PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dominic Vera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Goli Haran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vera's entrance music is Romper Stomper. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Vera
vs
Haran

188 cm
24
202 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

189 cm
25
220 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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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 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dominic Vera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Goli Haran!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Summer Carpenter and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haran thows a left - swing and a miss!
Haran swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Vera clobbers Haran with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Vera swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Haran.
Vera takes one on the button.

It looks like Dominic Vera has been cut.
Haran throws a series of punches but Vera moves out of range.
Haran misses with a looping right.
Vera connects with a single shot there.
Haran jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A telegraphed right hand from Haran misses the target.
Haran pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Haran misses with a looping right.
Haran misses with a wild combination.
Haran swings for the body but Vera moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vera slips under a jab.
Goli Haran seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vera looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Haran slaps away a takedown attempt from Vera, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Haran loads up on a big right hand but Vera slips the punch.
Vera throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Haran pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Vera.
Vera steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Haran.
Vera scores with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Vera.
Vera lands a nice leg kick that just misses Haran's sensitive parts.
Haran catches Vera with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Haran swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Vera counters with a head kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Haran. Vera does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vera moves in looking to clinch but Haran pushes him off.
Haran misses with a jab to the body
and Vera counters with a nice low kick that buckles Haran's knee momentarily.
Haran looks gassed!
Vera fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Haran.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Haran misses with a double jab
and Vera counters with a head kick.
Vera scores with a head kick.

It looks like Goli Haran has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haran throws a jab when Vera was well out of range.
Vera shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Haran as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dominic Vera. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A solid leg kick lands there for Vera.
Vera slips a jab from Haran.

Vera rushes Haran and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Vera is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Haran is defending well for now.
A short right from Vera on the inside.
Vera lands a shoulder strike.
Vera throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Haran blocks it with crossed arms.
Vera dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Vera tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Haran is trying to break the clinch but Vera has him pressed against the cage.
Haran is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Vera is keeping busy.
Vera lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vera swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vera just leaning against Haran, taking a breather.

Vera breaks from the clinch.
Haran misses with a hook to the body
and Haran takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Vera lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Haran misses with a combination
and Vera counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

Vera fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Haran sprawls well initially but Vera persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

Vera stands up and beckons Haran to join him on the feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Vera has taken the fight to the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vera working Haran over with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dominic Vera dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Vera has managed to clinch.
Vera just leaning against Haran, taking a breather.
Vera with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Haran wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Vera blocks an uppercut.
Vera unloads a knee to the mid-section. Haran lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Vera throws a knee to the head but misses.
Haran jumps guard but Vera stands there with Haran around his waist. Haran gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Haran blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Vera pushes Haran back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Haran tries to stall but Vera uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Vera lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Vera works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Vera misses with a knee strike.

Vera's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Haran looks to land a right hand but Vera moved out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vera looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Haran is breathing heavily.
Vera scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Vera wants to clinch up but Haran keeps it at a distance.
Haran scores with a crisp jab that stopped Vera in his tracks.
Vera looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Vera thumps Haran with a low kick.
Haran slips a jab and a cross from Vera.
Vera throws a head kick but Haran moves out of range.
Vera lands a leg kick that knocks Haran off balance momentarily.
Goli Haran is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Vera moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

Haran tries to sprawl but Vera drives through with a takedown into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vera passes to side control.
Vera scores with punches from side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vera landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Vera works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Vera cracks Haran with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Vera trying to control the position but Haran is working away.
Vera scoring with punches and elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vera connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Haran some visible discomfort.
Vera in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Vera decides to stand back up. Vera steps back and let's Haran get back to his feet.

Vera closes the distance and pushes Haran back into the cage.
Haran fails to pull guard.
A nice left hand lands by Vera.
Haran's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Vera throws a head punch that misses.
Vera pushes Haran back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Vera misses with a knee strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Vera.
Vera works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Stalling in the clinch from Vera.

Vera pulls Haran into guard.
Vera is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Haran is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haran trying to control the position from guard on top but Vera is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Vera has his feet on Haran's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Vera moves out of range as Haran strikes.
Haran 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.
Vera dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Haran. That did some damage!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vera connects with a nice looking jab.

Vera shoots in and bounces Haran off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dominic Vera dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Haran throws a lazy head kick
and Vera counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Vera slips a straight right by Haran.
Haran jabs at Vera's body.
Vera fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Haran has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Haran throws a shot from downtown. Vera moves away and avoids it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Vera.
Haran connects with a jab.
Vera slips under a jab from Haran.
Vera stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Haran takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Vera throws a nice inside leg kick.
Vera feints and then cracks Haran's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Haran down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haran 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.
Haran fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vera manages to avoid it.
Vera scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Vera is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Haran can do to turn this around?
Haran throws a left and a right that both miss

and Vera decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Haran's guard.
Vera content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Haran avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Vera pushing down on Haran's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

Vera is looking for a kimura here.
Nice strikes from Vera there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vera prevents Haran from improving his position.
Vera is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Vera 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.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vera takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Vera scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Vera is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Vera postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Haran to stand up.
A slapping leg kick lands for Vera.
Goli Haran has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters circling a little - Vera finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Vera lands a leg kick that knocks Haran off balance momentarily.

Vera closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Knees to the body from Vera.
Vera tries to land knees in the clinch but Haran avoids the damage to the body.
Vera lands a body punch.
Haran throws a head punch that misses.
Vera scores with a shoulder strike.
Vera lands a nice uppercut.
Haran jumps guard but Vera stands there with Haran around his waist. Haran gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Vera is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Vera connects with a knee to the head.
Vera working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vera lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Vera.
Vera misses with a knee to the head.
Vera tries to land a knee to the head but Haran blocks with his arms.
Vera tries to land knees in the clinch but Haran avoids the damage to the body.
Haran managing to block the knees to the body from Vera.
Vera misses with a knee to the head.
Vera tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vera tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Vera tries to land a knee to the head but Haran blocks with his arms.
Haran is trying to break free.
Vera tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vera scores with a hook to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vera lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Haran is trying to force a seperation but Vera has the dominant position.
Dominic Vera is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Vera lands a hook that snaps the head of Haran backwards.
Haran fails to pull guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dominic Vera showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Vera 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:26
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:26
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dominic Vera!