PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Christian Evansen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nico Carri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Evansen
vs
Carri

170 cm
22
159 lbs
13 - 1 - 0

174 cm
22
162 lbs
11 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Christian Evansen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Nico Carri!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Ackerman and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evansen misses with a body shot.
Evansen misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Carri counters with a nice leg kick.
Evansen misses with a wild body shot.
Evansen throws a chopping leg kick but Carri manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Evansen misses with a kick to the body.
Evansen tries a low kick but Carri avoids it.
Evansen misses with a leg kick
and Carri counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Evansen misses the shot to the body.
Carri thumps Evansen with a low kick.
Nice takedown defense from Carri. No joy for Evansen on that attempt.
Some bone on bone action there as Evansen checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Evansen throws a body kick that misses.
Evansen misses with a jab to the body
and Carri makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Evansen shoots in but no luck this time.
Carri scores with a head kick. Evansen tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Evansen blocks a head kick by Carri.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carri connects with a leg kick. Evansen looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Carri turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Carri.
Christian Evansen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Carri defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Evansen.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Christian Evansen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Evansen throws a leg kick but Carri checks it.
Evansen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Carri lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Evansen throws a sloppy body shot

and Carri counters by moving into the clinch.
Evansen takes an elbow to the temple.
Evansen is working Carri over against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Carri throws an elbow but misses.
Evansen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Carri tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Evansen avoids it.
Evansen misses with a punch to the body.
Carri misses with some punches.
Evansen blocks an elbow strike from Carri.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carri lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Carri lands an elbow that stopped Evansen in his tracks for a moment.
Carri blocks a body shot from Evansen.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Carri misses with a hook from the clinch.
Evansen misses with a body punch.
Evansen looking to stall.

Evansen breaks the clinch.
Carri throws a low kick but it's checked well by Evansen.
Carri keeps Evansen at a distance using the push kick.
Carri throws a head kick that Evansen semi-blocks.
Evansen moves out of range of the leg kick from Carri.
Carri keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Horrible takedown by Evansen or perhaps it was just good defense by Carri which made him look bad.
Carri slips a straight right by Evansen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carri ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Evansen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Evansen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Carri has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
Evansen shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Carri as he jumps to the side.
Evansen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Carri manages to avoid it.
Carri scores with a jab to the jaw.
Evansen tries to score with a low kick but Carri moves his leg out of the way.
Evansen attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Carri lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Evansen drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Carri avoids the head kick by Evansen.
A nice leg kick lands there from Carri.
Left hook, right uppercut from Evansen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evansen fails with a takedown attempt.
Carri lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Carri ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Evansen moves away.
Evansen looks to score with a jab to the body but Carri is just out of range.
Evansen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Evansen cracks Carri with a right hand to the side of the head.
Good leg kick by Carri there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Evansen throws a head kick but Carri moves out of range.
Evansen is looking to wear down Carri with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Carri checks a leg kick nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Evansen throws a predictable looking body shot
and Carri counters with a stiff right hand.
Carri lands a leg kick that knocks Evansen off balance momentarily.
A lazy left from Carri finds it's target.
Carri tries to close the distance and clinch up but Evansen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nico Carri dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Evansen avoids the head kick by Carri.
Evansen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Evansen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Evansen drives through with a takedown into guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Carri holds on and takes a little breather.

Evansen has gone for a leg lock! Carri slips out almost immediately though and dives into Evansen's guard.
Evansen keeping full guard, as Carri tries to pass.
Carri looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Carri wanted to stand there but Evansen had control of the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evansen working a defensive guard here.
Evansen seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.

Evansen looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Evansen is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Carri defends well.
Carri controlling from the top position.
Evansen is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Evansen tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Evansen working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Carri has passed into half guard!
Evansen tries to get to full guard but Carri has control of the leg.
Carri tries to stand and escape but Evansen is controlling the position.
Evansen trying to control here.

Evansen looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Evansen looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Evansen trying to control from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carri wants to stand up but Evansen is controlling the position.
Carri is trying to control. Evansen wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Carri tries to pass to full mount but Evansen defends it.
Evansen is looking to get back to full guard here but Carri has managed to pass to side control instead.
Evansen is trying to improve his position.
Evansen is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Carri off and has taken his back!
Carri is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Evansen off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.

Carri showing good submission defense here.
Carri manages to reverse the position and now he's in Evansen's guard. Nice work there by Carri.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carri looking to sit in guard and control but Evansen gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Carri keeping moving, preventing Evansen from controlling successfully.
Carri is looking to stand up but Evansen isn't so interested in that idea.

Evansen is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Carri is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Carri has escaped and now he's on top!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Evansen looking to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Christian Evansen dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A leg kick checked by Carri.
Evansen misses with the body kick
and Carri cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Carri misses with a looping left.
Evansen connects with a solid leg kick.
Carri avoids the body shot from Evansen.
Evansen misses with a wild body shot.
Carri avoids the head kick by Evansen.
Evansen scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Carri does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Evansen shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Carri sprawls well. Carri wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Evansen gets slowly back to his feet.
A big right from Evansen misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Evansen. Carri does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carri tries to clinch there but Evansen circles away.
Evansen blocks a head kick by Carri.
Evansen throws a low kick but Carri avoids it.
Nico Carri is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Evansen misses with an uppercut
and Carri counters with a stiff right hand.
Evansen throws a sloppy head kick and Carri moves out of range easily.
Evansen tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Evansen tries a head kick but it misses.
Evansen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Evansen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The fight stays on the outside here - Carri looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Carri fails in his attempt to clinch.
Evansen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Evansen swinging wildly here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Carri.
Evansen shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Carri sprawls well. Carri wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Evansen gets slowly back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Carri connects with the punch.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Carri.
Evansen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Evansen takes a swing at Carri's ribcage but misses.
A head kick by Evansen misses

and Carri counters by clinching up.
Carri blocks a body shot from Evansen.
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!
Nice body punch from Evansen.
Carri misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Evansen.
Carri content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carri creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Carri is trying to stall.
Carri lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Carri is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Evansen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Evansen is trying to drag Carri to the mat but Carri just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Christian Evansen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Evansen digs a right hand underneath Carri's ribcage. Carri let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Evansen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Evansen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Evansen lands a body shot.
Evansen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Carri's elbow.
Carri gets underhooks to prevent Evansen's takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Evansen takes an elbow to the forehead.

