PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between William Christie (ranked 5930 p4p, 557 weight class) and Aaron Evans (ranked 3390 p4p, 414 weight class). William Christie has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Christie
vs
Evans

188 cm
27
198 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

190 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
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 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, William Christie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aaron Evans!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Glass and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evans pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Christie back to the cage. Evans follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

It looks like William Christie has been cut.
Christie throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Evans cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Evans has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Evans throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Christie.
Evans misses with a looping left.
Evans throws an overhand right that lands on Christie's shoulder, as Christie tries to avoid the shot.
Evans with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Christie moves away from the strike by Evans.

Evans bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Evans is trying to get an arm triangle but Christie is defending well.

Evans tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Evans has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Evans tries for a kimura but Christie is defending well.

Evans wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Christie, who protects the arm well.
Evans looks winded!
Christie wants to control but Evans postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Evans looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Christie is trying to get back to half guard.
Christie struggling a bit here.

Evans tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Evans tries for a kimura but Christie is defending well.
Christie manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

Christie is trying to work for a kimura but Evans is defending well.
Evans moves into full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Christie drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Christie jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Christie wants to control from the top but Evans keeps moving.

Evans has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Christie can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Evans working for a triangle but Christie defends it easily.
Christie wants to control from the top but Evans keeps moving.
Christie pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Evans is keeping the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Evans working for a triangle but Christie defends it easily.
Christie wants to control from the top but Evans keeps moving.

Christie 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.

Christie thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Christie trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Evans is looking for a triangle but Christie pushes his legs off easily.

Evans had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Christie defends it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Christie looking to pass the guard.

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

Evans throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Evans has his foot on Christie's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Christie works his way back into a safe position though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Christie wants to control from the top but Evans keeps moving.

Christie drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Christie jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Christie trying to control but Evans is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aaron Evans dominated that round.
The cut man is working on William Christie's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Christie has Evans up against the cage in a clinch.
Christie stalling in the clinch but Evans improves position.
Christie swings wildly with an uppercut but Evans uses good head movement to avoid it.

Christie has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Evans uses from the top position.

Christie is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Evans pushing down on Christie's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

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

Evans is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Christie sees it coming and defends easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Evans is trying for a kimura here. Christie looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Evans wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Aaron Evans!
A relieved looking Aaron Evans thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.