PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Alex Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Orangu tan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Evans comes to the cage accompanied by "Phenomenon" by Thousand Foot Krutch. The key to victory for Alex Evans has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Evans
vs
tan

170 cm
23
144 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
150 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alex Evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Orangu tan!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, George Francis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evans displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from tan.
tan looks for a takedown but Evans sprawls well.
Evans leaves tan with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Alex Evans has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Orangu tan.

tan is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Evans's half guard.
tan slips a nice elbow through Evans's hands, connecting with Evans's forehead.
Evans is trying to stand back up but tan is controlling him
tan drops an elbow to the side of Evans's head.
tan working the head and body with strikes.
tan lands with a punch from half guard.
tan takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Evans wants to get back to his feet.
tan working over Evans with some ground and pound. Evans looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Evans is trying to stand back up but tan is controlling him
tan lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
tan is pressing down on Evans's thigh, looking to free his foot. Evans is holding on for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
tan landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Evans tries to kick tan off but tan keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
tan lands with a punch from half guard.
tan seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
tan seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
tan working Evans over with strikes.
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. tan connects with a nice short shot to Evans's temple.
tan seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
tan working the head and body with strikes.
tan landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
tan takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
tan looks gassed!
tan landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Evans has hold of tan's hands but tan slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
tan is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
tan is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Evans manages to escape and get back to his feet!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
tan fails with a takedown attempt.
tan fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
tan dives in and grabs Evans's left leg, looking for a takedown. Evans pushes down on tan's head and hops out.
Evans scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. tan doesn't seem bothered though.
Evans misses with a jab, cross combination.
Evans lands a two punch combo.
tan has a takedown stuffed.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Evans is defended easily by tan.
tan shoots for a double leg takedown but Evans sprawls well. He's pushed tan's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans misses with a few strikes there.
tan doesn't succeed with the takedown
and tan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nice uppercut there from Evans.
tan shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Evans pinned against the cage. Evans gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
tan shoots in but no luck this time.
Orangu tan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
tan closes this distance looking for a takedown but Evans circles away.
tan shoots in for a double leg but Evans sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
tan misses with a takedown
and Evans counters with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Evans bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of tan's head.
Evans will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
tan with a poor takedown
and Evans counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

tan scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
tan lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Evans is trying to stand up here but tan is controlling him well.
tan is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
tan is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
tan is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Evans is trying to defend against the ground and pound but tan scores with a couple of nice shots.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
tan lands with a punch from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Orangu tan dominated that round.
That's time! Evans's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Nice takedown defense from Evans. No joy for tan on that attempt.
Evans stuffs the takedown.

tan closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Evans wants to get back to his feet.
tan winds up and cracks Evans with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
tan drops an elbow to the side of Evans's head.

Evans makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
tan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
tan tries for a takedown but Evans circles away easily
letting Evans counter with a right hand.
Alex Evans has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Orangu tan.
Nice cross by Evans.
tan has his takedown stuffed
and Evans counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Evans digs a good hook to tan's body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
tan fails with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans scores with a crisp jab that stopped tan in his tracks.
Nice sprawl there from Evans as tan shoots in.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Evans, right into the meat.

tan shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Evans is trying to defend but tan finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Evans is looking to escape.
tan lands strikes from half guard.
tan lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Evans looks like he's trying to stand up.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. tan lands a nice short elbow.
tan 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.
Evans tries to kick tan off but tan keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
tan is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Evans defends well against a solid takedown attempt from tan.
tan misses with a takedown attempt
and Evans cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Evans lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

tan changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Evans looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
tan lands some shots froms side control.
Evans takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Evans is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
tan lands a few punches from side control.
tan looks up at the clock and then as Evans takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, tan smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Evans on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
tan landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
tan shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Evans counters with a three punch combo that has tan backing up. tan nods at Evans to acknowledge the strikes.
tan has his takedown stuffed
and Evans counters with a nice uppercut.
tan has his takedown stuffed
and Evans counters with a two punch combo.

tan shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Evans is trying to defend but tan finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Nice strikes from tan there.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. tan lands a nice short elbow.
Evans looks like he's trying to stand up.
Evans has hold of tan's hands but tan slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
tan lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. tan lands a nice short elbow.
Evans is trying to stand up here but tan is controlling him well.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
tan with a lazy takedown attempt
and Evans counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Evans throws a series of strikes that have tan backpedaling.
tan with a lazy takedown attempt
and Evans counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
tan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

tan shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Evans napping and manages to drive through into side control!
tan is putting a hurting on Evans here, landing some big shots from side control.
tan lands a few punches from side control.
Evans is looking to work his way out of this bad position but tan is controlling him well.
Evans is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
tan lands a nice forearm strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Orangu tan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

tan shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Evans sprawls well. Evans wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. tan gets slowly back to his feet.
No luck with that takedown attempt from tan.
Evans lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
tan fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Alex Evans has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Orangu tan.
tan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Evans scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Evans stalks tan and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into tan's face. tan staggers backwards, shaken.
tan with a poor takedown
and Evans counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice jab there from Evans.

Evans gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans wants to stand but tan is controlling the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
tan connects with a couple of short punches.
tan connects with a couple of short punches.
tan prevents Evans from getting back to his feet.
tan working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Evans's head.
tan lands a couple of elbows.
Evans wants to stand but tan is controlling the position.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
tan gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Evans cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
tan shoots in for a double leg but Evans sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
tan takes a shot to the body in his stride.

tan shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Alex Evans has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Orangu tan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
tan is taking a breather. Evans says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Evans wants to get back to his feet.
tan with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
tan working Evans over with strikes.
Evans has hold of tan's hands but tan slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
tan sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Evans wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, tan seems content to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Orangu tan has got the better of the ground game so far.
tan wants to control but Evans is keeping him busy.

Despite being in the dominant position, Orangu tan just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Evans lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
tan shoots in but no luck this time.
Alex Evans is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

tan looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Evans!
tan controlling his opponent.
tan blocks Evans's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
tan content just to control the position here.
Evans wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans throwing hammer fists to the chest of tan. What's that going to do exactly?
Evans throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
tan putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
tan landing strikes from the mount.
tan breaks from Evans's wrist control and lands an elbow.
tan sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Let's hope that tan has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
tan's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

And that's the end of the fight!
Orangu tan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got tan 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Orangu tan!