PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cody Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peetuh Grant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grant has chosen Tinie Tempah - Till I'm Gone ft. Wiz Khalifa as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Evans
vs
Grant

193 cm
29
287 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

180 cm
26
250 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Cody Evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Peetuh Grant !
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grant tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Evans counters with a three punch combo that has Grant backing up. Grant nods at Evans to acknowledge the strikes.
Evans lands a lovely overhand right.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Grant closes the distance but Evans moves to the side
and Evans cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Grant tries to clinch

and Evans holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Evans breaks from the clinch.
Evans pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans thuds his right hand into Grant 's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Grant wants to clinch.
A swing and a miss from Evans.
Grant tries to close the distance and clinch up but Evans swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Decent striking displayed by Evans there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grant uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Evans.
Cody Evans seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grant avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Evans clinches.
Grant has a couple of punches blocked by Evans.

Evans pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Evans is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Evans thuds a left hand into Grant 's body.
Evans works over Grant 's head and body with a nice combination.

It looks like Peetuh Grant has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Grant to counter with a crisp jab.
Grant throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Evans counters with a one-two to the body.
Grant keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Evans.
Evans swats away the attempt to clinch by Grant .
Evans lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans cracks Grant with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A punch combination from Evans misses.
Evans connects with a body shot that sends Grant 's belly button to the back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Evans misses with a looping left.
Evans looks to score with a jab to the body but Grant is just out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Evans sizes up Grant with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

Evans gets in close and instigates a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cody Evans dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Peetuh Grant 's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Grant slips under a jab from Evans.

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

Evans manages to break the clinch.
Grant throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Grant is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Grant swinging wildly here.
Evans throws out a loose jab but Grant uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans swats away the attempt to clinch by Grant .
Grant tries to clinch up
and Evans connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Evans is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Evans digs a good body shot into Grant 's ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Evans works Grant 's body with a nice hook.
Grant moves to clinch but Evans breaks away
and Evans counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Evans connects with a body shot that sends Grant 's belly button to the back.
Evans avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Grant darts in trying to clinch
and Evans counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans's corner calls for a 1-2. Evans obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Cody Evans is winning the standup battle so far.
Evans fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Grant looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Evans loads up on a big right hand but Grant slips the punch.
Evans misses the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grant is looking to clinch.

Evans rushes Grant and presses him up against the cage.

Evans breaks from the clinch.
Evans takes a swing at Grant 's ribcage but misses.
Evans scores with a crisp jab that stopped Grant in his tracks.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Evans throws a right and a left that Grant avoids nicely.
Evans is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Grant can do to turn this around?
Grant throws a right and a left that both miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cody Evans dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Peetuh Grant 's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Grant tries to clinch up.
Grant closes the distance looking to clinch
and Evans counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Grant closes the distance but Evans moves to the side
and Evans counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Evans is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Evans jabs Grant to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans throws a right and a left that Grant avoids nicely.
Evans throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Evans scores with a body shot.
Grant darts in trying to clinch
and Evans cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That has opened up Peetuh Grant 's cut even more.
Grant gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Evans dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Evans cracks Grant with an open hand slap.
Evans throws out a loose jab but Grant uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grant tries to clinch but Evans moves away
and Evans counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Evans loads up on a big right hand but Grant slips the punch.
Peetuh Grant has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Grant throws a head kick that misses.
Grant closes the distance but Evans moves to the side
letting Evans counter with a right hand.
Evans lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grant misses with a double jab.
Evans digs a good body shot into Grant 's ribs.
Evans connects with a body shot that sends Grant 's belly button to the back.
Grant takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Evans closes the distance and clinches.

Evans breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Grant misses with a double jab
and Evans counters with a lovely shot to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cody 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

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