PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edward Simpson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Calabi Yau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yau is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Death Walks Behind You. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Simpson
vs
Yau

189 cm
21
235 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

191 cm
22
275 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Chainsaw Shack - dress for less
PR1ME

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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Edward Simpson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Calabi Yau!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Atkins and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Simpson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yau.
Simpson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Yau shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Yau chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Simpson can pounce on him.
The crowd cheers as Simpson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Yau doesn't seem phased though.
Yau misses with an uppercut.
Yau swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Simpson has managed to clinch.
Simpson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Simpson being controlled against the cage.
Simpson trying to land knees to the body.
Yau takes a knee to the side of the body.
Simpson cracks Yau with a nice body shot.
Simpson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Knees to the body from Simpson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yau blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Simpson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Yau avoids a wild elbow strike from Simpson.
Yau takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Calabi Yau has been cut.
Simpson throws an elbow but it misses.
A short right from Simpson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yau on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yau stalling in the clinch.
Simpson lands an uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Simpson throws an elbow but misses.
Simpson pushes off an throws an elbow but Yau leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Simpson pushes off an throws an elbow but Yau leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Simpson lands a good knee to the midsection. Yau won't want to take too many of those.
Yau tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yau blocks the elbow strike.
Simpson lands a body shot.
Yau looks gassed!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Simpson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yau's brow.
Simpson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Simpson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Simpson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Simpson lands an elbow just above Yau 's eye.
Yau managing to block the knees to the body from Simpson.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yau takes an elbow to the forehead.
Yau is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Simpson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Simpson pushes off an throws an elbow but Yau leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Simpson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Yau blocks the elbow strike.
Simpson lands a nice elbow.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Yau takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Simpson throws a head punch that misses.
Yau blocks an uppercut.
Yau has Simpson pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Simpson manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Simpson lands a nice uppercut.
Simpson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Yau dodges an elbow strike from Simpson.
A frustrated look appears on Yau's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Simpson lands an elbow inside.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Simpson misses with a body punch.
Yau takes a knee to the side of the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yau.
Yau blocks an elbow strike.
Yau avoids a wild elbow strike from Simpson.
Yau tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yau on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Simpson scores a nice knee to the body.
Simpson throws an elbow but it misses.
Simpson prevents the takedown attempt.
Edward Simpson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Calabi Yau.
Simpson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Simpson lands an elbow just above Yau 's eye.
Yau avoiding damage as Simpson throws knees to the body.
Simpson pushes off an throws an elbow but Yau leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Simpson lands a nice knee to the body.
Yau is trying to stall.
Simpson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Simpson lands a damaging elbow.
Simpson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Yau in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Simpson throws an elbow that misses.
Simpson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Simpson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Simpson throws an elbow that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Simpson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yau.
Yau dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Simpson lands an elbow that stopped Yau in his tracks for a moment.
Simpson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Simpson lands a damaging elbow.
Simpson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Simpson is working Yau over against the cage.
Simpson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Yau's defenses.

That has opened up Calabi Yau's cut even more.
Simpson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Yau lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Simpson lands an elbow inside.
Simpson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yau takes an elbow to the forehead.
Simpson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Simpson lands a right hand.
Simpson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Yau blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edward Simpson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Calabi Yau's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Yau takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Simpson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Simpson is looking to slow Yau down with leg kicks.
Simpson tries to land a front kick but Yau steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Simpson with a hook.
Nice defenses there by Yau.

Simpson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Yau avoids the elbow strike from Simpson, against the cage.
Yau is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Yau blocking some punches.
Yau takes an elbow to the temple.
Simpson struggles to land a body shot inside as Yau controls his hands.
Simpson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Simpson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Yau blocks an elbow strike.
Simpson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Simpson scores with a shoulder strike.
Yau is breathing heavily.
Yau's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Simpson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yau's elbow.
Yau on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Simpson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Simpson throws an elbow but misses.
Simpson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Simpson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Yau avoiding damage as Simpson throws knees to the body.
Yau misses with a punch to the body.
Yau tries to stall but Simpson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Simpson swings wildly with an uppercut but Yau uses good head movement to avoid it.
Simpson trying to land knees to the body.
Simpson pushes off an throws an elbow but Yau leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Yau blocks the elbow strike.
Simpson throws an elbow that misses.
Simpson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

The cut above Calabi Yau's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Simpson.
Simpson misses with some punches.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Simpson misses with an elbow over the top.
Simpson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Simpson scores a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Simpson tries to throw a body punch but Yau avoids it by throwing Simpson back against the cage.
Yau blocks an elbow strike from Simpson.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Simpson here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Yau blocks the elbow strike.
Simpson misses with an elbow over the top.
Simpson tries to land knees in the clinch but Yau avoids the damage to the body.
Simpson lands an elbow inside that Yau shrugs off.
Simpson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yau can do to turn this around?
Simpson trying to land knees to the body.
Simpson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yau.
Simpson misses with a knee strike.
Yau stalling against the cage.
Simpson throws an elbow that misses.
Simpson lands an elbow that stopped Yau in his tracks for a moment.
Simpson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Edward Simpson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Simpson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yau avoiding damage.
Simpson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yau.
Yau takes an elbow to the forehead.

Calabi Yau's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yau on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Yau pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A swing and a miss from Yau.
Simpson throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Simpson throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Simpson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Yau moves forwards but Simpson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Simpson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Simpson.
Yau misses with a two punch combination.
Edward Simpson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Yau jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Simpson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Yau takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Yau takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Yau has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Yau there as he acknowledges the shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yau misses with a hook. Simpson ducked under it nicely.
Simpson looks to land a left hand but Yau moved out of range nicely.
Simpson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Simpson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Yau. That did some damage!
Simpson lands with a nice body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice body kick from Simpson.
Yau lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Simpson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Simpson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Simpson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Simpson moves in looking to clinch but Yau pushes him off.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yau slips under a jab.
A slow jab from Yau misses its intended target.
Yau takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Yau pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edward Simpson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Calabi Yau's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Yau moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Yau on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Yau ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Simpson moves away.

Simpson gets a clinch.
Simpson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yau is defending well for now.
Yau blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nice elbow from Simpson.

Yau has picked Simpson up - he's going for a ride! Yau dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Simpson is trying to control but can't.
Yau thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Simpson's head.
Yau is looking to advance position but Simpson won't allow it.
Yau looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yau thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Simpson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Yau sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Simpson defending well though.
Yau throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Yau looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Yau wants to take a breather but Simpson is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yau wants to free his trapped foot but Simpson is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Simpson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Yau throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Yau thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Simpson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Yau.
Calabi Yau has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yau is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Yau is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Yau throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Yau wants to control the pace but Simpson is squirming around nicely.
Poor strikes thrown by Yau there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yau cracks Simpson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Yau pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Yau has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yau unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Simpson wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Yau celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Calabi Yau!