PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Julius Maia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marcus Evans acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Maia
vs
Evans

179 cm
26
205 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

200 cm
27
220 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Red Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 Amsterdam, Julius Maia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marcus Evans!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Arvi Lind and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evans throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Evans misses with a jab, cross combination.
Evans loads up on a big right hand but Maia slips the punch.
Maia ducks under a wild hook from Evans.
Maia shoots and misses
and Evans counters with a nice uppercut.
Marcus Evans seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maia misses with a takedown
and Evans counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Evans lands with a cross.

It looks like Julius Maia has been cut.
Evans looks to score with a jab to the body but Maia is just out of range.
Evans changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans pounces like a tiger and cracks Maia with a vicious hook! Maia is down but not out! Evans follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Marcus Evans!
Marcus Evans decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.