PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Farr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Farr is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Welsh National Anthem. Marcus Evans has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Evans
vs
Farr

200 cm
31
220 lbs
12 - 4 - 1

186 cm
29
220 lbs
18 - 12 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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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 12 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Marcus Evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 12 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tommy Farr!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evans tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Evans waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Farr.
Evans throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Farr ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Evans tries to bum rush Farr with a series of wild strikes but Farr uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Evans shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Farr eats them both and turns towards Evans to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Evans misses with a wild body shot.
Farr uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Evans.
Farr checks a low kick from Evans.
Farr checks a leg kick.

Evans shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Farr manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Evans looking to pass the guard.

Farr has his feet on Evans's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Evans jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Evans misses with a few strikes there.
Farr throws a lazy uppercut

and Evans counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Evans postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Farr wants to stand up but Evans is controlling him.
Farr keeping moving, preventing Evans from controlling successfully.
Farr utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farr wants to get back to his feet but Evans is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Evans forces his way into half guard.
Evans looks to land a strike but Farr avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Evans looking to sit in guard and control but Farr gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Farr is looking to stand up but Evans won't let him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans pulls Farr in close to his closed guard and prevents Farr from doing any damage or advancing position.
Evans controls Farr momentarily but Farr frees himself.
Farr won't allow Evans to get back to his feet.
Evans has a closed guard, preventing Farr from standing up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Farr on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Evans misses with a jab, cross combination.
Evans throws out a leg kick but Farr moves out of range and Evans only half commits.
Tommy Farr is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Evans loads up on a big right hand but Farr slips the punch.
Evans throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Farr counters with a left to the body.
Farr lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Evans at a distance.
Farr fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A big right from Farr misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Farr tries to clinch but Evans is having none of it.
Farr throws a hook to the side of Evans's head but Evans sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Farr misses with a hook

and Evans counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus Evans dominated that round.
That's time! Evans's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Evans is looking to chop away at Farr's legs.
Farr throws a shot from downtown. Evans moves away and avoids it.
Evans moves out of range as Farr strikes.
Farr looks to land a left hand but Evans moved out of range nicely.
Evans circles away from the clinch attempt.
Farr misses with a looping right.
Evans swings for the body but Farr moves out of range.
Jab by Evans.
Evans just misses with a punch to the body.
Farr cracks Evans with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

It looks like Marcus Evans has been cut.
Farr takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Farr checks a leg kick nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Farr scores with a body shot.
Evans throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Farr slips a jab from Evans.
Farr scores with a jab. Evans acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Evans uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Evans throws a right and a left that Farr avoids nicely.
Evans dips to his left and cracks Farr with an uppercut!

Farr moves into the clinch.

Evans breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Evans is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Evans scores with a jab. Farr acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Evans avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Evans to counter with a crisp jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Evans misses with a straight right.
A lazy left from Farr finds it's target.

Evans shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Evans showed some decent athleticism there.
Farr wants to get back to his feet.
Farr wants to stand back up but Evans manages to pass into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farr is trying to buck Evans off.
Evans cracks Farr with a big right hand but Farr just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Farr is trying to get back to his feet.
Evans is looking to take a break and control but Farr is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Evans sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Farr is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Farr is pushing Evans's head away, looking to escape. Evans manages to hold on to the position though.
Farr is being controlled here.
Farr wants to get back to his feet.
The strikes coming from Evans are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Evans will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Evans is looking to take a break and control but Farr is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Farr is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus Evans dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Marcus Evans's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Farr 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 lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Farr backs up against the cage.
Evans lands a nice shot to the body.
Evans defending well as Farr loads up on a big left hand.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Evans is defended easily by Farr.
Evans is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Farr tries to clinch there but Evans circles away.
No joy there for Evans, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Evans tries to score with a low kick but Farr moves his leg out of the way.
Farr connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Evans momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Farr misses.
Farr cracks Evans with an open hand slap.
Farr throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Evans decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Farr's guard.
Evans looking to pass the guard.
Evans keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Farr's head.
Farr is looking to stand up but Evans isn't so interested in that idea.
Evans missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Farr is keeping the position for now.
Tommy Farr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
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!
Evans won't allow Farr to get back to his feet.
Evans throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Farr works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Farr wants to stand up but Evans is controlling him.
Evans pushes down on Farr's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Evans is just content to waste time from the top position. Farr takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans lands a couple of elbows.
Evans is looking to work some ground and pound but Farr has wrist control.
Farr keeping full guard, as Evans tries to pass.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Evans prevents Farr from getting back to his feet.
Farr keeping moving, preventing Evans from controlling successfully.
Farr wants to stand but Evans is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans throws an elbow that misses. Farr uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Evans's guard. Nice move by Farr!
Farr wants to get up but he can't break Evans's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Evans controlling the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Marcus Evans has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Evans misses with an uppercut. Farr saw that one coming.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marcus Evans showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Evans, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcus Evans!
A very excited looking Marcus Evans made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.