PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mirko Filipovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and stephan evurts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Filipovic might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Duran duran - Wild Boys. stephan evurts will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Filipovic
vs
evurts

188 cm
19
240 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

201 cm
23
265 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Empire Threads - Featuring Deadly Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mirko Filipovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, stephan evurts!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Aafke Stam and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
evurts is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Filipovic tries a head kick but it misses.
evurts closes the distance and clinches up with Filipovic, looking for a takedown. evurts pushes Filipovic against the ropes but Filipovic circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
evurts shoots for a double leg takedown but Filipovic sprawls well. He's pushed evurts's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
evurts wants to clinch.
Filipovic lands a lovely overhand right.

evurts has managed to clinch.
Filipovic is looking to break free of the clinch but evurts has double underhooks.
Filipovic has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
evurts has Filipovic pressed against the ropes, preventing Filipovic from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
evurts throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
evurts fails to pull guard.
Mirko Filipovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of stephan evurts.

Filipovic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
evurts blocks a head kick by Filipovic.
Filipovic leaves evurts with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Filipovic throws a sloppy head kick and evurts moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Filipovic gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
evurts looking to pass the guard.
evurts controlling from the top position.
evurts trying to control the position from guard on top but Filipovic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
evurts pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Filipovic is keeping the position for now.
Filipovic on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Filipovic tries to get out of the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Filipovic is looking to stand up but evurts isn't so interested in that idea.
evurts is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

The ref stands the fighters back up. stephan evurts was stalling too much, according to the referee.
evurts wants to clinch.

evurts drives through with a takedown into guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

evurts is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
evurts looking to sit in guard and control but Filipovic gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Filipovic wants to stand and escape but instead evurts has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
evurts trying to control but Filipovic is working from the bottom.
evurts is pushing down on Filipovic's leg trying to pass to half guard. Filipovic is fighting to maintain full guard but evurts has managed to sneak the leg through.
Filipovic knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for evurts on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
evurts throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
evurts performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
evurts trying to control the action but Filipovic is working from the bottom.
Filipovic pushes evurts off but evurts dives into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but stephan evurts will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

evurts wants to clinch.
evurts tries to close the distance and clinch but Filipovic swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
evurts shoots in for a takedown but Filipovic shows good takedown defense.
evurts moves in looking to clinch but Filipovic pushes him off.
evurts tries to clinch there but Filipovic circles away.
evurts tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mirko Filipovic is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight stays on the outside here - evurts looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
evurts tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Filipovic just stands there and leans against the ropes.
evurts working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Filipovic working hard to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Filipovic's face as he tries to break the clinch.
evurts with a knee to the head.

It looks like Mirko Filipovic has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Filipovic wants to break the clinch but can't.
evurts prevents Filipovic from breaking the clinch.
Filipovic wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but evurts has him pressed against the ropes.
evurts fails to pull guard.
Mirko Filipovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of stephan evurts.
evurts is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Filipovic has had enough of the clinch but evurts keeps him there for the moment.
evurts tries for a takedown but Filipovic manages to get underhooks.
evurts prevents Filipovic from breaking the clinch.
evurts works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
evurts lands an uppercut.

evurts pulls Filipovic into guard.

evurts is looking for a triangle but Filipovic pushes his legs off easily.
evurts keeping moving, preventing Filipovic from controlling successfully.
Filipovic trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
evurts is trying to keep Filipovic in close.
Filipovic wants to stand and escape but instead evurts has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
evurts tries to free his leg and advance position but Filipovic is retaining full guard.
Filipovic being controlled here, momentarily.
evurts trying to control but Filipovic is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Filipovic being controlled here, momentarily.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Filipovic keeping moving, preventing evurts from controlling successfully.
evurts is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

stephan evurts has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
evurts misses with a takedown attempt - Filipovic sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
evurts will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
evurts dives in and grabs Filipovic's left leg, looking for a takedown. Filipovic pushes down on evurts's head and hops out.
evurts uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Filipovic.
No luck with that takedown attempt from evurts.
A head kick misses from Filipovic.
evurts will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
evurts will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Filipovic throws a sloppy head kick and evurts moves out of range easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Both fighters circling a little - Filipovic finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Filipovic tries a head kick but it misses.
evurts blocks a head kick by Filipovic.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but stephan evurts will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Mirko Filipovic's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

evurts doesn't manage to clinch there - Filipovic circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - evurts looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
evurts tries to clinch up but Filipovic circles away and keeps his distance.
Filipovic displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from evurts.
evurts looks for a takedown but Filipovic sprawls well.
evurts takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Filipovic turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Filipovic throws a sloppy head kick and evurts moves out of range easily.
evurts blocks a head kick by Filipovic.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
evurts tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Filipovic swivels and escapes.
Mirko Filipovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of stephan evurts.
A jab from Filipovic finds it's way through evurts's defenses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from evurts.
Filipovic tries a head kick but it misses.
evurts blocks a head kick by Filipovic.
evurts has a takedown stuffed.
evurts fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
No luck for evurts with that takedown attempt.
Filipovic misses with a few strikes there.
evurts shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Filipovic but Filipovic pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Filipovic throws a head kick but evurts moves out of range.

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.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from evurts.
Filipovic stuffs the takedown.
evurts changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Filipovic tries to avoid it but evurts manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Filipovic to the ground. Filipovic escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Mirko Filipovic is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Filipovic lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
evurts tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Filipovic misses with a head kick.
Filipovic slaps away a takedown attempt from evurts, before circling back to the center of the mat.
evurts shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Filipovic pinned against the cage. Filipovic gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
evurts avoids the head kick by Filipovic.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
evurts fails in his attempt to clinch.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from evurts.
Filipovic throws a head kick that misses.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from evurts.
No luck with that takedown attempt from evurts.
evurts shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Filipovic but Filipovic pushes him off and we're back to square one.
evurts takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
stephan evurts is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mirko Filipovic is winning the standup battle so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Filipovic misses with a head kick.
evurts shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
stephan evurts seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
evurts tries to score a power double leg takedown but Filipovic sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten evurts somewhat.
Filipovic throws a quick head kick that skims the top of evurts's head.
Filipovic displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from evurts.
Filipovic misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Filipovic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mirko Filipovic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
evurts is looking to clinch.
Filipovic misses with a head kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mirko Filipovic showed his dominance in that final round.
I think evurts has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... stephan evurts!