PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Percy Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diaz is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Sepultura - Refuse/Resist. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Evans
vs
Diaz

179 cm
20
155 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

172 cm
22
165 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Random Name Supplements

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Percy Evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rodrigo Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Ian Loll and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Evans moves into range and clinches up with Diaz.
With the fighters up against the cage, Diaz throws an elbow but misses.

Diaz has picked Evans up - he's going for a ride! Diaz dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.

Diaz seems to be looking for submissions.
Diaz is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Diaz lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Evans is looking to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Evans is looking to get back to full guard here but Diaz has managed to pass to side control instead.
Evans tries to lock up and control but Diaz gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Evans is wriggling around trying to escape.
Diaz landing strikes, looking to finish!

Evans is rocked!
Evans tries to reverse the position but Diaz maintains control.
Oh Evans is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Evans seems to have got his legs back now.
Diaz controlling his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans is trying to escape the mount.
Diaz with shots to the head and body - Evans looks very uncomfortable down there.
Evans is in all sorts of trouble here.
Diaz lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Diaz sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

Diaz looking for a guillotine from mount but Evans is having none of it.
Diaz looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Diaz wants to control the pace but Evans is squirming around nicely.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Evans is in a horrible position here. Diaz smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Diaz jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Evans manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Diaz looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans looking for a sweep but Diaz has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Diaz tries to control but Evans wriggling away.
Diaz with the ground and pound from mount.

Diaz has control of Evans's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Evans regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Diaz lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Evans hang on?
Evans working to try and regain half guard.
Evans is working hard here to advance position.
Diaz lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Evans hang on?
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Diaz sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Evans tries to reverse the position but Diaz maintains control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz punishing his opponent with strikes.
Diaz scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Evans is looking to improve his position but Diaz isn't that keen on the idea.
Diaz controlling his opponent.
Evans can't escape the position.
You get the feeling that Evans really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Evans bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Evans works over Diaz with some ground and pound from guard.
Evans tries to free his leg and advance position but Diaz is retaining full guard.
Evans stopping the sweep attempt from Diaz.
Evans works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz is looking for a sweep. Evans is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Evans wants to lay and pray for a moment but Diaz keeps working.
Evans blocks the strikes from Diaz.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Evans looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Percy Evans seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Evans gets a takedown into half guard.

Evans wants to work for an arm triangle but Diaz is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Evans wants to stand up but Diaz is controlling the position.
Diaz is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Evans tries to pass to full mount but Diaz defends it.
Diaz slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rodrigo Diaz dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Diaz has Evans up against the cage in a clinch.
Diaz wants a takedown but no success here.
Diaz gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Evans.
Diaz has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Evans avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Evans fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Evans gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Diaz.
Percy Evans has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rodrigo Diaz.
Evans is working for takedown but Diaz is calmly controlling the position for now.

Diaz ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Diaz no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Evans landing with the ground and pound.
Evans forces his way into half guard.
Diaz is breathing heavily.
Evans trying to pass the guard but Diaz defending well.
Evans tries to stand and escape but Diaz is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Evans is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Evans has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Rodrigo Diaz has got the better of the ground game so far.

Evans goes for an armbar but Diaz turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Diaz.
Evans keeping full guard, as Diaz tries to pass.

Evans has his foot on Diaz's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Diaz works his way back into a safe position though.
Evans keeping moving, preventing Diaz from controlling successfully.
Evans is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz landing small, sideways elbows.
Diaz works his way to full guard. Good work.

Diaz looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Evans stopping the sweep attempt from Diaz.

Diaz throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Diaz throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Diaz manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Diaz postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Evans looks a forlorn figure.

Diaz is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Evans is surviving well by controlling Diaz's body position as best he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz cracks Evans with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Evans tries to reverse the position but Diaz maintains control.
Diaz unloading with bombs!
Evans keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Diaz working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Evans is wriggling around trying to escape.
Evans is trying to reverse the position but instead Diaz has taken his back - oops!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Diaz controlling well, preventing Evans from escaping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz has good solid back control here.
Diaz punishes Evans with strikes from the back mount.
Will Diaz go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Diaz has the hooks in. Evans is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Diaz has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Diaz gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Diaz doesn't have the hooks in and Evans manages to turn into his guard.
Evans wants to control from the top but Diaz keeps moving.
Evans wants to get up but he can't break Diaz's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Evans pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Diaz is keeping the position for now.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Evans closes the distance and clinches up with Diaz, looking for a takedown. Evans pushes Diaz against the cage but Diaz circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Evans pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Horrible takedown by Evans or perhaps it was just good defense by Diaz which made him look bad.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Evans.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rodrigo Diaz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Evans tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Diaz swivels and escapes.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Evans.
Diaz is looking for a sweep.
Diaz wants to control but Evans postures up.
Diaz sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Diaz slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Diaz is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Diaz wants to free his trapped foot but Evans is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Diaz working the head and body with strikes.
Evans tries to get to full guard but Diaz has control of the leg.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Diaz has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Diaz scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans trying to hold on to Diaz's head to control him but Diaz postures up.

Evans looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Diaz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Diaz fails with the takedown.
Evans shoots in and drives through. Diaz sprawls well.
Diaz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Evans doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Diaz counters with a single leg into guard. Evans didn't expect that.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Percy Evans. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Diaz stands up over Evans, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Diaz connects with a couple of short punches.
Diaz makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Evans looking for a guillotine here but Diaz defends easily.
Diaz works over Evans with some ground and pound from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans looking to hit a scissor sweep but Diaz is one step ahead there.
Diaz makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Diaz is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Diaz stands up over Evans, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diaz distracts Evans with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Diaz passes Evans's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Diaz wants to control but Evans is keeping him busy.
Evans flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Diaz looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Evans with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Evans is trying to get back to full guard.
Evans avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Diaz.
Evans gets full guard.
Diaz slips nicely into half guard.
Evans regains full guard. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans looking to control.

Evans looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Evans looking to hit a scissor sweep but Diaz is one step ahead there.
Diaz slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Evans looking for a guillotine here but Diaz defends easily.
Diaz lands a couple of digs.
Diaz forces his way into half guard.

Evans looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are battling for position here. Evans manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Percy Evans has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Evans looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Evans looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Diaz has picked Evans up and slammed him! Evans can't keep hold of the triangle and Diaz manages to pass to side control!
Evans is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Diaz is one step ahead and moves to full mount!

Diaz working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. Evans turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips Diaz off and cradles Evans's limp body as Diaz celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). Rodrigo Diaz!