Evansen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Carri throws a head kick that misses.
Evansen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
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!
Carri throws a nice outside leg kick.
Evansen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Carri moves away.
Evansen attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Carri tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Carri tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Carri throws the left hand but Evansen avoids the punch easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Evansen. Carri does a little dance to reset his feet.
Carri misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Christian Evansen did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Evansen lands with an uppercut that bounces Carri off the cage and back into range.
Carri throws a low kick but it's checked well by Evansen.
Evansen shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Carri sprawls well. Carri wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Evansen gets slowly back to his feet.
Carri stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Carri wants it to stay on the feet.
Evansen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Evansen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Carri avoids the head kick by Evansen.
Evansen throws a lazy head kick

and Carri moves into the clinch.
Evansen throws a punch but it's blocked by Carri.
Evansen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Carri landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Evansen can't find room to land a body shot as Carri controls the action.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carri manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Carri lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Carri lands with a left to the head.
Evansen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Carri lands a body punch.
Carri lands an elbow inside that Evansen shrugs off.
Carri lands an elbow that stopped Evansen in his tracks for a moment.
Nico Carri seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Evansen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Carri has him pressed against the cage.
Carri is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Evansen lands a body shot in the clinch.
Evansen tries to work over Carri's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Evansen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Carri keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Evansen's efforts to push away.
Evansen blocks an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evansen is trying to break the clinch but Carri has him pressed against the cage.
Carri lands an elbow inside.
Evansen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Carri lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Evansen blocks a body shot from Carri.

Evansen manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Carri got a little sloppy there for a moment and Evansen has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Carri has managed to get both his arms back between Evansen's legs - danger averted.
Carri passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Carri has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Evansen lands with a good body shot.
Evansen dives in for a single leg takedown but Carri sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Christian Evansen. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carri trying to control the position but instead, Evansen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Carri into the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Carri as Evansen tries to tie him up.
Carri misses with an elbow over the top.
Evansen swings wildly with an uppercut but Carri uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Evansen - that landed with a thud.
A short body shot lands from Evansen as the two fighters clinch.
Carri misses with an elbow over the top.
Evansen blocks the elbow strike.
Carri looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Evansen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Carri crunches a lovely knee into Evansen's ribcage.
Evansen dodges an elbow strike from Carri.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carri tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Carri lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Carri.
Carri creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Carri tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Evansen has Carri pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Carri manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Evansen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Carri's elbow.
Evansen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Carri is keeping busy.
Evansen tries a body shot but Carri blocks it.

Evansen gets a trip takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Evansen is trying to work for a kimura but Carri is defending well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Evansen seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Carri does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Nico Carri will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Evansen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Carri's calf.
Carri is looking to score with low kicks.
Carri moves forwards but Evansen connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Evansen misses with a leg kick
and Carri counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Evansen throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Carri's waist but Carri gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Evansen off to one side.
Evansen blocks a low kick nicely.
Evansen shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Carri throws a head kick but Evansen moves out of range.
Evansen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Evansen takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Horrible takedown by Evansen or perhaps it was just good defense by Carri which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Christian Evansen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
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.
Evansen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evansen looks to score with a jab to the body but Carri is just out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Carri.
Evansen on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nico Carri seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Carri moves out of range of the body kick.
Evansen misses with a hook to the body
and Carri counters with a low kick, right behind Evansen 's knee.
Evansen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Carri was well out of range. Poor timing from Evansen.
Evansen misses with a double jab
and Carri makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A big left from Evansen misses.
Evansen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
No joy there for Evansen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Evansen swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Carri counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Some wild striking there from Evansen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carri uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Evansen shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Carri but Carri pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Carri looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Carri lands with a slapping head kick.
Carri misses with a looping left.
A shot to the body from Evansen misses
and Carri counters with a body kick.
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!

Evansen shoots in and bounces Carri off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Carri keeping moving, preventing Evansen from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carri looking to hit a scissor sweep but Evansen is one step ahead there.
Evansen trying to control the position from guard on top but Carri is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Evansen won't allow Carri to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Carri keeping moving, preventing Evansen from controlling successfully.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Christian Evansen.
Evansen misses with a combination
and Carri counters with a low kick, right behind Evansen 's knee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carri swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Carri uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Evansen has time to react.
Evansen fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Evansen misses with the combination.
Evansen throws a looping overhand right but Carri ducks down to avoid it.
Evansen throws out a loose jab but Carri uses good head movement to avoid it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Evansen throws a left and a right that both miss
and Carri counters with a good low kick that Evansen was not able to check.
Carri dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Carri blocks a head kick by Evansen.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Christian Evansen.
I think Evansen has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Gold scores the fight 49:46
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 47:48
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 48:47

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Christian Evansen!
Christian Evansen decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.