Cory was taking alot of punches where it just didnt look like they landed flush because he leans away alot and has great balance. He was rocked a few times where I saw him have to hold on. Verno never was rocked, he may have had floppy legs but he's 38.... Controlled the tempo, oh do you mean backing up constantly and mainly countering? I gave alot of close rounds , and there was alot of close ones to Verno. Only real clear rounds to me were a few where Cory just outboxed and wasn't hit much, and the I'd say 3 rounds where Verno had Cory rocked a bit.