PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dominic Vera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Vera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dominic Vera's entrance music is call to prayer. A fine choice. Michael Vera has chosen Black Eyed Peas - Bebot as his entrance music. Dominic Vera has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Vera
vs
Vera

188 cm
28
202 lbs
22 - 13 - 1

191 cm
25
205 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Jihad Fight Gear-Cage Wars version
Jihad Fight Gear-Cage Wars version

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dominic Vera!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Michael Vera!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Edson Gomes and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dominic Vera takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Dominic Vera seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dominic Vera throws a right hand that Michael Vera ducks under and follows up with a left that Michael Vera also avoids with ease.
Dominic Vera throws a nice looking combination but Michael Vera bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A swing and a miss from Michael Vera.
Michael Vera pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dominic Vera throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dominic Vera buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Michael Vera throws a front kick aimed at Dominic Vera's knee but Dominic Vera avoids it well.
Dominic Vera throws a series of strikes that have Michael Vera backpedaling.
Michael Vera lands with an overhand left.

It looks like Dominic Vera has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Michael Vera throws a head kick but Dominic Vera moves out of range.
Dominic Vera throws a right and a left that Michael Vera avoids nicely.
Dominic Vera misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Michael Vera.
Michael Vera is looking to chop away at Dominic Vera's legs.
Dominic Vera's corner calls for a 1-2. Dominic Vera obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Michael Vera 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Dominic Vera blocks a leg kick.
Dominic Vera lands a nice looking body kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Dominic Vera, right into the meat.
Michael Vera takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Michael Vera walks into a jab.
Dominic Vera lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Michael Vera.

Michael Vera instigates a clinch.
A short left from Dominic Vera.
Michael Vera lands an elbow just above Dominic Vera 's eye.

Dominic Vera breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dominic Vera keeps the fight on the outside.
Michael Vera tries a low kick but Dominic Vera avoids it.
Dominic Vera pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Michael Vera throws a front kick aimed at Dominic Vera's knee but Dominic Vera avoids it well.
Michael Vera gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Michael Vera lands with a slapping head kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Michael Vera connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Michael Vera moves forwards but Dominic Vera connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Dominic Vera looks to land a right hand but Michael Vera moved out of range.
Michael Vera throws a chopping leg kick but Dominic Vera manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dominic Vera connects with a good right hand that stumbles Michael Vera. Michael Vera circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Michael Vera is looking to land body kicks.
Michael Vera looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Michael Vera throws a low kick but Dominic Vera moves out of range easily.
Dominic Vera scores with a jab to the head.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Michael Vera throws a leg kick but Dominic Vera sees it coming and moves out of range.
Michael Vera is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Michael Vera checks a leg kick.
Michael Vera throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dominic Vera lands with a straight right. Michael Vera didn't see that one coming.
Dominic Vera connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Michael Vera misses with a body kick.
Michael Vera throws out a leg kick but Dominic Vera moves out of range and Michael Vera only half commits.
Michael Vera doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Michael Vera fails in his attempt to clinch.
A bone on bone clash there as Dominic Vera blocks the leg kick.
Dominic Vera takes a swing at Michael Vera's ribcage but misses.
Dominic Vera throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michael Vera takes one to the side of the head.
A nice leg kick lands there from Dominic Vera.
Michael Vera throws a front kick aimed at Dominic Vera's knee but Dominic Vera avoids it well.
Dominic Vera swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dominic Vera moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Dominic Vera scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Dominic Vera moves out of range of the body kick.
Dominic Vera misses with a kick to the body
and Michael Vera counters with a low kick, right behind Dominic Vera 's knee.
Michael Vera takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A slapping leg kick lands for Michael Vera.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Dominic Vera checks a leg kick.
Michael Vera fails with a takedown attempt.
Michael Vera takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dominic Vera fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dominic Vera misses with a looping right.
Dominic Vera throws a nice looking combination but Michael Vera bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dominic Vera keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Dominic Vera takes a swing at Michael Vera's ribcage but misses.
Michael Vera tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Dominic Vera manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Michael Vera pushes Dominic Vera up against the cage in a clinch.
Michael Vera missing with knees to the body.

