PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Louis Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Duk Dong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Evans comes to the cage accompanied by Panasonic Youth by The Dillinger Escape Plan. Dong has chosen Thompson Twins - If You Were Here as his entrance music. Duk Dong struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 147.4lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Duk Dong told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Evans
vs
Dong

177 cm
24
152 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

200 cm
28
161 lbs
7 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

ADCC Champion
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Louis Evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Duk Dong!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Lou da Vinci and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Evans, right into the meat.
Evans moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Evans fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Dong checks it well.
Dong is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Evans throws a solid leg kick but Dong takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Evans.
Evans throws a low kick but Dong moves out of range easily.
Evans finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Evans tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Dong is able to avoid easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dong looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Evans keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Evans jabs at Dong's body.
Dong is looking to clinch.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Evans lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Dong has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Dong and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Dong throws a looping overhand right but Evans ducks down to avoid it.
Dong checks a leg kick nicely.

Dong drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Dong throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Evans wriggles free and stands up.
Dong blocks a low kick nicely.
Dong misses with a straight left.
Evans stuffs the takedown.
Dong fails to land the takedown.
Louis Evans has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Duk Dong.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans misses with a leg kick

so Dong counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Evans wants to stand and escape but Dong is having none of it.
Dong is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Dong in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dong with a flurry of punches that miss.
Evans looking to control.
Dong stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Evans swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Dong loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Evans is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Dong is controlling him.
Dong landing some decent shots from guard.
Evans looking for a sweep. Not yet Evans, not yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dong stands up over Evans, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Dong has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Evans can't keep his opponent in guard - Dong advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

Evans is defending against the submission attempts here by Dong.
Evans might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Evans wants to get back to his feet.
Dong sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Dong tries to pass the half guard into mount. Evans knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dong slips a nice elbow through Evans's hands, connecting with Evans's forehead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Duk Dong dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Evans throws a solid leg kick but Dong takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Evans.
Dong gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Evans counters with a good low kick that Dong was not able to check.
Dong avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Dong wants to clinch
and Evans counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Evans throws a chopping leg kick but Dong manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Evans swings away with a leg kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Dong checks a leg kick.
Evans tries a low kick but Dong avoids it.
Evans throws a low kick but Dong avoids it.
Evans cracks Dong with an open hand slap.
Evans misses with a leg kick.
Evans lands a leg kick that knocks Dong off balance momentarily.
Dong misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Louis Evans seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Evans misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans throws a leg kick

and Dong counters with a single leg into guard. Evans didn't expect that.
Duk Dong has got the better of the ground game so far.
Evans wants to get back to his feet but Dong is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Evans looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dong is one step ahead there.

Dong decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Evans, up you get!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Evans slaps away a takedown attempt from Dong, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Louis Evans has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Duk Dong.
Evans's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Dong connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Evans scrambles back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dong blocks a leg kick.
Dong on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Evans. Evans obviously looking to wear him down.
Evans throws a leg kick which misses Dong's front leg but catches the back leg as Dong tries to avoid it.
Evans moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Evans walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Dong checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Dong checks a leg kick.
Dong tries to clinch but Evans is having none of it.
Evans dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Dong checks a leg kick.
Evans does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Dong takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Louis Evans is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Evans tries to work over Dong's front leg with a kick but Dong checks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Louis Evans dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Ouch! a nice leg kick from Evans, right into the meat.
Evans pivots, looking for a leg kick but Dong is out of range and Evans settles back down.
Dong blocks a low kick nicely.
Dong moves away from the strike by Evans.
Evans slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Dong takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Evans.
Dong avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans throws out a leg kick but Dong moves out of range and Evans only half commits.
Evans throws a leg kick which misses Dong's front leg but catches the back leg as Dong tries to avoid it.
Dong shoots in and drives through. Evans sprawls well.
Evans scoring well with a low kick there.
Dong takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Evans is looking to chop away at Dong's legs.
Louis Evans is winning the standup battle so far.
Dong connects with a right hand. Evans shakes it off.
Evans throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans wants to slow Dong down by chopping away at his legs.
Dong with a lazy takedown attempt
and Evans counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Louis Evans is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dong blocks a leg kick.
Dong tries for a takedown but Evans circles away easily
and Evans counters with a good low kick that Dong was not able to check.
Louis Evans has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Duk Dong.
Dong on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Evans throws a leg kick that is checked

and Dong counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Dong.
Evans can't break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans wants to break free but Dong has control.

Evans breaks from the clinch.
Evans throws a series of punches but Dong avoids them all with ease.
Dong tries to clinch but Evans moves away
and Evans counters with a slapping leg kick.
Evans throws a low kick but Dong avoids it.
Dong blocks a leg kick.
Evans lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A good leg kick by Evans.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Evans moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Evans with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Evans lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Dong has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Dong and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Dong checks a leg kick nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Evans moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Dong has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

And that's the end of the fight!
Louis Evans showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Evans 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 29:28
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 29:28
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Louis Evans!