PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Anton Walter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rhys Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Walter
vs
Evans

177 cm
32
167 lbs
12 - 16 - 2

181 cm
25
169 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Fight Night Nutrition
Brute

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 12 - 16 - 2, fighting out of London, Anton Walter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Rhys Evans!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Andrew Berry and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walter works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Walter pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Walter shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Evans counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Walter circles away from the clinch attempt.
Evans misses with a few strikes there.
Evans throws a sloppy head kick and Walter moves out of range easily.
Evans misses with a series of wild punches.
Walter shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Evans defends it nicely.
Evans thuds a left hand into Walter's body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Evans looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans looks to land a combination but Walter avoids it well.
Walter fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anton Walter. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A jab lands there for Evans.

Evans gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Walter tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Evans just stands there and leans against the cage.
Evans tries to break the clinch but Walter is controlling the position.

Evans manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Walter stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Evans swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Walter is in close to Evans's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Evans is trying to control the position but Walter postures up.
Walter missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans is controlling Walter's posture.
Walter with a flurry of punches that miss.
Walter is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
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!
Walter trying to control but Evans is working from the bottom.
Evans avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Evans wants to sweep here but Walter controlling him for the moment.

Evans working for a triangle but Walter defends it easily.
Walter lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Walter being controlled here momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans working a defensive guard here.
Walter throwing strikes from guard but Evans blocks nicely.
Walter postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Walter throws a big elbow that misses.
Evans wants to sweep here but Walter controlling him for the moment.
Evans utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Walter trying to control but Evans is working from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Walter's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Evans is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Walter is controlling him.
Walter working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans wants to sweep here but Walter controlling him for the moment.

Evans pushes Walter off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Evans swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Walter counters with a nice double leg into side control. Evans won't be happy with that.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Evans is trying to improve his position.
Evans can't do much from the bottom here.
Walter tries to move to mount but Evans blocks the move with his legs.
Walter wants to lay and pray for a moment but Evans keeps working.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Walter working the ground and pound from side control.
Evans is looking for a sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Anton Walter will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Evans misses with a head kick.
Evans just misses with a punch to the body.
Evans throws a head kick that misses

and Walter counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Walter throws a big elbow that misses.
Evans wants to get back to his feet but Walter is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Walter accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Evans looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Walter wants to control from the top but Evans keeps moving.
Walter postures up in Evans's guard and throws a big left but Evans blocks it.
Evans avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Walter lands a couple of digs.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Evans wants to stand and escape but Walter is having none of it.
Walter has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Walter works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walter landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Walter is looking for a kimura here.
Evans is looking to improve his position.
Evans trying to control from the bottom.
Walter working over Evans with some ground and pound. Evans looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Evans is staying active underneath Walter, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Walter throwing shots but Evans is blocking nicely.
Evans regains full guard. Nicely done.
Walter postures up in Evans's guard and throws a big left but Evans blocks it.
Walter stopping the sweep attempt from Evans.
Walter throwing strikes but missing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walter is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Evans throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Walter escapes and throws Evans's legs to the side, diving into side control!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Walter is chipping away with strikes.
Evans is looking for a sweep.
Walter lands a nice forearm strike.
Walter throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

Walter is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Evans knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Walter trying to control the action but Evans is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans stops Walter from passing to mount.
Walter looks up at the clock and then as Evans takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Walter smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

Walter is trying to get an arm triangle but Evans is defending well.
Evans is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Walter's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
The fighters are battling for position here. Evans manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Evans tries to strike from the bottom.
Evans utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Evans seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Evans throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Walter in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Walter postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Walter stands up over Evans, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
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!
Walter is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there.
Walter postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Evans has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Walter has passed into side control.
Anton Walter overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Evans tries to improve position but can't.
An elbow from Walter crashes against the mat.
Walter lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anton Walter dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

No luck with that takedown attempt from Walter.
Evans is looking to clinch but Walter is avoiding it.

Walter drives through with a takedown into Evans's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Walter throws a big elbow that misses.
Walter landing with the ground and pound.
Evans looking for a sweep. Not yet Evans, not yet.
Evans trying to control the position.
Evans is controlling Walter's posture.
Evans looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walter landing some decent shots from guard.
Evans keeping moving, preventing Walter from controlling successfully.
Evans trying to control the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Walter accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Walter postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Evans wants to sweep but no luck.
Evans preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Walter with a flurry of punches that miss.
Walter cracks Evans with a solid left hand.
Evans has his hands on Walter's head, controlling the position.

Evans scrambles and gets back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans tries to clinch there but Walter circles away.
Walter moves out of range of the body kick from Evans.
Evans is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Evans slaps away a takedown attempt from Walter, before circling back to the center of the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Evans throws out a leg kick but Walter moves out of range and Evans only half commits.
Evans wants to clinch.
Evans throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walter fails with the takedown
and Evans counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Walter thinking.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anton Walter. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Walter fails with the takedown.
Walter walks into a stiff left hand from Evans.
Anton Walter is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Walter shoots in for a takedown but Evans shows good takedown defense.
Evans throws a left and a right that both miss

and Walter counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Evans keeping moving, preventing Walter from controlling successfully.
Walter stays in close to Evans's body and controls the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans keeping moving, preventing Walter from controlling successfully.
Walter postures up.
Evans looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Evans misses with the combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Walter instigates a clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Walter is trying to pull guard but Evans has him pressed against the cage.
Rhys Evans has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Evans tries to land knees in the clinch but Walter avoids the damage to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anton Walter showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Walter, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anton Walter!
Anton Walter really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Black Hand Alliance Only Laundry Service logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.