Dominic Vera's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Michael Vera misses with a body kick.
Michael Vera fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Dominic Vera has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Dominic Vera is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Michael Vera slips a jab and a cross from Dominic Vera.
Dominic Vera listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Michael Vera misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dominic Vera.
Michael Vera tries to clinch up.
Dominic Vera moves out of range of the body kick from Michael Vera.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Michael Vera throws a jab when Dominic Vera was well out of range.
Michael Vera tries to clinch but Dominic Vera is having none of it.
Michael Vera connects with an inside leg kick.
Dominic Vera takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Dominic Vera misses with a leg kick
and Michael Vera counters with a good low kick that Dominic Vera was not able to check.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Michael Vera will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dominic Vera's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Dominic Vera throws a series of punches but Michael Vera moves out of range.
Dominic Vera scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dominic Vera. Michael Vera does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dominic Vera misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dominic Vera is winning the standup battle so far.
Dominic Vera scores with a hook to the body. Michael Vera takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Dominic Vera throws a series of strikes that have Michael Vera backpedaling.
Dominic Vera scores with a jab.
Michael Vera feints and then cracks Dominic Vera's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dominic Vera down.
Michael Vera takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A big left from Michael Vera misses.
Dominic Vera fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Michael Vera.
Michael Vera moves out of range of the strikes.
Michael Vera misses with a low kick.
Michael Vera tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dominic Vera swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Michael Vera looks to throw a body kick
and Dominic Vera counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Michael Vera closes the distance and pushes Dominic Vera back into the cage.

Dominic Vera breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Michael Vera has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Dominic Vera misses with a few strikes there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dominic Vera stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Michael Vera.
Dominic Vera is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Dominic Vera gets tackled into the cage by Michael Vera. Michael Vera maintains the clinch.
Michael Vera misses with a knee to the head.
Dominic Vera wants to break the clinch but can't.
Michael Vera misses with a knee strike.
Dominic Vera throws a head punch that misses.
A knee to the head by Michael Vera.
Dominic Vera tries to break free but Michael Vera pushes him back against the cage.
Dominic Vera blocks the elbow strike.
Michael Vera keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dominic Vera's efforts to push away.
Dominic Vera wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Michael Vera has him pressed against the cage.
Dominic Vera is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Michael Vera.
Michael Vera tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Michael Vera.
Michael Vera pushes off an throws an elbow but Dominic Vera leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dominic Vera wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Michael Vera has him pressed against the cage.
Nice elbow from Michael Vera.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dominic Vera wants to get back to striking at distance but Michael Vera won't allow it.
Michael Vera blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Michael Vera keeps control of Dominic Vera as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dominic Vera wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Michael Vera scores with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Michael Vera scores a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dominic Vera blocks the elbow strike.
Michael Vera tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A frustrated look appears on Dominic Vera's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Dominic Vera is trying to break free.
Michael Vera landing knees to the head.
Michael Vera with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dominic Vera is trying to force a seperation but Michael Vera has the dominant position.
Michael Vera utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dominic Vera is trying to break the clinch but Michael Vera has him pressed against the cage.
Dominic Vera tries to circle away but Michael Vera has him pinned against the cage.
Michael Vera landing knees to the head.
Dominic Vera being controlled against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michael Vera throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Dominic Vera's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dominic Vera throws a head kick but Michael Vera moves out of range.
Michael Vera avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Michael Vera avoids a kick to the body.

Michael Vera lands a big head kick that sends Dominic Vera tumbling to the mat! Michael Vera takes a step backwards and waves Dominic Vera back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Dominic Vera is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Michael Vera fakes the body blow, causing Dominic Vera to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Dominic Vera goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Michael Vera!
Michael Vera is the new light heavyweight champion!
Michael Vera seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.