PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mario Barrera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donald Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Barrera
vs
Evans

190 cm
28
205 lbs
14 - 3 - 1

190 cm
29
215 lbs
20 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Aspire Clothing
KAISER Nutrition - Q160

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 14 - 3 - 1, fighting out of New York, Mario Barrera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 16 - 0, fighting out of London, Donald Evans!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, William Gold and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evans pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Evans misses with a wild body shot.
Barrera digs a good hook to Evans's body.
Evans throws a poor cross that misses
and Barrera cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Evans thuds a left hand into Barrera's body.
Evans has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Evans uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barrera.
Evans throws a hook but Barrera avoids it easily.
Evans avoids the body shot from Barrera.
Evans connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A big left from Evans misses.
Barrera tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Evans was well out of range. Poor timing from Barrera.
Barrera digs a good body shot into Evans's ribs.
A solid leg kick lands there for Evans.
Barrera closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barrera feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Evanss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Evans misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barrera.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Evans connects with a right hand. Barrera shakes it off.
Barrera throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Evans takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Barrera with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Evans to score with a decent uppercut.
Barrera lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Evans's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Barrera connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Evans scrambles back to his feet.
Evans throws a hook but Barrera blocks it.
Evans throws the left hand but Barrera avoids the punch easily.
Evans throws a nice inside leg kick.
Evans connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Barrera momentarily.
Barrera misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Evans.
Evans with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barrera lands with a thumping leg kick.
Barrera swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Evans appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barrera takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Evans missing with a left hand there. Barrera was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Barrera swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Barrera ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Evans moves away.
A solid leg kick lands there for Barrera.
Evans misses the shot to the body.
Barrera misses with a body punch
and Evans counters with a left to the body.
Jab by Evans.
Barrera displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Evans throws out the jab.
Evans misses with a hook to the body
and Barrera counters with an outside leg kick.
Evans takes a swing at Barrera's ribcage but misses.
Evans lands with an uppercut that bounces Barrera off the cage and back into range.
Evans throws the left hand but Barrera avoids the punch easily.
Evans throws a predictable looking body shot
and Barrera counters with a thumping low kick.
Barrera uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Evans.
Donald Evans seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barrera throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Evans looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Evans swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Evans throws a lazy uppercut
and Barrera counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Evans swings widly with a right hand
and Barrera counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Barrera misses the body punch
and Evans counters with a nice leg kick.
Evans throws a poor cross that misses
and Barrera counters with a nice uppercut.
Evans lands a slapping body shot.
Evans throws a good cross that connects.
Barrera is looking to wear down Evans with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Barrera misses with a lunging right hand
and Evans counters with a stiff right hand.
Evans tests Barrera's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Evans connects with a jab.
Barrera tries to clinch up but Evans circles away and keeps his distance.
It seemed like Evans was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barrera on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Jab, jab by Evans - just one landing.
Barrera throws a jab but it's blocked by Evans.
Evans swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Evans looks to land a right hand but Barrera moved out of range.
Evans misses with a body shot.
Barrera checks the leg kick.
Barrera steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Evans.
An attempted straight right counter from Barrera misses the target.
Evans throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Barrera walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Barrera takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Evans ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barrera moves away.
Evans misses with an uppercut
enabling Barrera to counter with a crisp jab.
Evans doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Evans with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Donald Evans dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Evans missing with a left hand there. Barrera was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Evans in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Barrera misses the shot to the body.
Evans throws a jab when Barrera was well out of range.
Barrera is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Evans.
Evans misses with a right hand

