PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maxim Markov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marcus Evans has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Evans
vs
Markov

200 cm
27
220 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

176 cm
24
175 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Good kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marcus Evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Maxim Markov!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Markov avoids a punch combination nicely.
Markov throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Maxim Markov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Evans connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

It looks like Maxim Markov has been cut.
Evans throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Evans throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Markov to counter with a crisp jab.

It looks like Marcus Evans has been cut.
Markov swinging wildly here.
Evans looks to throw the jab but Markov is out of range.
Evans stuns Markov with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Evans misses with an uppercut.
Evans cracks Markov with a good jab.
Markov ducks under a wild hook from Evans.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans scores with a decent looking hook.

Markov is rocked!
Markov slips under a jab.
Marcus Evans is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Markov looks to score with a jab to the body but Evans is just out of range.
Markov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Evans.
A looping hook to the body misses from Markov. Evans does a little dance to reset his feet.
Markov looks for a takedown but Evans sprawls well.
Evans lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Markov falls backwards - clearly groggy! Evans dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcus Evans!
Marcus Evans tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.