PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rusty Everson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Klein East (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). East has chosen Cold as Ice- M.O.P. as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Everson
vs
East

187 cm
25
217 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

182 cm
21
205 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Broken Halo Pride Nutrition
Knock Out Artistry

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 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rusty Everson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Klein East!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Anthony Taglia and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
East wants to clinch up but Everson keeps it at a distance.

Everson shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Everson was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Everson misses with a head shot.
Everson wants to control the pace but East is squirming around nicely.
Everson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
East tries to lock up and control but Everson gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Everson lands a heavy elbow.
Everson prevents East from getting the reversal.
Everson working the ground and pound effectively.
Everson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
This has been an exciting period of action!
East is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Everson unloading with bombs!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Everson scoring with strikes but East is staying in there.
East can't escape the position.
The referee warns East that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Everson working the ground and pound effectively.
Everson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Everson looking to finish East with some ground and pound. This is bad for East!
East keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Everson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Everson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. East can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Everson has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of East's face.
East working to try and regain half guard.
BOOM! Everson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Everson breaks from East's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Everson lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
A nice elbow there by Everson.
Everson lands a heavy elbow.
Everson lands a heavy elbow.
East is trying to escape the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Everson scores with a couple of good head shots there.
East taking shots to the head.
Everson is landing with some decent strikes but East is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
East taking shots to the head.
Everson cracks East with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Everson landing punches.
East in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Everson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Everson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Everson has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of East's face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
East in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
East is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Everson wants to control the pace but East is squirming around nicely.
Everson avoids the attempt from East to control.
East is working to get back to half guard.
Everson breaks from East's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
East is desperately trying to improve his position but Everson has a good base and remains in mount.
Everson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as East is looking to escape.
East taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rusty Everson dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

East thows a left - swing and a miss!
Everson fakes a jab and throws a low kick but East checks it well.
East throws a leg kick but Everson sees it coming and moves out of range.
Everson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from East.
Everson misses with a straight left.
Everson checks a leg kick.
Everson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck East on the side of the head.
East throws a body kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A punch lands to the side of East 's head but he takes it in his stride.
East misses with a low kick.
A head kick misses from East.
Everson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Everson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as East sprawls well. East wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Everson gets slowly back to his feet.
East defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Everson.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rusty Everson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Everson fails with a takedown attempt.
East misses with a low kick.
East lands a nice leg kick that just misses Everson's sensitive parts.
Klein East is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
East tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Good work by East as he checks the leg kick.
Everson fails with a takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Everson blocks a leg kick.
An inside leg kick from East misses.
Everson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Everson misses with a low kick.
Everson closes the distance and clinches up with East, looking for a takedown. Everson pushes East against the cage but East circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Everson fails with the takedown.
East scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
East misses with a low kick.
East scores with a one two! Everson had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

East shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Everson is trying to defend but East finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
East seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Everson does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
East stops Everson from getting back to his feet.
East seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Everson does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Everson is concentrating on defense, preventing East from advancing position.
Everson is looking for a sweep. East is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
East stops Everson from getting back to his feet.
East is keen to just control but Everson is a slippery customer.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from East lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Everson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Everson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A nice leg kick lands there from East.
East lands a lovely overhand right.
Everson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that East can do to turn this around?
East is looking to clinch.
Everson shoots in but East avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Everson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Everson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around East's waist but East gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Everson off to one side.
Everson with a lazy takedown attempt
and East counters with a good low kick that Everson was not able to check.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Klein East showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Everson throws an overhand right that lands on East's shoulder, as East tries to avoid the shot.
East scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Everson with a lazy takedown attempt
letting East counter with a right hand.
Everson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Everson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Everson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before East can pounce on him.
Everson walks into a jab.
Good leg kick by East there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
East throws a front kick aimed at Everson's knee but Everson avoids it well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
East misses with a low kick.

Everson looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
East trying to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Everson stopping the sweep attempt from East.
Everson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Everson throwing strikes from guard but East blocks nicely.
East looking to hit a scissor sweep but Everson is one step ahead there.
East preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Everson won't allow East to sweep him here.
Everson scoring with some ground and pound.
Everson is looking to work some ground and pound but East has wrist control.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Everson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Everson there as he acknowledges the shot.
Everson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Everson shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
East wants to improve his position but Everson is controlling well.
East moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Everson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Everson throws a strike but East rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Everson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Everson scrambles and gets back to his feet.

Everson shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. East manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

East pushes Everson off and scrambles back to his feet.
Everson shoots in for a takedown but East shows good takedown defense.
A jab lands there for East.
Everson misses with a hook. East ducked under it nicely.
Everson shoots and misses
and East counters with a nice low kick that buckles Everson's knee momentarily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rusty Everson. That's going to take a lot out of him.

East has taken the fight to the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
East crunches a lovely knee into Everson's ribcage.
East lands a body shot.
East scores with a shoulder strike.
East throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Everson blocks it with crossed arms.

And that's the end of the fight!
Klein East comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think East has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 28:28
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 28:28
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 28:28

The fight is ruled a draw!