PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Lewis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Lewis
vs
Evans

189 cm
22
188 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

183 cm
19
190 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Anderson Lewis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Evans!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Yves DeLean and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lewis shoots for a takedown but Evans saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Lewis fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
John Evans seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Evans has closed the distance and engaged Lewis in a clinch.
Lewis is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Evans pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anderson Lewis. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Evans breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lewis shoots for a double leg takedown but Evans sprawls well. He's pushed Lewis's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Evans cracks Lewis with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Lewis thuds his right hand into Evans's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Evans fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Evans tries to clinch up.
Evans is looking to clinch.
Lewis shoots for a double leg takedown but Evans sprawls well. He's pushed Lewis's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Lewis has a takedown stuffed.
Evans shoots in looking for a takedown. Lewis tries to sprawl out of it but Evans keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Lewis manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Evans tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Evans misses with a takedown attempt - Lewis sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Lewis doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Evans counters with a shoot takedown. Lewis fights it but they end up in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lewis is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Lewis is breathing heavily.
Evans cracks Lewis with a solid left hand.
Evans preventing the sweep.
Evans wants to get up but he can't break Lewis's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Lewis wants to get back to his feet but Evans passes into half guard.
Evans is keen to just control but Lewis is a slippery customer.

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.
Lewis blocking the ground and pound attempt from Evans.

Evans decides to stand and escape the position.

Evans has closed the distance and engaged Lewis in a clinch.

Evans breaks the clinch.
Evans feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Lewis's calf.
Lewis wants to clinch but Evans slips to the side

and Evans counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Evans.
Lewis tries to break the clinch but Evans is controlling the position.

Evans breaks the clinch.

Evans closes the distance and clinches.
Lewis prevents the takedown attempt.
Evans avoiding damage as Lewis throws knees to the body.

Evans breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Evans is looking to clinch.

Evans pushes Lewis up against the cage in a clinch.

Evans manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Lewis. No joy for Evans on that attempt.
Evans throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lewis closes the distance and clinches up with Evans, looking for a takedown. Lewis pushes Evans against the cage but Evans circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Evans fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lewis, pushing him back against the cage.
Lewis prevents a takedown attempt there.
A short uppercut from Evans.

Evans breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Evans clinches up against the cage.
Evans is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Lewis gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Lewis manages to pull guard.
Evans postures up and lands a big shot to Lewis's brow.

Lewis is looking for a triangle here but Evans uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Evans has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Evans slips into full mount, dodging the strikes by Lewis.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lewis is looking to get to half guard.
Lewis throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Lewis really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Lewis tries to lock up and control but Evans gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Evans prevents Lewis from getting the reversal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Evans dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Lewis wants to clinch

and Evans holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Lewis tries to pull guard but Evans holds him up against the cage and eventually Lewis drops back down to his feet.
Lewis drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Evans manages to break the clinch.
Lewis wants to clinch but Evans slips to the side

and Evans decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Lewis's guard.

Lewis looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Lewis wants to sweep but no luck.
Evans trying to stand up but can't free himself from Lewis's guard.

Lewis throws his legs up looking for a submission but Evans uses it to pass to side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewis regains half guard.

Evans stands up from half guard.
Lewis shoots in looking for a takedown. Evans tries to sprawl out of it but Lewis keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Evans manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anderson Lewis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Evans tests Lewis's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Evans misses with a takedown attempt - Lewis sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Lewis shoots in but no luck this time.

Evans clinches with his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Evans manages to break the clinch.

Evans fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lewis, pushing him back against the cage.
Lewis is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Evans is keeping busy.

Evans breaks from the clinch.

Evans shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Evans tries to control but Lewis wriggling away.
Lewis wants to hold on but Evans pushes him away.
Lewis gets back to half guard.
Lewis is trying to stand back up but Evans is controlling him

Lewis kicks off Evans and gets to his feet.
Lewis shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Evans but Evans pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Evans tries to close the distance and clinch but Lewis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lewis moves in looking to clinch but Evans pushes him off.
Lewis looks to throw a body kick

and Evans counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Lewis is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Lewis knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Evans on the ground.
Evans working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Lewis is pulling down on Evans's head. It's preventing any offense from Evans, at least for the moment.
Lewis lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Evans!
Lewis controlling from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lewis thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Evans can't escape the position.
Lewis can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Evans is looking to escape.
Lewis prevents Evans from getting the reversal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Evans 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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Lewis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Evans moves away.
Evans keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Lewis tries to clinch up but Evans circles away and keeps his distance.
Lewis tries to clinch up

and Evans holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Evans breaks the clinch.
Lewis tries to clinch but Evans moves away

and Evans moves into the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Evans landing knees to the body.
Lewis tries to pull guard but Evans won't allow it.

Evans breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Evans clinches up with Lewis and pushes him back against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A nice right hand lands inside from Evans.
Evans goes for a takedown attempt but Lewis pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Evans circles away from the clinch attempt

and Evans counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Evans.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Evans breaks the clinch.
Evans circles away from the clinch attempt

and Evans holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Lewis is looking to break free of the clinch but Evans has double underhooks.

Evans manages to break the clinch.

Evans has taken the fight to the clinch.

Evans escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Evans will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Evans is looking to clinch.

Evans instigates a clinch.
Evans tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Lewis just stands there and leans against the cage.
Anderson Lewis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Evans.

Evans escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lewis shoots in for a takedown but Evans shows good takedown defense.
Lewis misses with a takedown attempt

and Evans counters by moving into the clinch.

Evans drags the fight down to the ground.

Evans scrambles and gets back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Evans changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Lewis looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Lewis can't do much from the bottom here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lewis is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Lewis is looking to improve his position.
Evans wants to stand but Lewis has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.

Lewis actively working from the bottom here.
Lewis won't allow Evans to pass to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lewis moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Evans wanted to stand there but Lewis had control of the position.
Lewis manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Evans manages to get himself to full guard.
Lewis won't allow Evans to get back to his feet.
Evans bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Lewis's guard.
Evans lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Evans drops back looking for a leg! Lewis is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Lewis manages to kick Evans off! Evans jumps back into Lewis's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans wants to stand but Lewis is controlling his posture from full guard.

Evans decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Lewis, up you get!
Lewis throws a head kick that misses

and Evans counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Evans breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lewis closes the distance and clinches up with Evans, looking for a takedown. Lewis pushes Evans against the cage but Evans circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Anderson Lewis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Evans prevents a body shot from Lewis.

And that's the end of the fight!
John 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30

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