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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rico Willis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rob Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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250 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
KO power |
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rico Willis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rob Evans!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Willis tries to sprawl but Evans drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Evans working the head and body with strikes.
It looks like Rico Willis has been cut.
Evans misses with a head shot. Willis uses the momentum to regain guard.
Evans in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Evans postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Evans loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Evans won't allow Willis to get back to his feet.
Willis is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Evans looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Willis lands an uppercut.
Evans is trying to break the clinch but Willis is controlling him.
Willis with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Willis stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Willis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Evans's elbow.
Evans takes an elbow to the forehead.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Evans has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Willis tries a knee to the head but Evans blocks it.
Willis landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Willis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Evans's face.
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!
Willis pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Willis throws an elbow but misses.
Willis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Willis using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Evans looks winded!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Willis misses with a knee strike.
Evans tries to circle away but Willis has him pinned against the cage.
Willis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Willis scores with a shot to the side of Evans's head.
Still in the clinch, Willis scores with a nice short uppercut.
Willis trying to land knees to the body.
Willis utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A short body shot lands from Willis as the two fighters clinch.
Evans dodges an elbow strike from Willis.
Willis swings wildly with an uppercut but Evans uses good head movement to avoid it.
Willis tries to work over Evans's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willis misses with a knee to the head.
Willis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Willis landing knees to the body.
Evans breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rico Willis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Evans lands a high kick!
Evans shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Willis moves forwards but Evans connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Willis misses with a head kick.
Evans blocks a head kick by Willis.
Willis tries to clinch
and Evans counters with a solid body kick.
Willis is looking to clinch.
Willis moves out of range of the strikes.
Willis throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Evans.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Willis moves in looking to clinch but Evans pushes him off.
Evans takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Willis fails to land with a series of punches.
Willis tries to clinch
letting Evans counter with a right hand.
Evans turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Evans shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Willis sprawls well. Willis wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Evans gets slowly back to his feet.
Evans walks forward, straight into a front kick from Willis.
Willis throws a head kick that half lands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Evans fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Willis sprawls well initially but Evans persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Willis tries to kick Evans off but Evans keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Evans seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rico Willis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rico Willis's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Willis moves out of range as Evans strikes.
Evans walks into a left hand.
Willis works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Evans thumps Willis with a low kick.
Willis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Evans checks a leg kick.
Willis is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Evans blocks a head kick by Willis.
Rico Willis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Willis moves forwards but Evans connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Willis lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Evans throws an overhand right that lands on Willis's shoulder, as Willis tries to avoid the shot.
Evans misses the shot to the body.
Willis tries to close the distance and clinch but Evans swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Willis fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Evans, pushing him back against the cage.
Evans's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Evans circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans closes this distance looking for a takedown but Willis circles away.
Evans avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Willis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Evans swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Willis wants to clinch up but Evans keeps it at a distance.
Willis tries to clinch but Evans is having none of it.
Willis wants to clinch up but Evans keeps it at a distance.
A jab from Willis misses.
Willis lands a head kick. Evans smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Evans shoots in and drives through. Willis sprawls well.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Evans.
Rico Willis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rob Evans.
Evans lands a head kick. Willis smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Willis closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Evans wants to break free but Willis has control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Evans takes an elbow to the temple.
Willis throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Willis unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Evans is breathing heavily.
Evans avoiding damage as Willis throws knees to the body.
Evans prevents a body shot from Willis.
Evans dodges an elbow strike from Willis.
Evans is trying to break the clinch but Willis has him pressed against the cage.
Willis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Willis misses with a punch to the body.
Rico Willis has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Willis trying to land knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Willis.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willis lands an elbow just above Evans 's eye.
It looks like Rob Evans has been cut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Willis.
Willis is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Evans is defending well for now.
Evans blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Willis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Evans avoids it.
Evans pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Willis ducks under a wild hook from Evans.
Willis moves in looking to clinch but Evans pushes him off.
Willis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Evans circles away from the clinch attempt.
Willis tries a low kick but Evans avoids it.
Willis misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Willis clinches up with Evans and pushes him back against the cage.
Willis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Evans wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Willis has him pressed against the cage.
Willis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Willis using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Evans has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Evans stalling against the cage.
Evans on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Willis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Evans.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Willis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Evans's elbow.
Willis prevents Evans from breaking the clinch.
Willis is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Evans is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rico Willis dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Willis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Evans's elbow.
Willis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Evans can do to turn this around?
Evans taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Willis prevents Evans from breaking the clinch.
Willis tries to land knees in the clinch but Evans avoids the damage to the body.
Evans avoiding damage as Willis throws knees to the body.
Willis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Evans.
Willis lands a good knee to the midsection. Evans won't want to take too many of those.
Evans escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Willis is looking to clinch but Evans is avoiding it.
Rico Willis is winning the standup battle so far.
Evans avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Willis rushes Evans and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Willis throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Willis throws an elbow but misses.
Willis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Willis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Evans.
Evans manages to break the clinch.
Willis throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Willis throws a low kick but it's checked well by Evans.
