PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Apollo Simmons (ranked 3236 p4p, 6442 weight class) and Jake Sully (ranked 408 p4p, 669 weight class). Sully is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Hail the Apocallipse. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Simmons
vs
Sully

180 cm
25
177
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
20
175
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Apollo Simmons!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jake Sully!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Simmons wants to slow Sully down by chopping away at his legs.
Simmons throws a head kick that half lands.
Simmons keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sully.
Simmons misses with a head kick.
Sully scores with a crisp jab that stopped Simmons in his tracks.
Simmons wants to clinch.

Sully gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Simmons struggles to land a body shot inside as Sully controls his hands.
Simmons lands an elbow that stopped Sully in his tracks for a moment.
Simmons looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Simmons lands an elbow just above Sully 's eye.
Sully blocks an elbow strike.
A short right from Sully on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Simmons misses with a punch to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sully creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Simmons misses with an elbow over the top.
Sully on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sully working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sully lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sully.
Simmons tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sully avoids it.
Sully blocks the elbow strike.
Simmons tries to work over Sully's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Simmons's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Simmons throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Simmons misses with a hook to the ribs.
Simmons tries a body shot but Sully blocks it.
Sully lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sully managing to block the knees to the body from Simmons.
Simmons pushes off an throws an elbow but Sully leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A short right from Sully on the inside.
Sully lands a knee to the body.
Simmons is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sully makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Sully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sully.
Sully lands a body shot.
Sully lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sully creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sully makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sully lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sully gets through Simmons's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sully pushes Simmons back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short right from Sully on the inside.

Simmons is rocked!
Sully lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Oh Simmons is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sully lands a body punch.
Sully lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Simmons or not.
A short right from Sully.
Sully lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sully softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sully lands with a light punch inside.
Sully lands a body shot.
Sully lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Simmons to his knees! Sully keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jake Sully!
A pretty intense looking Jake Sully took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.