PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chase Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Aoki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Evans might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Once Upon The Cross by Deicide. 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
Aoki

190 cm
25
255 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

191 cm
25
260 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Hellraiser FightGear

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 The Island, Chase Evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Alexander Aoki!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Dirk Anderson and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aoki on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Evans fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Aoki manages to avoid it.
Evans swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Aoki counters with a left to the body.
Evans bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

It looks like Alexander Aoki has been cut.
Aoki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Evans moves away.
Evans takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Aoki moves into the clinch successfully.
Evans has had enough of the clinch but Aoki keeps him there for the moment.
Aoki misses with a body punch.
Evans misses with a hook to the ribs.
Aoki pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Evans fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Evans has had enough of the clinch but Aoki keeps him there for the moment.
Evans misses with the head strike.
Evans could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Aoki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Evans tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Evans misses with a short punch on the inside.
Aoki scores with a shot to the side of Evans's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans tries to circle away but Aoki has him pinned against the cage.
Evans working hard to break the clinch.
Aoki scores with a shoulder strike.
Evans is trying to break the clinch but Aoki has him pressed against the cage.
Aoki lands with a short shot to the head.
Evans tries to work over Aoki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Aoki lands with a short shot to the head.
Aoki lands a body punch.
Evans is trying to break the clinch but Aoki is controlling him.
Aoki lands a shot to the body.
Aoki lands a right hand.
Evans misses with a short punch on the inside.
Evans working aggressively here.
A short uppercut from Aoki.
Evans throws a head punch that misses.
Evans wants to get back to striking at distance but Aoki won't allow it.
Evans misses with the head strike.
Evans wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans letting Aoki take a breather here.
Aoki keeps control of Evans as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Aoki stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Aoki.
A nice right hand lands inside from Aoki.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Evans misses with a hook from the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Evans's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Evans is trying to break the clinch but Aoki is controlling him.
Aoki's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Aoki controlling the action here for a moment.
Aoki misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans throws a punch but it's blocked by Aoki.
Evans misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Aoki.
Evans tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Aoki's elbow.
Aoki lands an elbow inside that Evans shrugs off.
Evans working hard to break the clinch.
A short left from Aoki.
Aoki lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Evans backwards.
Aoki pushes Evans back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Aoki lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Evans backwards.
A right hand to the body from Aoki.
Aoki digs a right hand underneath Evans's ribcage. Evans let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Evans is breathing heavily.
Aoki lands with a light punch inside.
Aoki lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

It looks like Chase Evans has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Aoki gets through Evans's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Aoki keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Evans's efforts to push away.
Aoki has Evans pressed against the cage, preventing Evans from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Evans wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Aoki stalling.
Aoki lands a hook to the side of the head.
Aoki has Evans pressed against the cage, preventing Evans from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Evans tries to throw a body punch but Aoki avoids it by throwing Evans back against the cage.
Evans tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Aoki taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Aoki lands a shoulder strike.
Aoki blocks a body shot from Evans.
Aoki lands a right hand.
Aoki blocking some punches.
Aoki working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Stalling in the clinch from Aoki.

Evans breaks from the clinch.
Aoki moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Evans is rocked!

Aoki has closed the distance and engaged Evans in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Aoki dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Evans's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Evans misses with a body shot.

Aoki closes the distance and clinches.
Evans working hard to break the clinch.
Aoki is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Aoki tries a body shot but Evans blocks it.
Aoki lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Aoki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Aoki scores with a shot to the side of Evans's head.
Evans takes an elbow to the temple.
Aoki keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Evans's efforts to push away.
Evans tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Aoki drops Evans onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Evans is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Oh Evans is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Evans misses with a punch on the inside.
Evans seems to have got his legs back now.
Aoki working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Aoki lands a damaging elbow.
Aoki lands an elbow inside.

Chase Evans's cut is getting worse.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aoki lands a body shot in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Evans is trying to push Aoki away but Aoki has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Evans wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A right hook to the body lands for Aoki.
Aoki keeps control of Evans as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Aoki dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Aoki content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Evans tries to break free but Aoki pushes him back against the cage.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Aoki in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Aoki.
Aoki gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Aoki lands a damaging elbow.
Aoki keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Evans's efforts to push away.
Evans lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Evans fails to land.
Evans can't break the clinch.
Aoki is leaning against Evans and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Aoki lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Evans or not.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Aoki.
A short right from Evans on the inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Aoki takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Aoki scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Aoki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Evans is trying to force a seperation but Aoki has the dominant position.
Evans tries a body shot but Aoki blocks it.
Aoki has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Evans doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The referee is keeping an eye on Aoki - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Evans goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aoki manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Evans swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Aoki blocks an uppercut.
Aoki scores with a hook to the body.
Still in the clinch, Aoki scores with a nice short uppercut.
Aoki comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Chase Evans's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Aoki lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Evans.
The fighters are playing wrist control here with Evans pressed against the cage. Aoki frees himself up and cracks Evans with an uppercut straight from the bowels of hell! Evans crumples to the floor, out cold! Aoki jumps on to the cage and takes in the roar of the crowd! That was nasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Alexander Aoki!
Chase Evans spoke after the fight, saying 'How did I lose?'.