Post by The Sandmen on Jun 10, 2013 17:33:33 GMT -5
Bobby Lashley is beating himself up in the corner before the fight begins, smacking himself in the face, body and legs to get ready for his scrap.
Rashad Evans glares at his opponent from the opposite corner.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Lashley is not prefered by the MMA media to win tonight. He will have to do his best to score a win.
The referee of the bout is John McCarthy.
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Round 1
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Lashley and Evans move forward as the bell signals the beginning of the fight!
Lashley decides to launch some tentative punches
Rashad Evans takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
The clock says 0:25 in the 1 round
Bobby Lashley shoots for a double leg takedown!
Rashad Evans sprawls and manages to stay on his feet.
Lashley is one of those men capable of pounding you into oblivion!
Lashley grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Evans struggles... Bobby Lashley is unable to take him down
Lashley misses a step and Rashad Evans sees an opportunity to counter him!
Bone shattering straight right hand from Rashad Evans!
Lashley is going to have a big headache after that blow!
Rashad Evans tries a middle kick
Lashley blocks with his arm! Wow, that was loud!
Evans wants to take the fight to his advantage and tries to clinch.
Evans moves forward and holds Lashley
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Rashad Evans postures up and launches another series of punches!
A lot of them are hitting Lashley hard, who may be wondering how to scape from this!
The fighters are clinching.
Rashad Evans seems fresh. He may still have a lot of gas in his tank.
Bobby Lashley's corner is turning out to be his worst enemy! Evans is throwing a flurry of punches!
Lashley ducks under and circles out of the corner.
Some nice shots from Bobby Lashley
miss their mark.
Bobby Lashley gets sloppy and Rashad Evans tries to take advantage...
Nice punch by Rashad Evans
who outboxes his opponent in this exchange.
Evans is holding Bobby Lashley's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Bobby Lashley loses balance and goes to the ground.
The clock says 1:50 in the 1 round
Rashad Evans is in side mount over Bobby Lashley
Bobby Lashley launches a few punches to Evans's cheek from the guard.
Rashad Evans uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Rashad Evans is in side mount over Bobby Lashley
Evans cornermen are yelling for his man to escape from the ground as Lashley can finish a fight on the ground with some good pounding if you give him the chance.
Lashley measures the resilience of Evans's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Evans blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Rashad Evans is in side mount over Bobby Lashley
Rashad Evans looks to mount Bobby Lashley...
Rashad Evans slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Rashad Evans is in full mount over Bobby Lashley
Evans gets a good position on the ground. ..
and what an incredible flurry! He's just wailing away at Bobby Lashley! The referee is saying he's going to stop it if Bobby Lashley doesn't defend himself!
The clock says 2:35 in the 1 round
Rashad Evans is in full mount over Bobby Lashley
Evans tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Rashad Evans controls the situation despite Bobby Lashley efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Rashad Evans is in full mount over Bobby Lashley
Lashley measures the resilience of Evans's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Evans blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Evans tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Evans is looking to end this fight with strikes
He starts to pound away at Bobby Lashley, who is barely covering up!
The clock says 3:00 in the 1 round
Rashad Evans is in full mount over Bobby Lashley
Bobby Lashley doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He moves fast and now he is standing
John McCarthy halts the fight to stand up Bobby Lashley. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Madison Square Garden (New York City, New York) are cheering for the fighters.
Rashad Evans shoots for a double leg takedown!
He hits it! Bobby Lashley is taken off his feet, but he manages to pull Evans into his guard.
Rashad Evans is in closed guard over Lashley
Evans tries to escape from the closed guard
Evans succeeds and he's now in open guard... he takes a second to breathe
Rashad Evans is in open guard over Lashley
Lashley measures the resilience of Evans's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Evans's side.
Rashad Evans is in open guard over Lashley
Lashley tries to close his guard around Evans
He succeeds!
Rashad Evans is in closed guard over Lashley
Bobby Lashley launches a few punches to Evans's cheek from the guard.
Rashad Evans uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Rashad Evans is in closed guard over Lashley
Rashad Evans wants to finish his opponent on the ground
Evans drills Bobby Lashley's face with a huge right hand! What an impact!
The clock says 4:10 in the 1 round
Rashad Evans is in closed guard over Lashley
Lashley tries to stand up!
Evans doesn't allow him!
Rashad Evans is in closed guard over Lashley
Lashley tries to stand up!
Evans doesn't allow him!
The clock says 4:30 in the 1 round
Rashad Evans is in closed guard over Lashley
Lashley tries to stand up!
Evans doesn't allow him!
Rashad Evans is in closed guard over Lashley
Evans use some of his wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
After a few tentative moves, he jumps to side mount! The crowd in Madison Square Garden (New York City, New York) is cheering him!
Rashad Evans is in side mount over Bobby Lashley
Evans is looking to end this fight with strikes
He starts to pound away at Bobby Lashley, who is barely covering up!
