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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Josh Evance (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Valentin Lluca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Evance comes to the cage accompanied by Blue Stahli - Takedown . Josh Evance has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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224 lbs
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Josh Evance!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Valentin Lluca!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, George Francis and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evance throws a leg kick but Lluca sees it coming and moves out of range.
Evance clinches with his opponent.
Lluca manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Lluca is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Lluca stops a takedown attempt from Evance.
Lluca breaks the clinch.
Evance closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Lluca's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Evance accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Lluca looking to hit a scissor sweep but Evance is one step ahead there.
Evance controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evance throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lluca works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Lluca keeping moving, preventing Evance from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Evance working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Lluca avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Evance throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lluca works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evance slips nicely into half guard.
Lluca is refusing to be controlled, as Evance sits in half guard.
Evance looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Lluca taking some punishment here, with Evance in his half guard.
Lluca tries to get to full guard but Evance has control of the leg.
Evance missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evance thows a huge punch but Lluca dodges it nicely.
Still in half guard, Evance seems content to control.
Evance sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lluca defending well though.
Lluca tries to roll over but Evance keeps him under control.
Evance keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Lluca is not content to let Evance control the position.
Evance with the ground and pound but Lluca uses the opportunity to regain guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lluca working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Evance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evance throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Evance throws a strike but Lluca rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Lluca wants to pass the guard but Evance is keeping the position.
Lluca content to stall in guard here.
Evance managing to control the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Evance looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Lluca wants to control from the top but Evance keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Josh Evance dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Evance shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Lluca as he avoids it easily.
Evance shoots and misses
and Lluca counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Evance is trying to control but can't.
Evance tries to get to full guard but Lluca has control of the leg.
Lluca controlling the action here.
Evance blocking the ground and pound attempt from Lluca.
Evance controlling the position well.
Lluca trying to control from half guard but Evance is working away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evance is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Lluca trying to control the action but Evance is working from the bottom.
Evance makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Evance.
Josh Evance overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Lluca stopping the sweep attempt from Evance.
Lluca wants to pass the guard but Evance is keeping the position.
Evance looking to hit a scissor sweep but Lluca is one step ahead there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lluca controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Evance not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Evance bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Lluca's guard.
Lluca utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Evance looking to pass the guard.
Evance trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Lluca manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Lluca stopping the sweep attempt from Evance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evance keeping full guard, as Lluca tries to pass.
Evance wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Lluca trying to control but Evance is working from the bottom.
Lluca won't allow Evance to sweep him here.
Lluca works over Evance with some ground and pound from guard.
Evance not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Lluca controls from within his opponent's guard.
Evance keeping moving, preventing Lluca from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evance looking to hit a scissor sweep but Lluca is one step ahead there.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Evance shoots in for a takedown but Lluca shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Josh Evance. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Evance tries to clinch there but Lluca circles away.
Evance looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Evance throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Evance with a poor takedown
and Lluca counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Evance keeping moving, preventing Lluca from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Valentin Lluca will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Evance fails with the takedown
and Lluca counters with a series of strikes. Evance will be more careful next time no doubt.
Evance throws a leg kick
and Lluca counters with a three punch combo that has Evance backing up. Evance nods at Lluca to acknowledge the strikes.
Lluca circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lluca keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Evance throws an off balance right hand
and Lluca counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Evance's guard now.
Evance is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Lluca being controlled here momentarily.
Lluca stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Evance swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Evance is trying to control the position but Lluca postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evance lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Lluca!
Evance looking to ground and pound but Lluca is blocking nicely.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Lluca can do anything to dispel that myth.
Evance controlling the position easily from mount.
Evance with a couple of short strikes.
Lluca tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evance thowing shots but they're missing.
Lluca tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Lluca wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Evance.
Lluca is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Lluca taking shots to the head.
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!
Evance throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Evance looking to ground and pound but Lluca is blocking nicely.
Evance is in the full mount, landing strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evance unloads with some shots from mount but Lluca bucks and avoids them well.
Evance raining down hammerfists from mount.
Evance looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Lluca tries to lock up and control but Evance gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Evance throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Evance raining down hammerfists from mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Evance misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Evance 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.
Evance misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Lluca is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Evance throws a strike there. Lluca manages to avoid it well and slips a leg under to get to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evance missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Lluca is staying active underneath Evance, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Evance is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Lluca has hold of Evance's hands but Evance slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Evance is looking to take a break and control but Lluca is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Evance looks to land a strike but Lluca avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Josh Evance showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Evance 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28
Judge George Francis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Josh Evance!
Josh Evance took some time post fight to say the following; 'This organisation sucks. I am wasting my time here.'.
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