and Barrera moves into the clinch.
Evans misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barrera doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Barrera misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barrera misses with some punches.
A short right from Barrera.
Evans takes a shot to the head.
Barrera trying to stall but Evans improves his position.
Evans doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barrera swings wildly with an uppercut but Evans uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Evans.
Barrera taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Barrera's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Evans pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Evans connects with a single shot there.
Barrera swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Evans scores with a decent looking hook.
Barrera staying out of range there.
Evans connects with a right hand. Barrera shakes it off.
A slow jab from Evans misses its intended target.
Evans throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Evans connects with a leg kick. Barrera looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The fighters circling - Evans throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Barrera just misses with a punch to the body.
Barrera throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Evans. Barrera does a little dance to reset his feet.
Evans misses with a left hand
and Barrera counters with a nice body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans loads up on a big right hand but Barrera slips the punch.
Evans misses with a body punch
and Barrera counters with a lovely shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Evans takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Barrera scores with a shot to the body.
Barrera avoids the body shot from Evans.
Barrera throws a jab when Evans was well out of range.
Evans on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Evans misses with a body shot.
Barrera swings for the body but Evans moves out of range.
Evans looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Evans swings widly with a right hand
and Barrera counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Evans thinking.
Barrera fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Evans on the side of the head.
Barrera keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Evans misses with a right hand
and Barrera cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans throws a lazy uppercut
and Barrera cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Evans tries to land a leg kick but Barrera saw it coming and moves away.
Evans missing with a left hand there. Barrera was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Barrera appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Barrera throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A big right from Evans misses.
Barrera buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Donald Evans seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Evans comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Evans throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Barrera sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Barrera tries to counter by clinching up but Evans breaks away and moves out of range.
Barrera ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Barrera misses with a body punch
letting Evans counter with a right hand.
Barrera walks into a left hand.
Good exchange - Barrera coming out on top.
Barrera misses with an uppercut.
Barrera fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Barrera forces Evans back against the cage and clinches.
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!
Barrera tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barrera scores with a shoulder strike.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Evans fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barrera lands a hook that snaps the head of Evans backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barrera.
Nice body punch from Evans.
Evans misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barrera lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Barrera prevents a body shot from Evans.
Evans lands with a left to the head.
Evans can't find room to land a body shot as Barrera controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Evans.
Barrera has a couple of punches blocked by Evans.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Evans.
A head punch on the inside from Evans fails to land.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Evans.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mario Barrera dominated that second round.
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!

Barrera avoids the body shot from Evans.
Barrera uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Evans.
Evans loads up on a big right hand but Barrera slips the punch.
Barrera tries to close the distance and clinch up but Evans swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Evans misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Evans takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Barrera ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Evans throws an off balance right hand
letting Barrera counter with a right hand.
Evans lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Evans is looking to score with low kicks.
Evans thuds a left hand into Barrera's body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barrera throws a body punch but Evans moves out of range.
Barrera throws a jab but it's blocked by Evans.
Evans keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Evans misses the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans scores with a jab to the jaw.
A telegraphed right hand from Evans misses the target.
A shot to the body from Barrera misses
and Evans connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A slow jab from Evans misses its intended target.
Barrera throws a shot from downtown. Evans moves away and avoids it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barrera. Evans does a little dance to reset his feet.
Evans throws a leg kick
and Barrera cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Evans tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A punch lands to the side of Barrera 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Barrera is looking to slow Evans down with leg kicks.
Evans tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barrera was well out of range. Poor timing from Evans.
Barrera connects with a good right hand that stumbles Evans. Evans circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Barrera is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Evans.
Barrera throws an overhand right that lands on Evans's shoulder, as Evans tries to avoid the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Barrera forces Evans back against the cage and clinches.
Barrera misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Barrera fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Evans.

Barrera pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Evans throws a right hand that misses
and Barrera counters with an outside leg kick.
Barrera seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Decent striking displayed by Evans there.
Evans throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Evans lands a jab.
Barrera moves forwards but Evans connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Evans thows a leg kick but Barrera checks it
and Barrera counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Barrera looks to score with a jab to the body but Evans is just out of range.
Evans swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Evans takes a swing at Barrera's ribcage but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barrera throws a body shot but no joy.
Evans lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Barrera throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Evans stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Evans keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Evans looks to land a right hand but Barrera moved out of range.
Barrera keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Barrera misses the target.
Barrera lands a body shot.
Barrera wants to clinch but Evans slips to the side
enabling Evans to counter with a crisp jab.
Evans throws a body punch but Barrera moves out of range.
Evans lands with a shot to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Barrera.
Evans connects with a body shot.
Evans misses with a left hand
and Barrera counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Evans throws a hook but Barrera blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barrera misses with a two punch combination.
Barrera misses with a shot to the body
and Evans connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Barrera misses with a low kick.
Evans's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Evans jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Barrera keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

Evans tries to keep at a distance but Barrera has taken the fight into the clinch.
Barrera goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barrera stalling in the clinch.
Barrera throws a punch but it's blocked by Evans.
Barrera looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Barrera lands a body punch.
Barrera lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Evans blocks an uppercut.
Barrera misses with a shot to the kidneys.

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 Mario Barrera.
I think Barrera 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 Paul Tew scores the fight for Mario Barrera!
Judge William Gold scores the fight for Mario Barrera!
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight for Mario Barrera!

Mario Barrera wins by unanimous decision!