PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stavros Drivas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fred Simpson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Drivas's entrance music is Rob Hubbard - Commando. A fine choice. 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.

Drivas
vs
Simpson

204 cm
18
300 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

201 cm
23
287 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Stavros Drivas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Fred Simpson!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Yves DeLean and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drivas wants to clinch up but Simpson keeps it at a distance.
Simpson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Drivas gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Drivas is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Knees to the body from Drivas.
Simpson looks gassed!
Drivas with a knee to the head.

It looks like Fred Simpson has been cut.
Drivas lands a nice elbow.
Drivas controlling the action here for a moment.
Drivas landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Drivas.
Come on Drivas - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Drivas with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Drivas landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drivas will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Simpson up against the cage.
Knees to the body from Drivas.
Drivas lands a knee to the body.
Drivas holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Drivas landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Drivas stalling.
Drivas lands a knee to the body.
Drivas lands a knee to the head.
Drivas connects with a nasty looking knee right to Simpson's face.
Simpson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Drivas lands a nice knee to the body.
Drivas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Simpson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Simpson takes a knee right on the jaw!
A knee to the head by Drivas.
Drivas connects with a knee to the head.
Drivas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Simpson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Drivas misses with a knee to the head.
Drivas tries to land knees in the clinch but Simpson avoids the damage to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Simpson.
Simpson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Drivas with a knee to the head.
Drivas comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Drivas with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Drivas pressing his opponent against the cage.
Simpson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Drivas scores with a knee to the head.
Simpson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Drivas blocks an uppercut.
Simpson takes an elbow to the temple.
Drivas lands a knee to the head.
Drivas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Simpson.
Simpson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Drivas looking to throw knees to the head but Simpson is blocking nicely.
Simpson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Knees in the clinch landing for Drivas.
Drivas lands a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Drivas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Simpson throws a punch but it's blocked by Drivas.
Drivas lands a knee to the body.
Drivas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Simpson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Drivas landing knees to the body.
Simpson throws a head punch that misses.
Drivas scores with a knee to the head.
Simpson misses with a punch on the inside.
Drivas scores with a knee to the head.
Drivas stalling.
Simpson misses with some punches.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Simpson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Drivas lands a knee to the body.
Drivas lands a knee to the body.
Simpson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Drivas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Simpson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Drivas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Drivas using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Drivas using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Drivas scores a nice knee to the body.
Simpson managing to block the knees to the body from Drivas.
Drivas landing knees to the body.
Drivas is stalling here.
Simpson throws a punch but it's blocked by Drivas.
Drivas gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drivas lands an elbow that stopped Simpson in his tracks for a moment.
Drivas with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Simpson swings wildly with an uppercut but Drivas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Drivas lands a nice knee to the body.
Drivas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Simpson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Drivas landing knees to the body.
Drivas scores a nice knee to the body.
Drivas using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Drivas lands an elbow just above Simpson 's eye.
Simpson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Drivas scores a nice knee to the body.
Simpson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Drivas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Simpson letting Drivas take a breather here.
Knees to the body from Drivas.
Drivas looking to stall.
Simpson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Simpson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Drivas lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Drivas lands a knee to the head.
Drivas using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Simpson throws a head punch that misses.
Drivas controlling the action here for a moment.
Drivas blocks an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Simpson takes an elbow to the temple.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Drivas lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Drivas.
Simpson working aggressively here.
Drivas content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Drivas lands a nice knee to the body.
Drivas connects with a nasty looking knee right to Simpson's face.
Drivas blocks an uppercut.
Drivas with a knee to the head.
Drivas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Simpson has a couple of punches blocked by Drivas.
Drivas content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Drivas blocking some punches.
Drivas scores a nice knee to the body.
Simpson has a couple of punches blocked by Drivas.
Drivas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Simpson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Drivas with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Drivas lands a damaging elbow.
Drivas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Drivas scores a nice knee to the body.
Drivas lands an elbow that stopped Simpson in his tracks for a moment.
Drivas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Simpson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Drivas looking to throw knees to the head but Simpson is blocking nicely.
Drivas lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Drivas.
Drivas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stavros Drivas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fred Simpson's cut.
That's time! Drivas's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Drivas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Simpson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Simpson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Drivas darts in and clinches Simpson up against the cage.
Drivas with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Drivas.
Drivas holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Simpson misses with the head strike.
Drivas connects with a knee to the head.
Drivas lands a nice knee to the body.
Drivas lands a nice knee to the body.
Drivas comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Drivas comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Drivas.
Drivas lands a nice elbow.
Drivas lands a knee to the body.
Drivas scores a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Drivas.
Drivas landing knees to the body.
Stavros Drivas has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Drivas lands a knee to the body.
Simpson avoiding damage as Drivas throws knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Simpson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Drivas connects with a nasty looking knee right to Simpson's face.
Simpson misses with some punches.
Drivas landing knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drivas lands an elbow inside that Simpson shrugs off.
Drivas blocking some punches.
Knees in the clinch landing for Drivas.
Drivas blocks an uppercut.
Drivas lands a nice knee to the body.
Simpson avoiding damage as Drivas throws knees to the body.
Drivas with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Drivas connects with a knee to the head.
Drivas lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Simpson has a couple of punches blocked by Drivas.
Drivas taking a breather.
Simpson misses with the head strike.
Drivas scores a nice knee to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Simpson fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Simpson fails to land.
Drivas lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Drivas.
Simpson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Drivas lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Simpson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Drivas landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Simpson has a couple of punches blocked by Drivas.
Drivas connects with a nasty looking knee right to Simpson's face.
A bit of stalling here from Drivas.
Simpson misses with some punches.
Drivas lands an elbow inside.
Simpson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two 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.
Drivas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Simpson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Simpson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Simpson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Drivas crunches a lovely knee into Simpson's ribcage.
Drivas landing knees to the head.
Drivas manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Drivas connects with a knee to the head.
Drivas landing knees to the body.
Simpson misses with a punch on the inside.
Simpson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Drivas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Simpson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Drivas lands a knee to the body.
Drivas scores a nice knee to the body.
Drivas with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Simpson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Knees in the clinch landing for Drivas.
Drivas landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Stalling in the clinch from Drivas.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Simpson.
Drivas holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Drivas blocking some punches.
Drivas manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Drivas landing knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simpson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Drivas lands a knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Drivas.
Simpson misses with some punches.
Drivas with a knee to the head.
Simpson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Drivas crunches a lovely knee into Simpson's ribcage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Simpson.
The referee calls for Drivas to work.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Drivas.
Drivas using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Simpson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A knee to the head by Drivas.
Simpson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Knees to the body from Drivas.
Drivas scores a nice knee to the body.
Drivas with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Drivas with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Drivas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Drivas stalling against the cage.
Drivas landing knees to the head.
Drivas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Drivas blocking some punches.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Simpson takes an elbow to the temple.

