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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Vanya Savin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Percy Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Percy Evans enters the cage!
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vanya Savin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Percy Evans!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Gregory Folan and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evans shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Evans throwing strikes here but Savin is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Savin is trying to escape the mount.
Savin avoids a series of strikes thrown by Evans.
Evans stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Evans shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Savin manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Evans looking to pass the guard.
Savin controls Evans momentarily but Evans frees himself.
Evans postures up in Savin's guard and throws a big left but Savin blocks it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Evans accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Evans has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Evans connects with a couple of short punches.
Savin had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Evans defends it easily.
Evans throwing strikes but missing.
Savin is trying to keep Evans in close.
Savin is looking for a triangle but Evans pushes his legs off easily.
Savin wants to stand and escape but Evans is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Savin is breathing heavily.
Evans working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
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 is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Savin has momentary wrist control but Evans slips an elbow through the middle.
Evans throwing strikes but missing.
Evans drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Savin manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Evans has Savin in his guard.
Evans has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Savin off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Savin keeping full guard, as Evans tries to pass.
Evans trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Evans preventing the sweep.
Evans is looking to work some ground and pound but Savin has wrist control.
Evans passes into half guard.
Evans looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Evans is working for a kimura but Savin is defending it quite comfortably.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Savin trying to hold on to Evans's head to control him but Evans postures up.
Evans is trying to work for a kimura but Savin is defending well.
Evans is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Evans missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Percy Evans dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Evans closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Savin dodges the ground and pound from Evans.
Evans sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Savin is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Percy Evans has got the better of the ground game so far.
Evans goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Savin rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Evans's guard! Nice work there by Savin!
Evans keeping moving, preventing Savin from controlling successfully.
Evans uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Evans throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Savin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Evans. Evans obviously looking to wear him down.
Savin fails to land the takedown.
Evans scores with a head kick.
Evans lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Savin shoots in for a takedown but Evans shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Evans scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Evans thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Savin can't do much from the bottom here.
Savin dodges the ground and pound from Evans.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savin manages to work his way to half guard, despite Evans's best efforts.
Evans is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Savin avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Evans.
Savin is defending against the submission attempts here by Evans.
Evans is looking for a kimura but Savin is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Evans to get the leverage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Evans is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savin blocking the ground and pound attempt from Evans.
Savin is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Evans pulls his head out easily.
Evans looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Savin with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Evans tries to pass to full mount but Savin defends it.
Savin kicks Evans off and gets back to his feet.
Nice sprawl there from Evans as Savin shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vanya Savin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Savin fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Evans avoids it really well and circles away.
Evans takes the fight into the clinch.
Evans wants the takedown. Savin is fighting it off but Evans persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Savin's guard against the cage.
Savin utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Evans lands a couple of digs.
Evans drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Savin dives on top into guard.
Savin wants to control from the top but Evans keeps moving.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Percy Evans showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Evans moves into range and clinches up with Savin.
Evans is trying to trip Savin. He has hold of a leg but Savin is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Evans persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Savin working for submissions but it's allowed Evans to get to half guard.
Savin trying to control here.
Evans is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Evans gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Evans throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Savin's half guard.
Evans missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Evans is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Savin sees it coming and defends easily.
Savin is defending against the submission attempts here by Evans.
Evans is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans is looking for a kimura but Savin is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Evans to get the leverage.
Savin is defending against the submission attempts here by Evans.
Savin looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Savin is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Evans pulls his head out easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans wants to control but Savin is keeping him busy.
Evans decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Evans throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Evans swats away the attempt to clinch by Savin.
Evans has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Savin takes one on the button.
Savin fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Savin gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Evans to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Evans thows a big elbow that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savin lands a couple of shots from the bottom.
Evans works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Evans is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Vanya Savin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Savin missing with punches from the bottom.
Savin landing strikes from the bottom.
Percy Evans is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Evans is controlling the pace.
And that's the end of the fight!
Percy 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 William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Percy Evans!
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