PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Richard Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Triton Heaton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Evans
vs
Heaton

210 cm
25
270 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

205 cm
21
280 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Very quick

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Richard Evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Triton Heaton!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evans tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Heaton paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Heaton gets cracked there but stands up to it.

Evans moves into the clinch successfully.
Heaton avoids a wild elbow strike from Evans.
Heaton can't get the takedown.
Heaton blocks the elbow strike.
A head punch on the inside from Evans fails to land.
Evans gets through Heaton's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Heaton is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Evans gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Evans lands an elbow inside that Heaton shrugs off.
Evans doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Heaton can't get the takedown.
Richard Evans has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Triton Heaton.
Evans cracks Heaton with a nice body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A shot in the inside from Evans.
Evans gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Heaton looks gassed!
Evans throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Evans swings wildly with an uppercut but Heaton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Heaton taking a breather.
With the fighters up against the cage, Evans throws an elbow but misses.
Heaton throws an elbow that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Evans.
Evans misses with an elbow over the top.
Evans lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Heaton backwards.
Evans comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Evans scores with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Evans.
Heaton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Evans throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A head punch on the inside from Evans fails to land.
Evans scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Heaton fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Heaton is trying to maintain a safe position but Evans gets an underhook and turns Heaton into the cage.
Evans scores with a shot to the side of Heaton's head.
Heaton blocks an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Evans scores with a nice short uppercut.
Evans scores with a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Evans.
Evans creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Heaton's defenses.
Heaton blocks the elbow strike.
Evans lands a body shot in the clinch.
Evans lands an elbow inside that Heaton shrugs off.
Heaton blocks an elbow strike from Evans.
Heaton blocks an uppercut.
Nice elbow from Evans.
Evans lands a nice uppercut.
Evans working aggressively here.
Evans throws a head punch that misses.
Evans has a couple of punches blocked by Heaton.
Evans scores with a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans misses with some punches.
Evans lands an elbow that stopped Heaton in his tracks for a moment.
Evans misses with a hook from the clinch.
Heaton trying to control the position but instead, Evans has worked for underhooks and has pushed Heaton into the cage.
Still in the clinch, Evans scores with a nice short uppercut.
Evans lands an elbow inside that Heaton shrugs off.
Heaton is struggling to control the position.
A short uppercut from Evans.
With the fighters up against the cage, Evans throws an elbow but misses.
Heaton blocks the elbow strike.
Evans lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Evans missing with knees to the body.
Evans is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Heaton is defending well for now.
A head punch on the inside from Heaton fails to land.
Evans throws a head punch that misses.
Heaton blocks an uppercut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Evans.
Evans prevents the takedown attempt.
Still in the clinch, Evans scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Evans lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heaton wants to stall.
Evans lands a left hand that snaps the head of Heaton backwards.
Evans misses with some punches.
Heaton takes an elbow to the temple.
Evans lands an elbow inside that Heaton shrugs off.
Heaton blocking some punches.
Evans lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Heaton backwards.
Heaton stalling in the clinch but Evans improves position.
Evans missing with knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Evans as the two fighters clinch.
Evans lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Evans lands an elbow inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Evans.
Evans throws an elbow but it misses.
Evans dodges an elbow strike from Heaton.
Heaton dodges an elbow strike from Evans.
Nice elbow from Evans.
Evans doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Evans gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Triton Heaton has been cut.
Evans doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short left from Evans.
Evans lands a damaging elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heaton blocks the elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Heaton throws an elbow but misses.
Heaton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Evans swings wildly with an uppercut but Heaton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Evans working aggressively here.
Heaton drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Evans gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Still in the clinch, Evans scores with a nice short uppercut.
Evans lands with a left to the head.
Heaton looking to slow down the pace here.
Evans misses with a punch on the inside.
Evans looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Heaton wants a takedown.
Evans lands with a short punch from the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A short uppercut from Evans.
Evans lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Heaton pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Heaton takes an elbow to the temple.
Evans lands with a left to the head.
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!
Evans lands an elbow that stopped Heaton in his tracks for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Evans dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Triton Heaton'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.

Heaton is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Evans keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Heaton.
Heaton defending well as Evans loads up on a big left hand.
A slow jab from Evans misses its intended target.
No joy there for Evans, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Heaton displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Evans throws out the jab.
Heaton scores with a shot to the body.
Heaton waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Evans.
Evans tries to bum rush Heaton with a series of wild strikes but Heaton uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A punch combination from Evans misses.
Evans scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Heaton doesn't seem bothered though.
Heaton is breathing heavily.
Heaton takes a swing at Evans's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans wants to clinch up but Heaton keeps it at a distance.
Evans is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Heaton can do to turn this around?
Evans works Heaton's body with a nice hook.
Heaton with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Evans to score with a decent uppercut.
Evans throws a series of punches but Heaton moves out of range.
Heaton looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Evans lands the left hand.
Evans ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Heaton moves away.
Good shot there by Evans.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Heaton avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Heaton uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Evans.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heaton with a hook.
Evans swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Evans wants to clinch.

