PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Cack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cuba Gooding Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Daniel Cack has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cack
vs
Gooding Evans

180 cm
26
205 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

188 cm
25
205 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Experienced

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Determined

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 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Daniel Cack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cuba Gooding Evans!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Jorge Garcia and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cack throws a leg kick but Evans sees it coming and checks it nicely.

Evans closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Cack did well to prevent Evans getting side control.
Cack wants to control but Evans is keeping busy.
Ground and pound from Evans.
Cack keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The fighters are battling for position here. Cack manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Cack is trying to keep Evans in close.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Evans's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Cack has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Evans can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Cack had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Evans defends it easily.

Cack is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cack is breathing heavily.
Evans is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cack is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Cack has momentary wrist control but Evans slips an elbow through the middle.
Evans postures up.
Evans is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Evans stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Cack swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Evans trying to control the position from guard on top but Cack is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Evans works over Cack with some ground and pound from guard.
Evans postures up.
Cack avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Evans postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Evans lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Evans is in close to Cack's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Evans scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Evans loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Evans trying to control but Cack is working from the bottom.
Evans stands up over Cack, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Evans landing some decent shots from guard.
Evans is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Evans lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Cack preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Evans accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Evans connects with a couple of short punches.
Evans wants to pass the guard but Cack is keeping the position.
Evans with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Evans postures up and lands a big shot to Cack's brow.
Evans working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Cack's head.

Cack working for a triangle but Evans defends it easily.
Evans throwing strikes but missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Evans scoring with some ground and pound.
Evans postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Evans scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Evans postures up and lands a big shot to Cack's brow.
Cack looking to control.
Evans keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Cack's head.
Evans landing some decent shots from guard.
Evans scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Cack is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Evans defends well.
Evans works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cack is looking to control Evans's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Cack avoid being mounted?
Evans lands with a punch from half guard.
Evans winds up and cracks Cack with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Cack is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Evans scores with a couple of nice shots.
Evans working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Evans landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Evans scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Evans working Cack over with strikes.
Evans working the head and body with strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cack is looking for a sweep. Evans is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Evans takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Evans lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Evans not landing any meaningful shots this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cuba Gooding Evans dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Cack feints and as Evans raises his hands in defense, Cack changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Evans lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Cack!
Cack tries to hold on but Evans postures up.
Evans is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Cack can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Evans lands a big shot there that rocks Cack but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Evans lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Evans avoids the attempt from Cack to control.
Cack keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Evans has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Cack's face.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Evans with the ground and pound from mount.
Cack is in a horrible position here. Evans smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The referee warns Cack that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cack is in a horrible position here. Evans smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Evans pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Cack is trying to escape the mount.
Evans lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Cack wants to control but Evans is having none of it.
Evans lands a big shot there that rocks Cack but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Evans scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Cack?
Evans landing punches.
Cack takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Evans breaks from Cack's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Cack can't escape the position.
Evans in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cack is desperately trying to improve his position but Evans has a good base and remains in mount.
Cack is working hard here to advance position.
Evans is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Evans looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Evans fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Cack tries to hold on but Evans postures up.
Cack is bucking up trying to escape but Evans cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Cack keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Evans connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Cuba Gooding Evans has got the better of the ground game so far.
Evans landing shots from mount.
Evans lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cack wants to hold on but Evans pushes him away.
Cack is looking to improve his position but Evans isn't that keen on the idea.
Cack tries to lock up and control but Evans gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Cack is in a horrible position here. Evans smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Cack tries to hold on but Evans postures up.
Cack is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Evans is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Evans putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Cack tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Evans working Cack over with strikes here.
A nice elbow there by Evans.
Evans lands a nice shot to the head.
Cack is in all sorts of trouble here.
Cack is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's four 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.
Cack is looking to get to half guard.
Cack taking shots to the head.
Cack tries to reverse the position but Evans maintains control.
Cack taking shots to the head.
Evans working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Cack wants to hold on but Evans pushes him away.
Cack is trying desperately to improve position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cack is bucking up trying to escape but Evans cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Cack wants to hold on but Evans pushes him away.
Cack really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Evans raining down shots from the mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cuba Gooding Evans showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! 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.

Evans lands a glancing blow to the side of Cack's head.
Cack with a lazy takedown attempt

and Evans counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Cack wants to control but Evans is keeping busy.
Ground and pound from Evans.
Evans winds up and cracks Cack with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Cack taking some punishment here, with Evans in his half guard.
Evans looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Cack has hold of Evans's hands but Evans slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Evans lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Cack trying to control from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans working over Cack with some ground and pound. Cack looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Evans looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Cack with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Evans working Cack over with strikes.
Cack is looking for a sweep. Evans is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Evans landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Cack looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Evans has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Evans looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Cack with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Evans is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Cack is refusing to be controlled, as Evans sits in half guard.
Cack tries to get to full guard but Evans has control of the leg.
Cack on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are battling for position here. Cack manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Evans throwing strikes but missing.
Cuba Gooding Evans is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans tries to free his leg and advance position but Cack is retaining full guard.

Evans avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Cack is trying to control the position but Evans postures up.
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.

Evans got a little sloppy there for a moment and Cack has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Evans has managed to get both his arms back between Cack's legs - danger averted.
Evans controlling from the top position.

Cack working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Evans doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Evans manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Evans avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Cack is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Evans defends well.
Evans showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Daniel Cack has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Evans trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Evans controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Let's hope that Evans has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

Despite being in the dominant position, Cuba Gooding Evans just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Cack fails with the takedown
and Evans counters with a three punch combo that has Cack backing up. Cack nods at Evans to acknowledge the strikes.

Cack gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Evans to score an easy takedown into full guard.

Cack has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Evans can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Evans slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cuba Gooding Evans comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Evans has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cuba Gooding Evans!