PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pete Doherty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dante Evangelisti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Doherty comes to the cage accompanied by You can't stand me now. Evangelisti has chosen Hell's Gate as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Doherty
vs
Evangelisti

177 cm
32
165 lbs
33 - 9 - 1

183 cm
26
195 lbs
19 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Crippler's Corner

Popeye’s Spinach - 159 + 158 Proof Supps
ANABOLIC **160** LAUNDRY

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pete Doherty!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dante Evangelisti!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Wesley Smith and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evangelisti misses with a looping right.
Evangelisti ducks right into an uppercut from Doherty.
Evangelisti looks to score with a jab to the body but Doherty is just out of range.
Evangelisti takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Evangelisti looks to land a left hand but Doherty moved out of range nicely.
Nice jab there from Doherty.
Evangelisti looks to score with a jab to the body but Doherty is just out of range.
Doherty takes a swing at Evangelisti's ribcage but misses.
Evangelisti misses with a double jab.
A punch lands to the side of Doherty 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Evangelisti finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Evangelisti keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Doherty bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Evangelisti's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good leg kick by Doherty there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Doherty scores with the left hand. Evangelisti knows he should have avoided that one.
Doherty scores with a leg kick.
Evangelisti throws a leg kick which misses Doherty's front leg but catches the back leg as Doherty tries to avoid it.
Evangelisti falls off balance throwing a combination
and Doherty counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Evangelisti thinking.
A head kick misses from Doherty.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evangelisti throws a body punch but Doherty moves out of range.
Doherty chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Evangelisti dips to his left and cracks Doherty with an uppercut!
A slow jab from Evangelisti misses its intended target.
Doherty scores with a hook to the body. Evangelisti takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Doherty misses the shot to the body.
Evangelisti throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Nice defenses there by Evangelisti.
Evangelisti misses with a wild body shot.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Doherty crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Evangelisti - the referee stops the clock and Doherty gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Evangelisti. Doherty manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Evangelisti, as that shot connected.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Doherty scores with a push kick.
A clash of legs there as Doherty blocks the low kick.
Doherty looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Evangelisti rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Doherty counters with a nice leg kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Evangelisti.
Doherty misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evangelisti attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Evangelisti with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Doherty to score with a decent uppercut.
Doherty lands with a good body shot.
Doherty avoids the body shot from Evangelisti.
Doherty shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Evangelisti defends it nicely.

Doherty pushes Evangelisti up against the cage in a clinch.
Doherty stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Evangelisti is looking to break free of the clinch but Doherty has double underhooks.
Evangelisti is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Doherty is keeping busy.
Doherty lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Evangelisti backwards.
Evangelisti lands a shot to the body.
Evangelisti blocks a body shot from Doherty.
Evangelisti misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evangelisti has had enough of the clinch but Doherty keeps him there for the moment.
Doherty tries a body shot but Evangelisti blocks it.
Evangelisti can't find room to land a body shot as Doherty controls the action.
Doherty fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Doherty lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Evangelisti throws a punch but it's blocked by Doherty.
Evangelisti throws a punch but it's blocked by Doherty.
Evangelisti is trying to break the clinch but Doherty has him pressed against the cage.

