PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mano De Diablo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cody Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Diablo's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, "Jars" by Chevelle. Mano De Diablo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

De Diablo
vs
Evans

191 cm
23
220 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

193 cm
27
287 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mano De Diablo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Cody Evans!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evans throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab from Evans finds it's way through De Diablo's defenses.
Jab, jab by Evans - just one landing.
Evans swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
De Diablo wants to clinch up but Evans keeps it at a distance.
Cody Evans seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Evans looks to land a combination but De Diablo avoids it well.
Evans misses with the combination.
Evans misses the shot to the body.
Evans misses with a straight left.
De Diablo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
De Diablo tries to clinch but Evans is having none of it.
De Diablo moves out of range as Evans strikes.

De Diablo closes the distance and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by De Diablo.
Evans lands a left hand.
Evans is trying to break free.
Evans is trying to break the clinch but De Diablo is controlling him.
Evans wants to break the clinch but can't.
De Diablo tries to work over Evans's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
De Diablo is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

De Diablo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
De Diablo wants to clinch.
Evans ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Diablo moves away.
Evans scores with a sloppy right hand. De Diablo should have avoided that one.
De Diablo staying out of range there.
De Diablo doesn't manage to clinch there - Evans circles away.
De Diablo defending well as Evans loads up on a big left hand.
De Diablo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans misses with a double jab.
Some wild striking there from Evans.
Evans staying out of range there.
Evans circles away from the clinch attempt.
Evans misses with a two punch combination.
Evans circles away from the clinch attempt.
Evans misses with a wild body shot.
Evans throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
De Diablo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Evans connects with a good right hand that stumbles De Diablo. De Diablo circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Evans connects with a nice looking jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Diablo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
De Diablo scores with a nice head shot.
A punch lands to the side of De Diablo 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Evans bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Evans digs a good body shot into De Diablo's ribs.
De Diablo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Evans lands with a good body shot.
De Diablo cracks Evans with a good jab.
De Diablo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Evans.
De Diablo on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Evans avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
De Diablo walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Evans swats away the attempt to clinch by De Diablo.
De Diablo scores with a jab to the head.
Evans avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice jab there from Evans.
De Diablo tries to clinch but Evans is having none of it.
Evans throws out a loose jab but De Diablo uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Diablo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Evans misses with a double jab
letting De Diablo counter with a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De Diablo throws a hook but Evans blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cody Evans dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

De Diablo throws a hook but Evans avoids it easily.
De Diablo swats away the attempt to clinch by Evans.
Left hook, right uppercut from De Diablo.
Evans swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and De Diablo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
De Diablo throws a hook to the side of Evans's head but Evans sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mano De Diablo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Evans misses with a jab, cross combination.
Evans stuns De Diablo with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
De Diablo thows a left - swing and a miss!
De Diablo moves out of range of the strikes.
Evans slips under a jab from De Diablo.
De Diablo falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Evans counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Diablo missing with a left hand there. Evans was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Evans comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
De Diablo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
De Diablo wants to clinch
and Evans counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Evans fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Evans throws a hook but De Diablo blocks it.
De Diablo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
De Diablo has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
De Diablo closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Evans to counter with a crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Diablo throws a nice looking combination but Evans bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
De Diablo fails in his attempt to clinch.
A slow jab from Evans misses its intended target.
Evans looks to land a right hand but De Diablo moved out of range.
Evans uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from De Diablo.
Evans moves out of range of the strikes.
De Diablo on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

De Diablo is rocked!
De Diablo is aggressively charging in as Evans backs up avoiding any damage. Evans tosses out a jab and De Diablo runs right into it face first! De Diablo is out cold! Evans dropped down on all fours and is barking in De Diablo's face like a pit bull in celebration until the ref was finally able to pull him away!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Cody Evans!