PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Evan Waters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Rojas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Waters's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, No More Mr. Nice Guy. 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.

Waters
vs
Rojas

182 cm
20
160 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

180 cm
20
160 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Evan Waters!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Paul Rojas!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rojas avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Crunch! Waters slams his shin into Rojas's torso.
Waters misses with a wild body shot.
Evan Waters seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Rojas shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Rojas was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Rojas thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Rojas misses with a head shot.
Rojas trying to control but Waters is having none of it.
Waters is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Waters on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Waters tries to get out of the position.
Waters is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rojas lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Waters is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Rojas unloads with some shots from mount but Waters bucks and avoids them well.
Waters keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Rojas landing punches.
Waters is looking to improve his position but Rojas isn't that keen on the idea.

Rojas goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Waters is on top in guard.
Waters stopping the sweep attempt from Rojas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waters wants to stand but Rojas has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Waters wants to pass the guard but Rojas is keeping the position.
Waters sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Waters stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rojas swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Waters trying to control the position from guard on top but Rojas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Waters won't allow Rojas to get back to his feet.
Rojas keeping full guard, as Waters tries to pass.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Waters swings for the body but Rojas moves out of range.
Evan Waters is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Waters throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice defenses there by Rojas.
Waters moves forwards but Rojas connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Waters misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Rojas scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Rojas sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Waters defending well though.
Rojas wants to lay and pray for a moment but Waters keeps working.
Rojas thows a huge punch but Waters dodges it nicely.
Rojas not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Rojas throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Waters tries to get to full guard but Rojas has control of the leg.
Waters trying to control from the bottom.
Waters tries to kick Rojas off but Rojas keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Rojas dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Good exchange - Waters coming out on top.
Rojas misses with a wild body shot.
Waters stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

It looks like Paul Rojas has been cut.
Nice shot by Waters.
Waters misses with an uppercut. Rojas saw that one coming.
Rojas showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Waters.
Waters throws a jab when Rojas was well out of range.
Nice sprawl there from Waters as Rojas shoots in.
Rojas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Waters.
Rojas misses with an uppercut.
Waters throws a big shot that misses.
Rojas uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Waters.
Waters lands with an uppercut that bounces Rojas off the cage and back into rage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rojas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Waters.
Waters works the jab nicely.
Rojas throws a big shot that misses.
Waters feints and then cracks Rojas's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rojas down.
Waters misses with an uppercut. Rojas saw that one coming.
Waters tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rojas was well out of range. Poor timing from Waters.
Waters thows a body shot but no joy.
Rojas shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Waters as he avoids it easily.
Waters misses with an uppercut.
Waters throws a chopping leg kick but Rojas manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Rojas lands with a shot to the body.
Rojas takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rojas shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Waters as he jumps to the side.
Evan Waters has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paul Rojas.
Waters misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Rojas counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Rojas.
Rojas controls from within his opponent's guard.
Waters looking to hit a scissor sweep but Rojas is one step ahead there.
Rojas trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Waters can't keep his opponent in guard - Rojas advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Waters wants to get back to full guard but Rojas has passed into side control.
Waters can't escape the position.
Rojas has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Waters is working hard here to advance position.

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.
Waters tries to hold on but Rojas pushes him away.
Rojas trying to control but Waters is having none of it.

Rojas jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Waters manages to avoid the submission attempt.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Rojas avoids the body shot from Waters.
Waters swings for the body but Rojas moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Evan Waters dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Paul Rojas's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Waters tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Rojas is able to avoid easily.
Waters defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Rojas.
Waters misses with a leg kick
and Rojas counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A shot to the body from Waters misses
and Rojas counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Rojas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Waters turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
No joy there for Waters, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Waters tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Rojas is able to avoid easily.
Rojas tries to score a power double leg takedown but Waters sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Rojas somewhat.
Waters throws a chopping leg kick but Rojas manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Waters looks to throw the jab but Rojas is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Waters misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A slow jab from Waters misses its intended target.
Waters scoring well with a low kick there.
Waters on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Rojas ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Waters moves out of range as Rojas strikes.
Rojas wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Waters throws out a loose jab but Rojas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Waters misses with a body shot

and Rojas counters with a nice double leg into side control. Waters won't be happy with that.
Waters tries to buck Rojas off but Rojas is having none of it.
Rojas misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Rojas are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Rojas throws a strike aimed at the side of Waters's head but Waters avoids it well.
Waters is trying to improve his position.
Rojas throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Rojas working away.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Waters avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rojas slips under a jab from Waters.
Waters moves into range and connects with a jab.
Waters fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rojas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Waters.
Waters misses with an uppercut.
Rojas misses with an uppercut. Waters saw that one coming.
Waters swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Rojas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rojas moves out of range as Waters strikes.
Waters misses with a hook.
Waters lands with a hook. Rojas tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
No joy there for Waters, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Waters takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rojas cracks Waters with a right hand to the side of the head.
Waters throws a predictable looking body shot

and Rojas counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Rojas looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Waters has Rojas pulled in close to control his posture.
Rojas throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Waters manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Rojas is trying desperately to improve position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Rojas comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Rojas has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Rojas!