PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rashad Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patrick Willis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Patrick Willis is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Evans
vs
Willis

180 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
21
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rashad Evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Patrick Willis!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Willis. Those never looked like landing.
Evans avoids the body shot from Willis.
Willis misses with a jab, cross combination.
Willis lands a lovely overhand right.
A left lands for Willis.
A right-left combo lands from Willis.
Evans takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Willis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Evans dodges the punch combination from Willis.
Willis lands a jab-cross combination.
Willis throws a nice looking combination but Evans bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Willis. Evans does a little dance to reset his feet.
Willis misses with a jab, cross combination.

Evans feints and as Willis raises his hands in defense, Evans changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Willis being controlled here, momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Rashad Evans just wasn't active enough.
Willis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Evans moves away.
A jab from Willis finds it's way through Evans's defenses.

Willis closes the distance and pushes Evans back into the cage.

Willis manages to break the clinch.
Willis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Evans circles away quickly and effectively.
Willis throws a hook but Evans blocks it.
Willis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Willis throws a body punch but Evans moves out of range.
Evans misses with a takedown attempt - Willis sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Willis swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Evans counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Evans controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Rashad Evans just wasn't active enough.
Evans looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Willis is fending him off so far but Evans persists. Nope, Willis circles away and we're back to standing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Willis - just one landing.
Left hook, right uppercut from Willis.
Willis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Willis feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Evanss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Evans is trying hard to land a takedown here. Willis sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rashad Evans. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Willis tests Evans's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Willis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Willis has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Evans shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Willis pinned against the cage. Willis gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Evans shoots in but no luck this time.
Evans is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Evans throws a series of punches but Willis avoids them all with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Willis dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Evans is looking to clinch.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Willis, as that shot connected.
Willis swinging wildly here.
Evans doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Evans pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Evans takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Willis looks to land a combination. Evans sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Willis cracks Evans with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Willis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Evans shoots in for a double leg but Willis sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Willis swings for the body but Evans moves out of range.
Evans takes a shot to the body in his stride.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Willis scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Evans doesn't seem bothered though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Willis does no damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Willis dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Willis lands with an overhand left.
Willis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Evans moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Willis defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Evans.
Willis lands a glancing blow to the side of Evans's head.
Willis scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Patrick Willis seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Evans takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Willis moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Willis sizes up Evans with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Evans takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Willis catches Evans with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Willis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Willis ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Willis misses with a two punch combination.
Evans tries to clinch up but Willis circles away and keeps his distance.
Willis misses with a leg kick.
A punch combination from Willis misses.
Evans shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Willis as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rashad Evans. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Willis lands with a nice combination. Evans backs away looking to recover.
Evans throws the left hand but Willis avoids the punch easily.
Evans displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Willis throws out the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willis misses with a head kick.
Willis throws a push kick but Evans slaps the foot to one side.
Willis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Evans.

Evans stands up.
Willis misses with a double jab.

Evans manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Willis on his heels. He'll look to pass Willis's guard now, I'm sure.
Evans stays in close to Willis's body and controls the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Willis wants to get back to his feet but Evans is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Evans is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

Rashad Evans has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Willis misses with a wild body shot.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Evans drives through with a takedown into Willis's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Evans trying to control the position from guard on top but Willis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Willis wants to get back to his feet but Evans is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Willis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Evans's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Willis throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Evans sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Willis cracks a nice hook into Evans's ribs.
Patrick Willis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Willis connects with a looping right hand.
Evans fails with the takedown.
Danga de danga de dang - Willis scores with a four punch combination!
Evans looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Evans looks for a takedown but Willis sprawls well.

Evans scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Willis avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Evans.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Evans in particular looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Willis is looking to escape.
Evans missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Evans looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Evans decides to stand up.
Willis closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Willis goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Willis - that will leave a mark!
Willis looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Willis.

Evans scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Evans is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Rashad Evans just wasn't active enough.

Evans shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Evans showed some decent athleticism there.
Evans seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

Evans is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Rashad Evans has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rashad Evans overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans slows the pace down in half guard.
Patrick Willis is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

Willis pushes Evans off and gets back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Evans takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Evans misses with a looping left.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rashad Evans showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Willis has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Patrick Willis!