PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between He Me (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco Vera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Me comes to the cage accompanied by Hate Me Now. He Me is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Me
vs
Vera

178 cm
23
175 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

185 cm
24
175 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Experienced

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, He Me!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marco Vera!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Bruno Hogan and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Me doesn't manage to clinch there - Vera circles away.
Me tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vera swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Me moves in looking to clinch but Vera pushes him off.
Me fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Vera.
Me tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vera swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Vera avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Vera keeps the fight on the outside.
Me tries to clinch but Vera moves out of range.
Me tries to close the distance and clinch but Vera swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Me moves in looking to clinch but Vera pushes him off.
Me moves in looking to clinch but Vera pushes him off.
Me tries to clinch but Vera moves out of range.
Me wants to clinch.
Me tries to clinch there but Vera circles away.
Me fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Me fails in his attempt to clinch.
Vera circles away from the clinch attempt.
Vera swats away the attempt to clinch by Me.
Me tries to clinch up but Vera circles away and keeps his distance.
Me tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vera paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Me fails with an attempt to clinch.
Me fails in his attempt to clinch.
Me throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Vera keeps the fight on the outside.
Me tries to clinch but Vera is having none of it.
Me wants to clinch up but Vera keeps it at a distance.
Me tries to clinch up.
Me tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vera paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Me is looking to clinch but Vera is avoiding it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Me wants to clinch up but Vera keeps it at a distance.
Me tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Vera throws a head kick that misses.
Me pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Me tries to clinch up but Vera circles away and keeps his distance.
Me wants to clinch up but Vera keeps it at a distance.
Vera just misses with a punch to the body.
Me wants to clinch up but Vera keeps it at a distance.
Vera circles away from the clinch attempt.
Vera swats away the attempt to clinch by Me.
Vera circles away from the clinch attempt.
Me tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vera swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Me throws a jab when Vera was well out of range.
Vera swats away the attempt to clinch by Me.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Me tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vera paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Me tries to clinch there but Vera circles away.
Me tries to close the distance and clinch but Vera swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Me is looking to clinch.
Me fails with an attempt to clinch.
Me is looking to clinch.
Vera misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Me tries to clinch up.
Me tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vera paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Me tries to close the distance and clinch but Vera swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
He Me is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Vera swats away the attempt to clinch by Me.
Me tries to clinch but Vera is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Vera circles away from the clinch attempt.
Me tries to clinch there but Vera circles away.
Me wants to clinch.
Me throws out a leg kick but Vera moves out of range and Me only half commits.
Vera throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Me tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Vera circles away from the clinch attempt.
Me doesn't manage to clinch there - Vera circles away.
Vera fails with a takedown attempt.
Me is looking to clinch.
He Me seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Vera avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Me looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Me moves in looking to clinch but Vera pushes him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

He Me dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Me is looking to clinch but Vera is avoiding it.
Me tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vera swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Me tries to close the distance and clinch but Vera swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Vera circles away from the clinch attempt.
Me tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vera swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Me fails in his attempt to clinch.
Vera finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Vera fails with the takedown.
Me wants to clinch.
Vera avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vera swats away the attempt to clinch by Me.
The fight stays on the outside here - Me looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Me tries to clinch but Vera is having none of it.
Me displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Vera.
Me is looking to clinch but Vera is avoiding it.
Me is looking to clinch but Vera is avoiding it.
Me throws a leg kick which misses Vera's front leg but catches the back leg as Vera tries to avoid it.
Vera tries a head kick but it misses.
Me fails in his attempt to clinch.
Me is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Vera takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Vera is breathing heavily.
Me wants to clinch.
He Me is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Me is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vera circles away from the clinch attempt.
Me is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Me tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vera swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Me throws a half hearted mid kick.
Me tries to clinch but Vera moves out of range.
Vera avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Me scores with a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Me is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Me fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Me tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vera swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Vera keeps the fight on the outside.
Vera avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Me tries to clinch up but Vera circles away and keeps his distance.
Me tries to close the distance and clinch but Vera swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Me fails in his attempt to clinch.
Vera has a takedown stuffed.
He Me has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marco Vera.
Me tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Me is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Me tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vera swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Me tries to clinch up but Vera circles away and keeps his distance.
Me tries to clinch but Vera is having none of it.
Vera is trying desperately to land a takedown but Me is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Vera.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Me tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vera swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Vera circles away from the clinch attempt.
Me is looking to clinch.
Me tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Vera keeps the fight on the outside.
Vera circles away from the clinch attempt.
Me tries to clinch but Vera moves out of range.
Me throws a head kick but Vera moves out of range.
Me is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Me wants to clinch.
Me is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

He Me dominated that second round.
That's time! Me's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Me is looking to clinch.

Vera shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Vera keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Me's head.
Vera preventing the sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Vera slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Vera throwing strikes but missing.
Vera controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vera stopping the sweep attempt from Me.
Vera works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Vera is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Me is staying active underneath Vera, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Vera tries to pass to full mount but Me defends it.
Vera working the head and body with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Vera.
Vera not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Me avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Vera.
Vera performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Me is looking for a sweep. Vera is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Vera missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
He Me is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vera missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Vera thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Me's head.
Me knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Vera on the ground.
Vera scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Vera is looking to take a break and control but Me is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Me wants to control but Vera is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Vera missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Vera perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Vera has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Me is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Me on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Me tries to get out of the position.
Vera landing strikes from the mount and Me is in trouble!
Vera unloading with bombs!
Vera throws some wild stikes that Me manages to avoid easily.
Vera looking to control but Me is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Me holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Vera tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marco Vera comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Me has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 John Mangel scores the fight 29:28
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... He Me!