That punishment by Rashad Evans has left Lashley staggered! Rashad Evans should try push forward now and finish this!
The ref stops the action. The round is over.
That was an even round for the most part.
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Round 2
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0:13 Round 2 and Evans is still in good shape. He sure has trained hard for this fight.
Rashad Evans goes with a looping right hand while Bobby Lashley jumps back and jabs
Lashley seems staggered and Rashad Evans runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.
Some nice shots from Bobby Lashley
miss their mark.
Evans is trying to counter now!
Rashad Evans tries a nice one-two combination
He scores!
Lashley seems a bit groggy... his movements are not very coordinated now.
Bobby Lashley tries to bring the fight to the ground
Evans won't budge, forcing Lashley to pull guard.
Rashad Evans is in closed guard over Lashley
Lashley tries to stand up!
Evans doesn't allow him!
Rashad Evans is in closed guard over Lashley
Lashley tries to stand up!
Evans doesn't allow him!
Rashad Evans is in closed guard over Lashley
Evans looks to be in very good shape.
Evans tries to escape from the closed guard
Evans succeeds and he's now in open guard... he takes a second to breathe
Rashad Evans is in open guard over Lashley
Evans tries to improve position.
He frees a leg.
The clock says 1:25 in the 2 round
Rashad Evans is in half guard over Lashley
Evans sits over his knees and pushes away Lashley's leg!
Rashad Evans is able to put away his leg and then jumps to side mount.
Rashad Evans is in side mount over Bobby Lashley
Rashad Evans looks to mount Bobby Lashley...
Rashad Evans slides his knee across and gets to mount.
The clock says 1:45 in the 2 round
Rashad Evans is in full mount over Bobby Lashley
Rashad Evans tries to better his position on the ground...
Evans is in a great position to begin a nice round of pounding!
Rashad Evans is in full mount over Bobby Lashley
Evans goes for an armbar!
Evans is locking that Armbar...
Lashley struggles to free himself
Bobby Lashley taps out after a text book armbar!
Winner is Rashad Evans by Submission (Armbar) at 2:02 Round 2
Statistics: Bobby Lashley
Punches 0/8 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/3 (0%)
GnP strikes 2/12 (17%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 257 s
Statistics: Rashad Evans
Punches 10/14 (71%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 3/10 (30%)
Takedowns 2/2 (100%)
GnP strikes 14/16 (88%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 257 s
It took fighting Bobby freaking Lashley for Rashad to snap a 10 fight losing streak. 10. That is on par with Rickson from back in the day, and Damm right now.
Rashad Evans glares at his opponent from the opposite corner.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Lashley is not prefered by the MMA media to win tonight. He will have to do his best to score a win.
The referee of the bout is John McCarthy.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
Lashley and Evans move forward as the bell signals the beginning of the fight!
Lashley decides to launch some tentative punches
Rashad Evans takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
The clock says 0:25 in the 1 round
Bobby Lashley shoots for a double leg takedown!
Rashad Evans sprawls and manages to stay on his feet.
Lashley is one of those men capable of pounding you into oblivion!
Lashley grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Evans struggles... Bobby Lashley is unable to take him down
Lashley misses a step and Rashad Evans sees an opportunity to counter him!
Bone shattering straight right hand from Rashad Evans!
Lashley is going to have a big headache after that blow!
Rashad Evans tries a middle kick
Lashley blocks with his arm! Wow, that was loud!
Evans wants to take the fight to his advantage and tries to clinch.
Evans moves forward and holds Lashley
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Rashad Evans postures up and launches another series of punches!
A lot of them are hitting Lashley hard, who may be wondering how to scape from this!
The fighters are clinching.
Rashad Evans seems fresh. He may still have a lot of gas in his tank.
Bobby Lashley's corner is turning out to be his worst enemy! Evans is throwing a flurry of punches!
Lashley ducks under and circles out of the corner.
Some nice shots from Bobby Lashley
miss their mark.
Bobby Lashley gets sloppy and Rashad Evans tries to take advantage...
Nice punch by Rashad Evans
who outboxes his opponent in this exchange.
Evans is holding Bobby Lashley's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Bobby Lashley loses balance and goes to the ground.
The clock says 1:50 in the 1 round
Rashad Evans is in side mount over Bobby Lashley
Bobby Lashley launches a few punches to Evans's cheek from the guard.
Rashad Evans uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Rashad Evans is in side mount over Bobby Lashley
Evans cornermen are yelling for his man to escape from the ground as Lashley can finish a fight on the ground with some good pounding if you give him the chance.
Lashley measures the resilience of Evans's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Evans blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Rashad Evans is in side mount over Bobby Lashley
Rashad Evans looks to mount Bobby Lashley...
Rashad Evans slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Rashad Evans is in full mount over Bobby Lashley
Evans gets a good position on the ground. ..
and what an incredible flurry! He's just wailing away at Bobby Lashley! The referee is saying he's going to stop it if Bobby Lashley doesn't defend himself!
