PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Infamous (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and BA Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Infamous's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Jadakiss - Pain And Torture. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that BA Evans was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Infamous
vs
Evans

175 cm
25
180 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

185 cm
19
185 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

EFC Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Thiago Infamous!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, BA Evans!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evans throws a body kick that misses.
Infamous is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Evans scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Infamous scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Infamous will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Evans misses with a wild body shot.
Infamous avoids the head kick by Evans.
Evans is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Infamous.
Evans throws a nice inside leg kick.
Infamous misses with a wild combination.
Evans takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Infamous steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Evans.
Evans throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Evans lands a jab to the nose.
Evans connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Infamous's hands.
Evans misses with a straight left.
Infamous ducks under a wild hook from Evans.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans scores with a nice body kick.
Evans attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Nice jab there from Evans.
Evans tries a head kick but it misses.
Evans misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Infamous ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Evans moves away.
BA Evans seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Infamous bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Infamous looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Evans is avoiding damage well.
Infamous lands an elbow.
Infamous working the strikes but Evans uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Infamous wants to take a breather but Evans is having none of it.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Infamous in particular looking to stall.
Infamous not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans blocking the ground and pound attempt from Infamous.
Evans missing with punches from the bottom.
Infamous 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.
Evans is not content to let Infamous control the position.
Evans is trying to get back to full guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Evans avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Evans throws a one two combo.
Infamous takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Infamous throws the left hand but Evans avoids the punch easily.
Evans throws a chopping leg kick but Infamous manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Evans moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans shoots and misses
and Infamous cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Evans looks to land a left hand but Infamous moved out of range nicely.
Infamous ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Infamous takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Evans misses with a straight left.
Evans throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Evans takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Evans throws a predictable looking body shot
and Infamous counters with a left to the body.
Infamous takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Evans uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Infamous.
Nice shot by Evans.
Evans throws a chopping leg kick but Infamous manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Infamous checks a low kick from Evans.
Infamous cracks Evans with a good jab.
Evans throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Infamous stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Evans misses with a double jab.
Evans jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans misses with an uppercut. Infamous saw that one coming.
Evans will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Infamous throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Evans throws a low kick but it's checked well by Infamous.
Evans avoids a punch combination nicely.
Evans misses with a double jab
and Infamous cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Infamous swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Evans counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Infamous is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Evans throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice body punch from Evans.
Infamous looks to land a right hand but Evans moved out of range.
Evans throws a leg kick but Infamous moved away.
Evans misses with a jab to the body
and Infamous counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Evans throws a head kick but Infamous moves out of range.
Evans lands with an overhand left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but BA Evans will probably get the nod.
That's time! Infamous's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Good exchange - Evans coming out on top.
Infamous tries to close the distance and clinch up but Evans swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Evans walks into a straight right hand from Infamous.
Infamous misses with a hook.
A swing and a miss from Infamous.
Infamous avoids the head kick by Evans.
Infamous avoids the head kick by Evans.
Infamous blocks a head kick by Evans.
Evans tries a head kick but it misses.
Evans takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Infamous is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Infamous thuds a left hand into Evans's body.
Infamous blocks the body kick.
Evans displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Infamous throws out the jab.
A slow jab from Evans misses its intended target.
Infamous misses with an uppercut. Evans saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans staying out of range there.
Evans throws a predictable looking body shot
and Infamous counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Evans with a poor takedown
and Infamous counters with a series of strikes. Evans will be more careful next time no doubt.
A jab lands there for Infamous.
Evans throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Infamous misses with a looping right.
Infamous blocks a leg kick.
Evans misses with a takedown
letting Infamous counter with a right hand.
Evans throws a leg kick but Infamous sees it coming and checks it nicely.

Infamous closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Infamous wants to control but Evans is keeping him busy.
Infamous working the head and body with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Infamous is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Infamous is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Evans!
Infamous wants to control the pace but Evans is squirming around nicely.
Infamous lands a nice shot to the head.
Infamous lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Infamous prevents Evans from getting the reversal.
Evans is breathing heavily.
Infamous lands with some strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Infamous with good strikes from the mount here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Infamous lands a big shot there that rocks Evans but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Infamous with the ground and pound from mount.
Infamous lands a nice shot to the head.
Infamous looking to control and managing it successfully.
Infamous is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Evans can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Infamous looking to finish Evans with some ground and pound. This is bad for Evans!
Infamous lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Infamous scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Evans?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Infamous with shots to the head and body - Evans looks very uncomfortable down there.
Infamous working Evans over with strikes here.
Infamous looking to finish Evans with some ground and pound. This is bad for Evans!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Infamous tries to control but Evans wriggling away.
Infamous lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Evans can do anything to dispel that myth.
Infamous landing strikes, looking to finish!
Infamous sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Infamous with a couple of short strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Infamous dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Infamous closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Evans to the mat! Evans manages to get full guard.
Infamous with a flurry of punches that miss.
Thiago Infamous overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Infamous pushing down on Evans's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Infamous working Evans over with strikes.
Infamous is just content to waste time from the top position. Evans takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Infamous is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Infamous trying to control but Evans is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Infamous slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Infamous trying to control the position but Evans is working away.
Infamous lands some shots froms side control.
Evans is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Infamous is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Infamous lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Infamous controlling the position easily from mount.
Evans takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Infamous prevents Evans from getting the reversal.
Infamous landing strikes from the mount and Evans is in trouble!
Infamous wants to control the pace but Evans is squirming around nicely.
Infamous postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Evans looks a forlorn figure.
Evans is squirming around, avoiding Infamous's attempts to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans is wriggling around trying to escape.
The referee warns Evans that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Evans takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Infamous fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Evans sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Evans wants to sweep but Infamous has passed to side control!
Evans tries to improve position but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Infamous working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Infamous wants to control but Evans is keeping him busy.
Infamous lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Infamous has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Evans!
Infamous with good strikes from the mount here!
Infamous looking to control but Evans is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thiago Infamous showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Infamous has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thiago Infamous!