PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Aka Sutmasnabela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Toby Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Toby Evans acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Sutmasnabela
vs
Evans

160 cm
27
160 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

170 cm
21
164 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Fast

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aka Sutmasnabela!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Toby Evans!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Paulo Santos and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evans throws an off balance right hand

and Sutmasnabela counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Sutmasnabela tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Evans avoids it.
Evans trying to stall but Sutmasnabela improves his position.

Sutmasnabela's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Evans takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Evans throws a hook to the side of Sutmasnabela's head but Sutmasnabela sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Evans just misses with a punch to the body.
Sutmasnabela ducks under a wild hook from Evans.
Evans 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.

Sutmasnabela darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Evans is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Sutmasnabela jumps into side control!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sutmasnabela working the body and head with strikes.
Evans tries to buck Sutmasnabela off but Sutmasnabela is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sutmasnabela in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Evans is trying to control Sutmasnabela's posture but Sutmasnabela avoids it.
Sutmasnabela landing a few strikes.
Evans is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Sutmasnabela is controlling him well.
Sutmasnabela scoring with punches from side control.
Sutmasnabela is chipping away with strikes.
Sutmasnabela is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Evans will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sutmasnabela cracks Evans with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Evans is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Sutmasnabela working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sutmasnabela landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Evans is working to avoid the ground and pound but Sutmasnabela connects with a decent elbow.
Evans is pushing Sutmasnabela's head away, looking to escape. Sutmasnabela manages to hold on to the position though.
Sutmasnabela cracks Evans with a big elbow.
Evans tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sutmasnabela lands some shots froms side control.
Sutmasnabela landing strikes.
Evans is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Sutmasnabela landing a few strikes.
Sutmasnabela is working Evans over with some ground and pound from side control.
Sutmasnabela trying to control the position but Evans is working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Sutmasnabela's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Sutmasnabela working the ground and pound from side control.
Sutmasnabela scoring with punches and elbows.
Sutmasnabela trying to control the position but Evans is working away.
Sutmasnabela looks up at the clock and then as Evans takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Sutmasnabela smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Sutmasnabela works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

Sutmasnabela working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Sutmasnabela wants to control but Evans is keeping him busy.
Sutmasnabela working the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Evans pushes Sutmasnabela away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Sutmasnabela gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Evans manages to work his way to half guard, despite Sutmasnabela's best efforts.
Evans trying to control but Sutmasnabela postures up.
Sutmasnabela slips a nice elbow through Evans's hands, connecting with Evans's forehead.
Sutmasnabela with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Sutmasnabela winds up and cracks Evans with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Sutmasnabela working the head and body with strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sutmasnabela wants to control but Evans is keeping him busy.
Sutmasnabela moves into full mount! Evans won't be happy about that!
Evans wants to hold on but Sutmasnabela pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aka Sutmasnabela dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Evans checks a leg kick nicely.
Sutmasnabela shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Evans throws a body punch but Sutmasnabela moves out of range.
Evans takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sutmasnabela thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Evans if he has to take too many more of those.
Evans misses with a looping left.
Sutmasnabela moves forwards but Evans connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Sutmasnabela scores with a push kick.
Sutmasnabela connects with a looping right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sutmasnabela tries a head kick but it misses.
Sutmasnabela fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Evans manages to avoid it.
Sutmasnabela bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sutmasnabela uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Evans.
Sutmasnabela tries to clinch up but Evans circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Sutmasnabela.
Evans is breathing heavily.
Evans takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sutmasnabela slips under a jab.
Evans throws an off balance right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Evans misses the body punch
and Sutmasnabela counters with an outside leg kick.
Sutmasnabela misses with a body shot.
Evans fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sutmasnabela manages to avoid it.
Sutmasnabela ducks under a wild hook from Evans.
Evans misses with a body shot.
Sutmasnabela throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Sutmasnabela fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Evans to the ground. Sutmasnabela is now in Evans's guard.
Sutmasnabela is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Sutmasnabela 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.
Sutmasnabela forces his way into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sutmasnabela controlling the action here.
Sutmasnabela drops an elbow to the side of Evans's head.
Evans tries to roll over but Sutmasnabela keeps him under control.
Sutmasnabela is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Sutmasnabela working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Evans wants to control but Sutmasnabela is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Sutmasnabela controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sutmasnabela working the head and body with strikes.
Sutmasnabela scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Evans taking some punishment here, with Sutmasnabela in his half guard.
Sutmasnabela lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Evans looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Sutmasnabela is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Sutmasnabela lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Evans really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sutmasnabela. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Evans on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's four 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!

Sutmasnabela seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Evans is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Aka Sutmasnabela!