PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dean Malenko (ranked 25757 p4p, 0 weight class) and Twista Evans (ranked 4408 p4p, 0 weight class). Malenko comes to the cage accompanied by Shooter. Dean Malenko has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Malenko
vs
Evans

178 cm
18
212 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

152 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Determined

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 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dean Malenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Twista Evans!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Santiago Holmes and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malenko throws a combination that misses

and Evans counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Malenko wants to get back to full guard.
Evans lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Evans drops an elbow to the side of Malenko's head.
Evans looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ground and pound from Evans.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Evans connects with a nice short shot to Malenko's temple.
Malenko's coaches at King Of Pain have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
Ground and pound from Evans.
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!
Evans working Malenko over with strikes.
Evans working over Malenko with some ground and pound. Malenko looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Evans working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Nice strikes from Evans there.
Evans looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Malenko with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Evans scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Malenko is rocked!
Evans lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Malenko! More strikes land and this one is all over! Evans jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Twista Evans!
Twista Evans decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
The defeated Dean Malenko had this to say: 'I took a dive for side profit'.