PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Roberto Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexandre Papin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Evans
vs
Papin

172 cm
25
165 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

173 cm
25
160 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Roberto Evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Alexandre Papin!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Winston Alpacca and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evans connects with a right hand. Papin shakes it off.
Evans walks into a straight right hand from Papin.
Papin swings for the body but Evans moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Evans misses the target.
Papin moves out of range of the strikes.
Papin dips to his left and cracks Evans with an uppercut!
Evans uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Papin.
Papin lands with a shot to the body.
Papin moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Papin doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Evans misses with a straight left.
Papin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Evans.
Papin misses with an uppercut. Evans saw that one coming.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Papin lands with an overhand left.
Evans lands a nice looking body shot.
Papin throws a predictable looking body shot
and Evans counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Evans drops Papin with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Papin looks back up at him and smiles so Evans waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Papin is rocked!
Evans throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Papin is still on wobbly legs! Can Evans finish him?
Papin looks to score with a jab to the body but Evans is just out of range.
Evans keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Papin.
Papin seems to have recovered his senses.
A swing and a miss from Papin.
Evans moves away from the strike by Papin.
Evans swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Evans throws a hook but Papin blocks it.
Papin comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Papin loads up on a big right hand but Evans slips the punch.
Papin misses with a hook. Evans ducked under it nicely.
Evans steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Papin.
Papin throws a jab but it's blocked by Evans.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans lands with a straight right. Papin didn't see that one coming.
Papin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Evans manages to avoid it.
Papin throws a shot from downtown. Evans moves away and avoids it.
It looked like Evans wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Papin scores with a shot to the body.
Evans misses with a straight left.
Evans ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Papin throws a shot from downtown. Evans moves away and avoids it.
Nice shot by Papin.
Papin throws a hook but Evans blocks it.
Evans darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A punch lands to the side of Evans 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Papin takes a swing at Evans's ribcage but misses.
Evans was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papin throws a shot from downtown. Evans moves away and avoids it.
It looked like Evans wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A big left from Evans misses.
Alexandre Papin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Papin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Evans counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Evans lands with a shot to the body.
Papin lands with a good body shot.
Papin slips a straight right by Evans.
Papin misses with a hook. Evans ducked under it nicely.
Papin misses with a straight left.
Papin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Evans was well out of range. Poor timing from Papin.
Evans is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Papin looks to score with a jab to the body but Evans is just out of range.
Evans appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Evans misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Papin.
Papin appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
A swing and a miss from Papin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans ducks right into an uppercut from Papin.
Evans steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Papin.
Evans moves out of range of the strikes.
Papin misses with a left hand
and Evans counters with a straight right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Papin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Evans.
A counter left hand to the body from Evans misses its target.
A big left from Evans misses.
Evans lands a jab.
Nice shot by Evans.
Papin takes a swing at Evans's ribcage but misses.
Evans takes a jab right on the kisser.
Evans is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Papin throws a lazy right hand but Evans sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Evans is looking to counter punch.
Evans throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Evans takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Alexandre Papin will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Papin misses with a looping left.
Papin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Papin throws a jab but it's blocked by Evans.
Evans slips under a jab from Papin.
Donk. Papin catches Evans right on the button with a cross.
Alexandre Papin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Evans scores with a nice head shot.
Evans avoids the body shot from Papin.
It looked like Evans wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Papin throws an overhand right that lands on Evans's shoulder, as Evans tries to avoid the shot.
Papin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Papin throws the left hand but Evans avoids the punch easily.
Evans keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Papin throws a jab when Evans was well out of range.
Papin throws a jab when Evans was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Papin blocks a jab.
Evans ducks under a wild hook from Papin.
Papin smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Evans throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Evans takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Evans misses with a body shot.
Evans uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Papin.
Papin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Papin throws a hook but Evans avoids it easily.
Evans is looking to counter punch.
Evans on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Evans moves away from the strike by Papin.
Evans throwing a counter right hand but Papin manages to avoid it.
Evans misses with a body shot.
Papin lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Papin throws out a loose jab but Evans uses good head movement to avoid it.
Evans is looking to counter punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans takes a swing at Papin's ribcage but misses.
Evans scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Papin scores with a jab. Evans acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Papin throws out a loose jab but Evans uses good head movement to avoid it.
A little feinted left hand from Evans on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Papin blocks a jab.
Papin ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Evans tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Papin was well out of range. Poor timing from Evans.
Papin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A swing and a miss from Evans.
Papin lands with a hook. Evans tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Papin looks to land a right hand but Evans moved out of range.
Papin swings for the body but Evans moves out of range.
Papin misses with a left hand
and Evans counters with a left to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans misses with a double jab
and Evans takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Papin blocks a jab.
Evans ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Papin moves away.
Evans displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Papin throws out the jab.
Evans swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Evans misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Papin.
Papin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Evans moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Papin swings for the body but Evans moves out of range.
Papin swings widly with a right hand
enabling Evans to counter with a crisp jab.
Evans ducks under a wild hook from Papin.
It looked like Evans wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Papin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A lazy left from Papin finds it's target.
Evans's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Papin connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Evans scrambles back to his feet.
Papin scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Evans lands a big right hand that sends Papin crashing to the mat! Evans stays standing though and waves Papin back to his feet!
Evans throws a right hand that misses
and Papin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Papin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Evans.
A slow jab from Papin misses its intended target.
Evans uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Papin.
Papin stuns Evans with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Papin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Evans moves away from the strike by Papin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexandre Papin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Evans staying out of range there.
Evans was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Papin misses with a wild body shot.
You can follow us on Twitter at...Ooooooh Papin got wobbled bad by a big combination! Evans presses forward with punches and knees until Papin stumbles to the ground! The ref watches Papin closely before deciding to step in and end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:15 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roberto Evans!