Heaton is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Evans's half guard.

Evans pushes Heaton off and gets back to his feet.
Evans on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Heaton shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Evans's guard.
Evans looking for a sweep. Not yet Evans, not yet.
Evans keeping moving, preventing Heaton from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans is controlling Heaton's posture.
Evans is trying to control the position but Heaton postures up.
Evans keeping full guard, as Heaton tries to pass.
Heaton with a flurry of punches that miss.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Evans looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Heaton puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Evans is trying to get back to full guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Heaton uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Evans.
Heaton takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Evans misses with a hook. Heaton ducked under it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Evans throws a right and a left that Heaton avoids nicely.
Evans tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Evans lands with a nice body punch.
Evans misses with an uppercut.
Heaton misses with a looping left.
Heaton throws a big shot that misses.
Evans jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A right-left combo lands from Evans.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Heaton takes one to the chin there.
Evans throws a sloppy body shot

and Heaton counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Evans dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Triton Heaton's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Evans wants to clinch.
Heaton falls off balance throwing a combination
and Evans counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Evans falls off balance throwing a combination

and Heaton counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Heaton.
A nice right hand lands inside from Evans.
Heaton throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Evanss head.
A body shot lands from Evans.
Heaton lands a nice elbow.
Heaton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Heaton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Heaton takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Heaton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Evans's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Heaton is working for takedown but Evans is calmly controlling the position for now.
Evans tries to land knees in the clinch but Heaton avoids the damage to the body.
Evans comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Evans lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heaton tries for a takedown but Evans manages to get underhooks.
Heaton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Evans throws an elbow that misses.
Heaton goes for a takedown in the clinch but Evans prevents it.
Richard Evans has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Triton Heaton.
Heaton blocks an elbow strike from Evans.
Heaton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Evans working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Heaton goes for a takedown in the clinch but Evans prevents it.
Richard Evans has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Evans gets through Heaton's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Evans lands an elbow inside.
Evans fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Evans works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Evans lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Evans lands a damaging elbow.
Evans lands an elbow inside.
Evans gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Evans swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Evans.
Evans lands a damaging elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans lands a hook that snaps the head of Heaton backwards.
Evans working some nice short punches in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Evans.
Evans tries to land knees in the clinch but Heaton avoids the damage to the body.
Heaton has Evans pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Evans manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Evans working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Evans trying to land knees to the body.
A short right from Evans on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Still in the clinch, Evans scores with a nice short uppercut.
Evans swings wildly with an uppercut but Heaton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Evans working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Heaton misses with an elbow over the top.
Evans lands a nice uppercut.
Heaton lands an elbow inside.
Evans prevents the takedown attempt.
Evans works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A nice right hand lands inside from Evans.
Evans gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Evans lands a damaging elbow.
Evans doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Triton Heaton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans prevents the takedown attempt.
Evans scores with a nice hook to the head.
Evans swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Evans lands a right hand that snaps the head of Heaton backwards.
Evans creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Heaton's defenses.
Heaton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Evans lands a left hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Heaton.
A short right from Evans on the inside.
Heaton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Heaton has a couple of punches blocked by Evans.
A short right from Evans on the inside.
Evans struggles to land a body shot inside as Heaton controls his hands.
Evans scores with a shot to the side of Heaton's head.
Evans prevents the takedown attempt.
Evans creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Heaton's defenses.
Evans working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Evans scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Evans lands a nice elbow.
Evans tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Heaton on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Evans.
Nice elbow from Evans.
Evans digs a right hand underneath Heaton's ribcage. Heaton let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Evans working aggressively here.
Evans lands an elbow inside.
Heaton takes an elbow to the temple.
A short left from Evans.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Evans.
Heaton drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Evans working aggressively here.
Evans working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Evans lands a shoulder strike.
Evans misses with a punch on the inside.
Heaton misses with some punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Heaton blocking some punches.
Evans misses with a hook from the clinch.
Heaton blocks an uppercut.
Evans is working Heaton over against the cage.
Richard Evans is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Richard Evans showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Evans, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:26
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:26
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 30:26

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