PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bart Simpson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yang Terbaik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Terbaik has chosen Motörhead - Ace Of Spades 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.

Simpson
vs
Terbaik

150 cm
31
185 lbs
15 - 6 - 0

187 cm
34
182 lbs
16 - 11 - 0

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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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 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bart Simpson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Yang Terbaik!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Nard Betker and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Simpson doesn't manage to clinch there - Terbaik circles away.

Simpson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Terbaik, pushing him back against the cage.
Terbaik has had enough of the clinch but Simpson keeps him there for the moment.
Simpson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Terbaik avoiding damage as Simpson throws knees to the body.
Terbaik is trying to maintain a safe position but Simpson gets an underhook and turns Terbaik into the cage.
Simpson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Terbaik avoids it.
Simpson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Terbaik has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Simpson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Terbaik's defenses.
Terbaik tries to break the clinch but Simpson is controlling the position.
Terbaik avoids the elbow strike from Simpson, against the cage.
Simpson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Terbaik avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Simpson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Simpson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Terbaik.
Simpson lands a nice elbow.
Simpson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Terbaik avoids it.
Terbaik is pushing Simpson up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Simpson tries to land knees in the clinch but Terbaik avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Terbaik managing to block the knees to the body from Simpson.
Simpson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Terbaik lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Terbaik avoiding damage as Simpson throws knees to the body.
Simpson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Terbaik avoids it.
Simpson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Terbaik's defenses.
Terbaik takes a knee to the side of the body.
Terbaik looks winded!
Simpson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Terbaik avoiding damage as Simpson throws knees to the body.
Terbaik throws a head punch that misses.
Simpson missing with knees to the body.
Simpson lands an elbow inside.
Terbaik managing to block the knees to the body from Simpson.
Simpson missing with knees to the body.
Terbaik blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Terbaik tries to break the clinch but Simpson is controlling the position.
Simpson presses Terbaik against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Terbaik misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Simpson trying to land knees to the body.
Terbaik on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Simpson missing with knees to the body.
Simpson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Terbaik.
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!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Simpson.
A bit of stalling here from Terbaik.
Simpson landing knees to the body.
Simpson missing with knees to the body.
Terbaik on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Terbaik is trying to maintain a safe position but Simpson gets an underhook and turns Terbaik into the cage.
Simpson trying to land knees to the body.
Terbaik digs a right hand underneath Simpson's ribcage. Simpson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Simpson working Terbaik over with knees to the body.

Terbaik escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Simpson definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Simpson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Terbaik scores with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Terbaik pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Simpson closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Terbaik counter with a right hand.

Simpson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Simpson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Terbaik avoids it.
Simpson prevents Terbaik from breaking the clinch.
Simpson trying to land knees to the body.
Terbaik blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Terbaik avoiding damage as Simpson throws knees to the body.
Simpson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Terbaik avoiding damage as Simpson throws knees to the body.

