PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jeff Blatt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sean Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blatt comes to the cage accompanied by you're going down- sick puppies. Evans has chosen Roy Jones Jr - Can't Be Touched as his entrance music. 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.

Blatt
vs
Evans

189 cm
25
218 lbs
16 - 14 - 0

183 cm
22
215 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite 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 16 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jeff Blatt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sean Evans!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, David Schapiro and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blatt darts in trying to clinch

and Evans counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Blatt gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Evans.

Blatt pulls guard.
Blatt keeping moving, preventing Evans from controlling successfully.
Evans won't allow Blatt to get back to his feet.

Blatt uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Blatt tries to clinch up
and Evans counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Blatt fails with the takedown

so Evans counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Blatt has his feet on Evans's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Blatt misses with a lunging right hand
and Evans counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blatt misses with a right hand
and Evans counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Evans looking to score a takedown here. Blatt is defending well but Evans drives through and ends up in Blatt's guard.

Blatt looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Evans trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Evans wants to control from the top but Blatt keeps moving.
Blatt wants to get back to his feet but Evans is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Evans trying to control but Blatt is working from the bottom.
Blatt wants to stand but Evans is controlling the position.
Evans throwing strikes but missing.
Blatt manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

Blatt stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Blatt throws a combination that misses

and Evans counters by clinching up.
Evans tries to throw a body punch but Blatt avoids it by throwing Evans back against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Blatt stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

Blatt breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Blatt moves to clinch but Evans breaks away
and Evans connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Blatt fails with the takedown

and Evans counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Evans works his foot free and advances to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blatt gets back to half guard.
Blatt pushes Evans off looking to stand but Evans dives back in and keeps control.
Evans lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Blatt looks like he's trying to stand up.
Blatt makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Blatt.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Evans pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Blatt is keeping the position for now.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Evans is pushing down on Blatt's leg trying to pass to half guard. Blatt is fighting to maintain full guard but Evans has managed to sneak the leg through.
Blatt wants to get back to his feet.
Blatt wants to improve his position but Evans is controlling well.
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 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans prevents Blatt from standing back up.
Evans wants to pass the guard but Blatt is defending well.
Evans working over Blatt with some ground and pound. Blatt looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Evans is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Blatt is trying to stand back up but Evans is controlling him
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Blatt regains full guard. Nicely done.
Evans loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Evans thows a big elbow that misses.
Evans lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Evans postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Evans lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Evans must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Evans looking to pass the guard.

Blatt is looking for a triangle but Evans pushes his legs off easily.
Evans wants to pass the guard but Blatt is keeping the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sean 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 throws a right and a left that both miss.
Blatt gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Evans counters with a stiff right hand.
Blatt throws a left and a right that both miss

and Evans holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Blatt wants a takedown but no success here.
Evans scores with a shoulder strike.
Evans lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Blatt is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Evans gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jeff Blatt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Evans stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Evans throws a punch but it's blocked by Blatt.

Blatt is fighting off a takedown attempt but Evans is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Blatt to the mat. Blatt regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Evans lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Evans pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Blatt is keeping the position for now.
Evans postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Evans stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Blatt swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Evans sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Blatt's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blatt is trying to stand.
Sean Evans has got the better of the ground game so far.
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 working over Blatt with some ground and pound. Blatt looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Blatt on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Blatt is rocked!
Evans is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Oh Blatt is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Evans connects with a bit shot that sees Blatt covering up! More strikes from Evans and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Evans is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sean Evans!