PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stephan Evurts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edward Simpson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Evurts comes to the cage accompanied by Welcome to the Jungle. Stephan Evurts has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Evurts
vs
Simpson

201 cm
35
276 lbs
19 - 9 - 0

189 cm
30
235 lbs
23 - 18 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Stephan Evurts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Edward Simpson!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Albert Achterberg and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evurts throws a hook but Simpson blocks it.
Evurts moves out of range of the body kick.
Simpson scores with a punch to the head.
Simpson throws out a loose jab but Evurts uses good head movement to avoid it.
Simpson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Simpson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Simpson scores with a jab to the head.
Evurts slips a straight right by Simpson.
Simpson keeps Evurts at a distance using the push kick.
Simpson is looking to chop away at Evurts's legs.
Simpson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Simpson misses with a head kick.
Simpson lands with an overhand left.
Evurts throws the left hand but Simpson avoids the punch easily.
Simpson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Simpson tries to clinch up but Evurts circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Simpson cracks Evurts with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Evurts looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Simpson takes the fight into the clinch.
Evurts blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Simpson works on Evurts's body with a couple of short punches.
Evurts misses with some punches.
Simpson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Evurts takes an elbow to the forehead.
Simpson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Simpson trying to land knees to the body.
Simpson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Simpson lands an elbow inside that Evurts shrugs off.
Evurts avoiding damage as Simpson throws knees to the body.
Evurts blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Simpson.
Knees to the body from Simpson.
A short body shot lands from Simpson as the two fighters clinch.
Simpson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Evurts blocking some punches.
Evurts avoiding damage as Simpson throws knees to the body.
Simpson is pressed up against the cage. Evurts has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Simpson down to the mat. Simpson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Simpson scores with a jab.
Simpson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Evurts blocks a head kick by Simpson.
Nice body kick from Simpson.

Simpson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Simpson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Simpson tries to throw a body punch but Evurts avoids it by throwing Simpson back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simpson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Evurts lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on Evurts's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Evurts dodges an elbow strike from Simpson.
Simpson pushes off an throws an elbow but Evurts leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Simpson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Evurts backwards.
Simpson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Evurts lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Evurts is breathing heavily.
Simpson lands an elbow inside.
Simpson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Simpson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Evurts is defending well for now.
Simpson lands an elbow inside that Evurts shrugs off.
Simpson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Evurts blocks an elbow strike from Simpson.
Simpson pushes off an throws an elbow but Evurts leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Simpson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Evurts's brow.
Simpson throws an elbow that misses.
Evurts takes a knee to the side of the body.
Simpson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Evurts prevents a body shot from Simpson.
Evurts wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Simpson has him pressed against the cage.
Evurts blocks the elbow strike.
Simpson lands a nice elbow.
Simpson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Evurts.
Evurts takes an elbow to the forehead.
Simpson misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Evurts blocks an elbow strike.
Evurts tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Simpson misses with an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edward Simpson dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Simpson thows a body shot but no joy.
Simpson catches Evurts with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Edward Simpson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Evurts is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Simpson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A solid body kick from Simpson.
Simpson misses with a head kick.
Evurts takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Simpson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Evurts.
Simpson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Simpson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Evurts manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Simpson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Simpson.
Simpson ducks under a wild hook from Evurts.
Nice shot lands for Simpson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Simpson tries to clinch but Evurts is having none of it.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Simpson. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Simpson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Stephan Evurts is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Simpson misses with a body shot.
Simpson has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Evurts is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Simpson stuns Evurts with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Simpson throws a jab but it's blocked by Evurts.
Simpson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Simpson is looking to clinch but Evurts is avoiding it.
A slow jab from Evurts misses its intended target.
Edward Simpson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Simpson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Evurts looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Simpson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Evurts shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Evurts on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Simpson throws out a loose jab but Evurts uses good head movement to avoid it.
Simpson tries to clinch there but Evurts circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Simpson.
A slow jab from Simpson misses its intended target.
Evurts uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Simpson.
Simpson looks for the body kick but Evurts saw that one coming.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Evurts takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Simpson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Simpson wants to clinch.
Simpson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Simpson misses with the body kick
and Evurts counters with a nice body shot.
Evurts throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Simpson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The fighters circling - Simpson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evurts takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Simpson thuds his shin into the meat of Evurts's side.
Simpson tries to clinch but Evurts moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Evurts. Those never looked like landing.
A decent looking cross lands there for Simpson.
Edward Simpson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Simpson. Evurts shrugs it off though.
Simpson looks to land a right hand but Evurts moved out of range.
Simpson tries to close the distance and clinch but Evurts swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Evurts walks forward, straight into a front kick from Simpson.
Evurts gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Simpson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Simpson is looking to slow Evurts down with leg kicks.
Simpson wants to clinch up but Evurts keeps it at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Simpson's jab looks to have found its range, popping Evurts under the eye.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Simpson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Evurts ducks under a wild hook from Simpson.
Simpson misses with a body shot.
Evurts takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Simpson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Evurts's head backwards.
Simpson catches Evurts with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Evurts has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Simpson.
Evurts takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Simpson.

Evurts gets tackled into the cage by Simpson. Simpson maintains the clinch.
Simpson misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edward Simpson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Simpson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Evurts.

Evurts lands a left and a right that sends Simpson crashing to the canvas! Evurts dives into mount looking to finish!

Simpson is rocked!

It looks like Edward Simpson has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Evurts is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Simpson goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Evurts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Stephan Evurts!
Stephan Evurts gave a mention to GREEN!160 in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).