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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Percy Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gerard Klemens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Klemens has chosen Jesus Walks as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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179 cm
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155 lbs
4 - 5 - 0 |
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174 cm
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158 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Percy Evans! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gerard Klemens! The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Dillan Fox and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! A lazy left from Evans finds it's target.
It looks like Gerard Klemens has been cut. Evans closes the distance and clinches. Evans escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Evans gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard. Evans keeping moving, preventing Klemens from controlling successfully. Klemens really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Evans. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Evans looking to hit a scissor sweep but Klemens is one step ahead there. Evans is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle. Klemens throws a big right hand that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round. Klemens is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Evans is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Evans has escaped and now he's on top! Evans with a flurry of punches that miss. Klemens is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent. Evans trying to control the position from guard on top but Klemens is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Evans won't allow Klemens to sweep him here.
That's two minutes gone in the round. There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action. Klemens keeping moving, preventing Evans from controlling successfully. Klemens looking to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Evans postures up in Klemens's guard and throws a big left but Klemens blocks it.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground. Klemens feints and as Evans raises his hands in defense, Klemens changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard. Klemens stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Evans swivels though and keeps the full guard. Evans manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Klemens in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head. Evans lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Evans with a couple of short strikes. Klemens looks gassed! Evans looking to control but Klemens is working nicely, looking to advance position himself. Evans landing strikes from the mount and Klemens is in trouble! Evans putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound! Evans cracks Klemens with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Klemens is in a horrible position here. Evans smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Evans controlling the pace for now. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Evans lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Klemens hang on?
That's four minutes gone in the round. Evans tries to control but Klemens wriggling away. Klemens is trying desperately to improve position. Klemens tries to hold on but Evans pushes him away. Evans with good strikes from the mount here! Evans dominating with strikes here. Klemens is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Evans looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Evans with a couple of short strikes. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Percy Evans dominated that round. The cut man is working on Gerard Klemens's cut. 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 throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Klemens was covering up waiting for the punch and Evans finishes the takedown easily into guard. Evans throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent. Evans not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up. Hammerfist, elbow! yells Evans's corner. There ya go! There ya go! Evans working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage. Klemens working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Evans. Klemens pushes Evans off and scrambles back to his feet.
Klemens is breathing heavily. Evans shoots in for a takedown but Klemens shows good takedown defense. Klemens throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round. Evans misses with a takedown and Klemens counters by clinching up. Klemens wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. Klemens tries a knee to the head but Evans blocks it.
Klemens goes for a takedown attempt but Evans pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Evans shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Klemens manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage. Evans works over Klemens with some ground and pound from guard. Evans gets to his feet. Klemens looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son! A nice combination there by Evans.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The fight stays on the outside here - Evans looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Evans scores with a head kick.
Klemens shoots in but no luck this time. Evans has Klemens up against the cage in a clinch.
Evans breaks from the clinch.
Evans fails with a takedown attempt. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Percy Evans. That's going to take a lot out of him. Klemens is looking to clinch but Evans is avoiding it.
A jab from Klemens misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Klemens tries to keep at a distance but Evans has taken the fight into the clinch. Klemens has had enough of the clinch but Evans keeps him there for the moment. Evans stops a takedown attempt from Klemens.
Evans pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Evans dives in and grabs Klemens's left leg, looking for a takedown. Klemens pushes down on Evans's head and hops out. Klemens misses with a takedown attempt and Evans counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work. Klemens tries to clinch up and Evans counters with a straight right hand. Evans tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Klemens paws at him with a jab and circles away. Klemens is looking to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round. A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd. Klemens avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Evans tries a head kick but it misses.
Klemens has taken the fight to the clinch.
Klemens is trying to maintain a safe position but Evans gets an underhook and turns Klemens into the cage. Evans lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Evans's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Evans is looking to clinch but Klemens is avoiding it.
Evans misses with a two punch combination.
Klemens doesn't succeed with the takedown and Evans counters with a one-two to the body. Evans shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Klemens as he jumps to the side. Klemens gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Percy Evans dominated that second round. The cut man is working on Gerard Klemens's cut. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Evans shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Klemens sprawls well. Klemens wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Evans gets slowly back to his feet. Evans throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Klemens closes the distance and pushes Evans back into the cage. Evans's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Percy Evans is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Klemens tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Evans paws at him with a jab and circles away. Klemens tries to bum rush Evans with a series of wild strikes but Evans uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Evans tries to clinch there but Klemens circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Klemens rushes Evans and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch. Klemens lands a body shot in the clinch.
Klemens has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Evans is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet. Both fighters are breathing heavily. Klemens tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Evans smiles and moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round. Klemens tries to clinch and Evans counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Evans. Klemens looking to stall.
Klemens can't break the clinch.
Evans pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Klemens loads up on a big right hand but Evans slips the punch. Evans lands with a kick to the temple. Klemens shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?" Evans cracks the inside of Klemens's front leg. Klemens shoots in but doesn't get the takedown and Evans counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Klemens! Percy Evans has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gerard Klemens. Evans content just to control the position here. Evans with shots to the head and body - Klemens looks very uncomfortable down there. Percy Evans overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Evans is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Klemens to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Klemens shrugs it off. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Klemens wants to hold on but Evans pushes him away. Evans can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Klemens is looking to escape. Klemens is trying desperately to improve position. Evans pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Evans trying to control but he's not successful this time. Evans has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Klemens's face.
Klemens keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Evans in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight. Evans punishing his opponent with strikes. Klemens tries to get back to half guard but can't. Evans unloading with bombs! Evans scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Klemens?
Evans working the ground and pound effectively.
Evans looking to isolate an arm here. Klemens doesn't see it coming and as Evans extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Evans!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Percy Evans!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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