PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Paul Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rolfe Leiberwitz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Evans
vs
Leiberwitz

180 cm
21
180 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

177 cm
20
182 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Knockout power

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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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Rolfe Leiberwitz!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Steven Brown and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evans stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Evans wants it to stay on the feet.
Evans looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Evans uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Leiberwitz closes this distance looking for a takedown but Evans circles away.

Leiberwitz 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.
Leiberwitz lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Evans utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Evans keeping moving, preventing Leiberwitz from controlling successfully.
Leiberwitz throws a big right hand that misses.
Evans is looking to stand up but Leiberwitz isn't so interested in that idea.
Leiberwitz throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Evans works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leiberwitz trying to control but Evans is working from the bottom.
Evans wants to stand up but Leiberwitz is controlling him.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A punch combination from Evans misses.
Leiberwitz shoots in for a takedown but Evans shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Paul Evans has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rolfe Leiberwitz.
Evans keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Leiberwitz blocks a head kick by Evans.
Evans looks for the body kick but Leiberwitz saw that one coming.
Leiberwitz closes the distance and clinches up with Evans, looking for a takedown. Leiberwitz pushes Evans against the cage but Evans circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Horrible takedown by Leiberwitz or perhaps it was just good defense by Evans which made him look bad.

That's two 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.

Evans rushes Leiberwitz and presses him up against the cage.

Evans pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Evans lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice takedown defense from Evans. No joy for Leiberwitz on that attempt.
Evans tries to clinch but Leiberwitz is having none of it.
Evans scores with a jab to the body.
Nice sprawl there from Evans as Leiberwitz shoots in.
Leiberwitz looks gassed!

Evans closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Evans breaks the clinch.
Evans scores with a jab to the head.
Evans tries to bum rush Leiberwitz with a series of wild strikes but Leiberwitz uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Leiberwitz fails with a takedown attempt.
Leiberwitz shoots for a double leg takedown but Evans sprawls well. He's pushed Leiberwitz's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Evans. No joy for Leiberwitz on that attempt.
Crunch! Evans slams his shin into Leiberwitz's torso.
Evans connects with a crisp jab.
Evans fails in his attempt to clinch.

Evans closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Evans lands in his opponent's guard.
Evans with a flurry of punches that miss.

Leiberwitz is working an open guard so Evans takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Evans fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Leiberwitz on the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Leiberwitz circles away quickly and effectively.
Evans ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Evans shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Evans accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Evans decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Leiberwitz, up you get!
Nice sprawl there from Leiberwitz as Evans shoots in.

Evans gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Evans decides to pull guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Leiberwitz stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Evans swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Evans manages to escape and get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Evans tries a head kick but it misses.
Evans scores with a three punch combo!
Evans looks to land a combination but Leiberwitz avoids it well.
Leiberwitz with a poor takedown
and Evans counters with a low kick, right behind Leiberwitz 's knee.

Evans looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Leiberwitz!
Evans looking to finish with strikes here!
Evans thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
The referee warns Leiberwitz that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Evans throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leiberwitz holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Evans tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Evans looking to finish with strikes here!
Evans raining down shots from the mount!
Leiberwitz is squirming around, avoiding Evans's attempts to control the action.
Evans misses with a head shot.
Evans throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Leiberwitz because Evans loaded up on that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Leiberwitz tries to hold on but Evans postures up.
Leiberwitz blocking the ground and pound.
Evans landing shots from mount.
Evans throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Evans thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Evans punching from mount but Leiberwitz doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Evans lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Leiberwitz holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Evans tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Evans misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans dominating with strikes here.
Evans looking to finish with strikes here!
Leiberwitz is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Leiberwitz blocking the ground and pound.
Leiberwitz is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Leiberwitz holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Evans tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Leiberwitz is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Leiberwitz is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Leiberwitz is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Evans thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Evans thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Evans misses with a head shot.
Evans can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Leiberwitz is looking to escape.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Evans throwing strikes but Leiberwitz recovers to half guard. A much better position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Evans dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Evans fakes the leg kick and cracks Leiberwitz in the body.
Rolfe Leiberwitz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Evans lands the left hand.
Leiberwitz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Evans.
A shot to the body from Leiberwitz misses
letting Evans counter with a right hand.
Leiberwitz has his takedown stuffed
and Evans counters with a left and a right that stings Leiberwitz.

Evans gets caught flat footed, as Leiberwitz shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Leiberwitz throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Evans works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Leiberwitz working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Evans's head.
Leiberwitz landing with the ground and pound.
Evans wants to stand up but Leiberwitz is controlling him.
Leiberwitz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leiberwitz looking to sit in guard and control but Evans gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Evans throwing strikes but missing.
Leiberwitz wants to stand up but Evans is controlling him.
Evans throwing strikes but missing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Leiberwitz utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Evans loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Evans throwing strikes from guard but Leiberwitz blocks nicely.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Evans misses with a few strikes there.
Evans scores with a jab. Leiberwitz acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Evans gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Leiberwitz tries for a takedown. No joy.

Evans pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Leiberwitz gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Evans counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Evans.
Paul Evans has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rolfe Leiberwitz.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Evans won't allow Leiberwitz to get back to his feet.

Evans gets to his feet. Leiberwitz looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Evans turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Evans dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Evans throws a leg kick which misses Leiberwitz's front leg but catches the back leg as Leiberwitz tries to avoid it.
Horrible takedown by Evans or perhaps it was just good defense by Leiberwitz which made him look bad.

Evans shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Evans was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Evans landing punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans thowing shots but they're missing.
Leiberwitz is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Paul Evans is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Evans misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Evans looking to finish with strikes here!
Evans misses with a head shot.
Rolfe Leiberwitz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Evans looking to control but Leiberwitz is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Evans showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Evans has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27

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