Terbaik escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Simpson forces Terbaik back against the cage and clinches.
Terbaik scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Simpson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Terbaik is defending well for now.
Simpson landing knees to the body.
Simpson cracks Terbaik with a nice body shot.
Simpson working Terbaik over with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Simpson working Terbaik over with knees to the body.
Simpson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Simpson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Terbaik.
Simpson working Terbaik over with knees to the body.
Simpson lands a knee to the body.
Terbaik takes an elbow to the forehead.
Simpson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Simpson lands a damaging elbow.
Simpson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Terbaik.
Simpson landing knees to the body.
Simpson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Simpson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Simpson lands an elbow inside that Terbaik shrugs off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bart Simpson dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Simpson closes the distance and clinches.
A frustrated look appears on Terbaik's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Simpson lands a nice elbow.
Simpson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Terbaik.
Simpson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Terbaik can do to turn this around?
Simpson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Terbaik avoids it.
Terbaik goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Terbaik misses with some punches.
Simpson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Simpson.
Terbaik on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Simpson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Terbaik is defending well for now.
Simpson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Terbaik avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Simpson tries to land knees in the clinch but Terbaik avoids the damage to the body.
Simpson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Simpson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Terbaik is defending well for now.
A nice right hand lands inside from Simpson.
Simpson trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Simpson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Terbaik.
Simpson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Terbaik in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Terbaik is breathing heavily.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Simpson obliges.
Knees to the body from Simpson.
Simpson lands with a short shot to the head.
Simpson lands a good knee to the midsection. Terbaik won't want to take too many of those.
Simpson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Simpson.
Simpson tries to throw a body punch but Terbaik avoids it by throwing Simpson back against the cage.
Terbaik avoiding damage as Simpson throws knees to the body.
Terbaik takes a knee to the side of the body.
Terbaik managing to block the knees to the body from Simpson.
Simpson crunches a lovely knee into Terbaik's ribcage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Simpson trying to land knees to the body.
Simpson tries to land knees in the clinch but Terbaik avoids the damage to the body.
Simpson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Terbaik avoids it.
Simpson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Terbaik is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Simpson missing with knees to the body.
Terbaik managing to block the knees to the body from Simpson.
Terbaik is trying to force a seperation but Simpson has the dominant position.
Simpson misses with an elbow over the top.
Terbaik blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Simpson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Terbaik has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Simpson seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Terbaik can turn it around.
Terbaik blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Simpson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Simpson missing with knees to the body.
Bart Simpson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Simpson lands a knee to the body.
Simpson crunches a lovely knee into Terbaik's ribcage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Simpson.
Simpson trying to land knees to the body.
Terbaik managing to block the knees to the body from Simpson.
Terbaik looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Terbaik avoids a wild elbow strike from Simpson.
Simpson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Terbaik is defending well for now.
Simpson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Terbaik.
Terbaik avoiding damage as Simpson throws knees to the body.
Simpson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Terbaik in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Terbaik managing to block the knees to the body from Simpson.
Terbaik tries to break the clinch but Simpson is controlling the position.
Terbaik takes an elbow to the temple.
Simpson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Terbaik's efforts to push away.
Simpson lands a knee to the body.
Simpson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Terbaik is defending well for now.
Terbaik managing to block the knees to the body from Simpson.
Simpson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Terbaik in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Simpson tries to land knees in the clinch but Terbaik avoids the damage to the body.
Simpson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Terbaik avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Simpson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Terbaik.
Simpson trying to land knees to the body.
Simpson lands a nice knee to the body.
Terbaik managing to block the knees to the body from Simpson.
Simpson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Terbaik.
Terbaik avoiding damage as Simpson throws knees to the body.
Terbaik working hard to break the clinch.
Simpson tries to land knees in the clinch but Terbaik avoids the damage to the body.
Simpson missing with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stalling in the clinch from Terbaik.
Simpson missing with knees to the body.
Simpson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Terbaik is defending well for now.
Terbaik avoids the elbow strike from Simpson, against the cage.
Simpson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Terbaik is defending well for now.
Terbaik misses with a body punch.

Terbaik breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bart Simpson dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Simpson is looking to clinch.

Simpson closes the distance and pushes Terbaik back into the cage.
Simpson lands a damaging elbow.
Simpson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Terbaik avoids it.
Simpson missing with knees to the body.
Terbaik misses with the head strike.
Simpson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Terbaik avoids it.
Terbaik lands with a right to the head.

It looks like Bart Simpson has been cut.
Simpson missing with knees to the body.
Simpson scores a nice knee to the body.
Simpson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Terbaik.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Terbaik managing to block the knees to the body from Simpson.
Simpson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Terbaik avoids it.
Simpson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Terbaik lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Knees in the clinch landing for Simpson.
Terbaik avoiding damage as Simpson throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Simpson throws an elbow that misses.
Simpson trying to land knees to the body.
Simpson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Terbaik.
Simpson missing with knees to the body.
Terbaik on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Terbaik blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Terbaik blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Terbaik taking a breather.
Terbaik managing to block the knees to the body from Simpson.
Terbaik can't break the clinch.
Terbaik tries to throw a body punch but Simpson avoids it by throwing Terbaik back against the cage.
Terbaik managing to block the knees to the body from Simpson.
Terbaik blocks an elbow strike.
Terbaik lands a hook that snaps the head of Simpson backwards.
Terbaik wants to break free but Simpson has control.
Terbaik working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Simpson throws an elbow but misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Terbaik on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Terbaik manages to break the clinch.
Yang Terbaik is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Terbaik connects with a right hand. Simpson shakes it off.

Simpson looking to score a takedown here. Terbaik is defending well but Simpson drives through and ends up in Terbaik's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Simpson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Terbaik works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Simpson makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Simpson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Simpson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Simpson throwing strikes from guard but Terbaik blocks nicely.
Simpson is working Terbaik over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simpson throwing strikes but missing.
Simpson postures up in Terbaik's guard and throws a big left but Terbaik blocks it.
Simpson works over Terbaik with some ground and pound from guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Simpson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Simpson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Simpson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Simpson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Simpson postures up and lands a big shot to Terbaik's brow.

Terbaik is rocked!
Simpson throwing strikes but missing.
Simpson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Terbaik looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Yang Terbaik has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Simpson landing some decent shots from guard.
Terbaik is still in real trouble! Can Simpson finish him?
Simpson forces his way into half guard.
Terbaik seems to have recovered his senses.
Simpson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Simpson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Simpson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Simpson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Terbaik's head.
Simpson is pressing down on Terbaik's thigh, looking to free his foot. Terbaik is holding on for now.
Simpson lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Terbaik! More strikes land and this one is all over! Simpson jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bart Simpson!
Bart Simpson decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.