PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Elias Al Haddad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Evans
vs
Al Haddad

190 cm
19
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

174 cm
18
163 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marcus Evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Elias Al Haddad!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Trevor Gratis and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Al Haddad takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Evans closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Evans fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Al Haddad manages to avoid it.
Al Haddad swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Al Haddad swinging wildly here.
Elias Al Haddad seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Evans showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Al Haddad.
Evans takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Al Haddad throws a jab but it's blocked by Evans.
A lazy left from Evans finds it's target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Al Haddad takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Evans ducks under a wild hook from Al Haddad.
Some wild striking there from Al Haddad.
Evans keeps the fight on the outside.
Al Haddad tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans looks to land a combination but Al Haddad avoids it well.
Al Haddad tries to clinch but Evans moves out of range.
Nice cross by Evans.
Evans throws a hook but Al Haddad avoids it easily.
Al Haddad throws a half hearted mid kick.
Al Haddad loads up on a big right hand but Evans slips the punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Al Haddad. Evans does a little dance to reset his feet.
Al Haddad misses with a few strikes there.
A slow jab from Al Haddad misses its intended target.
Evans circles away from the clinch attempt.
Evans looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Evans slips a jab from Al Haddad.
Al Haddad lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Evans circles away quickly and effectively.
Al Haddad digs a good hook to Evans's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Haddad pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A decent looking cross lands there for Al Haddad.

Evans closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Evans stalls.
Evans lands a body shot in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Al Haddad throws a head punch that misses.
Evans tries a body shot but Al Haddad blocks it.
Al Haddad has had enough of the clinch but Evans keeps him there for the moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Al Haddad.
Al Haddad is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Evans is keeping busy.
Al Haddad tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Al Haddad has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Evans lands a left hand.
Evans lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al Haddad working aggressively here.
Come on Evans - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Al Haddad wants to break the clinch but can't.
Evans lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Al Haddad backwards.
Evans lands a body punch in the clinch.
Evans scores with a hook to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Al Haddad fails to land.
Evans lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Al Haddad working hard to break the clinch.
Evans lands with a short shot to the head.
Evans digs a right hand into Al Haddad's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Al Haddad's gas tank.
Al Haddad wants to get back to striking at distance but Evans won't allow it.
Al Haddad swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Al Haddad tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Evans has Al Haddad pressed against the cage, preventing Al Haddad from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Evans lands with a short punch from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Evans creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Al Haddad tries to break free but Evans pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Al Haddad fails to land.
Al Haddad is trying to maintain a safe position but Evans gets an underhook and turns Al Haddad into the cage.
Al Haddad lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Evans takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Evans lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Al Haddad is trying to break the clinch but Evans is controlling him.

Al Haddad breaks the clinch.
Evans defending well as Al Haddad loads up on a big left hand.
Al Haddad misses with a hook.
Al Haddad misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A punch combination from Al Haddad misses.
Evans avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A big right from Evans misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus Evans dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Al Haddad misses with a few strikes there.
Sloppy strikes from Evans. Those never looked like landing.
Evans throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Evans misses the jab.
Al Haddad throws a looping overhand right but Evans ducks down to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Al Haddad.
Al Haddad throws a series of punches but Evans avoids them all with ease.
Evans avoids a punch combination nicely.
Al Haddad throws a right and a left that Evans avoids nicely.
Al Haddad misses with a two punch combination.
Al Haddad throws out a loose jab but Evans uses good head movement to avoid it.

