PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juan Seffar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Evan Lilke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Seffar comes to the cage accompanied by Cape Connection by Pop Will Eat Itself. The crowd seem to be enjoying Lilke's choice of entrance music: Welcome to the Jungle - Guns N Roses. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Seffar
vs
Lilke

190 cm
19
237 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

212 cm
23
245 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Juan Seffar!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Evan Lilke!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Seffar moves out of range of the strikes.
Lilke misses with a hook. Seffar ducked under it nicely.
Seffar steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lilke.

Seffar shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Lilke manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Seffar in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Lilke is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Seffar is controlling him.
Lilke is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Seffar stops Lilke from standing up.
Seffar 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.

Seffar drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Seffar jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Lilke utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Seffar stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Lilke swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Seffar prevents Lilke from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
The fight stays on the outside here - Seffar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lilke fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Seffar manages to avoid it.
Lilke jabs Seffar right on the nose. Seffar blinks but takes it well.
Lilke lands a really nice looking cross but Seffar seems unphased.
Seffar tries for a takedown but Lilke sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Lilke lands a nice shot that snaps Seffar's head back.
Lilke misses with a wild body shot.
Seffar takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Lilke swings for the body but Seffar moves out of range.
Seffar on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Lilke misses with a double jab.
Lilke throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nice straight punches there by Lilke. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lilke.
Lilke fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Seffar on the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Lilke.
Seffar keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lilke.
Lilke loads up on a big right hand but Seffar slips the punch.
Lilke is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Lilke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Seffar was well out of range. Poor timing from Lilke.
A left and a right from Lilke both land. Nice combination.
Lilke scores with a body shot.
Evan Lilke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No joy there for Lilke, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lilke tests Seffar's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lilke lands a jab to the head.
Seffar takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A punch combination from Lilke misses.
Lilke is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round!Seffar had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Seffar tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lilke swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lilke misses with a few strikes there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seffar takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Lilke circles away from the clinch attempt.
Seffar walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Lilke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Seffar.
Lilke throws a right hand that Seffar ducks under and follows up with a left that Seffar also avoids with ease.
Lilke displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Lilke fails to land with a series of punches.
The crowd cheers as Lilke lands an impressive looking overhand right. Seffar doesn't seem phased though.
Horrible takedown by Seffar or perhaps it was just good defense by Lilke which made him look bad.
Lilke looks to throw the jab but Seffar is out of range.
Seffar defending well as Lilke loads up on a big left hand.
Lilke lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Seffar ducks under a wild hook from Lilke.
Lilke stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lilke lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Seffar circles away quickly and effectively.
Lilke darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Lilke misses with a few strikes there.
Lilke looks to land a left hand but Seffar moved out of range nicely.
Lilke lands a nice shot that snaps Seffar's head back.
Lilke has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Seffar moves away from the strike by Lilke.
Seffar fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Juan Seffar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Good shot there by Lilke.
Seffar shoots for a takedown but Lilke saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Lilke rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Seffar moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lilke misses with a few strikes there.
Lilke throws a body punch but Seffar moves out of range.
Lilke misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Evan Lilke dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Seffar moves out of range of the strikes.
Seffar misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Lilke connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Seffar misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Lilke with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Lilke lands a glancing blow to the side of Seffar's head.
Lilke moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Lilke moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Lilke scores with a three punch combo!
Juan Seffar is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lilke misses with a two punch combination.
Lilke lands a jab to the head.
Lilke lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Seffar dodges the punch combination from Lilke.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Lilke, as that shot connected.
Lilke throws a jab but it's blocked by Seffar.

Seffar instigates a clinch.
Lilke tries to pull guard but Seffar holds him up against the cage and eventually Lilke drops back down to his feet.

Lilke breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Seffar takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Evan Lilke seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lilke throws a good cross that connects.

Seffar is rocked!
Lilke throws a shot from downtown. Seffar moves away and avoids it.
Seffar needs to keep his hands up - Lilke had a free shot at his head there.
Oh Seffar is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Seffar displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lilke throws out the jab.
Seffar looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Lilke misses with a wild combination.
Lilke throws a lazy right hand but Seffar sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lilke throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lilke throws a lazy right hand but Seffar sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Seffar seems to have got his legs back now.
Seffar takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Lilke misses with a few strikes there.
Lilke misses with a series of wild punches.
Lilke jabs Seffar right on the nose. Seffar blinks but takes it well.
Lilke cracks Seffar with an open hand slap.
Seffar showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lilke.
Lilke drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Seffar right on the button. Seffar goes down! Lilke follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Lilke gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Evan Lilke!
Evan Lilke is the new heavyweight champion!