PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Joesph Beasley (ranked 23505 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rashad Evans (ranked 4855 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Beasley
vs
Evans

161 cm
21
140 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

175 cm
25
135 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joesph Beasley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rashad Evans!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Nard Betker and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Evans looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Beasley!
Evans working the ground and pound but Beasley is defending the strikes.
Beasley wants to control but Evans postures up.
Beasley tries to escape but Evans is in control.
Beasley defending against the ground and pound.
Beasley might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Evans tries to score with some ground and pound. Beasley controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Evans advances to full mount.
Evans throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Evans throwing strikes here but Beasley is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Evans misses with a head shot.
Beasley tries to lock up and control but Evans gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Evans is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Evans looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Evans landing strikes from the mount and Beasley is in trouble!

Evans looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Beasley blocking the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beasley tries to hold on but Evans postures up.
Evans looking to ground and pound but Beasley is blocking nicely.
Evans punching from mount but Beasley doing a good job of avoiding damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Evans throwing strikes here but Beasley is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Evans fails to take his opponent's back.
Beasley tries to hold on but Evans pushes him away.
Beasley manages to control the position for a moment.
Beasley wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Evans.
Evans misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Evans throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Evans throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Beasley's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Beasley wants to control but Evans is having none of it.
Evans sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beasley really wants to buck Evans off and get back to his feet.
Beasley tries to lock up and control but Evans gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Beasley holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Evans tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Evans lands a couple of good shots and Beasley has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Beasley is trying to get back to his feet but Evans has full control of the position and if anything, Beasley has just worked his way into a worse spot.

Beasley is looking to stand back up. He's having to work hard to escape but eventually he manages it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Beasley gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Evans to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Beasley is breathing heavily.
Evans is looking to work some ground and pound but Beasley has wrist control.
Beasley knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Evans on the ground.
Evans is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Beasley is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Evans defends well.
Evans trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Evans has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans throwing strikes but missing.
Evans throws a big elbow that misses.
Beasley manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Evans manages to get himself to full guard.

Beasley wants to control from the top but Evans keeps moving.
Evans working a defensive guard here.
Beasley connects with a couple of short punches.
Evans is trying to control the position but Beasley postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beasley trying to control the position from guard on top but Evans is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Evans is trying to control the position but Beasley postures up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Evans displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Beasley.
Beasley goes for a double leg but Evans avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Evans continues to drive forward.

Beasley forces Evans back against the cage and clinches.
Beasley has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Beasley tries to break the clinch but Evans is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rashad 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 shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Evans throws a big right hand that misses.
Beasley trying to control the position.
Beasley is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Evans is controlling him.
Evans sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Beasley's guard.
Evans moves into full mount! Beasley won't be happy about that!
Poor strikes thrown by Evans there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

Evans is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Beasley has managed to escape the submission attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beasley tries to hold on but Evans pushes him away.
Beasley is trying to stand up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Evans throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beasley avoids a series of strikes thrown by Evans.

Evans working for a guillotine from mount but Beasley is in no mood to give up.
Beasley really wants to buck Evans off and get back to his feet.
Evans throwing strikes but Beasley uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Beasley is looking to control Evans's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Beasley avoid being mounted?

Evans is working for a kimura but Beasley is defending it quite comfortably.
Beasley keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Evans wants to pass to mount but Beasley is defending the position.

Evans is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Beasley's head.

Evans wants to work for an arm triangle but Beasley is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Evans thows a huge punch but Beasley dodges it nicely.

Evans seems to be looking for submissions.
Beasley trying to control from the bottom.
Beasley keeping hold of Evans's head, controlling as best he can.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Beasley keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Beasley wants to get back to his feet.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Beasley wants to clinch up but Evans keeps it at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beasley wants to clinch up but Evans keeps it at a distance.
As Beasley backs off Evans throws a huge counter combo but Beasley manages to avoid it all.
Beasley tries to score a power double leg takedown but Evans sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Beasley somewhat.

Beasley gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Evans to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Beasley utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Evans stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Beasley swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Beasley had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Evans defends it easily.
Rashad Evans has got the better of the ground game so far.

Evans drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Evans jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans pushing down on Beasley's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Evans tries to pass to full mount but Beasley defends it.

Evans is trying to work for a kimura but Beasley is defending well.
Beasley is trying to stand up here but Evans is controlling him well.

Evans is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Beasley preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Evans misses with a head shot. Beasley uses the momentum to regain guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rashad Evans showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Beasley gets caught napping as Evans dives in and scores a takedown. Beasley manages to retain guard.
Evans preventing the sweep.
Evans passes Beasley's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Evans sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Beasley defending well though.
Ground and pound from Evans.

Evans is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Evans thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Evans has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Evans throws a wild left hand from mount and Beasley manages to wriggle his way back to half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Evans looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beasley pushes Evans off looking to stand but Evans dives back in and keeps control.
Beasley trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Evans not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Beasley is trying is best to control the position here.
Evans missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Evans is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Beasley is holding on to half guard well.
Evans missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Evans tries to pass to full mount but Beasley defends it.
Evans thows a huge punch but Beasley dodges it nicely.
Evans throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Beasley to regain full guard.
Evans throwing strikes from guard but Beasley blocks nicely.
Evans wants to pass the guard but Beasley is keeping the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Evans throwing strikes from guard but Beasley blocks nicely.
Evans stopping the sweep attempt from Beasley.
Beasley preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

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

Evans looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Evans throwing shots but Beasley is blocking nicely.
Beasley blocking the ground and pound attempt from Evans.
Beasley wants to get back to his feet.

Evans wants to work for an arm triangle but Beasley is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Evans throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans thows a huge punch but Beasley dodges it nicely.
Evans sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Beasley defending well though.
Evans tries to pass to full mount but Beasley defends it.
Beasley is trying to stand up here but Evans is controlling him well.
Evans thows a huge punch but Beasley dodges it nicely.
Beasley keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Evans not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Beasley keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

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 Beasley's guard.
Evans throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Beasley works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Evans thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Evans throws a big elbow that misses.
Evans pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Beasley is keeping the position for now.
Evans missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Evans drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Evans jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Beasley working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Evans doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Evans manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Evans passes Beasley's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Beasley is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Evans missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Evans thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Beasley's head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Evans is looking to advance position but Beasley won't allow it.

Evans is working for a kimura but Beasley is defending it quite comfortably.
Joesph Beasley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rashad Evans is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Beasley is staying active underneath Evans, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rashad Evans comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Evans winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 27:30

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