PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Preston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sean Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Preston comes to the cage accompanied by Carol of the Bells. Evans has chosen Roy Jones Jr - Can't Be Touched as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. John Preston has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Preston
vs
Evans

190 cm
26
215 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

183 cm
22
215 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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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 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Preston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sean Evans!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Anthony Taglia and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evans slips under a jab.
Preston throws a body punch but Evans moves out of range.
Preston throws a predictable looking body shot
and Evans counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Preston moves away from the strike by Evans.
Preston misses with a hook. Evans ducked under it nicely.
Evans throws a leg kick that is checked
and Preston counters with a left and a right that stings Evans.
Preston throws a big shot that misses.
Preston throws an overhand right that lands on Evans's shoulder, as Evans tries to avoid the shot.

Evans rushes Preston and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Evans misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Evans doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Evans misses with a punch on the inside.
Evans lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Preston or not.

Evans wants the takedown. Preston is fighting it off but Evans persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Preston's guard against the cage.
Evans trying to control the position from guard on top but Preston is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Evans postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Evans passes Preston's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Evans works his way into side control.
Evans is chipping away with strikes.
An elbow from Evans crashes against the mat.
Preston knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Evans on the ground.
The strikes coming from Evans are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Preston tries to bench press Evans off him but Evans keeps the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Preston managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Evans.
Evans advances to mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Evans raining down shots from the mount!

It looks like John Preston has been cut.
Evans lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Preston hang on?
Evans fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Evans throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Evans lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Preston is working to get back to half guard.
Preston wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Evans.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans landing strikes from the mount.

John Preston's cut is getting worse.
Evans tries to control but Preston wriggling away.
Evans punching from mount but Preston doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Evans working the ground and pound effectively.

John Preston's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Evans working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Evans trying to control but Preston is having none of it.
Evans looking to finish with strikes here!
Preston is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Preston swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Evans trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Evans fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Jeez, John Preston's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at John Preston's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Sean Evans!