PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Joe Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Memin Pinguin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Evans
vs
Pinguin

180 cm
23
175 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
173 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Blitzkrieg Formula 5000

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Memin Pinguin!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Cecil Peabody and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evans is looking to clinch but Pinguin is avoiding it.
Evans connects with a body shot.
Evans shoots in but no luck this time.
Pinguin shoots in for a double leg but Evans sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Evans rushes Pinguin and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Evans prevents the takedown attempt.
Pinguin wants a takedown but no success here.
Joe Evans has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Memin Pinguin.
Pinguin changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Evans fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Pinguin looks gassed!
Evans lands a nice looking body shot.
A left and a right from Evans both land. Nice combination.
Pinguin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Evans forces Pinguin back against the cage and clinches.
Evans goes for a takedown in the clinch but Pinguin prevents it.
Pinguin has Evans pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Evans manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Evans breaks the clinch.
Evans throws a head kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A right-left combo lands from Evans.
Evans throws a nice outside leg kick.
Evans misses with a two punch combination.
Evans misses with a series of wild punches.
Evans throws a series of strikes that have Pinguin backpedaling.
Joe Evans seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pinguin tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Evans closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Evans breaks the clinch.

Evans has closed the distance and engaged Pinguin in a clinch.

Evans drags the fight down to the ground.
Evans has his hands on Pinguin's head, controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Pinguin drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Evans manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Pinguin has Evans in his guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Evans decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Evans misses with a double jab.

Evans moves into the clinch successfully.

Evans manages to break the clinch.
Evans misses with a few strikes there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Evans lands a nice shot to the body.

Evans closes the distance and clinches.

Evans pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Evans is looking to clinch but Pinguin is avoiding it.
Evans lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Evans fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Pinguin doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

Evans feints and as Pinguin raises his hands in defense, Evans changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Evans is looking to work some ground and pound but Pinguin has wrist control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Evans gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Evans throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Pinguin on the side of the head.
Evans stuns Pinguin with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Evans dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

A nice inside leg kick there by Evans. That's going to slow Pinguin down.
Pinguin has his takedown stuffed
and Evans counters with a head kick. That will keep Pinguin thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Joe Evans is winning the standup battle so far.
Evans throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Evans displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Pinguin.
Evans lands a right hook to the body.
Evans tries to score a power double leg takedown but Pinguin sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Evans somewhat.
Evans throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
A head kick misses from Evans.
Pinguin is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Evans moves into the clinch.
Evans makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Evans breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Evans is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pinguin can do to turn this around?
Evans lands with a good body shot.
Evans tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Pinguin swivels and escapes.
Pinguin shoots in but Evans avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Joe Evans has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Memin Pinguin.
Pinguin walks forward, straight into a front kick from Evans.
Evans stalks Pinguin and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Pinguin's face. Pinguin staggers backwards, shaken.

Evans has Pinguin up against the cage in a clinch.

Evans escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pinguin is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Evans.
Pinguin avoids the head kick by Evans.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans lands with a nice combination. Pinguin backs away looking to recover.
Evans misses with a wild combination.
Evans lands with a nice combination. Pinguin backs away looking to recover.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Evans has closed the distance and engaged Pinguin in a clinch.

Evans escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Evans has managed to clinch.

Evans breaks from the clinch.
Evans displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Pinguin tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Pinguin doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Joe Evans is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Evans throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

Evans has Pinguin up against the cage in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans pushes off an throws an elbow but Pinguin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Evans lands a nice shot to the body.

Evans pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A punch combination from Evans misses.
Evans scoring well with a low kick there.
Pinguin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Evans throws a nice outside leg kick.

Evans gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Evans breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Evans fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Pinguin looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Evans throws a combination. Pinguin tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Evans is working the combinations to good effect here.
A left and a right from Evans both land. Nice combination.
Evans catches Pinguin with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Evans rushes Pinguin and presses him up against the cage.
Evans is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Pinguin pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Pinguin prevents the takedown attempt.
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!
Pinguin drops down looking for an ankle pick but Evans pulls his leg out and moves away.
Pinguin shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Pinguin tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Evans clinches up against the cage.
Evans gets underhooks to prevent Pinguin's takedown attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Evans escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Evans works over Pinguin's head and body with a nice combination.
Evans lands a two punch combo.
Pinguin takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Evans dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Evans throws a nice looking combination but Pinguin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pinguin slips a jab and a cross from Evans.
Evans misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Evans looks to land a combination but Pinguin avoids it well.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Evans!
Pinguin fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Evans clinches up with Pinguin and pushes him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Evans's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pinguin takes one on the button.
Evans turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Evans scores with a three punch combo!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Pinguin defends it nicely.
Evans lands with a nice combination. Pinguin backs away looking to recover.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Evans, as that shot connected.
Evans tries to bum rush Pinguin with a series of wild strikes but Pinguin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Evans lands a jab-cross combination.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Evans is defended easily by Pinguin.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Evans is defended easily by Pinguin.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Evans. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinguin has a takedown stuffed.

Evans forces Pinguin back against the cage and clinches.
Evans stops a takedown attempt from Pinguin.

Evans escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Evans clinches.
Pinguin has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

Evans escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Evans jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Evans cracks a nice hook into Pinguin's ribs.

Evans takes the fight into the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Evans.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Evans breaks the clinch.
Evans fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Evans scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Evans lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Evans has managed to clinch.

Evans pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Evans thuds his right hand into Pinguin's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Evans scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Pinguin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Evans scores with a one two! Pinguin had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Evans fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Pinguin, pushing him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Evans breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pinguin shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Evans as he jumps to the side.
Evans goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Evans darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Joe Evans is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Evans gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Evans forces Pinguin back against the cage and clinches.
Memin Pinguin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Evans breaks the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Evans showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Evans has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:24
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:24
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:24

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