Evans has closed the distance and engaged Al Haddad in a clinch.
Al Haddad wants to get back to striking at distance but Evans won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Evans creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Evans lands a body punch.
Evans lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Al Haddad misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Evans.
Evans throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Al Haddad is breathing heavily.
Evans stalling in the clinch.
Evans keeps control of Al Haddad as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Evans working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Al Haddad tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Al Haddad fails to land.
Evans taking a breather.
Al Haddad misses with a hook to the ribs.
Al Haddad takes a shot to the head.
Nice body punch from Evans - that landed with a thud.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Still in the clinch, Evans scores with a nice short uppercut.
Evans lands a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans lands a shot to the body.
Evans is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Evans blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Evans lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Evans cracks Al Haddad with a nice body shot.
A short right from Evans.
Marcus Evans has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Evans taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Evans lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Al Haddad wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Evans lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Al Haddad backwards.
Evans softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Evans scores with a shot to the side of Al Haddad's head.
Evans content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Al Haddad throws a head punch that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al Haddad looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A right handed body shot lands from Evans.
Evans lands an uppercut.
Evans lands a nice uppercut.
Evans stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Evans lands with a right to the head.
Evans lands with a short shot to the head.
Evans lands a left hand.
Al Haddad takes a shot to the head.
Evans blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Evans lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Evans working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Evans lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Evans lands with a short shot to the head.
Al Haddad controlling the action here for a moment.
Evans softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Al Haddad is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Evans slowing the pace effectively.
Evans lands with a short shot to the head.
Al Haddad is still on wobbly legs! Can Evans finish him?
Evans keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Al Haddad's efforts to push away.
Al Haddad seems to have recovered his senses.
A right hook to the body lands for Evans.
Stalling in the clinch from Evans.
A short right from Evans on the inside.
Evans working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Evans lands a left hand.
Al Haddad is looking to break free of the clinch but Evans has double underhooks.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Evans lands a left hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Evans lands a right hand that snaps the head of Al Haddad backwards.
Evans throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Evans lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus Evans dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Evans misses with a body shot.
Evans swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A big left from Evans misses.
Al Haddad throws a series of punches but Evans avoids them all with ease.
Evans slips under a jab.
Al Haddad misses with a double jab.
Evans takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Evans slips a jab and a cross from Al Haddad.
Al Haddad is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Evans throws the left hand but Al Haddad avoids the punch easily.
Al Haddad throws a right hand that Evans ducks under and follows up with a left that Evans also avoids with ease.
Al Haddad throws a right and a left that Evans avoids nicely.
Al Haddad takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Al Haddad throws a leg kick but Evans moved away.
Evans looks to score with a jab to the body but Al Haddad is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Haddad moves forwards but Evans connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Al Haddad throws a right hand that Evans ducks under and follows up with a left that Evans also avoids with ease.
Al Haddad tries to close the distance and clinch but Evans swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Al Haddad throws the left hand but Evans avoids the punch easily.
Elias Al Haddad is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Al Haddad on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Al Haddad throws a body punch but Evans moves out of range.
Evans looks to land a combination but Al Haddad avoids it well.
Sloppy strikes from Al Haddad. Those never looked like landing.
Evans looks to land a left hand but Al Haddad moved out of range nicely.
Evans misses with a looping right.
Al Haddad swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Al Haddad throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Evans stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Evans.
Al Haddad can't find room to land a body shot as Evans controls the action.
Evans taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Al Haddad working hard to break the clinch.
Al Haddad working aggressively here.
Al Haddad wants to get back to striking at distance but Evans won't allow it.
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!
Evans keeps control of Al Haddad as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A short body shot lands from Evans as the two fighters clinch.
Evans lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Evans.
Evans displaying some good clinch control by pressing Al Haddad up against the cage.
Evans lands with a short shot to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Evans.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Evans - that landed with a thud.
Nice body punch from Evans.
Evans lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Evans lands a shoulder strike.
Evans lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Evans just leaning against Al Haddad, taking a breather.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Al Haddad misses with a punch to the body.
Evans scores with a hook to the body.
Al Haddad misses with a hook to the ribs.
Evans displaying some good clinch control by pressing Al Haddad up against the cage.
Evans lands a nice uppercut.
Evans lands with a right to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Evans.
Evans blocks a body shot from Al Haddad.
Al Haddad tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Evans manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Al Haddad tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Al Haddad wants to get back to striking at distance but Evans won't allow it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice right hand lands inside from Evans.
Evans tries to throw a body punch but Al Haddad avoids it by throwing Evans back against the cage.
Elias Al Haddad has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Evans lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Evans lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Al Haddad backwards.
Marcus Evans is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Al Haddad tries to break free but Evans pushes him back against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marcus 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight for Marcus Evans!
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight for Marcus Evans!
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight for Marcus Evans!

Marcus Evans wins by unanimous decision!
Marcus Evans decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.