PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Evangelos Terrofinos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and AJ Mar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Evangelos Terrofinos has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Terrofinos
vs
Mar

180 cm
19
175 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

180 cm
19
180 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Evangelos Terrofinos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, AJ Mar!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Elvis Blanc and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mar misses with the combination.
Terrofinos slips a jab and a cross from Mar.
Terrofinos loads up on a big right hand but Mar slips the punch.
Terrofinos tries to clinch up but Mar circles away and keeps his distance.
Mar swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mar dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mar tries to clinch
and Terrofinos counters with a nice body shot.
Mar tries a head kick but it misses.
Terrofinos throws a hook but Mar blocks it.

Mar gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Mar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Mar takes the fight into the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Terrofinos.
Terrofinos blocks an elbow strike from Mar.
Terrofinos can't get the takedown.
Mar tries to land knees in the clinch but Terrofinos avoids the damage to the body.
Mar tries to break the clinch but Terrofinos is controlling the position.
Mar throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Terrofinos blocks it with crossed arms.
A shot in the inside from Terrofinos.
Terrofinos prevents the takedown attempt.
Terrofinos has had enough of the clinch but Mar keeps him there for the moment.
Mar lands a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Terrofinos can't find room to land a body shot as Mar controls the action.
Terrofinos trying to land knees to the body.

Mar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mar tries to clinch but Terrofinos moves away
and Terrofinos counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mar closes the distance but Terrofinos moves to the side
and Terrofinos counters with a nice kick to the body.
Mar throws a nice outside leg kick.
Mar throws a head kick that misses.

Mar moves into the clinch successfully.

Mar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Terrofinos tries to clinch but Mar moves out of range.
Mar closes the distance but Terrofinos moves to the side
and Terrofinos counters with a right hand to the body.
Mar looks gassed!
A punch combination from Terrofinos misses.
Terrofinos looking to land some kicks to the body here.

Mar fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Terrofinos, pushing him back against the cage.

Terrofinos breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Terrofinos misses with a body kick.
Terrofinos blocks a head kick by Mar.

Mar closes the distance and pushes Terrofinos back into the cage.
Terrofinos using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Mar is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Terrofinos as the two fighters clinch.
Mar prevents Terrofinos from breaking the clinch.
Terrofinos is working for takedown but Mar is calmly controlling the position for now.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Terrofinos.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Terrofinos is trying to break the clinch but Mar has him pressed against the cage.
Mar is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Terrofinos pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Terrofinos is leaning against Mar and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

Terrofinos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Terrofinos is working Mar over against the cage.

Terrofinos manages to break the clinch.
Terrofinos just misses with a punch to the body.

Terrofinos moves into the clinch.

Terrofinos breaks the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mar misses with a kick to the body

and Terrofinos counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Mar connects with a nasty looking knee right to Terrofinos's face.
Terrofinos trying to land knees to the body.
Mar is trying to break free.
Terrofinos lands a shot to the body.
Mar with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Terrofinos lands an uppercut.

Terrofinos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mar slips under a jab.
Terrofinos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A head kick by Mar misses
enabling Terrofinos to counter with a crisp jab.

Terrofinos moves into the clinch.

Terrofinos breaks from the clinch.
Mar tries to clinch but Terrofinos moves away

and Terrofinos counters by moving into the clinch.

Terrofinos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
AJ Mar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Terrofinos shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Evangelos Terrofinos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Terrofinos circles away from the clinch attempt

and Terrofinos counters by moving into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mar looking for a takedown.
Mar stalling the fight.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Mar is trying to break the clinch but Terrofinos has him pressed against the cage.
Mar lands an elbow inside that Terrofinos shrugs off.
Mar using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Terrofinos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Terrofinos lands with a light punch inside.

Mar breaks from the clinch.
Terrofinos scores with a spinning back kick!
Terrofinos darts in trying to clinch
and Mar counters with a big head kick but Terrofinos shrugs it off.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Terrofinos throws a head kick that Mar semi-blocks.
AJ Mar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mar tries to land a body kick

and Terrofinos counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Terrofinos.
Terrofinos misses with a punch to the body.
Terrofinos gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Mar.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Evangelos Terrofinos dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Mar tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Terrofinos counters with a good, hard body kick but Mar shrugs it off.

Mar pushes Terrofinos up against the cage in a clinch.
Terrofinos wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mar has him pressed against the cage.
Terrofinos has had enough of the clinch but Mar keeps him there for the moment.

Terrofinos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Terrofinos chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Mar can pounce on him.
Mar misses with a combination

and Terrofinos counters with a single leg into guard. Mar didn't expect that.
Terrofinos wants to stand and escape but instead Mar has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Mar stands up from Terrofinos's guard - Mar perhaps looking for a knockout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mar tries to clinch up but Terrofinos circles away and keeps his distance.

