PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Barton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barton's entrance music is 126 que. A fine choice. Evans is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Emoyrean Mercenaries. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Barton
vs
Evans

189 cm
26
223 lbs
20 - 14 - 0

190 cm
26
250 lbs
16 - 9 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Powerful

Springfield HW Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jack Barton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryan Evans!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Robert Twigg and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evans throws a lazy uppercut
and Barton finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Evans misses with an uppercut
and Barton makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Evans fails with the takedown.
Evans misses with a leg kick
and Barton counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Evans looks to land a right hand but Barton moved out of range.
Evans motions for Barton to come forward. Evans throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jab by Barton.
Evans fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barton manages to avoid it.
Evans works the jab nicely.

Barton fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Evans to the ground. Barton is now in Evans's guard.
Barton lands a couple of digs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barton postures up and lands a big shot to Evans's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Barton is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Evans avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barton throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Barton is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Barton avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Evans avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Evans looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Evans working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Barton doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Barton manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Barton with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Evans has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Barton can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Barton cracks Evans with a solid left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Evans preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Evans is looking for a triangle but Barton pushes his legs off easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Evans throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Barton got a little sloppy there for a moment and Evans has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Barton has managed to get both his arms back between Evans's legs - danger averted.

Evans is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Evans looks gassed!
Barton with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Barton chips away with some ground and pound.
Barton scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Barton landing some decent shots from guard.
Barton is in close to Evans's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Barton distracts Evans with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Barton is in close to Evans's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Barton landing some decent shots from guard.
Barton lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Barton stands up over Evans, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Evans has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Barton can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Barton's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Barton keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Evans's head.
Barton landing with the ground and pound.
Barton keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Evans's head.
Barton passes Evans's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Evans is trying to get back to full guard.
Barton is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Evans is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Barton pulls his head out easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barton seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Evans actively working from the bottom here.

Evans is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Barton pulls his head out easily.

Barton wants to work for an arm triangle but Evans is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barton prevents Evans from improving his position.
Evans has hold of Barton's hands but Barton slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Barton is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Barton has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Barton connects with a nice short shot to Evans's temple.
Evans has hold of Barton's hands but Barton slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Barton working Evans over with strikes.

Evans actively working from the bottom here.
Evans is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Barton's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Barton's back!
Barton turns into Evans and is now in his guard.

Evans is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Barton is aware though and is defending well.
Barton chips away with some ground and pound.

Evans has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Barton can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Evans is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Barton defends well.
Barton with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Barton dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Evans misses with a leg kick
and Barton cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Barton looks to throw the jab but Evans is out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Evans. Barton does a little dance to reset his feet.
Evans throws a leg kick but Barton moved away.
Evans throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Barton counters with a nice uppercut.
Evans throws a good cross that connects.
Evans misses with a left hand
and Barton cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Evans avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Evans rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Barton counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Barton swings for the body but Evans moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans misses with a lunging right hand
and Barton counters with a right hand to the body.
Evans throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Evans misses with a looping right.
A telegraphed right hand from Evans misses the target.
A head kick misses from Evans.
Evans misses with a lunging right hand
and Barton finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Barton moves out of range of the leg kick from Evans.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Evans is defended easily by Barton.
Evans thows a leg kick but Barton checks it

and Barton counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Evans actively working from the bottom here.
Evans is breathing heavily.
Evans has hold of Barton's hands but Barton slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Barton is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Barton wants to work for an arm triangle but Evans is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Barton working over Evans with some ground and pound. Evans looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Barton looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Evans looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Evans is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ground and pound from Barton.
Barton is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Ground and pound from Barton.

Evans looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans has hold of Barton's hands but Barton slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Barton slips a nice elbow through Evans's hands, connecting with Evans's forehead.
Barton lands strikes from half guard.

Barton is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Evans has managed to free his arm - good work.
Barton working Evans over with strikes.

Evans is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Barton pulls his head out easily.
Barton takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
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!

Barton is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Evans has managed to free his arm - good work.
Barton is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Barton lands a nice short elbow.

Barton is looking for a kimura but Evans is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Barton to get the leverage.
Evans is pressing down on Barton's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Barton chips away with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Barton with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Barton tries to free his leg and advance position but Evans is retaining full guard.
Barton with a nice head shot there.
Barton lands a couple of digs.
Barton makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Barton working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Evans's head.

Evans is rocked!

Evans has his foot on Barton's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Barton works his way back into a safe position though.
Evans is still in real trouble! Can Barton finish him?
Barton landing some decent shots from guard.

Barton avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Barton is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Evans can do to turn this around?
Barton stands up over Evans, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Evans has momentary wrist control but Barton slips an elbow through the middle.
Evans seems to have recovered his senses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barton works over Evans with some ground and pound from guard.
Barton is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Barton postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Evans covers up, he's hurt! Barton keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Barton and the ref steps in to end the fight! Barton can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jack Barton!
Jack Barton bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.