PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hugo Veron (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yuri Boyka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boyka comes into a darkened arena with his song building. http://youtu.be/qeFocnqhnQM kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Veron
vs
Boyka

169 cm
36
144 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

160 cm
41
154 lbs
42 - 19 - 3

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hugo Veron!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 42 - 19 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Yuri Boyka!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Paul Tew and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boyka misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Veron.
Nice shot lands for Veron.
Veron throws out a loose jab but Boyka uses good head movement to avoid it.
Veron connects with a nice looking jab.
Boyka shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Boyka ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Veron moves away.
Boyka throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Veron swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A telegraphed right hand from Boyka misses the target.
Veron lands a right hook to the body.
Boyka rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Veron moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Yuri Boyka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice defenses there by Boyka.
Veron connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A left lands for Boyka.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Veron avoids the body shot from Boyka.
Boyka clobbers Veron with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Veron scores with a push kick.
Boyka thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Veron checks a low kick from Boyka.
Boyka tries to bum rush Veron with a series of wild strikes but Veron uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Boyka cracks a nice hook into Veron's ribs.
Boyka fails to land with a series of punches.
Veron displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Boyka throws out the jab.
Veron seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Boyka fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Veron.
Boyka throws a leg kick which misses Veron's front leg but catches the back leg as Veron tries to avoid it.
Veron fakes the leg kick and cracks Boyka in the body.
Nice shot by Boyka.
Veron throws a jab but it's blocked by Boyka.
Veron throws the left hand but Boyka avoids the punch easily.
Veron looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Boyka connects with a body shot that sends Veron's belly button to the back.
Veron fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Veron throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Boyka uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Veron.
Veron slips under a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Veron on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Boyka takes a swing at Veron's ribcage but misses.
Veron throwing a counter right hand but Boyka manages to avoid it.
Veron has been working on his boxing with his coaches at LOD: Performance Center in the buildup to the fight.
Boyka throws a jab but it's blocked by Veron.
Veron throwing a counter right hand but Boyka manages to avoid it.
Veron misses with a wild combination.
Veron lands a nice hook to Boyka's body. Boyka takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Boyka walks into a left hand.
Veron ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Veron chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Boyka can pounce on him.
Veron throws a head kick but Boyka moves out of range.
Boyka misses with a hook.
Veron takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Veron walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Veron takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Veron staying out of range there.
Veron misses with a double jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Boyka misses the target.
Boyka scores with a jab to the jaw.
Veron thuds a left hand into Boyka's body.
Veron ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Boyka misses with a wild combination.
Boyka throws a hook to the side of Veron's head but Veron sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Veron swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Boyka throws out a loose jab but Veron uses good head movement to avoid it.
Veron thinks about countering with a body kick.
Veron throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Despite the aggression on Boyka's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Veron fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Boyka manages to avoid it.
Boyka pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Boyka throws a hook but Veron blocks it.
Veron avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Boyka thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boyka will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
It looked like Veron was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Boyka.
Veron cracks Boyka with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Boyka lands with a cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Veron takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Veron fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Boyka loads up on a big right hand but Veron slips the punch.
As Boyka tries to get set, Veron tries to push him back and clinch up but Boyka manages to avoid the attempt.
Veron misses with a body shot.
Veron keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Veron ducks under a wild hook from Boyka.
Boyka throws a hook but Veron blocks it.
Veron throws a counter high kick but Boyka was just alert enough to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Veron throws a hook but Boyka blocks it.
Veron throws a lazy right hand but Boyka sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A shot to the liver by Boyka. Beautiful body shot.
Veron misses with a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Yuri Boyka will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Boyka throws a shot from downtown. Veron moves away and avoids it.
Boyka throws a combination. Veron tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

Veron is rocked!
Boyka lunges in with a left hook that violently twists Veron head around and knocks him out cold! Boyka hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Yuri Boyka!
Yuri Boyka really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that GREEN!160 logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.