PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Evans (ranked 2697 p4p, 335 weight class) and Farouk Mubarak (ranked 2714 p4p, 339 weight class). Farouk Mubarak is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Evans
vs
Mubarak

190 cm
25
205 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

186 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Very confident

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aaron Evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Farouk Mubarak!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Yves DeLean and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evans scores with a body shot.
Evans lands with a straight right. Mubarak didn't see that one coming.
Evans throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Evans misses with a body shot.

Mubarak bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Evans regains half guard.
Mubarak looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Evans looking for submissions off his back.

Mubarak is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Mubarak frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mubarak fails to advance to Evans's back.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Evans is trying to escape the mount but Mubarak keeps good control and instead manages to take Evans's back.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Evans is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Mubarak gets his way!
Evans is trying to break free.

Mubarak is working for the choke. It looks like he might have got it... has he...? Yes! Evans is tapping out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Farouk Mubarak!