PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Quinton Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Calvin Hobbs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Quinton Evans has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Evans
vs
Hobbs

183 cm
20
204 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

186 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Quinton Evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Calvin Hobbs!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Hobbs.

Hobbs drops Evans with a nice combination! Hobbs dives into Evans's guard, looking to finish!

Evans is rocked!

It looks like Quinton Evans has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hobbs pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Evans is keeping the position for now.
Oh Evans is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hobbs slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Evans seems to have got his legs back now.
Sloppy strikes there by Hobbs.
Hobbs tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Evans wants to get back to his feet.
Evans prevents Hobbs from moving into mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Evans gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Evans controlling the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hobbs looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Hobbs thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Evans to regain full guard.
Evans is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Evans is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Evans is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Evans is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Evans seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Evans scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Hobbs missing with punches from the bottom.
Evans knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hobbs on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hobbs missing with punches from the bottom.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Hobbs can do anything to dispel that myth.
Hobbs looks gassed!
Hobbs tries to roll over but Evans keeps him under control.
Evans lands with a punch from half guard.
Hobbs tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Evans drops an elbow to the side of Hobbs's head.
Evans winds up and cracks Hobbs with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Hobbs has hold of Evans's hands but Evans slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Evans working the head and body with strikes.
Evans takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Evans lands with a punch from half guard.
Hobbs landing small, sideways elbows.
Hobbs missing with punches from the bottom.
Evans lands strikes from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hobbs wants to get back to full guard.
Hobbs has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Evans frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Evans with shots to the head and body - Hobbs looks very uncomfortable down there.
Hobbs is in all sorts of trouble here.
Hobbs is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Evans lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Evans working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Evans scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Evans lands a big elbow.
Hobbs throwing hammer fists to the chest of Evans. What's that going to do exactly?
Hobbs is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Evans lands a big shot there that rocks Hobbs but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Hobbs is in a horrible position here. Evans smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The referee warns Hobbs that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans tries to control but Hobbs wriggling away.
Hobbs gets back to half guard.
Evans working over Hobbs with some ground and pound. Hobbs looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Evans is looking to take a break and control but Hobbs is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hobbs regains full guard. Nicely done.
Evans stands up over Hobbs, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hobbs throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Evans has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Evans trying to control the position from guard on top but Hobbs is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Evans stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hobbs swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Evans throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Calvin Hobbs dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Quinton Evans's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hobbs misses with a jab, cross combination.

Evans feints and as Hobbs raises his hands in defense, Evans changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Evans's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Evans advances to half guard.
Hobbs wants to get back to full guard.
Evans lands with a punch from half guard.
Hobbs is looking for a sweep. Evans is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Evans working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Evans blocks the strikes from Hobbs.
Evans landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Evans moves into side control, avoiding the strikes from Hobbs.
Hobbs misses with an elbow from the bottom.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Hobbs throws a series of punches but Evans moves out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Evans gets the takedown into side control.
Hobbs is trying to strike from the bottom but Evans has passed into full mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hobbs throwing hammer fists to the chest of Evans. What's that going to do exactly?
Evans blocks Hobbs's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Hobbs is looking to get to half guard.
Evans controlling the pace for now.
Evans wants to control the pace but Hobbs is squirming around nicely.
Evans with shots to the head and body - Hobbs looks very uncomfortable down there.
Evans fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Evans landing shots from mount.
Hobbs slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Evans is taking a breather. Hobbs says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Evans not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hobbs throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Ground and pound from Evans.
Hobbs moves into full guard.
Evans postures up in Hobbs's guard and throws a big left but Hobbs blocks it.
Evans lands a couple of elbows.
Hobbs manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Evans manages to get himself to full guard.
Hobbs postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Evans has momentary wrist control but Hobbs slips an elbow through the middle.
Hobbs looking to pass the guard.
Evans trying to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans wants to stand but Hobbs is controlling the position.
Hobbs stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Evans swivels though and keeps the full guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Evans shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans lands with a punch from half guard.
Evans not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hobbs throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Hobbs throws a sloppy strike from the bottom. He's now off balance and Evans manages to pass to side control.
Hobbs throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Evans trying to control the position but Hobbs is working away.
Evans is putting a hurting on Hobbs here, landing some big shots from side control.
Hobbs throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
Quinton Evans overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Hobbs throws a nice looking combination but Evans bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Evans darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Hobbs fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Evans closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Evans is nestled in close to Hobbs, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Evans drops an elbow to the side of Hobbs's head.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Hobbs wants to get back to full guard.
Hobbs throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Hobbs misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Evans is trying to control the action in half guard but Hobbs is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Evans lands with a punch from half guard.
Evans seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Hobbs throws a nice looking combination but Evans bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hobbs throws a right and a left that both miss.

Evans scores with a takedown into Hobbs's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hobbs throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Evans looking to pass the guard.
Evans passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Evans content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Evans is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Evans thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hobbs's head.
Evans wants to control but Hobbs is keeping him busy.
Evans is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hobbs throws a right and a left that Evans avoids nicely.
Hobbs throws a series of punches but Evans moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Hobbs misses with a jab, cross combination.

Evans gets a takedown into half guard.
Hobbs regains full guard. Nicely done.
Evans trying to control but Hobbs is working from the bottom.
Evans postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Evans is in close to Hobbs's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hobbs throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Hobbs lands a couple of shots from the bottom.
Hobbs throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Evans lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hobbs moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hobbs lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Evans circles away quickly and effectively.
Evans tries to score a power double leg takedown but Hobbs sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Evans somewhat.
Hobbs throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hobbs misses with a series of wild punches.
Hobbs throws a nice looking combination but Evans bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hobbs throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Evans drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Evans working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Hobbs wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hobbs is looking for a sweep.
Evans trying to control the position but Hobbs is working away.
Evans blocks the strikes from Hobbs.
Evans lands a nice forearm strike.
Evans cracks Hobbs with a big right hand but Hobbs just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Hobbs is looking for a sweep.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Hobbs misses with a jab, cross combination.
Evans fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hobbs looks to land a combination but Evans avoids it well.
Hobbs throws a right and a left that Evans avoids nicely.
Hobbs misses with a double jab.

Evans shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Evans was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

And that's the end of the fight!
Quinton Evans showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Evans 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Quinton Evans!