PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between montay evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Hockley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). evans comes to the cage accompanied by a milli. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

evans
vs
Hockley

180 cm
21
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid 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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, montay evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joe Hockley!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Anthony Taglia and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
evans misses with a straight left.
evans shoots in for a takedown but Hockley shows good takedown defense.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hockley.
Hockley throws a combination but it was largely blocked by evans.

evans changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Hockley looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Hockley 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.

evans tries for a kimura but Hockley is defending well.
Hockley tries to bench press evans off him but evans keeps the position.
Hockley struggling a bit here.
evans taking a breather here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Hockley's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

evans looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Hockley keeping full guard, as evans tries to pass.
Hockley trying to keep a closed guard but evans is proving a slippery customer.
evans postures up in Hockley's guard and throws a big left but Hockley blocks it.
Hockley controls evans momentarily but evans frees himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

evans gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
evans is breathing heavily.
evans closes this distance looking for a takedown but Hockley circles away.
Hockley gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and evans counters with a nice double leg into side control. Hockley won't be happy with that.
Hockley gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Hockley is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
evans wants to take a breather but Hockley is having none of it.
evans trying to control from Hockley's half guard. Hockley has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
evans seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
evans wanted to stand there but Hockley had control of the position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
evans trying to control the position from guard on top but Hockley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
evans stands up over Hockley, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

evans stands up from Hockley's guard - evans perhaps looking for a knockout.
Hockley takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

It looks like Joe Hockley has been cut.

Hockley clinches with his opponent.
Hockley goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hockley tries to pull guard but evans holds him up against the cage and eventually Hockley drops back down to his feet.
Hockley tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. evans just stands there and leans against the cage.
montay evans has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joe Hockley.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

evans jumps guard.
evans working a defensive guard here.
Hockley preventing the sweep.

evans is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Hockley trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
evans not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
evans bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hockley's guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hockley keeping moving, preventing evans from controlling successfully.
evans seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

montay evans dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joe Hockley's cut.
That's time! evans's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

evans misses with a takedown attempt

and Hockley counters with a single leg into guard. evans didn't expect that.
evans is striking off his back. Hockley thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
evans wants to control but Hockley is keeping busy.
evans makes his way to full guard. A much better position for evans.
evans could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
evans is controlling Hockley's posture.
Hockley scoring with some ground and pound.
Hockley postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hockley trying to control but evans is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
evans trying to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hockley won't allow evans to sweep him here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hockley in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
evans is trying to keep Hockley in close.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hockley closes the distance looking to clinch

so evans counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Hockley manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
evans wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Hockley wants to control the pace but evans is squirming around nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
evans is working to get back to half guard.
evans regains half guard.
evans is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Hockley's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Hockley's back!
Hockley is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
You can see the frustration on Hockley's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Hockley is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
evans not allowing Hockley to control his hands.
Hockley tries to roll but evans sticks to his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hockley has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from evans.
montay evans overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hockley trying to control but not successfully.
Hockley is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
evans lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Hockley trying to control the hands but evans won't let him.
Hockley is really stuck here.

Hockley defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Hockley is defending well here and trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hockley breaks evans's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.

evans working for a triangle but Hockley defends it easily.

Hockley gets to his feet. evans looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
evans is looking to clinch.
evans misses with a few strikes there.

Hockley forces evans back against the cage and clinches.

evans has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Hockley is trying to keep an underhook but evans manages to get the takedown into half guard.
evans is just content to waste time from the top position. Hockley takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
evans controlling from the top position.
evans postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

montay evans dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Joe Hockley's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Hockley changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. evans looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
evans is trying to get back to half guard.
evans manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
evans gets back to full guard.
Hockley preventing the sweep.
evans keeping full guard, as Hockley tries to pass.
evans is looking to stand up but Hockley isn't so interested in that idea.
evans keeping full guard, as Hockley tries to pass.
Hockley takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
evans is trying to control the position but Hockley postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
evans has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
evans trying to control the position.
Hockley prevents evans from getting back to his feet.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
evans tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Hockley swivels and escapes.
evans shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Hockley counters with a straight right hand.
Hockley shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and evans counters with a good, hard body kick but Hockley shrugs it off.
Hockley stuffs the takedown attempt from evans. evans gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for montay evans. That's going to take a lot out of him.
evans is looking to clinch.
evans misses with a takedown attempt
and Hockley counters with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by evans misses

so Hockley counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
evans manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Hockley tries to hold on but evans pushes him away.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Hockley can do anything to dispel that myth.
evans connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
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!
evans landing punches.
Hockley is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Hockley tries to hold on but evans pushes him away.
evans trying to control but Hockley is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hockley is wriggling around trying to escape.
evans scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Hockley really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Hockley is wriggling around here but as he tries to escape, evans has taken his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Hockley is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Hockley grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Hockley looking very determined here, making life difficult for evans.
evans controlling the position well here. Hockley rolled but evans kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
evans throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
evans controlling the position well here. Hockley rolled but evans kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Joe Hockley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Hockley comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think evans has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:28
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... montay evans!