PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Iivana Evil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Puzzle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Evil
vs
Puzzle

180 cm
25
214 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

188 cm
25
212 lbs
5 - 2 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Iivana Evil!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 1, fighting out of New York, Jason Puzzle!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Bruno Lombardi and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Puzzle as Evil shoots in.
Nice takedown defense from Evil. No joy for Puzzle on that attempt.

Evil moves into the clinch.
Puzzle dodges an elbow strike from Evil.
Puzzle tries to break free but Evil pushes him back against the cage.
Come on Evil - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Puzzle fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Evil scores with a hook to the body.
Evil tries to land knees in the clinch but Puzzle avoids the damage to the body.
Evil fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Evil lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Evil pushes Puzzle back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Puzzle has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Evil is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Iivana Evil has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Puzzle.
Evil effectively controlling the action here.
Good body shot from Evil.
Evil avoiding damage.
A short uppercut from Evil.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evil works on Puzzle's body with a couple of short punches.
A short left from Evil.
Evil lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Puzzle takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Jason Puzzle has been cut.
Evil controlling the action here for a moment.
Puzzle takes a shot to the head.
Evil just leaning against Puzzle, taking a breather.

Puzzle pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Evil shoots in but Puzzle avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Evil fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Puzzle sprawls well initially but Evil persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Evil not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Evil throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Puzzle tries to roll over but Evil keeps him under control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evil is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Puzzle is looking for a sweep. Evil is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Evil has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Puzzle is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Puzzle looks gassed!
Puzzle preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Evil landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Evil throwing shots but Puzzle is blocking nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Puzzle pushes Evil off looking to stand but Evil dives back in and keeps control.
Puzzle is trying to maintain the position but Evil is very close to passing his half guard.
Evil thows a huge punch but Puzzle dodges it nicely.
Puzzle has hold of Evil's hands but Evil slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puzzle is looking for a sweep. Evil is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Evil controlling the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Puzzle has hold of Evil's hands but Evil slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Evil is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Puzzle is just riding it out for now. Evil eventually gives up the hold.
Evil missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Evil is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Puzzle is just riding it out for now. Evil eventually gives up the hold.
Puzzle is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Evil's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Evil's back!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Evil looking very determined here, making life difficult for Puzzle.
Evil breaks Puzzle's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Puzzle tries to strike from the bottom.

Evil thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Evil throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Puzzle looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Puzzle looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Evil lands with a shot to the body.

Evil forces Puzzle back against the cage and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Iivana Evil dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jason Puzzle's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Evil lands a lovely overhand right.

Puzzle shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Evil is staying active underneath Puzzle, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Evil is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Puzzle's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Puzzle's back!

Evil is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Puzzle knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Puzzle for a finish.
Evil controlling well, preventing Puzzle from escaping the position.

Puzzle showing good submission defense here.
Evil lands shots from the back.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Evil keeps control of the position as Puzzle tries to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evil connects with a big shot to the side of Puzzle's head.
Puzzle wants to control his opponent's hands but Evil gets his hands free.
Evil lands shots from the back.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Evil. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Puzzle tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
A nice elbow there by Evil.
Evil postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Puzzle looks a forlorn figure.

Evil looking to secure an arm triangle but Puzzle defends it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evil breaks from Puzzle's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Evil trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Puzzle is looking to get to half guard.

Evil is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Puzzle to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Puzzle shrugs it off.
Puzzle wants to hold on but Evil pushes him away.
Puzzle might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Evil kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Evil lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Puzzle regains half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Puzzle looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Evil not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Evil landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Iivana Evil overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Puzzle is trying to get back to full guard.
Evil missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Puzzle is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Evil scores with a couple of nice shots.
Evil looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Puzzle is refusing to be controlled, as Evil sits in half guard.
Puzzle tries to get to full guard but Evil has control of the leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puzzle keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Evil is looking to take a break and control but Puzzle is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Puzzle wants to improve his position but Evil is controlling well.
Evil is thwarting Puzzle's attempts to control the position.
Evil lands strikes from half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Evil trying to control the action but Puzzle is working from the bottom.
Evil drops an elbow to the side of Puzzle's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Iivana Evil dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jason Puzzle's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Evil shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Evil was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Evil looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Evil is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Evil lands a big shot there that rocks Puzzle but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Evil can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Puzzle is looking to escape.
Evil looking to finish Puzzle with some ground and pound. This is bad for Puzzle!
Puzzle can't escape the position.
Evil with a couple of short strikes.
Puzzle regains half guard.

Evil is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Puzzle has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Evil is working away from the top position though.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evil wants to lay and pray for a moment but Puzzle keeps working.
Puzzle trying to control here.
Puzzle blocking the ground and pound attempt from Evil.
Puzzle is trying to control but can't.
Evil is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Evil seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Puzzle does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Evil bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A swing and a miss from Evil.
Jason Puzzle has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Evil shoots for a takedown but Puzzle saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Evil shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Puzzle as he avoids it easily.

Puzzle closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Evil to the mat! Evil manages to get full guard.
Puzzle throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Evil preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Puzzle stopping the sweep attempt from Evil.
Puzzle wants to stand but Evil has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Puzzle avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puzzle works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Puzzle thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Evil's head.
Puzzle throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Evil wants to control but Puzzle is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Evil wants to get back to full guard.
Puzzle is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

Puzzle is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Evil is just riding it out for now. Puzzle eventually gives up the hold.
Evil trying to control from the bottom.
Iivana Evil is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Evil is refusing to be controlled, as Puzzle sits in half guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Evil scores a takedown into full mount!
Evil trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Puzzle really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Evil controlling his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Iivana Evil showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Evil has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Iivana Evil!