PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Christian Evansen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Seed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Seed's choice of entrance music: Drunken Master. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Evansen
vs
Seed

170 cm
19
144 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

165 cm
26
147 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
KO power

Good takedowns
Brawler
Very confident

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Christian Evansen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Sam Seed!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Sam Margolis and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Seed shoots in but Evansen avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Seed uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Evansen.
Seed tries to clinch up.
Evansen misses with an uppercut.

Seed instigates a clinch.
Evansen throws a head punch that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Evansen has a couple of punches blocked by Seed.
Evansen scores with a nice hook to the head.
A body shot lands from Evansen.
Seed blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Evansen tries to circle away but Seed has him pinned against the cage.
Evansen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Seed backwards.
Evansen misses with the head strike.
Evansen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seed tries to score a body lock takedown but Evansen shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Evansen tries to throw a body punch but Seed avoids it by throwing Evansen back against the cage.
Evansen swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Seed pulls Evansen into guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Evansen thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Seed is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Evansen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Seed looking to hit a scissor sweep but Evansen is one step ahead there.

Evansen thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Evansen is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Evansen thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seed is trying to control the position but Evansen postures up.

Seed working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Evansen doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Evansen manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Evansen is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Seed is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Seed has escaped and now he's on top!
Seed passes Evansen's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Seed prevents Evansen from improving his position.

Evansen actively working from the bottom here.
Seed prevents Evansen from improving his position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Evansen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Evansen actively working from the bottom here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seed trying to control the action but Evansen is working from the bottom.

Seed is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Evansen has hold of Seed's hands but Seed slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Evansen has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for Seed. Oh but Evansen has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! Seed goes limp - he's gone! Evansen jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Christian Evansen!
Christian Evansen is the new bantamweight champion!
Christian Evansen decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.