PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dylan Joseph (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patrick Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Patrick Evans will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Joseph
vs
Evans

168 cm
18
193 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

194 cm
21
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

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 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dylan Joseph!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Patrick Evans!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Felipe Paraventi and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Evans closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Joseph quickly recovers to half guard.
Joseph is looking to improve his position.
Evans wants to get back to his feet.
Joseph really is a fat lump.
Joseph is looking to improve his position.
Joseph trying to control from the bottom.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Evans in particular looking to stall.
Joseph is trying to maintain the position but Evans is very close to passing his half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Evans seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Joseph is looking for a sweep. Evans is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Evans looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Evans is trying to work for a kimura but Joseph is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Joseph is trying to maintain the position but Evans is very close to passing his half guard.
Evans wants to control but Joseph is keeping him busy.

Evans gets to his feet - back to striking we go!

Evans shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Joseph manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

Joseph is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Evans presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Evans landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Joseph working hard to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Evans lands a takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Joseph has Evans pulled in close to control his posture.
Evans wants to control from the top but Joseph keeps moving.
Joseph might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Joseph is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Evans trying to control but Joseph is working from the bottom.
Joseph keeping full guard, as Evans tries to pass.
Joseph looking for a sweep. Not yet Joseph, not yet.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joseph tries to strike from the bottom.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Evans takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Evans rushes Joseph and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Joseph managing to block the knees to the body from Evans.
Evans stalling.
Joseph prevents a body shot from Evans.
Evans slows down the pace here.
Joseph wants to break the clinch but can't.

Evans manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Evans lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Joseph is adopting a defensive guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joseph keeping moving, preventing Evans from controlling successfully.
Evans wants to stand but Joseph is controlling his posture from full guard.

Joseph looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Evans loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Evans preventing the sweep.
Evans would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Evans preventing the sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Evans dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A looping hook to the body misses from Joseph. Evans does a little dance to reset his feet.
Evans only half commits to the counter leg kick.

Evans closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Patrick Evans has got the better of the ground game so far.
Joseph wants to get back to full guard.
Joseph is not content to let Evans control the position.
Evans throws a strike but Joseph avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Evans in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Evans controlling from the top position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Joseph working for a triangle but Evans defends it easily.
Joseph is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joseph prevents Evans from improving his position.
Evans regains full guard. Nicely done.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Joseph accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Evans tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Joseph cracks Evans with a solid left hand.
Evans is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Evans is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Joseph sees it coming and defends easily.
Evans is breathing heavily.
Joseph regains full guard. Nicely done.

Joseph throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Joseph looking to hit a scissor sweep but Evans is one step ahead there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joseph wants to stand up but Evans is controlling him.
Evans throws a big elbow that misses.
Joseph keeping full guard, as Evans tries to pass.
Joseph wants to sweep but no luck.
Evans in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Joseph working a defensive guard here.
Joseph is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Evans won't allow Joseph to sweep him here.
Evans loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Joseph wants to sweep but no luck.
Evans trying to control but Joseph is working from the bottom.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Patrick Evans seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Joseph gets caught flat footed, as Evans shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Evans preventing the sweep.
Joseph wants to stand up but Evans is controlling him.
Evans throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Joseph works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Evans throws a big elbow that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joseph keeping full guard, as Evans tries to pass.
Evans controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

Evans is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Joseph looking for a sweep. Not yet Joseph, not yet.
Evans must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Joseph looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Evans wants to control from the top but Joseph keeps moving.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Joseph is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Joseph had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Evans defends it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Patrick Evans will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Evans connects with a high kick.
Joseph shoots in for a takedown but Evans shows good takedown defense.
Nice straight punches there by Evans. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Evans.

Evans closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Evans gets to mount! Joseph was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Evans wants to control the pace but Joseph is squirming around nicely.
Joseph avoids a series of strikes thrown by Evans.
Joseph is trying to escape the mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans looking to control but Joseph is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Joseph is working to get back to half guard.
Poor strikes thrown by Evans there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Joseph manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Joseph connecting with a few gentle strikes.
Joseph trying to hold on to Evans's head to control him but Evans postures up.
Evans is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Evans controlling the action here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joseph wants to control but Evans is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Joseph is refusing to be controlled, as Evans sits in half guard.
Joseph trying to control here.
Joseph is looking for a sweep. Evans is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Evans decides to stand and escape the position.
Joseph misses with a straight right.

Evans changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Joseph looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Joseph tries to improve position but can't.
Joseph is not content to let Evans control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joseph wants to control but Evans postures up.
Joseph tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Evans trying to control the position but Joseph is working away.
Joseph is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Joseph moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Joseph is looking to stand up but Evans isn't so interested in that idea.
Evans would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

That's four 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.
Evans trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Joseph wants to sweep here but Evans controlling him for the moment.

Joseph looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Evans is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Evans won't allow Joseph to get back to his feet.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Evans closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Joseph's guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Evans controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Joseph wants to sweep here but Evans controlling him for the moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
Patrick Evans comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Evans has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Patrick Evans!