PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tyreke Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stanislav Ivanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stanislav Ivanov is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Evans
vs
Ivanov

196 cm
21
215 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

185 cm
20
219 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tyreke Evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Stanislav Ivanov!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Emerson Jorge and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ivanov throws a head kick but Evans moves out of range.
Ivanov scores with a three punch combo!
Evans fails to land the takedown.
Evans swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ivanov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Some wild striking there from Evans.
Evans has a takedown stuffed.
Evans swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Evans thows a body shot but no joy.
Evans displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Ivanov.
Evans shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ivanov pinned against the cage. Ivanov gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tyreke Evans. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Evans works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Jab from Ivanov.
Ivanov changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Evans tries to avoid it but Ivanov manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Evans to the ground. Evans escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Ivanov scores with the left hand. Evans knows he should have avoided that one.
Evans shoots for a takedown but Ivanov saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ivanov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Evans.
Tyreke Evans seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ivanov lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Evans just misses with a punch to the body.
Evans swings for the body but Ivanov moves out of range.
Evans ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ivanov moves away.
Evans misses with a double jab
and Evans takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Evans fails to land with a series of punches.
Evans digs a good body shot into Ivanov's ribs.
Evans is breathing heavily.
Ivanov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Evans throws out the jab.
Evans throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ivanov.
Evans misses with a combination
and Ivanov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Evans misses with a body shot
and Ivanov counters with a left to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Ivanov.
Evans takes one on the chin but seems OK.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Evans throws a lazy right hand but Ivanov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
No luck for Evans with that takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ivanov misses with the combination.
Evans swats away the attempt to clinch by Ivanov.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Ivanov.
Decent striking displayed by Ivanov there.
Evans swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Ivanov counters with a nice uppercut.
A shot to the body from Evans misses
and Ivanov counters with a stiff right hand.
Evans throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Evans takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ivanov is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Evans had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Ivanov works the jab nicely.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Evans is defended easily by Ivanov.
Ivanov cracks Evans with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jab by Ivanov.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ivanov was well out of range. Poor timing from Evans.
A jab from Ivanov does it's job there.
Evans doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Evans throws a combination that misses
and Ivanov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Ivanov drops Evans with a beautiful combination! Evans stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Ivanov is looking for the KO!

Evans is rocked!
I'm just looking down at my notes here and I see that.... oh! Ivanov has cracked Evans with a big right, followed by a left! He's out on his feet! Ivanov lands another huge swinging hook and Evans tumbles to the canvas! The ref dives in to save Evans, before Ivanov can land any more shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Stanislav Ivanov!