Doherty pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Evangelisti tries a low kick but Doherty avoids it.
Evangelisti misses with a body shot.
Evangelisti wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Evangelisti uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Doherty.
Evangelisti throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Evangelisti throws a leg kick that misses.
Evangelisti throws a jab when Doherty was well out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doherty looks to score with a jab to the body but Evangelisti is just out of range.
Doherty scores with a hook to the body. Evangelisti takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Evangelisti throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Doherty counters with a big head kick but Evangelisti shrugs it off.
Dante Evangelisti is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice shot by Doherty.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Evangelisti scores with a nice right hand.
Doherty with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Evangelisti throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Doherty fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Evangelisti looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Evangelisti thuds his right hand into Doherty's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Evangelisti catches Doherty with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Doherty connects with a single shot there.
Doherty thows a body shot but no joy.
Evangelisti throws a hook to the side of Doherty's head but Doherty sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Doherty on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Doherty tries a low kick but Evangelisti avoids it.
Evangelisti bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Evangelisti fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Doherty manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Dante Evangelisti will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Evangelisti misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Doherty ducks under a wild hook from Evangelisti.
Doherty tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Evangelisti was well out of range. Poor timing from Doherty.
Evangelisti blocks a head kick by Doherty.
Evangelisti misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Evangelisti takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Doherty looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Doherty drives through and clinches with Evangelisti against the cage.
Evangelisti wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Evangelisti misses with a body punch.
Evangelisti wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Evangelisti works on Doherty's body with a couple of short punches.
A short right from Doherty on the inside.
Doherty misses with the head strike.
Doherty misses with a body punch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Evangelisti takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Doherty.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doherty gets through Evangelisti's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Evangelisti misses with a punch to the body.
Doherty cracks Evangelisti with a nice body shot.
Doherty drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Evangelisti gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A right hook to the body lands for Doherty.
A right hand to the body from Doherty.
Evangelisti scores with a knee to the head.
Evangelisti presses Doherty against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Evangelisti tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A nice left hand lands by Doherty.
Evangelisti tries to break free but Doherty pushes him back against the cage.
Doherty lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doherty tries to throw a body punch but Evangelisti avoids it by throwing Doherty back against the cage.
Evangelisti missing with knees to the body.
Doherty lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Evangelisti lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Doherty is trying to pull guard but Evangelisti has him pressed against the cage.
Doherty goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Evangelisti pushes Doherty back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Evangelisti blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Evangelisti blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Good body shot from Doherty.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Doherty.
Evangelisti softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Doherty turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Doherty manages to end up in side control.
Evangelisti is looking for a sweep.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Doherty here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doherty wants to lay and pray for a moment but Evangelisti keeps working.
Evangelisti is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Evangelisti trying to control but Doherty postures up.
Doherty wants to pass to mount but Evangelisti is defending the position.
Doherty moves nicely into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doherty is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Evangelisti's shoulder. That is not cool.
Doherty trying to control the position but Evangelisti is working away.
Doherty moves into full mount!
Doherty is stalling here but it's allowed Evangelisti to get half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Doherty throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pete Doherty 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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Doherty ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Evangelisti moves away.
Evangelisti moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Doherty throws a looping overhand right but Evangelisti ducks down to avoid it.
Evangelisti explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Doherty checks a low kick from Evangelisti.
Evangelisti looks for the body kick but Doherty saw that one coming.
Evangelisti tries to score with a low kick but Doherty moves his leg out of the way.
A slapping leg kick lands for Evangelisti.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Doherty.
Doherty throws a low kick but it's checked well by Evangelisti.
Doherty throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Doherty fails with an attempt to clinch.
Evangelisti swings for the body but Doherty moves out of range.
Doherty scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Evangelisti misses with a low kick.
Evangelisti moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Donk. Evangelisti catches Doherty right on the button with a cross.
Dante Evangelisti seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doherty punishes Evangelisti's body with a nice straight punch.
A clash of legs there as Evangelisti blocks the low kick.
A leg kick checked by Evangelisti.
Doherty scores with a one two! Evangelisti had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
A clash of legs there as Evangelisti blocks the low kick.
Evangelisti cracks the inside of Doherty's front leg.
Evangelisti checks a leg kick.
A solid body kick from Evangelisti.
Doherty misses with a two punch combination.
Evangelisti catches Doherty with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Evangelisti throws a body kick that misses.
Doherty lands a nice shot that snaps Evangelisti's head back.
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!

Doherty closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Evangelisti did well to prevent Doherty getting side control.
Evangelisti won't allow Doherty to pass to mount.
Doherty works his foot free and advances to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evangelisti is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Doherty tries to control but Evangelisti wriggling away.
Evangelisti is in a horrible position here. Doherty smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Doherty wants to control the pace but Evangelisti is squirming around nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doherty takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Doherty dominating with strikes here.
Evangelisti sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Evangelisti tries to kick Doherty off but Doherty keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doherty is keen to just control but Evangelisti is a slippery customer.
Evangelisti wants to improve his position but Doherty is controlling well.
Doherty tries to pass the half guard into mount. Evangelisti knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Evangelisti trying to control from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Doherty sitting and controlling from the half guard.

Pete Doherty has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Doherty is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pete Doherty showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Doherty 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight for Pete Doherty!
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight for Pete Doherty!
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight for Pete Doherty!

Pete Doherty wins by unanimous decision!
A very excited looking Pete Doherty rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.