PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between John Simons III (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Domon Kasshu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Simons III has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Simons III
vs
Kasshu

165 cm
22
138 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

183 cm
19
130 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

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 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Simons III!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Domon Kasshu!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Thiago Cunha and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kasshu lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Simons III tries to clinch but Kasshu moves out of range.
Kasshu swats away the attempt to clinch by Simons III.
Simons III shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Kasshu as he jumps to the side.

Simons III has Kasshu up against the cage in a clinch.
Simons III tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Kasshu smiles and moves away.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Simons III.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Simons III. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Simons III tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Kasshu forces Simons III back against the cage and clinches.
Simons III jumps guard but Kasshu stands there with Simons III around his waist. