PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mark Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pedo Bear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Evans
vs
Bear

191 cm
27
220 lbs
5 - 5 - 1

190 cm
27
209 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Mark Evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pedo Bear!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, John Kavanagh and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bear misses with a takedown attempt
letting Evans counter with a right hand.

Evans gets a clinch.
Evans lands a left hand.
Evans throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bears head.
Evans presses Bear against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bear looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Evans is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Bear can't fight it off and eventually Evans manages to take the fight to the floor. Bear looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Evans lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Evans is working Bear over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Evans postures up and lands a big shot to Bear's brow.
Evans pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bear is keeping the position for now.
Evans postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Bear looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Evans trying to control but Bear is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans stopping the sweep attempt from Bear.
Evans trying to control but Bear is working from the bottom.
Evans scoring with some ground and pound.
Evans throwing strikes but missing.
Evans lands a couple of digs.
Bear keeping moving, preventing Evans from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Evans with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Evans stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bear swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bear keeping moving, preventing Evans from controlling successfully.
Evans throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Evans controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Evans is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Evans stands up over Bear, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Evans throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bear works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Bear working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Evans doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Evans manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Evans's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Evans postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Evans sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans trying to control the position from guard on top but Bear is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Evans with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Evans throws a big right hand that misses.
Evans trying to control but Bear is working from the bottom.
Evans is working Bear over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Evans lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Evans postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Evans is looking to advance position but Bear has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Evans is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bear is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Evans to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Evans shrugs it off.
Evans is in all sorts of trouble here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Evans moves into range and connects with a jab.
Bear fails with the takedown
and Evans counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

Evans takes the fight into the clinch.

Evans is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Bear can't fight it off and eventually Evans manages to take the fight to the floor. Bear looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Evans scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Bear is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Evans working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Evans chips away with some ground and pound.
Evans landing with the ground and pound.
Evans throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans scoring with some ground and pound.
Evans keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Bear's head.
Evans cracks Bear with a solid left hand.
Evans cracks Bear with a solid left hand.
Evans trying to control but Bear is working from the bottom.
Evans postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Bear preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Evans postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Evans scoring with punches to the head and body.
Evans scoring with punches to the head and body.
Evans trying to control but Bear is working from the bottom.
Evans working some strikes from top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Evans throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Evans landing some decent shots from guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Evans scoring with punches to the head and body.

Bear is rocked!
Evans cracks Bear with a solid left hand.
Evans with a flurry of punches that miss.
Evans works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Ground and pound from Evans.
Evans stalling.
Evans is trying to control the action in half guard but Bear is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Bear with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Nice strikes from Evans there.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Evans connects with a nice short shot to Bear's temple.
Evans is nestled in close to Bear, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

Bear is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Evans pulls his head out easily.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Evans lands a nice short elbow.
Evans working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Evans seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Evans lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Bear is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Evans scores with a couple of nice shots.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Evans connects with a nice short shot to Bear's temple.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Bear is still in real trouble! Can Evans finish him?
Evans drops an elbow to the side of Bear's head.
Evans lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Bear! More strikes land and this one is all over! Evans jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mark Evans!