Mar has closed the distance and engaged Terrofinos in a clinch.
Mar works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Terrofinos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mar throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Terrofinos throws a series of punches but Mar avoids them all with ease.

Mar fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Terrofinos, pushing him back against the cage.
Mar lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Terrofinos struggles to land a body shot inside as Mar controls his hands.

Mar breaks the clinch.
Mar wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mar moves into the clinch.

Terrofinos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Terrofinos tries to clinch up but Mar circles away and keeps his distance.

Mar has managed to clinch.
Mar lands an elbow just above Terrofinos 's eye.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mar throws an elbow but misses.
Terrofinos misses with a body punch.
Mar managing to block the knees to the body from Terrofinos.
Terrofinos throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Mar lands a knee to the head.

Mar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Mar clinches.
Mar looking to throw knees to the head but Terrofinos is blocking nicely.

Terrofinos manages to break the clinch.
Mar throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Terrofinos counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.

Terrofinos has closed the distance and engaged Mar in a clinch.

Terrofinos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Terrofinos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Terrofinos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Terrofinos scores with a kick to the body.
Mar moves out of range of the body kick.
Terrofinos circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mar throws a chopping leg kick but Terrofinos manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Mar misses with a head kick.
Mar wants to clinch up but Terrofinos keeps it at a distance.
Mar tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Terrofinos finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
A punch combination from Mar misses.
A head kick misses from Mar.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Mar throws a sloppy head kick
and Terrofinos counters with a body kick.
Terrofinos moves in looking to clinch but Mar pushes him off.
Mar scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Mar tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Terrofinos counters with a straight right hand.
Mar swats away the attempt to clinch by Terrofinos.
Terrofinos shoots in looking for a takedown. Mar tries to sprawl out of it but Terrofinos keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Mar manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Mar takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

Terrofinos moves into range and clinches up with Mar.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Mar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mar tries to clinch there but Terrofinos circles away.
Mar tries to clinch but Terrofinos moves out of range.

Mar fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Terrofinos, pushing him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Evangelos Terrofinos dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Mar tries to clinch up
and Terrofinos counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Evangelos Terrofinos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Terrofinos wants to clinch up but Mar keeps it at a distance.
Terrofinos keeps the fight on the outside.
Mar has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Terrofinos.
Mar pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Terrofinos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mar tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Terrofinos counters by moving into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mar managing to block the knees to the body from Terrofinos.
Terrofinos is trying to break free.
Mar using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Terrofinos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nice elbow from Mar.

Terrofinos lands a takedown into guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Terrofinos has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Mar is proving hard to escape from.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mar pushes Terrofinos off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Mar swats away the attempt to clinch by Terrofinos.

Mar closes the distance and clinches.
Terrofinos wants to break free but Mar has control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Mar lands a nice elbow.
Terrofinos prevents Mar from breaking the clinch.
Mar just leaning against Terrofinos, taking a breather.
Mar lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Terrofinos can't break the clinch.
Terrofinos avoiding damage as Mar throws knees to the body.

Mar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Evangelos Terrofinos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mar darts in trying to clinch

and Terrofinos counters by clinching up.
Mar is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Terrofinos can't break the clinch.

Mar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Terrofinos has taken the fight to the clinch.
Mar is trying to break free.

Terrofinos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mar tries to clinch

and Terrofinos counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Terrofinos.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mar is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mar wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mar changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Terrofinos fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Terrofinos misses with a head kick.
Mar pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Terrofinos looks to land a body kick but Mar moved away.
Terrofinos closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Mar to counter with a crisp jab.
Some bone on bone action there as Terrofinos checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Mar misses with a combination
and Terrofinos makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Mar really felt that one!
Mar throws a combination that misses

and Terrofinos moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Mar manages to break the clinch.
Mar wants to clinch but Terrofinos slips to the side

and Terrofinos counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Mar is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Terrofinos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Terrofinos cracks Mar with a nice body shot.
Terrofinos tries to break the clinch but Mar is controlling the position.
Terrofinos wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Terrofinos is looking to break free of the clinch but Mar has double underhooks.
Mar wants to break free but Terrofinos has control.

Mar breaks from the clinch.
Terrofinos misses with a wild body shot.
A low kick from Mar misses
and Terrofinos counters with a body kick.
Mar misses with a double jab
and Terrofinos counters with a head kick. That will keep Mar thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

And that's the end of the fight!
Evangelos Terrofinos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Terrofinos has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Evangelos Terrofinos!