The clock says 2:35 in the 1 round
Rashad Evans is in full mount over Bobby Lashley
Evans tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Rashad Evans controls the situation despite Bobby Lashley efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Rashad Evans is in full mount over Bobby Lashley
Lashley measures the resilience of Evans's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Evans blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Evans tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Evans is looking to end this fight with strikes
He starts to pound away at Bobby Lashley, who is barely covering up!
The clock says 3:00 in the 1 round
Rashad Evans is in full mount over Bobby Lashley
Bobby Lashley doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He moves fast and now he is standing
John McCarthy halts the fight to stand up Bobby Lashley. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Madison Square Garden (New York City, New York) are cheering for the fighters.
Rashad Evans shoots for a double leg takedown!
He hits it! Bobby Lashley is taken off his feet, but he manages to pull Evans into his guard.
Rashad Evans is in closed guard over Lashley
Evans tries to escape from the closed guard
Evans succeeds and he's now in open guard... he takes a second to breathe
Rashad Evans is in open guard over Lashley
Lashley measures the resilience of Evans's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Evans's side.
Rashad Evans is in open guard over Lashley
Lashley tries to close his guard around Evans
He succeeds!
Rashad Evans is in closed guard over Lashley
Bobby Lashley launches a few punches to Evans's cheek from the guard.
Rashad Evans uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Rashad Evans is in closed guard over Lashley
Rashad Evans wants to finish his opponent on the ground
Evans drills Bobby Lashley's face with a huge right hand! What an impact!
The clock says 4:10 in the 1 round
Rashad Evans is in closed guard over Lashley
Lashley tries to stand up!
Evans doesn't allow him!
Rashad Evans is in closed guard over Lashley
Lashley tries to stand up!
Evans doesn't allow him!
The clock says 4:30 in the 1 round
Rashad Evans is in closed guard over Lashley
Lashley tries to stand up!
Evans doesn't allow him!
Rashad Evans is in closed guard over Lashley
Evans use some of his wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
After a few tentative moves, he jumps to side mount! The crowd in Madison Square Garden (New York City, New York) is cheering him!
Rashad Evans is in side mount over Bobby Lashley
Evans is looking to end this fight with strikes
He starts to pound away at Bobby Lashley, who is barely covering up!
That punishment by Rashad Evans has left Lashley staggered! Rashad Evans should try push forward now and finish this!
The ref stops the action. The round is over.
That was an even round for the most part.
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Round 2
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0:13 Round 2 and Evans is still in good shape. He sure has trained hard for this fight.
Rashad Evans goes with a looping right hand while Bobby Lashley jumps back and jabs
Lashley seems staggered and Rashad Evans runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.
Some nice shots from Bobby Lashley
miss their mark.
Evans is trying to counter now!
Rashad Evans tries a nice one-two combination
He scores!
Lashley seems a bit groggy... his movements are not very coordinated now.
Bobby Lashley tries to bring the fight to the ground
Evans won't budge, forcing Lashley to pull guard.
Rashad Evans is in closed guard over Lashley
Lashley tries to stand up!
Evans doesn't allow him!
Rashad Evans is in closed guard over Lashley
Lashley tries to stand up!
Evans doesn't allow him!
Rashad Evans is in closed guard over Lashley
Evans looks to be in very good shape.
Evans tries to escape from the closed guard
Evans succeeds and he's now in open guard... he takes a second to breathe
Rashad Evans is in open guard over Lashley
Evans tries to improve position.
He frees a leg.
The clock says 1:25 in the 2 round
Rashad Evans is in half guard over Lashley
Evans sits over his knees and pushes away Lashley's leg!
Rashad Evans is able to put away his leg and then jumps to side mount.
Rashad Evans is in side mount over Bobby Lashley
Rashad Evans looks to mount Bobby Lashley...
Rashad Evans slides his knee across and gets to mount.
The clock says 1:45 in the 2 round
Rashad Evans is in full mount over Bobby Lashley
Rashad Evans tries to better his position on the ground...
Evans is in a great position to begin a nice round of pounding!
Rashad Evans is in full mount over Bobby Lashley
Evans goes for an armbar!
Evans is locking that Armbar...
Lashley struggles to free himself
Bobby Lashley taps out after a text book armbar!
Winner is Rashad Evans by Submission (Armbar) at 2:02 Round 2
Statistics: Bobby Lashley
Punches 0/8 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/3 (0%)
GnP strikes 2/12 (17%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 257 s
Statistics: Rashad Evans
Punches 10/14 (71%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 3/10 (30%)
Takedowns 2/2 (100%)
GnP strikes 14/16 (88%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 257 s
It took fighting Bobby freaking Lashley for Rashad to snap a 10 fight losing streak. 10. That is on par with Rickson from back in the day, and Damm right now.