That's four 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.
A knee to the head by Drivas.
Drivas landing knees to the head.
Drivas with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Drivas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Simpson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Simpson misses with some punches.
Nice elbow from Drivas.
Simpson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Simpson has a couple of punches blocked by Drivas.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Drivas.
Drivas using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Drivas landing knees to the body.
The is referee keeping an eye on Drivas - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Simpson throws a head punch that misses.
Simpson misses with some punches.
Drivas scores with a knee to the head.
Drivas scores a nice knee to the body.
Simpson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Drivas slows down the pace here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Drivas.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Drivas using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Drivas using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Drivas with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Drivas crunches a lovely knee into Simpson's ribcage.
Simpson working aggressively here.
Simpson misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stavros Drivas dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Fred Simpson's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Drivas swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Simpson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Drivas circles away.
Drivas is looking to clinch.
Drivas tries to clinch there but Simpson circles away.

Drivas gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Simpson.
Drivas is stalling here.
A knee to the head by Drivas.
Drivas connects with a nasty looking knee right to Simpson's face.
Drivas lands a knee to the head.
Simpson working aggressively here.
Simpson misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Drivas.
Nice elbow from Drivas.
Drivas lands a nice knee to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drivas lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Drivas blocks an uppercut.
The is referee keeping an eye on Drivas - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Simpson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Drivas lands a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Drivas blocks an uppercut.
Drivas content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Drivas landing knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drivas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Drivas with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Drivas.
Drivas gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Simpson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Drivas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Drivas lands a knee to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Drivas.
Drivas connects with a knee to the head.
Drivas connects with a nasty looking knee right to Simpson's face.
Simpson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Drivas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Simpson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Drivas crunches a lovely knee into Simpson's ribcage.
Simpson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Drivas backwards.
Drivas taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Simpson.
Simpson misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Simpson fails to land.
Simpson misses with some punches.
Drivas lands a damaging elbow.
Drivas using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Simpson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Simpson throws a head punch that misses.
Drivas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Simpson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Drivas lands a nice elbow.
Simpson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Drivas with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Drivas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Simpson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Simpson blocks the elbow strike.
Simpson has a couple of punches blocked by Drivas.
Drivas misses with a knee strike.
Simpson throws a head punch that misses.
Drivas scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Drivas.
Knees to the body from Drivas.
Drivas blocking some punches.
Drivas lands a damaging elbow.
Simpson misses with some punches.
Drivas scores with a knee to the head.
Drivas throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Simpson blocks it with crossed arms.
Drivas tries to land knees in the clinch but Simpson avoids the damage to the body.
A knee to the head by Drivas.
Drivas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Simpson.
Simpson throws a head punch that misses.
Drivas lands a knee to the body.
Simpson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Simpson working aggressively here.
A knee to the head by Drivas.
Drivas lands an elbow that stopped Simpson in his tracks for a moment.
Drivas crunches a lovely knee into Simpson's ribcage.
Simpson throws a head punch that misses.
Drivas lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A knee to the head by Drivas.
Drivas controlling the action here for a moment.
A shot in the inside from Simpson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simpson throws a punch but it's blocked by Drivas.
Simpson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Drivas lands a nice elbow.
Simpson working aggressively here.
Drivas landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Drivas will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Simpson up against the cage.
Simpson throws a head punch that misses.
Drivas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Simpson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Drivas lands a damaging elbow.
Drivas blocks an uppercut.
Drivas with a knee to the head.
Drivas with a knee to the head.
Drivas blocks an uppercut.
Simpson misses with a short punch on the inside.
A knee to the head by Drivas.
Drivas trying to stall but Simpson improves his position.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Drivas takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Drivas lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Simpson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Drivas gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Drivas with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Drivas lands a nice knee to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Drivas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Simpson.
Simpson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Drivas lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Simpson has a couple of punches blocked by Drivas.
Drivas lands a knee to the head.
Drivas blocks an uppercut.
Simpson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Simpson takes an elbow to the temple.
Drivas landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Simpson misses with a punch on the inside.
Drivas crunches a lovely knee into Simpson's ribcage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Drivas lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Drivas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Drivas lands a knee to the body.
Drivas landing knees to the body.
Simpson misses with the head strike.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Drivas using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Simpson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Drivas with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Drivas taking a breather.
Simpson swings wildly with an uppercut but Drivas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fred Simpson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Drivas landing some nice looking knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stavros Drivas showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Drivas has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 William Peck scores the fight 30:26
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:26
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stavros Drivas!