PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between fred evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tarmo Teras (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think evans might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Pull Harder On The Strings Of Your Martyr. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

evans
vs
Teras

198 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
18
215 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, fred evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Tarmo Teras!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Andrew Berry and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
evans misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Teras misses with a straight right.
evans misses with a jab, cross combination.
evans uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Teras.
evans scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Teras throws an uppercut from half a mile away. evans sees it coming and avoids it easily.
evans throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
evans scores with a jab to the jaw.
evans scores with a push kick.
evans stalks Teras and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Teras's face. Teras staggers backwards, shaken.

It looks like Tarmo Teras has been cut.
Teras takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Teras gets cracked there but stands up to it.
evans tries to clinch up.
Teras slips a jab and a cross from evans.
evans throws a head kick but Teras moves out of range.
A head kick misses from evans.
Teras on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Teras keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
evans doesn't manage to clinch there - Teras circles away.
evans looks for a takedown but Teras sprawls well.
evans stalks Teras and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Teras's face. Teras staggers backwards, shaken.

That's one minute gone in the round.

evans scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
evans is breathing heavily.
Teras is not content to let evans control the position.
Teras pushes evans away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, evans gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Teras really doesn't want to stay on the ground with evans. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Teras is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
evans trying to control the position but Teras is working away.

evans has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Teras avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Teras rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and evans counters with an inside leg kick.
evans thuds his shin into the meat of Teras's side.
Teras throws an ugly left hook that misses
and evans counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Teras is lucky that one didn't land flush.
evans is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teras throws a poor cross that misses

and evans counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Teras's guard now.
evans wants to pass the guard but Teras is keeping the position.

evans drops back looking for a leg! Teras is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Teras manages to kick evans off! evans jumps back into Teras's guard.
Teras wants to get back to his feet but evans is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
evans passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
evans trying to control the position but Teras is working away.
Teras is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
evans wants to lay and pray for a moment but Teras keeps working.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Teras is trying to buck evans off.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
evans has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for fred evans. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Teras throws a lazy uppercut
and evans counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
evans shoots in but no luck this time.
evans pulls out of a head kick attempt.
evans will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Teras throws a lazy uppercut
and evans counters with a head kick.
evans misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Teras swings widly with a right hand
and evans counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Nice defenses there by evans.
Teras throws a jab but it's blocked by evans.
Teras thows a left - swing and a miss!
Teras connects with a jab.
Teras misses with a straight right.
Teras misses with an uppercut
and evans counters with a leg kick.
Teras looks to land a left hand but evans moved out of range nicely.
Teras jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A head kick from evans lands but Teras takes it in his stride.
Teras misses with a hook.
A swing and a miss from Teras.
Teras throws a poor cross that misses
and evans counters with a three punch combo that has Teras backing up. Teras nods at evans to acknowledge the strikes.
Teras jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A jab-cross combination lands for evans and sends Teras crashing to the mat! evans follows him down to the mat - Teras regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!

Teras is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
evans passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Teras!
Teras is still in real trouble! Can evans finish him?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
evans scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Teras?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

fred evans dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tarmo Teras's cut.
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.

Nice sprawl there from Teras as evans shoots in.
Teras seems to have recovered his senses.
evans throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
evans drops Teras with a beautiful combination! Teras stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - evans is looking for the KO!

Teras is rocked!

That has opened up Tarmo Teras's cut even more.
evans shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Teras but Teras pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Teras is still on wobbly legs! Can evans finish him?
evans moves in looking to clinch but Teras pushes him off.
evans is looking to clinch but Teras is avoiding it.
Teras seems to have recovered his senses.
evans fails with an attempt to clinch.

evans gets a takedown into half guard.
Teras won't allow evans to pass to mount.
Teras looks like he's trying to stand up.
evans not landing any meaningful shots this time.
evans is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Teras can do to turn this around?
Teras is staying active underneath evans, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
evans is looking to stall here but Teras recovers full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
evans pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Teras is keeping the position for now.
evans has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Teras is proving hard to escape from.

