PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Julius Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Georges Sp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sp has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Evans
vs
Sp

163 cm
21
193 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

180 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Julius Evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Georges Sp!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Dillan Fox and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sp closes the distance and clinches.

Evans turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Evans manages to end up in side control.
Sp looks winded!
Sp is looking to reverse the position.
Evans controls the position from side control.
You can see the frustration on Sp's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Evans really is a fat lump.
Evans throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Sp works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Evans is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sp punching from the bottom.
Evans seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Sp is looking to improve his position.

Evans is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Evans looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Sp avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Evans.
Evans trying to control the pace.
Evans not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Evans is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Sp has hold of Evans's hands but Evans slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Evans controlling the pace.
Nice strikes from Evans there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans working the head and body with strikes.
Evans controlling the pace.
Evans lands strikes from half guard.
Nice strikes from Evans there.
Evans seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Evans is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Evans seems to be looking for submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Evans.
Nice strikes from Evans there.
Evans is nestled in close to Sp, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Evans landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Evans stalling.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Evans lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Evans shoots in and drives through. Sp sprawls well.
Evans shoots in but Sp avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Georges Sp seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Evans closes the distance and clinches.

Evans breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Sp gets tackled into the cage by Evans. Evans maintains the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Evans stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

Evans manages to break the clinch.
Sp is breathing heavily.

Evans clinches.

Evans is trying to trip Sp. He has hold of a leg but Sp is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Evans persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Evans might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sp wants to get back to his feet but Evans passes into half guard.
Evans is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sp can do to turn this around?
Sp is trying to get back to full guard.

Evans stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Sp to get to his feet.

Evans looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Sp!
Sp tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans dominating with strikes here.
Evans in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Sp defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Evans.
Sp is working to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sp wants to control but Evans is having none of it.
Sp keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Evans with good strikes from the mount here!

Evans working for a submission but Sp is keeping him at bay.
Evans landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Evans is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Sp can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Sp keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Sp tries to hold on but Evans postures up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Evans cracks Sp with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julius Evans dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Evans closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Evans lands in his opponent's guard.
Sp is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Evans dives into side control.

Evans scoring with punches and elbows.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Evans grinds an elbow into Sp's temple.
Sp takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Evans tries for a kimura but Sp is defending well.
Evans working the head and body with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

Sp is rocked!
Evans looks up at the clock and then as Sp takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Evans smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Sp is still in real trouble! Can Evans finish him?
Evans is working Sp over with some ground and pound from side control.

Evans is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Sp has escaped the position, nice work there.
Evans lands some shots froms side control.
Evans lands a strong strike to the head of Sp. That's dazed him! Evans looking to finish here. Sp is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Evans lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Julius Evans!