PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Paul Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Evans
vs
Williams

180 cm
21
180 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

170 cm
22
182 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

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 6 - 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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Kyle Williams!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Donald Grub and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Evans thuds his right hand into Williams's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Williams tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Evans throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Evans throws a sloppy head kick and Williams moves out of range easily.
Evans throws a series of punches but Williams moves out of range.
Williams throws a body punch but Evans moves out of range.

Evans drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Evans throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Evans throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Evans.
Evans wants to control but Williams is keeping him busy.
Williams really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Evans. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Evans has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Evans looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice shot by Evans.
Evans swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A good leg kick by Williams.
Williams tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Evans blocks a head kick by Williams.
Evans throws a lazy right hand but Williams sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams moves out of range of the body kick from Evans.
Williams throws a lazy head kick
and Evans counters with a two punch combo.
Kyle Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Evans loads up on a big right hand but Williams slips the punch.
Nice sprawl there from Williams as Evans shoots in.
Williams lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Williams is looking to slow Evans down with leg kicks.
Evans misses with a wild body shot.
Williams tries to land a body kick
and Evans counters with a three punch combo that has Williams backing up. Williams nods at Evans to acknowledge the strikes.
Williams goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Williams connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Evans fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Evans throws a lazy head kick
and Williams counters with a nice low kick that buckles Evans's knee momentarily.
Williams lands a lovely overhand right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans tries to clinch
and Williams counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Evans is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Williams ducks under a wild hook from Evans.
Evans closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Evans tries to bum rush Williams with a series of wild strikes but Williams uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Evans works over Williams's head and body with a nice combination.
Evans ducks under a wild hook from Williams.
Williams scoring well with a low kick there.
Williams dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Evans. That did some damage!
Left hook, right uppercut from Evans.
Evans throws a body punch but Williams moves out of range.
Evans throws out a loose jab but Williams uses good head movement to avoid it.
Evans moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans throws a right hand that Williams ducks under and follows up with a left that Williams also avoids with ease.
Williams misses with a head kick.
Williams throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Good work by Evans as he checks the leg kick.
A head kick by Williams misses
and Evans counters with a nice uppercut.
Danga de danga de dang - Evans scores with a four punch combination!

Evans takes the fight into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Evans pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Williams scores with a kick to the body.
Williams looks gassed!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Evans scores with a sloppy right hand. Williams should have avoided that one.
A lazy body kick from Williams
and Evans counters with a two punch combo.
Williams throws a leg kick
and Evans counters with a nice body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Evans looks to land a combination but Williams avoids it well.
Williams slaps away a takedown attempt from Evans, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Evans chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Williams can pounce on him.
Kyle Williams seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Williams tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Evans tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Williams dodges the punch combination from Evans.
Williams misses with a low kick.
Evans keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Paul Evans is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Williams throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Williams throws a big shot that misses.
Evans throws a sloppy head kick
and Williams counters with a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans shoots for a double leg takedown but Williams sprawls well. He's pushed Evans's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Williams slaps away a takedown attempt from Evans, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Evans. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Evans scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Evans swinging wildly here.
Williams throws a head kick that misses

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

Evans's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Evans scores with a nice strike.
Evans stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Evans.
Williams taking punishment in the form of punches.
Williams is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Evans in side control, throwing shots but Williams defends.
Check out the look on Evans's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

Evans looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Williams is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Evans is working Williams over with some ground and pound from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Evans working the ground and pound from side control.
Evans in side control lands a decent elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Evans fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Evans lands a few punches from side control.
Evans lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Williams is working to avoid the ground and pound but Evans connects with a decent elbow.
Evans has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Evans stands up and we're back to a striking position.

Evans drives through and clinches with Williams against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Evans has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Williams uses from the top position.
Williams tries to stand but Evans is controlling from the bottom.

Evans pushes Williams off and gets back to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Evans closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Evans lands in his opponent's guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Evans landing some decent shots from guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Evans dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, 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 scores with a spinning back kick!
Williams is looking to slow Evans down with leg kicks.
Evans is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Evans throws a leg kick which misses Williams's front leg but catches the back leg as Williams tries to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Evans.
Evans is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Evans tries to clinch but Williams is having none of it.

Evans pushes Williams up against the cage in a clinch.

Evans breaks the clinch.
Evans throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Williams's head.
Evans throws a head kick that misses
and Williams counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Williams takes one to the chin there.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Williams.
Williams takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Evans throws a wild body kick that Williams sees coming a mile off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans tries to score a power double leg takedown but Williams sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Evans somewhat.
Williams thows a leg kick but Evans checks it

and Evans counters by moving into the clinch.

Evans pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Williams avoids a punch combination nicely.
Evans throws a left and a right that both miss
and Evans takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd cheers as Evans lands an impressive looking overhand right. Williams doesn't seem phased though.

Evans shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Williams manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Evans advances to half guard.
Evans seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Williams does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Evans looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Williams with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Evans thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Williams's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Evans missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Paul Evans overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Williams is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Evans scores with a couple of nice shots.
Evans missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Williams is refusing to be controlled, as Evans sits in half guard.
Evans throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Evans throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Evans lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Evans stands up from half guard.
Evans fails with the takedown.
Evans fails to land with a series of punches.

Evans scores with a takedown into Williams's guard.
Evans chips away with some ground and pound.
Evans is pushing down on Williams's leg trying to pass to half guard. Williams is fighting to maintain full guard but Evans has managed to sneak the leg through.

Evans stands up from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans tries to bum rush Williams with a series of wild strikes but Williams uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Evans misses with a takedown attempt - Williams sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Evans. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Evans tries to clinch there but Williams circles away.
Left hook, right uppercut from Evans.
Evans fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Evans moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nice sprawl there from Williams as Evans shoots in.

Evans closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Williams to the mat! Williams manages to get full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Evans gets to his feet. Williams looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Evans showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Evans has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 William Gold scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28

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