PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dante Evangelisti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Marsh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Evangelisti
vs
Marsh

183 cm
22
182 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

180 cm
22
183 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dante Evangelisti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Randy Marsh!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Tiny Johnson and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Marsh closes the distance and clinches.

Evangelisti manages to break the clinch.
Marsh has his takedown stuffed
and Evangelisti makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Marsh really felt that one!
Evangelisti connects with a high kick.
Evangelisti moves away from the strike by Marsh.
Marsh thows a body shot but no joy.
Evangelisti throws a jab when Marsh was well out of range.
Evangelisti connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Evangelisti misses with a left hand

and Marsh counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Evangelisti is looking to improve his position.
Marsh is thwarting Evangelisti's attempts to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evangelisti blocking the ground and pound attempt from Marsh.
Evangelisti wants to control but Marsh is keeping busy.
Evangelisti tries to roll over but Marsh keeps him under control.
Evangelisti pushes Marsh off looking to stand but Marsh dives back in and keeps control.
Marsh wants to take a breather but Evangelisti is having none of it.
Evangelisti won't allow Marsh to pass to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Marsh wants to advance to full mount but Evangelisti doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Marsh passes into half guard.
Marsh is looking to advance position but Evangelisti won't allow it.
Evangelisti is staying active underneath Marsh, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Marsh thows a huge punch but Evangelisti dodges it nicely.
Evangelisti tries to get to full guard but Marsh has control of the leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evangelisti pushes Marsh off looking to stand but Marsh dives back in and keeps control.
Evangelisti gets back to full guard.
Marsh wants to pass the guard but Evangelisti is keeping the position.
Marsh throwing strikes from guard but Evangelisti blocks nicely.
Marsh in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Marsh looking to pass the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Evangelisti is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Evangelisti can't keep his opponent in guard - Marsh advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Marsh sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Evangelisti defending well though.
Evangelisti wants to improve his position but Marsh is controlling well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Randy Marsh will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Marsh throws a hook but Evangelisti avoids it easily.
Evangelisti moves out of range of the strikes.
Evangelisti lands with a thumping leg kick.
Evangelisti stalks Marsh and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Marsh's face. Marsh staggers backwards, shaken.
Marsh shoots in for a double leg but Evangelisti sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
A punch combination from Evangelisti misses.
Marsh throws a jab but it's blocked by Evangelisti.
Evangelisti lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Marsh slips under a jab from Evangelisti.
Marsh throws a poor cross that misses
and Evangelisti counters with a solid body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evangelisti misses with the combination.
Marsh swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Evangelisti counters with a straight right hand.
Evangelisti lands a leg kick that knocks Marsh off balance momentarily.
Evangelisti throws a head kick that half lands.
Evangelisti on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Evangelisti misses with a wild body shot.
Marsh throws a body punch but Evangelisti moves out of range.
A slapping body kick lands there for Evangelisti.
Marsh misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marsh misses the shot to the body.
Dante Evangelisti is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Evangelisti cracks the inside of Marsh's front leg.
Evangelisti lets loose with a powerful body kick. Marsh will feel that in the morning.
Evangelisti throws a lazy uppercut
and Marsh counters with a nice uppercut.
A jab from Marsh does it's job there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Marsh. Evangelisti does a little dance to reset his feet.
Evangelisti swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Marsh.
Marsh lands with a nice body punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Evangelisti throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Marsh counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marsh misses with a body shot
and Evangelisti makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Evangelisti throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Evangelisti throws a nice inside leg kick.
A left lands for Marsh.
Marsh misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Evangelisti.
Marsh misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Evangelisti.
A left and a right from Evangelisti both land. Nice combination.
Marsh tries to close the distance and clinch up but Evangelisti swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The crowd cheers as Evangelisti lands an impressive looking overhand right. Marsh doesn't seem phased though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evangelisti scores with a hook.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Evangelisti.
Evangelisti misses with a body punch
and Marsh counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Marsh on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Marsh lands a right hook to the body.
Evangelisti throws a leg kick but Marsh checks it.
Marsh is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Evangelisti.

Marsh is rocked!

It looks like Randy Marsh has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sloppy strikes from Evangelisti. Those never looked like landing.
Marsh is still on wobbly legs! Can Evangelisti finish him?
Evangelisti scores with a nice right hand.
A head kick misses from Evangelisti.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dante Evangelisti dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Randy Marsh's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Evangelisti misses with a hook. Marsh ducked under it nicely.
Marsh is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Evangelisti rather than just go for the knockout.
Marsh throws a predictable looking body shot
and Evangelisti counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Marsh throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Marsh takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Marsh misses with a takedown attempt
and Evangelisti makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Marsh seems to have recovered his senses.
Evangelisti thows a body shot but no joy.
Evangelisti misses with a hook. Marsh ducked under it nicely.
Evangelisti keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marsh's corner calls for a 1-2. Marsh obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Marsh scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Evangelisti lets loose with a powerful body kick. Marsh will feel that in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evangelisti loads up on a big right hand but Marsh slips the punch.
Marsh tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Evangelisti counters with a body kick that stops Marsh in his tracks momentarily.
Marsh misses with an uppercut.
Marsh misses the shot to the body.
Evangelisti rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Marsh moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Evangelisti lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Evangelisti avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Randy Marsh has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marsh has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Evangelisti.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marsh changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Evangelisti tries to avoid it but Marsh manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Evangelisti to the ground. Evangelisti escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Evangelisti pulls out of a head kick attempt.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Marsh.
Evangelisti fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Marsh has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Marsh takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Evangelisti thumps Marsh with a low kick.
Evangelisti looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Evangelisti cracks Marsh with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Evangelisti lands a nice looking kick to the body. Marsh takes a step back to recover.
Marsh takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Evangelisti there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Marsh fails with a takedown attempt.
Dante Evangelisti has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Randy Marsh.
Marsh is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Evangelisti lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Marsh has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Evangelisti.
Evangelisti will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evangelisti lands a leg kick that knocks Marsh off balance momentarily.
Marsh misses with a shot to the body
and Evangelisti counters with a nice low kick that buckles Marsh's knee momentarily.
Evangelisti slips a jab from Marsh.
Dante Evangelisti is winning the standup battle so far.
The fighters circle momentarily. Evangelisti darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Marsh fails with a takedown attempt.
Evangelisti throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dante Evangelisti showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Evangelisti has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight for Dante Evangelisti!
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight for Dante Evangelisti!
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight for Dante Evangelisti!

Dante Evangelisti wins by unanimous decision!