PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Vo Nguyen Giap (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Evens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Giap comes to the cage accompanied by Beach Party Vietnam. Evens is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by ac dc-Back in Black. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Nguyen Giap
vs
Evens

177 cm
21
158 lbs
4 - 5 - 1

162 cm
30
147 lbs
8 - 8 - 2

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Charlie Wang's Nutrition and 95 % Laundry

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 4 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vo Nguyen Giap!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Josh Evens!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Giap is looking to clinch.
A slow jab from Evens misses its intended target.
Giap is looking to clinch but Evens is avoiding it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Evens has had enough of the clinch but Giap keeps him there for the moment.
Evens is trying to break the clinch but Giap is controlling him.
Evens goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Giap scores with a shoulder strike.
Evens is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Evens has had enough of the clinch but Giap keeps him there for the moment.
Evens misses with a short punch on the inside.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

Giap breaks the clinch.
Evens pivots, looking for a leg kick but Giap is out of range and Evens settles back down.

Giap has taken the fight to the clinch.
Giap lands with a light punch inside.
Evens wants to get back to striking at distance but Giap won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Giap.

It looks like Josh Evens has been cut.
Giap pushes Evens back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Evens can't break the clinch.
Giap lands a left hand.
A left hand lands to the body for Giap.
Evens on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Giap creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Evens can't break the clinch.
Giap lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Giap displaying some good clinch control by pressing Evens up against the cage.
Giap scores with a hook to the body.
Giap looking to throw knees to the head but Evens is blocking nicely.
Giap lands an elbow just above Evens 's eye.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Giap working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Evens is trying to force a seperation but Giap has the dominant position.
Evens has had enough of the clinch but Giap keeps him there for the moment.
Giap gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Evens tries to stall but Giap uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Evens tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evens wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Evens tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Giap's elbow.
Evens tries to work over Giap's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Evens can't break the clinch.
Evens tries to break the clinch but Giap is controlling the position.
Evens tries to throw a body punch but Giap avoids it by throwing Evens back against the cage.
A short uppercut from Giap.
Giap lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Evens backwards.
Giap is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Evens is defending well for now.
Giap lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Evens is trying to break free.
Evens tries to circle away but Giap has him pinned against the cage.
Giap makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Giap putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Evens in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Evens looks gassed!
Evens is looking to break free of the clinch but Giap has double underhooks.
Giap stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Evens misses with a hook from the clinch.
Evens can't break the clinch.
Giap lands a left hand that snaps the head of Evens backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evens wants to break free but Giap has control.

Giap breaks from the clinch.
Giap throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Giap moves away from the strike by Evens.
A slow jab from Evens misses its intended target.
Giap is looking to clinch.
Giap avoids the body shot from Evens.
Evens throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Giap is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Evens jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Giap wants to clinch up but Evens keeps it at a distance.
Giap wants to clinch.
Giap tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Evens paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Giap fails in his attempt to clinch.
Evens misses with a wild body shot.
Evens throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The fight stays on the outside here - Giap looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Evens looks to land a combination but Giap avoids it well.
Giap tries to close the distance and clinch up but Evens swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Evens circles away from the clinch attempt.
Giap doesn't manage to clinch there - Evens circles away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Giap tries to clinch up.
Giap scores with a hook to the body. Evens takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Evens avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vo Nguyen Giap dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Josh Evens's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Giap keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Evens.
Vo Nguyen Giap seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Giap closes the distance and clinches.
Giap scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nice elbow from Giap.
Giap is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Giap lands a damaging elbow.
Evens is trying to break the clinch but Giap has him pressed against the cage.
Giap lands a body punch in the clinch.

Evens pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Giap tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Evens fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Giap fails in his attempt to clinch.
Giap is looking to clinch but Evens is avoiding it.
Giap throws a shot to the body.
Giap tries to close the distance and clinch but Evens swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Evens misses.
Evens throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Giap sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Giap fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Giap looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Evens misses with a straight right.

Giap clinches with his opponent.
Giap blocks a body shot from Evens.
Nice elbow from Giap.
Evens trying to stall but Giap improves his position.
Giap keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Evens's efforts to push away.
Evens can't break the clinch.
Evens has had enough of the clinch but Giap keeps him there for the moment.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Evens wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Giap has him pressed against the cage.
Evens has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Giap lands an elbow that stopped Evens in his tracks for a moment.

That has opened up Josh Evens's cut even more.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evens wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Giap comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Giap scores with a shoulder strike.
Giap digs a right hand underneath Evens's ribcage. Evens let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Evens takes an elbow to the forehead.

The cut above Josh Evens's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Giap lands an elbow inside.
Giap blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Giap lands a right hand.
Evens is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Giap working Evens over with knees to the body.
Evens is breathing heavily.

Giap breaks the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Giap looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Evens circles away from the clinch attempt.
Giap fails with an attempt to clinch.
Giap is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Giap tries to clinch there but Evens circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giap slips under a jab from Evens.
Giap tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Giap tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Evens paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Giap punishes Evens's body with a nice straight punch.
Evens avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Evens throws a big shot that misses.
Evens throws a nice looking combination but Giap bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Giap bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Giap closes the distance but Evens moves to the side
and Evens counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Giap slips under a jab.
Giap staying out of range there.
Evens throws a jab when Giap was well out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Giap darts in and clinches Evens up against the cage.

Evens manages to break the clinch.

Giap clinches up with Evens and pushes him back against the cage.
Giap holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Evens fails to land.
Evens lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Giap.
Evens swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Evens goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Giap lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Evens blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Evens wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A shot in the inside from Giap.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Evens tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Giap prevents Evens from breaking the clinch.
Evens is trying to break the clinch but Giap has him pressed against the cage.
Giap content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Giap.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vo Nguyen Giap dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Josh Evens's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Giap moves into the clinch.
Evens is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Evens misses with a punch on the inside.
Evens working hard to break the clinch.
Giap lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Giap lands an elbow inside that Evens shrugs off.
Giap stalling the fight.
A shot in the inside from Giap.

Josh Evens's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Giap creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Evens's defenses.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Josh Evens's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Vo Nguyen Giap!
Vo Nguyen Giap made sure to mention his sponsor, Charlie Wang's Nutrition and 95 % Laundry in his post fight interview.