PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nick Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lazano De Anda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Evans
vs
De Anda

170 cm
28
149 lbs
21 - 13 - 1

175 cm
39
158 lbs
20 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 13 - 1, fighting out of New York, Nick Evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lazano De Anda!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Trevor Gratis and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A low kick from Evans is predictable there

and De Anda counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

Evans working for submissions but it's allowed De Anda to get to half guard.
Evans tries to get to full guard but De Anda has control of the leg.
De Anda wants to stand but Evans has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Evans missing with punches from the bottom.
Evans trying to hold on to De Anda's head to control him but De Anda postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans wants to get back to full guard.
Evans wants to control but De Anda is keeping busy.
Evans is trying to control but De Anda passes into side control!
Evans is trying to control De Anda's posture but De Anda avoids it.
Evans is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because De Anda is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Evans is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
De Anda tries to stand but Evans is controlling his head.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Evans tries to get back to half guard but can't.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Evans misses with a hook. De Anda ducked under it nicely.
And De Anda tries to counter it with a takedown but Evans pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Evans misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Anda.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans loads up on a big right hand but De Anda slips the punch.
De Anda feints the counter takedown.
Evans thows a leg kick but De Anda checks it

and De Anda counters with a single leg into guard. Evans didn't expect that.

De Anda got a little sloppy there for a moment and Evans has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, De Anda has managed to get both his arms back between Evans's legs - danger averted.

Evans working for a triangle but De Anda defends it easily.

Evans looking for a guillotine here but De Anda defends easily.

Evans looking for submissions from the bottom but instead De Anda passes into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Anda is thwarting Evans's attempts to control the position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
It looks like De Anda is going to stand back up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Evans looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lazano De Anda dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Evans.
De Anda tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Evans throws a nice head kick!
De Anda blocks a jab.
De Anda drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Evans defends it well.
Nick Evans seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Anda on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Evans throws a quick inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Anda takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Evans tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
De Anda tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Evans thows a leg kick but De Anda checks it

and De Anda counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Evans looking for a guillotine here but De Anda defends easily.
Evans working a defensive guard but De Anda manages to pass into side control anyway.
Evans is trying to control De Anda's posture but De Anda avoids it.
De Anda tries to stand but Evans is controlling his head.
Evans tries to get back to half guard but can't.

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.
De Anda working away.
Evans is looking to reverse the position.
De Anda blocks the strikes from Evans.
Evans is looking for a sweep.
De Anda working away.
Evans is trying to improve his position.
Evans manages to work his way to half guard, despite De Anda's best efforts.
Evans tries to get to full guard but De Anda has control of the leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Anda wants to stand but Evans has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Evans has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. De Anda is working away from the top position though.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Evans misses with a wild combination.
De Anda tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Evans misses with a leg kick

and De Anda counters with a takedown into side control.
De Anda tries to stand but Evans is controlling his head.
Evans tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but De Anda wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans struggling a bit here.
Evans regains half guard.
Evans is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
De Anda tries to stand but can't do so whilst Evans controls his leg.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Evans wants to get back to full guard but De Anda has mounted him!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Nick Evans will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

A slow jab from Evans misses its intended target.
Evans tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Evans misses with a two punch combination.
De Anda drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Evans defends it well.
Evans looks to score with a jab to the body but De Anda is just out of range.
De Anda is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Evans throws a head kick that misses

so De Anda counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Anda postures up.
Evans wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and De Anda is now in half guard.
Evans trying to control from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans is looking for a sweep. De Anda is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
De Anda wants to stand but Evans has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Evans is looking to improve his position.
It looks like De Anda is going to stand back up.
Evans is trying to get back to full guard.

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.

Evans looking for a kimura from the bottom but De Anda passes into side control!
De Anda tries to stand but Evans is controlling his head.
Evans is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but De Anda is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
De Anda tries to stand up but he's trapped just for the moment.
De Anda tries to stand up but Evans grabs his leg and drags him down! Evans is now on top, in side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans passes to full mount! That's big trouble for De Anda!
De Anda squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Evans cracks De Anda with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
De Anda is trying to stand up.
Evans is trying to control here but De Anda has managed to regain half guard.

Evans seems to be working for a kimura but De Anda defends the submission attempt.
De Anda tries to kick Evans off but Evans keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Evans is working for a submission of some sort.
De Anda is staying active underneath Evans, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Nick Evans.
I think Evans has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Lazano De Anda!