PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Vo Nguyen Giap (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Evens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Giap comes to the cage accompanied by Beach Party Vietnam. Evens is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by ac dc-Back in Black. Vo Nguyen Giap is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Nguyen Giap
vs
Evens

177 cm
21
158 lbs
3 - 4 - 1

162 cm
29
147 lbs
8 - 6 - 2

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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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 3 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vo Nguyen Giap!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Josh Evens!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Giap misses with a wild body shot.
Giap doesn't manage to clinch there - Evens circles away.
Giap wants to clinch up but Evens keeps it at a distance.
A cross from Evens lands.
Evens misses with the combination.
Giap tries to clinch up but Evens circles away and keeps his distance.
Giap tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Evens paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Evens misses with the combination.
Giap lands a nice shot to the body.
Evens throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Vo Nguyen Giap seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Giap tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Giap moves into the clinch successfully.
Evens wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Giap has him pressed against the cage.
A short right from Evens on the inside.
A hook to the body from Giap.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Giap lands with a left to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Evens's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Giap keeps control of Evens as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Giap landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Giap throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Evenss head.
Evens tries to circle away but Giap has him pinned against the cage.
Evens's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Evens is looking to break free of the clinch but Giap has double underhooks.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Giap.

Giap breaks from the clinch.
Evens keeps the fight on the outside.

Giap moves into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Giap lands with a right to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Evens is trying to push Giap away but Giap has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Giap softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Giap.

Giap escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Evens throws a nice looking combination but Giap bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Giap scores with a jab to the body.
Evens circles away from the clinch attempt.
Giap tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Giap doesn't manage to clinch there - Evens circles away.
Evens takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Evens circles away from the clinch attempt.
Giap doesn't manage to clinch there - Evens circles away.
Giap fails with an attempt to clinch.
Giap fails in his attempt to clinch.
Evens keeps the fight on the outside.
Giap swings for the body but Evens moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evens on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A big left from Evens misses.
Giap moves out of range of the strikes.
Evens keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Evens fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Giap on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
The fight stays on the outside here - Giap looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Evens lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Evens ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Giap moves away.
Evens lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Giap is looking to wear down Evens with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Giap fails in his attempt to clinch.
Giap wants to clinch but Evens slips to the side
and Evens counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Giap tries to clinch but Evens moves out of range.
Giap throws a good cross that connects.
Sloppy strikes from Evens. Those never looked like landing.
Giap doesn't manage to clinch there - Evens circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Giap looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Giap fails with an attempt to clinch.
Evens looks to throw the jab but Giap is out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Evens throws a right hand that Giap ducks under and follows up with a left that Giap also avoids with ease.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Evens throws a body punch but Giap moves out of range.
Evens moves forwards but Giap connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Giap wants to clinch
and Evens cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vo Nguyen Giap dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Evens swats away the attempt to clinch by Giap.
Giap tries to clinch but Evens is having none of it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Evens. Giap does a little dance to reset his feet.
Giap wants to clinch up but Evens keeps it at a distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Evens. Giap does a little dance to reset his feet.
Giap is looking to clinch.
A swing and a miss from Evens.
Giap fails with an attempt to clinch.
Giap tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Evens manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Josh Evens is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Giap tries to close the distance and clinch up but Evens swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Evens pivots, looking for a leg kick but Giap is out of range and Evens settles back down.

Giap pushes Evens up against the cage in a clinch.
Giap has Evens pressed against the cage, preventing Evens from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Giap is leaning against Evens and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Evens has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Giap's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Giap tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Evens paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Giap doesn't manage to clinch there - Evens circles away.
Giap tries to clinch but Evens is having none of it.
Giap tries to close the distance and clinch up but Evens swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Giap clinches up with Evens and pushes him back against the cage.
Evens is looking to break free of the clinch but Giap has double underhooks.
Giap holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Giap lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Evens lands a left hand that snaps the head of Giap backwards.
Evens can't break the clinch.
Giap gets through Evens's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Evens trying to stall but Giap improves his position.
Evens wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Giap has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giap lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Giap lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Evens backwards.

