feet.
Vera tries to bum rush Lewis with a series of wild strikes but Lewis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Lewis gets the takedown into side control.
Lewis moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Vera pushes Lewis away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Lewis gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lewis lands a decent elbow from side control.
Vera takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Vera wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Vera bucks up and tries to throw Lewis off but instead Lewis has got his back!
Vera is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Lewis tries to keep control of the position but Vera is staying busy.
Vera is trying to stand back up.
Trayvon Lewis overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Trayvon Lewis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vera is covering up but some of the strikes from Lewis are getting through and doing damage.
Vera is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Lewis looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Vera trying to get back to his feet but Lewis is in full control for now.
Lewis connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Vera to escape the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marco Vera comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Vera winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 45:50
Judge Josh West scores the fight 45:50
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marco Vera!
Marco Vera is the new welterweight champion!