PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Greg Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ong Bak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Evans might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Everybody Down. Bak has chosen you've lost that loving feeling as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Evans
vs
Bak

225 cm
38
313 lbs
21 - 25 - 1

225 cm
30
289 lbs
11 - 13 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 25 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Greg Evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ong Bak!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Albert Achterberg and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evans lunges at Bak with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bak's hand.

It looks like Ong Bak has been cut.
Bak is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Evans throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Evans circles away from the clinch attempt.
Evans tries to bum rush Bak with a series of wild strikes but Bak uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Greg Evans seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bak is looking to clinch.
Bak is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Evans misses with a few strikes there.
Evans takes a swing at Bak's ribcage but misses.
Evans throws a front kick aimed at Bak's knee but Bak avoids it well.
Bak is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bak moves in looking to clinch but Evans pushes him off.
Evans misses with a wild body shot.
Bak fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bak blocks a head kick by Evans.
Bak avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Evans tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Bak is able to avoid easily.
Bak wants to clinch.
Evans throws the kick towards the body but Bak avoids it.

Bak closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bak trying to land knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Evans.
Bak lands an elbow that stopped Evans in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Greg Evans has been cut.
Evans tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bak just misses with a elbow thrown towards Evans's brow.
Evans managing to block the knees to the body from Bak.
Bak throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bak gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bak blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nice elbow from Bak.
Bak is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Evans is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bak lands an elbow inside that Evans shrugs off.
Bak lands an elbow inside.
Bak lands an elbow just above Evans 's eye.

Greg Evans's cut is getting worse.
Bak lands an elbow inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bak obliges.
Bak lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Greg Evans's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Bak unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bak pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bak looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bak gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bak taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bak gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Jeez, Greg Evans's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bak.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Greg Evans's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ong Bak!
Ong Bak decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.