PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jarius Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bihom Tarsun (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Evans
vs
Tarsun

177 cm
22
166 lbs
3 - 2 - 1

180 cm
23
155 lbs
5 - 4 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power

Bushido Clothing

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 3 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jarius Evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Bihom Tarsun!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Dillan Fox and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tarsun cracks the inside of Evans's front leg.
Tarsun scores with a jab. Evans acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Tarsun misses with a straight left.
Good leg kick by Tarsun there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

Tarsun has closed the distance and engaged Evans in a clinch.

Evans breaks the clinch.
Tarsun moves out of range of the strikes.
Tarsun is looking to slow Evans down with leg kicks.
Evans misses with a low kick.
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.
Tarsun throws a sloppy head kick and Evans moves out of range easily.
Evans throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bihom Tarsun seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Evans takes a head kick and keeps coming.

It looks like Jarius Evans has been cut.
Tarsun throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Evans's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tarsun keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Tarsun throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Evans tries to keep at a distance but Tarsun has taken the fight into the clinch.
Evans throws a punch but it's blocked by Tarsun.
Evans wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tarsun has him pressed against the cage.

Tarsun manages to break the clinch.
Evans fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tarsun scores with a jab to the jaw.
Tarsun jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Tarsun wants to clinch.
Tarsun swinging wilding here.
Evans throws a chopping leg kick but Tarsun manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Evans showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tarsun.
Jab from Tarsun.

Tarsun instigates a clinch.
Tarsun with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Evans has had enough of the clinch but Tarsun keeps him there for the moment.
Tarsun throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Evans blocks it with crossed arms.

Tarsun breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Evans slips under a jab from Tarsun.
Tarsun looks to score with a jab to the body but Evans is just out of range.
Tarsun throws a nice looking combination but Evans bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tarsun tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tarsun misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Evans.
Tarsun lands with a cross.
Evans chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tarsun can pounce on him.

Evans rushes Tarsun and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Evans manages to break the clinch.
Tarsun misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bihom Tarsun is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Evans fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Evans is breathing heavily.
Evans misses with a combination
and Tarsun counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Evans is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Evans takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Evans slips a jab from Tarsun.
Evans is looking to chop away at Tarsun's legs.
Evans ducks under a wild hook from Tarsun.
Tarsun bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Evans's head backwards.
Tarsun throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Evans.
Evans circles away from the clinch attempt

and Evans counters by moving into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tarsun with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Evans wants to stall.

Tarsun breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tarsun looks to throw the jab but Evans is out of range.
Evans throws a low kick but it's checked well by Tarsun.
Tarsun misses with a wild combination.
Tarsun moves into range and connects with a jab.
Evans uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tarsun.
Tarsun cracks the inside of Evans's front leg.
Tarsun connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tarsun with a hook.
Evans swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Evans swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tarsun fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Evans.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans slips a jab and a cross from Tarsun.
Evans chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tarsun can pounce on him.
Evans gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Tarsun.
Tarsun bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Evans clinches but Tarsun breaks the clinch
and Tarsun counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Evans is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Tarsun misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Evans.
Evans lands a nice forearm strike.
Tarsun sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Tarsun is trying to get back to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tarsun regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Evans.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tarsun looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bihom Tarsun dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jarius Evans's cut.
That's time! Evans's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Evans throws a jab but it's blocked by Tarsun.
Tarsun throws a leg kick which misses Evans's front leg but catches the back leg as Evans tries to avoid it.
Tarsun scoring well with a low kick there.
Tarsun throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Evans finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Evans keeps the fight on the outside.
Evans will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tarsun keeps the fight on the outside.
Tarsun takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Tarsun misses with a head kick.
Tarsun misses with a double jab

and Evans counters with a shoot takedown. Tarsun fights it but they end up in guard.
Tarsun utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Tarsun looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Evans is standing up over Tarsun. Tarsun looks to escape but Evans dives into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Evans is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Tarsun looks calm but he's in trouble here. Evans gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Tarsun is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Evans lets go of the hold and Tarsun can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jarius Evans!