PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Neven Macura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Neven Macura looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Evans
vs
Macura

191 cm
25
225 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

194 cm
22
260 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Neven Macura!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Bruno Hogan and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Evans drives through with a takedown into guard.
Macura looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Evans is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

Evans stands up from Macura's guard - Evans perhaps looking for a knockout.
Evans lands a slapping body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Evans drops his shoulder and cracks Macura with a huge uppercut! Macura goes down! Can Evans finish him?

It looks like Neven Macura has been cut.
Evans is stalling in the full guard.
Evans cracks Macura with a solid left hand.
Evans controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Macura wants to get back to his feet but Evans is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Evans looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

Evans stands up and waves to Macura to follow him.
Evans throws a good cross that connects.
Evans lands a nice hook to Macura's body. Macura takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
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!
Evans is looking to clinch.

Evans throws a left that rocks Macura and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Evans dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Macura regain composure!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Evans takes a little break here. Macura wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Evans landing strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Macura is trying to escape the position but Evans is controlling the position.
Evans's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Evans connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Macura some visible discomfort.
Evans knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Macura on the ground.

Evans decides to take the fight back to the feet.

Evans scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Evans sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Evans prevents Macura from standing back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans is taking a breather. Macura 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.
Evans seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Macura for as long as he can get away with.

The ref stands the fighters back up. John Evans wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Evans closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Evans misses with a two punch combination.

Macura gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Evans stays in close to Macura's body and controls the position.
Macura wants to stand up but Evans is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans landing with the ground and pound.
Evans is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

John Evans has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Macura prevents the takedown attempt.
Macura stops a takedown attempt from Evans.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Evans dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Neven Macura's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Evans scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Evans looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Evans tries to clinch up.
Evans looks to land a combination. Macura sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Evans lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Evans rushes Macura and presses him up against the cage.

Evans manages to break the clinch.
Evans lands a jab-cross combination.
Evans throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Evans is looking to clinch but Macura is avoiding it.
Evans lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Evans has managed to clinch.
Evans is trying to drag Macura to the mat but Macura just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Evans working hard to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Macura breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Macura avoids a kick to the body.

Evans shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Macura is trying to defend but Evans finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Macura trying to control here.
John Evans overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Evans connects with a nice short shot to Macura's temple.
Still in half guard, Evans seems content to control.
Evans landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
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 stands up from half guard.
No joy there for Evans, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Evans shoots in and bounces Macura off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Evans controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Macura keeping moving, preventing Evans from controlling successfully.
Evans controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up. John Evans wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Evans shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Evans tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Macura regains half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Evans seems content to control.
Macura is trying to stand.
Evans seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Evans tries to stand but can't do so whilst Macura controls his leg.

John Evans has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Macura tries to clinch there but Evans circles away.

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!
Macura regains half guard.
Evans missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Macura wants to get back to his feet.
Macura missing with punches from the bottom.
Evans is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Evans is taking a breather. Macura 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.
Macura is looking to escape.
Macura trying to control here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Evans controlling the action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Evans dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Neven Macura'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. This is the final round!

Evans instigates a clinch.

Evans gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Evans keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Macura's head.
Evans passes easily into side control. Nice work.
A lull in the action here.
Evans is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Macura can do to turn this around?
Evans in side control lands a decent elbow.
Evans in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Macura takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Evans working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
A lull in the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Macura trying to remain calm as Evans controls from the top position.

The ref stands the fighters back up. John Evans wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Evans tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Evans tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Evans works the jab nicely.

Evans drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Macura should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Evans cracks Macura with a big elbow.
Evans controlling from side mount.

Evans decides to stand back up. Evans steps back and let's Macura get back to his feet.
Evans lands with a straight right. Macura didn't see that one coming.

Evans shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Macura's guard.
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!
Macura is looking to stand up but Evans isn't so interested in that idea.
Evans trying to control but Macura is working from the bottom.
Evans postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Macura is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Evans is controlling him.
Evans seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Evans changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Macura looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Evans scoring with punches from side control.
A lull in the action here as Evans stalls from top position.
Macura tries to buck Evans off but Evans is having none of it.
Evans taking a breather here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neven Macura has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of John Evans.
Evans fails to land with a series of punches.
Macura with a poor takedown
enabling Evans to counter with a crisp jab.

Evans gets the takedown into side control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Macura is trying to get back to half guard.
John Evans is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Evans in side control, just content to control the action for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Evans showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Evans 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 30:24
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:24
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:25

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