Willis tries to clinch there but Evans circles away.
Evans cracks Willis with a right hand to the side of the head.
Willis doesn't manage to clinch there - Evans circles away.
Evans lands with a right hand.
Willis misses with a head kick.
Willis tries to clinch there but Evans circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Willis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Willis looks to clinch
and Evans cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Evans blocks a head kick by Willis.
Evans takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Willis throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Willis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Evans swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Willis tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Evans counters with a head kick. That will keep Willis thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Evans throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Evans avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A combination from Evans does no damage.
Evans misses with a leg kick
and Willis counters with a left to the body.
Evans takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nice cross by Willis.
Evans stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Willis.
Willis tries to clinch there but Evans circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans throws a leg kick that misses.
Evans takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Willis throws a low kick but Evans avoids it.
Willis is looking to land body kicks.
Willis tries to clinch but Evans is having none of it.
Willis misses with a double jab.
Willis clinches up with Evans and pushes him back against the cage.
Willis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Willis throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Evans blocks it with crossed arms.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Willis just misses with a elbow thrown towards Evans's brow.
Evans breaks from the clinch.
Evans looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans scores with a jab to the head.
Willis lands a really nice looking cross but Evans seems unphased.
Evans throws a leg kick that is checked
and Willis counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Evans misses with a low kick.
Evans looks to land a body kick but Willis moved away.
Evans throws a right and a left that both miss.
Evans fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Willis is out of range.
Willis tries to clinch there but Evans circles away.
Willis closes the distance and clinches.
Willis looking to throw knees to the head but Evans is blocking nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Willis scores with a knee to the head.
Willis is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Evans is defending well for now.
Willis tries to throw a body punch but Evans avoids it by throwing Willis back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rico Willis clearly takes that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Willis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Evans shoots and misses
and Willis counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Willis looks to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Evans throws a low kick but it's checked well by Willis.
Evans connects with an inside leg kick.
Evans throws a nice outside leg kick.
Evans throws a push kick but Willis slaps the foot to one side.
Evans keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Evans moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Evans circles away from the clinch attempt.
Willis darts in trying to clinch
and Evans makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Willis really felt that one!
Evans avoids the head kick by Willis.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans avoids the head kick by Willis.
Evans avoids the head kick by Willis.
Evans tries for a takedown but Willis sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Evans connects with a solid leg kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Willis darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Evans throws a low kick but it's checked well by Willis.
Willis avoids the head kick by Evans.
Willis scores with a spinning back kick!
Evans is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Willis, right into the meat.
Evans moves away from the strike by Willis.
A head kick misses from Willis.
Willis moves in looking to clinch but Evans pushes him off.
Willis takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Willis checks a leg kick.
Willis misses the shot to the body.
Willis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Evans paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Evans throws a quick inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Willis clinches.
Willis is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Willis misses with a body punch.
Willis misses with a knee to the head.
Willis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Evans avoids it.
Willis throws an elbow but it misses.
Willis is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Evans wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Evans blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Evans on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Evans's elbow.
Willis landing knees to the head.
Evans tries to circle away but Willis has him pinned against the cage.
Evans breaks the clinch.
Willis throws a head kick that misses.
A big left from Evans misses.
Willis walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Evans checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Willis connects with a high kick.
Nice sprawl there from Willis as Evans shoots in.
Rico Willis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rob Evans.
Willis tries to clinch up.
Willis tries to clinch but Evans moves out of range.
Evans throws a leg kick but Willis moved away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans takes a jab right on the kisser.
A chopping leg kick lands by Evans.
Willis lands a nice looking body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Willis scores with a hook to the body. Evans takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Willis is looking to clinch but Evans is avoiding it.
Evans avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Evans dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Willis. That did some damage!
The fighters circling - Willis throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Evans finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Willis throws a sloppy head kick and Evans moves out of range easily.
Willis tries to clinch up but Evans circles away and keeps his distance.
Evans lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Willis circles away quickly and effectively.
Willis clinches up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rico Willis had his way with Rob Evans in that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!
A chopping leg kick lands by Evans.
Evans lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Evans shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Willis avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Evans.
Willis is looking to escape.
Evans thows a huge punch but Willis dodges it nicely.
Evans missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Evans thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Willis's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans thows a huge punch but Willis dodges it nicely.
Evans lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Evans throwing shots but Willis is blocking nicely.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Willis regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Evans.
Evans throws a strike but Willis rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Evans is on top in guard.
Rob Evans has got the better of the ground game so far.
Evans trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Evans throws a big right hand that misses.
Willis wants to stand and escape but Evans is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willis utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Willis avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Evans working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Evans throws a big right hand that misses.
Willis is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Evans dives into side control.
Evans cracks Willis with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Evans tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Evans tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Rico Willis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Willis is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Evans is controlling him well.
Rob Evans has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Willis managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Evans.
Willis takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Evans has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Evans scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Willis to see if he's OK.
Willis is rocked!
Rico Willis's cut is getting worse.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Rico Willis's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Rob Evans!
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