PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dominic Vera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Baker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vera comes to the cage accompanied by call to prayer. On his way into the cage it seems that Dominic Vera has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Dominic Vera seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Vera
vs
Baker

188 cm
26
202 lbs
18 - 10 - 1

188 cm
30
215 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

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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 18 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Dominic Vera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Frank Baker!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Damien Edna and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vera looks to land a combination. Baker sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like Frank Baker has been cut.
Vera takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Vera throws a right and a left that Baker avoids nicely.
Vera misses with a series of wild punches.
Vera throws a right and a left that Baker avoids nicely.

Baker scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vera takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Vera is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
You can see the frustration on Vera's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Baker lands a few punches from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vera is trying to control Baker's posture but Baker avoids it.
Baker scores with punches from side control.
Vera tries to improve position but can't.
Baker is putting a hurting on Vera here, landing some big shots from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Baker is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Vera is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Vera sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Baker scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Baker has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Baker working Vera over with strikes.
Baker looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Vera with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Baker wants to control but Vera is keeping him busy.
Vera trying to hold on to Baker's head to control him but Baker postures up.
Still in half guard, Baker seems content to control.
Baker working over Vera with some ground and pound. Vera looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vera taking some punishment here, with Baker in his half guard.

Vera looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Vera is not content to let Baker control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baker stalling away here and it's allowed Vera to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Baker tries to free his leg and advance position but Vera is retaining full guard.
Vera has momentary wrist control but Baker slips an elbow through the middle.
Baker keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Vera's head.
Baker trying to control the position from guard on top but Vera is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Vera had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Baker defends it easily.
Baker trying to control the position from guard on top but Vera is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Baker working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Baker looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Baker stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Vera swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baker wants to control from the top but Vera keeps moving.

Vera escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Baker gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Vera looking to control.

Baker avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Vera trying to keep a closed guard but Baker is proving a slippery customer.
Vera looking for a sweep. Not yet Vera, not yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baker looking to pass the guard.
Baker missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Baker passes Vera's left leg - he's now in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Baker wants to pass the guard but Vera is defending well.
Baker seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Baker slows the pace down in half guard.
Vera moves into full guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Baker throwing strikes but missing.
Baker throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Vera works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Baker dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Frank Baker's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Vera lands with an overhand left.

Vera gets a double leg takedown into Baker's guard.
Vera wants to pass the guard but Baker is keeping the position.
Baker bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Vera's guard.
Baker scoring with punches to the head and body.
Baker trying to control but Vera is working from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Baker accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Baker postures up and lands a big shot to Vera's brow.
Baker won't allow Vera to get back to his feet.
Vera is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vera is really struggling to control Baker but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Baker lands a couple of elbows.
Baker trying to control the position from guard on top but Vera is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Vera has his feet on Baker's thighs here. He's pushed Baker off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Baker screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Dominic Vera!