PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Timo Tamppooni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andy Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Tamppooni might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Revelations. Evans has chosen Survivor as his entrance music. 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.

Tamppooni
vs
Evans

175 cm
18
177 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

174 cm
22
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Timo Tamppooni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Andy Evans!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Donald Grub and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Evans looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Evans not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Evans is tying to control. Tamppooni wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Evans prevents Tamppooni from standing back up.
Evans wants to control but Tamppooni is keeping him busy.
Tamppooni is in trouble now - Evans has advanced to mount!
Evans looking to finish with strikes here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans looking to control but Tamppooni is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Evans has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Evans lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Tamppooni hang on?
Evans is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Tamppooni can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
A nice elbow there by Evans.

Evans jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Tamppooni is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Tamppooni and Evans has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans wants to stand but Tamppooni has him controlled and pulls him back into his guard.
Evans wants to control from the top but Tamppooni keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tamppooni is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Evans tries to stand but Tamppooni is controlling from the bottom.
Evans trying to control the position from guard on top but Tamppooni is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Evans wanted to stand there but Tamppooni had control of the position.
Evans trying to control the position from guard on top but Tamppooni is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Evans tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tamppooni swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andy Evans dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Evans tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Timo Tamppooni is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Evans tries to clinch up but Tamppooni circles away and keeps his distance.
Evans moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Tamppooni closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Tamppooni lands in his opponent's guard.
Evans not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tamppooni is one step ahead there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Evans manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Evans can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Tamppooni is looking to escape.
Evans misses with a head shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans tries to control but Tamppooni wriggling away.
Evans tries to stand up but he's trapped just for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Evans wants to control the pace but Tamppooni is squirming around nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andy Evans showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Evans misses with a takedown attempt

and Tamppooni counters with a single leg into guard. Evans didn't expect that.
Evans looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Tamppooni puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Evans wants to control but Tamppooni is keeping busy.
Evans flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Evans wants to control but Tamppooni is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Evans is trying to control but Tamppooni passes into side control!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Despite being in the dominant position, Andy Evans just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Tamppooni shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Evans tries to reverse the position but Tamppooni maintains control.
Evans is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tamppooni manages to capitalize on a mistake by Evans to take his back!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tamppooni avoiding Evans 's attempts to control his hands.
Evans is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Tamppooni is staying active.
Evans breaks Tamppooni's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans trying to control the position from guard on top but Tamppooni is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Tamppooni with a lazy takedown attempt

and Evans counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Timo Tamppooni has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Evans accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Evans connects with a couple of short punches.
Tamppooni keeping full guard, as Evans tries to pass.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans wants to control from the top but Tamppooni keeps moving.
Evans is looking to advance position but Tamppooni has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Tamppooni manages to capitalize on a mistake by Evans to take his back!
Evans really must keep his cool here. He's controlling one of Tamppooni's hands and whilst he does that, he's got a chance of escaping the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Timo Tamppooni.
Well Evans has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andy Evans!