Giap breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Giap tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Evens paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Giap wants to clinch up but Evens keeps it at a distance.
Giap tries to close the distance and clinch up but Evens swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Giap tries to clinch there but Evens circles away.
Giap fails with an attempt to clinch.
Giap tries to clinch up but Evens circles away and keeps his distance.

Giap closes the distance and clinches.
Evens is looking to break free of the clinch but Giap has double underhooks.
Giap lands a right hand.
Evens has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Giap with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Evens can't break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giap connects with a knee to the head.
Giap missing with knees to the body.
Giap keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Evens's efforts to push away.
Evens looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Giap working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Evens is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Evens is looking to break free of the clinch but Giap has double underhooks.
Giap lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Giap lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Evens has had enough of the clinch but Giap keeps him there for the moment.
Giap lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Josh Evens has been cut.
Giap misses with a punch to the body.

Evens breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Evens swinging wildly here.
Giap uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Evens.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Giap is looking to clinch but Evens is avoiding it.
Giap tries to clinch up.
Giap tries to clinch up.
Evens looks to land a right hand but Giap moved out of range.
Evens defending well as Giap loads up on a big left hand.
Giap tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Evens manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Giap is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Evens misses with a straight left.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Evens swats away the attempt to clinch by Giap.
Giap is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vo Nguyen Giap dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Josh Evens's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Evens throws a right and a left that Giap avoids nicely.

Giap has Evens up against the cage in a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Giap.
Evens wants to break free but Giap has control.

Giap breaks the clinch.
Giap is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Vo Nguyen Giap is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice uppercut lands for Giap. That snapped Evens's head back.
Giap ducks under a wild hook from Evens.
Evens misses with a series of wild punches.
Evens throws a hook to the side of Giap's head but Giap sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Giap is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evens throws a hook but Giap avoids it easily.
Giap is looking to clinch.
Evens keeps the fight on the outside.
Evens drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

Giap gets a clinch.
Giap prevents Evens from breaking the clinch.
A short right from Giap.
Giap lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Giap pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Giap clinches up against the cage.
Vo Nguyen Giap has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Evens can't break the clinch.
Evens wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Evens tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Evens.

Giap manages to break the clinch.
Josh Evens has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giap is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Giap tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Giap fails with an attempt to clinch.
Giap doesn't manage to clinch there - Evens circles away.
A punch combination from Evens misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Evens. Giap does a little dance to reset his feet.

Giap has managed to clinch.

Giap escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A slapping leg kick lands for Evens.
Evens throws a hook but Giap blocks it.
Giap tries to clinch but Evens is having none of it.
Evens avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giap closes the distance but Evens moves to the side
and Evens counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Giap is looking to clinch.
Giap ducks right into an uppercut from Evens.
Giap tries to close the distance and clinch but Evens swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Giap slips under a jab from Evens.
Giap doesn't manage to clinch there - Evens circles away.
Giap avoids a punch combination nicely.
Giap tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Giap moves into the clinch.
Evens is trying to maintain a safe position but Giap gets an underhook and turns Evens into the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Giap fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Evens's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Evens looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Giap misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Evens wants to stall.
Evens is trying to break the clinch but Giap has him pressed against the cage.
Giap tries to land a knee to the head but Evens blocks with his arms.
A frustrated look appears on Evens's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Vo Nguyen Giap is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Evens wants to stall.
Evens wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Giap has him pressed against the cage.
Giap scores with a nice hook to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Evens is looking to break free of the clinch but Giap has double underhooks.
Evens lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Giap or not.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Giap lands a damaging elbow.
Evens misses with the head strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vo Nguyen Giap showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Giap has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vo Nguyen Giap!
Vo Nguyen Giap managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Charlie Wang's Nutrition and 95 % Laundry, into his post fight interview.