PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rowan Stevenson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Sims (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as William Sims enters the cage!

Stevenson
vs
Sims

166 cm
27
142 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

159 cm
36
143 lbs
31 - 21 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Milwaukee's Best 160 (85% laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Rowan Stevenson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 21 - 0, fighting out of London, William Sims!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Andrew Berry and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stevenson moves out of range of the strikes.
Sims fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sims lands with a good body shot.

Stevenson has closed the distance and engaged Sims in a clinch.
Stevenson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stevenson throws a head punch that misses.
Stevenson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sims blocks a body shot from Stevenson.
Stevenson is trying to maintain a safe position but Sims gets an underhook and turns Stevenson into the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Sims taking a breather.
Stevenson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stevenson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stevenson tries to throw a body punch but Sims avoids it by throwing Stevenson back against the cage.
Stevenson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sims's elbow.
Stevenson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sims blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stevenson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stevenson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Stevenson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevenson tries a knee to the head but Sims blocks it.
Sims misses with an elbow strike.
Sims pushes off an throws an elbow but Stevenson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Stevenson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sims tries to land knees in the clinch but Stevenson avoids the damage to the body.
Sims lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Stevenson tries to land a knee to the head but Sims blocks with his arms.
Sims tries to land a knee to the head but Stevenson blocks with his arms.
Sims wants to stall.
Sims tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stevenson avoids it.
Stevenson blocks an elbow strike.
Stevenson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Stevenson swings wildly with an uppercut but Sims uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stevenson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Stevenson throws a punch but it's blocked by Sims.
Stevenson avoids a wild elbow strike from Sims.
Sims is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Stevenson can't find room to land a body shot as Sims controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Stevenson.
Sims throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sims missing with knees to the body.
Sims working Stevenson over with knees to the body.
Sims avoiding damage as Stevenson throws 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!
Sims lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Sims misses with a punch to the body.
Stevenson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sims.
A short uppercut from Sims.
Sims stalling the fight.
Sims creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sims has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Stevenson seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Sims can turn it around.
Stevenson takes an elbow to the temple.
Sims misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sims managing to block the knees to the body from Stevenson.
Sims tries to land knees in the clinch but Stevenson avoids the damage to the body.
Stevenson struggles to land a body shot inside as Sims controls his hands.
Stevenson tries to land a knee to the head but Sims blocks with his arms.
Stevenson misses with a knee strike.
Sims scores a nice knee to the body.
Stevenson misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Stevenson.
Stevenson stalling in the clinch but Sims improves position.
Stevenson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sims scores with a shoulder strike.
Stevenson misses with the head strike.
Sims looking to stall.
Stevenson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sims misses with a punch to the body.
Sims is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Stevenson is defending well for now.
Sims lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sims lands a left hand.
Sims is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Stevenson is keeping busy.
Stevenson lands with a light punch inside.
Stevenson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Stevenson misses with a punch to the body.
Sims managing to block the knees to the body from Stevenson.
Stevenson swings wildly with an uppercut but Sims uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sims looking to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson swings wildly with an uppercut but Sims uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sims.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sims is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Stevenson is defending well for now.
Stevenson misses with a punch on the inside.
Stevenson managing to block the knees to the body from Sims.
Sims struggles to land a body shot inside as Stevenson controls his hands.
Stevenson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sims goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sims creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Stevenson's defenses.
Stevenson pushes off an throws an elbow but Sims leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sims tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stevenson's elbow.
Stevenson blocks an elbow strike from Sims.
Stevenson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sims throws an elbow but misses.
Stevenson misses with a punch on the inside.
Stevenson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Sims ducks under a wild hook from Stevenson.
Sims listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Sims tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Stevenson finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Sims scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Sims ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stevenson moves away.
A shot to the liver by Sims. Beautiful body shot.
Sims digs a good hook to Stevenson's body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stevenson avoids the head kick by Sims.
An inside leg kick from Stevenson misses.

Stevenson takes the fight into the clinch.
Stevenson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevenson tries to throw a body punch but Sims avoids it by throwing Stevenson back against the cage.
Rowan Stevenson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Stevenson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right from Stevenson.
Stevenson lands a body punch.
Sims is trying to maintain a safe position but Stevenson gets an underhook and turns Sims into the cage.
Sims tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stevenson avoids it.
Sims blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stevenson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sims misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stevenson.
Nice body punch from Sims.
Stevenson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sims trying to land knees to the body.
Stevenson avoids a wild elbow strike from Sims.
Sims is looking to control Stevenson's arms but Stevenson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sims has his back to the cage.
Sims tries to land a knee to the head but Stevenson blocks with his arms.
Stevenson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Sims is breathing heavily.
Sims pushes off an throws an elbow but Stevenson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Stevenson lands a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Stevenson.
Stevenson scores with a nice hook to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stevenson trying to land knees to the body.
Stevenson misses with a punch on the inside.
Stevenson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Sims swings wildly with an uppercut but Stevenson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stevenson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sims blocks a body shot from Stevenson.
Stevenson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sims blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stevenson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Stevenson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sims blocks it with crossed arms.
Stevenson misses with some punches.
Stevenson lands with a left to the head.
Stevenson tries a body shot but Sims blocks it.
Sims throws an elbow but it misses.
Sims throws an elbow that misses.
Sims tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stevenson avoids it.
Stevenson scores with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short left from Sims.
Stevenson managing to block the knees to the body from Sims.
Stevenson pushes Sims back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Stevenson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stevenson lands a right hand.
Sims is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Stevenson blocks an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Stevenson - that landed with a thud.
Stevenson avoids a wild elbow strike from Sims.
Sims gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Stevenson swings wildly with an uppercut but Sims uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sims misses with an elbow strike.
Stevenson misses with a punch on the inside.
Stevenson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sims is defending well for now.
Sims blocks an uppercut.
Stevenson working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sims connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stevenson's face.

