PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Carson West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donald Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Donald Evans has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

West
vs
Evans

186 cm
32
208 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

190 cm
26
215 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Carson West!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Donald Evans!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Daniel Blasius and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evans throws a lazy uppercut
and West counters with a nice uppercut.
Evans connects with a good right hand that stumbles West. West circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
West lands a jab-cross combination.
West scores with a punch to the head.
Evans connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between West's hands.
West lands the left hand.
Carson West seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Evans thows a left - swing and a miss!
Evans with a nice cross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
West listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
West connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Evans throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
West shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Evans eats them both and turns towards West to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
West stalks Evans and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Evans's face. Evans staggers backwards, shaken.

West moves into the clinch successfully.
With the fighters up against the ropes, West throws an elbow but misses.
West blocks an uppercut.
West throws an elbow that misses.
Evans avoiding damage as West throws knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, West just misses with a elbow thrown towards Evans's brow.
Evans tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
West lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans avoids the elbow strike from West, against the ropes.
A head punch on the inside from Evans fails to land.
West lands an elbow inside that Evans shrugs off.
West misses with a punch on the inside.
West scores a nice knee to the body.
West landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Evans scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Evans looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Evans misses with some punches.
West lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nice elbow from West.
West lands a damaging elbow.
Evans trying to land knees to the body.
Evans throws a punch but it's blocked by West.
Our sources have told us that West has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Evans swings wildly with an uppercut but West uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, West just misses with a elbow thrown towards Evans's brow.
West looking to throw knees to the head but Evans is blocking nicely.
West blocks an elbow strike from Evans.
Evans misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans blocks an elbow strike from West.
Evans blocks an elbow strike.
Evans lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
West throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Evans swings wildly with an uppercut but West uses good head movement to avoid it.
Evans throws a punch but it's blocked by West.
West throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Evans lands a nice uppercut.
Evans misses with a shot to the kidneys.
West landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Evans with an attempt at a knee that misses.
West misses with an elbow strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from West.
West misses with an elbow over the top.
A nice glancing elbow lands by West.
Evans swings wildly with an uppercut but West uses good head movement to avoid it.
Evans tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and West avoids it.
West tries to land a knee to the head but Evans blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
West throws an elbow that misses.
West trying to land knees to the body.
Evans tries to throw a body punch but West avoids it by throwing Evans back against the ropes.
West swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for West.
West trying to land knees to the body.
West throws an elbow but it misses.
West creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Evans's defenses.
Evans misses with an elbow strike.
West trying to land knees to the body.
West is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Evans is defending well for now.
Evans on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Evans lands with a short shot to the head.
West lands with a light punch inside.
Evans throws a head punch that misses.
Evans takes an elbow to the forehead.
Evans blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
West lands a right hand.
Evans working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Evans misses with a punch on the inside.
Evans tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. West obliges.
West blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Evans takes an elbow to the temple.
West lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
West blocks an uppercut.
West lands a body punch.
West scores with a knee to the head.
West lands a shot to the body.
Evans creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from West.
Evans misses with a knee to the head.
West misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Evans.
West takes a shot to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A right handed body shot lands from West.
Evans takes an elbow to the forehead.
West lands an elbow inside.
Evans has a couple of punches blocked by West.
West lands a hook that snaps the head of Evans backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carson West dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

West ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Evans fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Evans jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Carson West is winning the standup battle so far.
Evans swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Evans avoids a punch combination nicely.
Evans throws a big shot that misses.
As Evans looks to move away, West throws a big counter combo but Evans just gets out of the way.
Evans avoids a kick to the body.
Evans swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
West fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Evans has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
West misses with a straight left.
Evans tries to clinch but West moves out of range.
No joy there for Evans, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
West with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Evans throws a left and a right that both miss
and West counters with a nice uppercut.
Evans takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
West throws a looping overhand right but Evans ducks down to avoid it.
West uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Evans.
Evans avoids a kick to the body.
West lands a nice shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick by Evans misses
and Evans takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