Teras pushes evans off and scrambles back to his feet.
Tarmo Teras is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Teras misses with a straight left.
Tarmo Teras seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Teras waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract evans.
Teras walks forward, straight into a front kick from evans.
evans moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Teras misses with a straight right.
Teras throws a hook but evans avoids it easily.
evans lands with a slapping head kick.
Teras throws a hook but evans blocks it.

Teras gets caught flat footed, as evans shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
evans prevents Teras from getting back to his feet.

Teras uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Teras is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Teras misses with an uppercut. evans saw that one coming.
evans throws a head kick but Teras moves out of range.
evans lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
evans bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Teras throws a hook but evans avoids it easily.
evans fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for fred evans. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by evans!
Teras takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Teras throws a hook but evans avoids it easily.
evans lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
fred evans is winning the standup battle so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Teras misses with an uppercut.
evans fails with the takedown.
evans steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Teras.
Teras might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Teras throws a hook to the side of evans's head but evans sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Teras swings widly with a right hand
and evans counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Teras throws a lazy uppercut
and evans counters with a left and a right that stings Teras.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
evans throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Teras takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Teras throws a poor cross that misses
and evans counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Teras is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Teras takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Teras throws a right hand that misses
and evans makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Teras misses with a lunging right hand
and evans counters with a low kick, right behind Teras 's knee.
Teras misses with an uppercut.
evans lands with a nice combination. Teras backs away looking to recover.
Teras swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
evans throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Teras.
evans is looking to slow Teras down with leg kicks.
The fight stays on the outside here - evans looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Teras is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by evans.
evans is working the combinations to good effect here.
evans fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Teras.
Teras throws the left hand but evans avoids the punch easily.
Teras thows a left - swing and a miss!
evans throws a sloppy head kick and Teras moves out of range easily.
evans uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Teras.
Teras misses with a looping left.
evans shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A big left from Teras misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
evans looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Teras misses with a hook

and evans decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Teras's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Teras is looking to stand up but evans isn't so interested in that idea.
evans wants to control from the top but Teras keeps moving.
Teras wants to stand but evans is controlling the position.
evans slips nicely into half guard.
evans wants to take a breather but Teras is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Teras is trying to stand back up but evans is controlling him
Teras is refusing to be controlled, as evans sits in half guard.
Teras tries to kick evans off but evans keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

fred evans dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tarmo Teras's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Teras misses with a lunging right hand
and Teras takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
evans misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
evans looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
evans misses with a series of wild punches.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from evans.
Teras rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and evans counters with a flying knee. Nice.
evans bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
evans shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Teras as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for fred evans. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Teras takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Both fighters circling a little - evans finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
evans lands a high kick to the side of Teras's head that stuns him and send him tumbling down to the canvas! evans dives into guard, looking to finish.

The cut above Tarmo Teras's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Teras wants to stand up but evans is controlling him.
Teras takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
evans working some strikes from top position.

Teras pushes evans off and gets back to his feet.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A big right from Teras misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
evans lands a nice looking body kick.
Teras misses with a straight right.
Teras jabbing away but nothing is landing.
evans throws the kick towards the body but Teras avoids it.
A big right from Teras misses.
Teras missing with a left hand there. evans was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Teras throws a hook but evans blocks it.
Teras misses with a straight right.
Teras throws out a loose jab but evans uses good head movement to avoid it.
Teras swats away the attempt to clinch by evans.
evans blocks a jab.
A jab from Teras misses.
Teras throws a hook but evans avoids it easily.
A head kick misses from evans.
Teras stuffs the takedown attempt from evans. evans gets slowly back to his feet.
evans connects with a nice looking jab.
evans misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Teras throws a right hand that misses
and evans counters with a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Teras rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and evans counters with a series of strikes. Teras will be more careful next time no doubt.
Teras walks into a straight right hand from evans.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from evans! Teras is out on his feet! evans rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Teras is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Teras is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:12 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). fred evans!