PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gwynn Evans (ranked 979 p4p, 1373 weight class) and Diego Del Fuegos (ranked 153 p4p, 205 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Evans
vs
Del Fuegos

191 cm
24
185
10 - 5 - 0

181 cm
24
201
8 - 4 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Gwynn Evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Diego Del Fuegos!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Sam Margolis and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evans jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Del Fuegos looks to land a left hand but Evans moved out of range nicely.
Evans looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Evans lands a nice leg kick that just misses Del Fuegos's sensitive parts.
Del Fuegos misses with a body shot.
Nice defenses there by Evans.
Evans throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gwynn Evans seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Evans lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Evans lands a glancing blow to the side of Del Fuegos's head.
Evans is looking to slow Del Fuegos down with leg kicks.
Del Fuegos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Evans.
Evans appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Evans fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Evans misses with a straight right.
Del Fuegos chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Evans can pounce on him.
Del Fuegos has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Evans lands with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Del Fuegos takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Evans takes one to the chin there.
Del Fuegos takes a swing at Evans's ribcage but misses.
Evans with the inside leg kick.
Del Fuegos throws a jab when Evans was well out of range.
Del Fuegos doesn't manage to clinch there - Evans circles away.
A punch lands to the side of Del Fuegos 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Evans ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Del Fuegos moves away.
Del Fuegos loads up on a big right hand but Evans slips the punch.
Del Fuegos loads up on a big right hand but Evans slips the punch.
Del Fuegos has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Evans finds it's way round the side to connect with Del Fuegos's head.
Evans bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Del Fuegos's head backwards.
Evans misses with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans scores with a punch to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Evans scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Evans throws a leg kick but Del Fuegos moved away.
Evans fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Evans misses with a leg kick.
Evans cracks a nice hook into Del Fuegos's ribs.
Del Fuegos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Evans lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Evans cracks Del Fuegos with an open hand slap.
Evans is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Evans lunges at Del Fuegos with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Del Fuegos's hand.
Del Fuegos swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Del Fuegos tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Evans counters with a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Del Fuegos misses with a body shot.
Evans feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Evans drops his hands momentarily and Del Fuegos takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Del Fuegos moves forwards but Evans connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Del Fuegos throws out a loose jab but Evans uses good head movement to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Evans. Del Fuegos does a little dance to reset his feet.
Evans's corner calls for a 1-2. Evans obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Evans is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Evans. Del Fuegos does a little dance to reset his feet.
Evans lands a nice leg kick that just misses Del Fuegos's sensitive parts.
Evans takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Evans lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Evans scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Evans looks to throw the jab but Del Fuegos is out of range.
Del Fuegos's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Del Fuegos swings for the body but Evans moves out of range.
Del Fuegos takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
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 shot lands for Evans.
Del Fuegos misses with a hook.
A bone on bone clash there as Del Fuegos blocks the leg kick.
Del Fuegos throws out a counter right but Evans avoids it with no problem.
Del Fuegos is looking to clinch.
Evans lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Del Fuegos misses with a right hand
and Evans counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Del Fuegos stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Evans.
Del Fuegos ducks right into an uppercut from Evans.
Evans scores with a nice strike.
The crowd cheers as Evans lands an impressive looking overhand right. Del Fuegos doesn't seem phased though.
Evans lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Gwynn Evans dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A slow jab from Del Fuegos misses its intended target.
Evans looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Evans throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Del Fuegos takes one to the chin there.
No luck for Del Fuegos with that takedown attempt.
Del Fuegos tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Evans counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Diego Del Fuegos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Evans dips to his left and cracks Del Fuegos with an uppercut!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Del Fuegos throws a series of punches but Evans avoids them all with ease.
Evans displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Del Fuegos throws out the jab.
Evans throws a nice head kick!
Evans moves into range and connects with a jab.
Evans lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Del Fuegos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
As Del Fuegos looks to move away, Evans throws a big counter combo but Del Fuegos just gets out of the way.
Evans connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Del Fuegos's hands.
Del Fuegos takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Evans throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Del Fuegos's head.
Evans on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Del Fuegos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Del Fuegos! But no joy.
Evans keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Evans throwing a counter right hand but Del Fuegos manages to avoid it.
Evans scores with a jab to the body.
Evans is looking to score with low kicks.
Evans looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Del Fuegos is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Del Fuegos tries a low kick but Evans avoids it.
Evans wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Del Fuegos throws a lazy uppercut
and Evans counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Del Fuegos chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Evans can pounce on him.
Evans throws out a powerful jab.
The fighters circle momentarily. Evans darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Evans lands a jab to the head.
Evans walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Gwynn Evans is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Evans scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Evans feints and then cracks Del Fuegos's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Del Fuegos down.
Del Fuegos throws a lazy right hand but Evans sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Del Fuegos gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Evans.
Evans misses with a straight right.
Del Fuegos wants to counter with a clinch but Evans pushes him away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Evans. Del Fuegos does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans lands a nice leg kick that just misses Del Fuegos's sensitive parts.
Del Fuegos displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Evans throws out the jab.
Evans throws a poor cross that misses
letting Del Fuegos counter with a right hand.
Del Fuegos walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Evans scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Evans avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Del Fuegos throws a nice looking combination but Evans bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Evans fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Del Fuegos.
Evans lands a nice leg kick that just misses Del Fuegos's sensitive parts.
A slow jab from Del Fuegos misses its intended target.
Evans is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Del Fuegos can do to turn this around?
Del Fuegos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Evans looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Evans darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Del Fuegos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Del Fuegos might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Evans has got the better of the exchanges.
Evans throws a wild body kick that Del Fuegos sees coming a mile off.
Gwynn Evans is winning the standup battle so far.
Evans with a hook.
Evans misses with a left hand
and Del Fuegos counters with a nice uppercut.
Del Fuegos misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Evans was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Evans.
Del Fuegos throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Del Fuegos takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Evans avoids a punch combination nicely.
Evans with a nice calf kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Gwynn Evans dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Evans lands a really nice looking cross but Del Fuegos seems unphased.
Evans connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Del Fuegos is looking to clinch.
Evans appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Good shot there by Evans.
Del Fuegos has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A clash of legs there as Del Fuegos blocks the low kick.
Del Fuegos wants to clinch.
Del Fuegos shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Evans keeps the fight on the outside.

Del Fuegos gets the takedown into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Del Fuegos misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Del Fuegos is looking to take a break and control but Evans is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Del Fuegos is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Del Fuegos misses with the ground and pound.
Del Fuegos is looking to take a break and control but Evans is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Diego Del Fuegos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Evans can't do much from the bottom here.
Del Fuegos controlling the position.
Evans manages to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Del Fuegos landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Del Fuegos thows a huge punch but Evans dodges it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Evans.
Evans is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Del Fuegos with a flurry of punches that miss.
Evans utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Gwynn Evans is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Del Fuegos misses with a looping right.
Evans misses the jab.
Del Fuegos misses the shot to the body.
Evans scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Del Fuegos misses with a few strikes there.
Del Fuegos misses with a wild combination.
Evans throws a nice outside leg kick.
Jab by Evans.
Evans waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Del Fuegos.
Evans lands with a thumping leg kick.
Del Fuegos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Evans was well out of range. Poor timing from Del Fuegos.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Del Fuegos drops his hands momentarily and Evans takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Del Fuegos missing with a left hand there. Evans was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Evans misses with a straight left.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gwynn Evans showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Evans, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gwynn Evans!
Gwynn Evans seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.