It looks like Rowan Stevenson has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stevenson misses with a short punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Stevenson.
Sims wants to stall.
Sims misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stevenson.
Stevenson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Stevenson lands with a left to the head.
Knees to the body from Sims.
Sims avoiding damage as Stevenson throws knees to the body.
Sims blocks a body shot from Stevenson.
Stevenson lands a body shot.
Stevenson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sims throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Stevenson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sims backwards.
Sims is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Stevenson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Sims is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Stevenson is keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rowan Stevenson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rowan Stevenson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

A swing and a miss from Stevenson.

Stevenson moves into the clinch.
Stevenson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sims looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Stevenson misses with a punch on the inside.
Stevenson blocks an elbow strike from Sims.
A short right from Stevenson on the inside.
Sims blocks an uppercut.
Sims is looking to control Stevenson's arms but Stevenson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sims has his back to the cage.
Stevenson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Stevenson can't find room to land a body shot as Sims controls the action.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sims looking to stall.
Sims throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sims is trying to maintain a safe position but Stevenson gets an underhook and turns Sims into the cage.
Sims misses with an elbow over the top.
Stevenson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevenson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Stevenson.
Sims pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sims unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stevenson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sims blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stevenson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stevenson lands an elbow inside that Sims shrugs off.
Stevenson avoids a wild elbow strike from Sims.
Sims lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sims creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Stevenson works on Sims's body with a couple of short punches.
Stevenson takes an elbow to the forehead.
A head punch on the inside from Stevenson fails to land.
Stevenson scores with a shoulder strike.
Sims creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Stevenson blocking some punches.
Stevenson taking a breather.
Sims looking to stall.
Stevenson dodges an elbow strike from Sims.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sims is looking to control Stevenson's arms but Stevenson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sims has his back to the cage.
Stevenson lands an uppercut.
Sims lands a nice uppercut.
Stevenson is trying to maintain a safe position but Sims gets an underhook and turns Stevenson into the cage.
Stevenson throws an elbow that misses.
Stevenson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sims is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Stevenson cracks Sims with a nice body shot.
Sims blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stevenson lands with a light punch inside.
Stevenson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Stevenson managing to block the knees to the body from Sims.
Sims is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Stevenson misses with an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sims blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sims stalling in the clinch but Stevenson improves position.
Stevenson misses with a punch on the inside.
Stevenson avoids a wild elbow strike from Sims.
Stevenson lands a left hand.
Stevenson can't find room to land a body shot as Sims controls the action.
A right handed body shot lands from Sims.
Sims misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stevenson.
Sims is trying to maintain a safe position but Stevenson gets an underhook and turns Sims into the cage.
Stevenson avoiding damage as Sims throws knees to the body.
Sims blocks the elbow strike.
Stevenson avoids a wild elbow strike from Sims.
Sims blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stevenson presses Sims against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Sims blocking some punches.
Stevenson being controlled against the cage.
Sims blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Stevenson.
Sims lands a nice uppercut.
Stevenson blocks an elbow strike from Sims.
Sims taking a breather.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sims just misses with a elbow thrown towards Stevenson's brow.
Stevenson has a couple of punches blocked by Sims.
Stevenson misses with the head strike.
Stevenson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
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!
Stevenson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stevenson.
Stevenson scores with a shoulder strike.
Stevenson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Stevenson.

Sims is rocked!
Stevenson misses with some punches.
Sims is still on wobbly legs! Can Stevenson finish him?
Sims blocking some punches.
Stevenson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stevenson has a couple of punches blocked by Sims.
Stevenson lands a nice elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Stevenson fails to land.
Stevenson misses with a punch on the inside.
Stevenson lands a nice elbow.
Stevenson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sims can do to turn this around?
Stevenson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sims's defenses.
Stevenson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stevenson misses with a punch on the inside.
Sims blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stevenson has Sims pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Sims is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Stevenson - that's hurt Sims badly! Oh, another knee lands and Sims is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Sims doesn't seem to be complaining.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Rowan Stevenson!
Rowan Stevenson managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Milwaukee's Best 160 (85% laundry), into his post fight interview.