West moves into range and clinches up with Evans.
West lands a hook that snaps the head of Evans backwards.
A short right from Evans on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from West.
A quick uppercut on the inside from West.
Evans takes a knee right on the jaw!
Evans throws a punch but it's blocked by West.
A short right from West on the inside.
West unloads a knee to the mid-section. Evans lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Evans scores with a shot to the side of West's head.
Carson West has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Evans is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. West is defending well for now.
Evans takes an elbow to the forehead.
West unloads a knee to the mid-section.
West is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Evans can do to turn this around?
Evans is breathing heavily.
Evans misses with a hook from the clinch.
Evans misses with a short punch on the inside.
West lands an elbow that stopped Evans in his tracks for a moment.
West unloads a knee to the mid-section. Evans lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
West landing knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
West lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
West softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Evans takes a knee right on the jaw!
West lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
West lands a knee to the head.
West scores a nice knee to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by West.
A shot in the inside from West.
West lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Evans blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
West lands with a left to the head.
Evans using the Thai plumb to throw knees but West has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
West tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Evans avoids it.
Evans on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
West looking to throw knees to the head but Evans is blocking nicely.
Evans misses with a short punch on the inside.
West throws an elbow but it misses.
West looking to throw knees to the head but Evans is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
West throws a knee to the head but misses.
Evans takes an elbow to the forehead.
West lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Evans backwards.
Evans lands a body shot in the clinch.
West lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Evans tries to land knees in the clinch but West avoids the damage to the body.
Evans scores with a nice hook to the head.
West gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
West goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
West lands a left hand.
West tries to land knees in the clinch but Evans avoids the damage to the body.
Evans lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
West lands an elbow inside that Evans shrugs off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Evans tried to land a shot to the body but connects with West's elbow.
A quick uppercut on the inside from West.
West lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
West fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
West lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
West working aggressively here.
Evans managing to block the knees to the body from West.
Evans has thrown a lot of knees so far in this fight and we're lead to believe that's something he's been working on the gym prior to this fight.
West throws an elbow but it's blocked.
West lands an elbow just above Evans 's eye.
West blocks a punch to the side of the head.
West tries to land knees in the clinch but Evans avoids the damage to the body.
West tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Evans taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
West throws an elbow but it misses.
West pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Evans blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Evans avoids the elbow strike from West, against the ropes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Evans can't find room to land a body shot as West controls the action.
West lands an uppercut.
West misses with an elbow strike.
Evans pushes West back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carson West dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Evans tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but West was well out of range. Poor timing from Evans.
Evans pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
West connects with a solid leg kick.
West stuns Evans with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Evans might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

West closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Evans blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
West blocks an uppercut.
West landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees in the clinch landing for West.
West lands a nice knee to the body.
West lands an elbow that stopped Evans in his tracks for a moment.
West landing knees to the head.
Evans takes a shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
West scores with a shot to the side of Evans's head.
West unloads a knee to the mid-section. Evans lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
West crunches a lovely knee into Evans's ribcage.
Evans takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
West lands with a right to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by West.

That's one minute gone in the round.
West lands a nice knee to the body.
West lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Evans takes an elbow to the temple.
West comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
West lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
West creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
West lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Evans backwards.
West lands an elbow just above Evans 's eye.
West gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by West.
West with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
West tries to land knees in the clinch but Evans avoids the damage to the body.
Evans throws an elbow but it misses.
West is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Evans is defending well for now.
West landing some nice looking knees to the body.
West lands a damaging elbow.
Evans lands a left hand.
West tries to land knees in the clinch but Evans avoids the damage to the body.
Donald Evans has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Evans scores with a nice short uppercut.
West lands an elbow inside.
West lands a right hand.
West goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
West working Evans over with knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, West scores with a nice short uppercut.
West throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Evans blocks it with crossed arms.
A nice right hand lands inside from West.
West comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Evans takes an elbow to the temple.
Evans lands with a right to the head.
Evans has a couple of punches blocked by West.
Evans takes an elbow to the temple.
Evans throws a head punch that misses.
Evans misses with the head strike.
West creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Evans misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for West.
Evans takes an elbow to the forehead.
Evans misses with a hook to the ribs.
West misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Evans.
West pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Evans makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
West gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
West scores with a shoulder strike.
Evans pushes off an throws an elbow but West leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Evans takes a knee to the side of the body.
West lands an elbow just above Evans 's eye.
West creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Evans's defenses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by West.
West landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
West throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Evanss head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by West.
West pushes off an throws an elbow but Evans leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, West just misses with a elbow thrown towards Evans's brow.
West misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Evans.
Evans blocks an elbow strike from West.
West throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Evans blocks it with crossed arms.
Evans misses with a knee to the head.
Evans with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
West unloads a knee to the mid-section.
West landing knees to the head.
Evans swings wildly with an uppercut but West uses good head movement to avoid it.
Evans blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Evans tries a knee to the head but West blocks it.
Evans has a couple of punches blocked by West.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Evans.
Evans misses with a punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Evans.
West lands a knee to the head.
Evans takes a shot to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Carson West showed his dominance in that final round.
Well West 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carson West!