PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dwayne Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dronjko Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Evans
vs
Black

179 cm
22
169 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
21
177 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dwayne Evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dronjko Black!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Steve Erwin and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Black wants to clinch up but Evans keeps it at a distance.
Black fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Evans slips a jab and a cross from Black.
Black uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Evans.

Black closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Evans to the mat! Evans manages to get full guard.
Black is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Black wants to control from the top but Evans keeps moving.
Black trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Evans working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Black doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Black manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Black wants to control from the top but Evans keeps moving.
Evans trying to keep a closed guard but Black is proving a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans is really struggling to control Black but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Black pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Evans is keeping the position for now.
Evans controls Black momentarily but Black frees himself.
Evans tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Evans pulls Black in close to prevent any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Black displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Evans throws out the jab.

Evans shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Black wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Evans is trying to stick to Black's back but Black is turning into Evans. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Evans's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Black.

Evans is looking for a triangle but Black pushes his legs off easily.

Black gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Evans has his takedown stuffed
enabling Black to counter with a crisp jab.
Evans shoots and misses

and Black counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Evans is breathing heavily.

Evans is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Black pulls his head out easily.
Evans is trying to control but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Black is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Black is thwarting Evans's attempts to control the position.

Evans is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Black pulls his head out easily.

Evans looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Black performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Black prevents Evans from improving his position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Black is looking to clinch but Evans is avoiding it.

Evans clinches up with Black and pushes him back against the cage.

Evans breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Black doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Evans counters with a single leg into guard. Black didn't expect that.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Black working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Evans doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Evans manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Evans not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Dronjko Black will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Black has his takedown stuffed

and Evans counters with a nice double leg into side control. Black won't be happy with that.
Black is looking to reverse the position.

Evans tries for a kimura but Black is defending well.

Evans has hold of Black's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Black seems comfortable defending it but Evans has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Black is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Black is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Evans couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Dwayne Evans!