PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cheese Poutine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marcus Evans has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Evans
vs
Poutine

190 cm
19
220 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

165 cm
19
265 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Determined

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marcus Evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cheese Poutine!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, William Peck and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Evans gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Poutine to score an easy takedown into full guard.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Poutine has eaten all the pies!
Poutine looking to pass the guard.
Poutine postures up.
Evans on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Evans tries to get out of the position.
Poutine working some strikes from top position.
Poutine has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Poutine wants to control from the top but Evans keeps moving.
Poutine seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Poutine prevents Evans from getting back to his feet.

Evans is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Poutine controlling from the top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poutine trying to control but Evans is working from the bottom.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Cheese Poutine wasn't active enough on the ground.
Poutine looks for a takedown but Evans sprawls well.
Evans connects with a nice looking jab.
Evans dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Evans takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Poutine changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Evans tries to avoid it but Poutine manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Evans to the ground. Evans escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Evans scores with a three punch combo!
Poutine tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Evans swivels and escapes.
Marcus Evans has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cheese Poutine.
Evans keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Evans defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Poutine.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans swats away the attempt to clinch by Poutine.
Evans lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Poutine at a distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Evans uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Evans connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Evans comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Evans scores with a three punch combo!
Evans cracks Poutine with an open hand slap.
Nice takedown defense from Evans. No joy for Poutine on that attempt.
Poutine fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Poutine looks winded!
Evans connects with a body shot that sends Poutine's belly button to the back.
Poutine takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Evans changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Evans displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Poutine.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Poutines jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Poutine fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Evans avoids it really well and circles away.
Evans cracks Poutine with a right hand to the side of the head.
Evans throws a combination. Poutine tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Marcus Evans is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Decent striking displayed by Evans there.
Poutine tries to clinch up.
Poutine ducks right into an uppercut from Evans.
Evans is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Evans connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Poutine's hands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Evans jabs Poutine to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Evans cracks Poutine with a good jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Evans lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Evans lands a nice hook to Poutine's body. Poutine takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Evans lands an overhand right.
Evans fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Poutine on the side of the head.
Poutine shoots in for a takedown but Evans shows good takedown defense.
Poutine takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Evans slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Evans lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Poutine shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Evans sprawls well. Evans wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Poutine gets slowly back to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Evans lands a really nice looking cross but Poutine seems unphased.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus Evans dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Evans connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Evans lands a nice hook to Poutine's body. Poutine takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Decent striking displayed by Evans there.
Nice uppercut there from Evans.
Poutine on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Evans scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Evans lands a glancing blow to the side of Poutine's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Poutine has a takedown stuffed.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Poutine.
Evans jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Poutine with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Evans to score with a decent uppercut.
Evans throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans with a nice cross.
Poutine is breathing heavily.
Evans scores with a nice head shot.
A lazy left from Evans finds it's target.
Left hook, right uppercut from Evans.
Evans lands a head shot.
Evans with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Poutine changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Evans tries to avoid it but Poutine manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Evans to the ground. Evans escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Marcus Evans has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cheese Poutine.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Poutine takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Poutine takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Evans throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Poutine stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Poutine closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Evans is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Poutine can do to turn this around?
Donk. Evans catches Poutine right on the button with a cross.
Evans connects with a crisp jab.
Poutine doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Poutine drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Poutine takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Poutine walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Poutine with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Evans to score with a decent uppercut.
Evans lands with a nice body punch.
Evans is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Nice body punch from Evans.
Nice jab there from Evans.
Evans lands with a nice body punch.
Evans lands a jab to the nose.
Marcus Evans is winning the standup battle so far.
Evans scores with a sloppy right hand. Poutine should have avoided that one.
Poutine tries to move into range but Evans moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Cheese Poutine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Evans lands a lovely overhand right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poutine takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Poutine fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Evans scores with a nice strike.
Evans lands a lovely overhand right.
Evans paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Evans catches Poutine with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Poutine has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Evans lands a right hook to the body.
Evans moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Evans.
Evans stuffs the takedown attempt from Poutine. Poutine gets slowly back to his feet.
Evans jabs Poutine to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans throws a right hand that Poutine ducks under and follows up with a left that Poutine also avoids with ease.
Poutine fails with the takedown.
Evans lands a slapping body shot.
Poutine tries to clinch there but Evans circles away.
Evans paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
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.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Evans. Poutine does a little dance to reset his feet.

Poutine scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Evans tries to improve position but can't.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Poutine passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Evans!
Poutine postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Evans looks a forlorn figure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus Evans dominated that second 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. 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.

Poutine gets a takedown into half guard.
Evans is looking to control Poutine's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Evans avoid being mounted?
Poutine wants to lay and pray for a moment but Evans keeps working.
Evans is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Evans knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Poutine on the ground.
Evans trying to hold on to Poutine's head to control him but Poutine postures up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Poutine landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans looks like he's trying to stand up.
Poutine drops an elbow to the side of Evans's head.

Poutine in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Evans tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Poutine!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Cheese Poutine!