PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Salvador Saballe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saballe comes to the cage accompanied by In My City. Evans has chosen Emoyrean Mercenaries as his entrance music. Salvador Saballe looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Saballe
vs
Evans

225 cm
28
275 lbs
16 - 9 - 0

190 cm
29
250 lbs
20 - 14 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

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 16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Salvador Saballe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryan Evans!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Alan Glass and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saballe rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Evans moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Evans lands a lovely overhand right.
Saballe pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Evans wants to slow Saballe down by chopping away at his legs.
Saballe looks to throw the jab but Evans is out of range.
The fighters circling - Evans throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A nice leg kick lands there from Evans.
Evans misses the jab.
Saballe really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Saballe pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Evans lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Saballe is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Evans is looking to slow Saballe down with leg kicks.
Evans misses with a body shot.

Oh, that's a big right hand from Evans and Saballe goes tumbling to the canvas! Evans follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.

It looks like Salvador Saballe has been cut.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

Evans is looking for a kimura here.

Evans wants to work for an arm triangle but Saballe is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Evans seems to be working for a kimura but Saballe defends the submission attempt.

Evans is trying to work for a kimura but Saballe is defending well.

Evans is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Evans trying to pass the guard but Saballe defending well.

Evans has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Saballe defend it? Evans steps over the head and cranks it - Saballe is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Evans!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ryan Evans!
A very excited looking Ryan Evans made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.