PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Billie Evans (ranked 4709 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Bill (ranked 5762 p4p, 400 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Evans
vs
Bill

186 cm
18
214 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
215 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Billie Evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Billy Bill!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bill wants to clinch but Evans slips to the side

and Evans counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

Bill scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Billy Bill seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Evans lands a leg kick that knocks Bill off balance momentarily.
Bill darts in trying to clinch

and Evans counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Evans lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Bill keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bill flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Bill has hold of Evans's hands but Evans slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Bill looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Evans thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bill's head.
Evans looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Evans 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.
Bill wants to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Nice strikes from Evans there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Evans throwing shots but Bill is blocking nicely.
Evans is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Evans is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Bill tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Evans looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Evans lands with a punch from half guard.

Evans is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Evans is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Evans prevents Bill from improving his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans content to control rather than advance.
Bill on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Evans lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Evans performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Evans looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Bill with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Evans is nestled in close to Bill, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Evans missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Evans lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Evans is working for a kimura but Bill is defending it quite comfortably.
Evans working over Bill with some ground and pound. Bill looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Bill is looking for a sweep. Evans is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Evans not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Evans seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Bill is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Billie Evans!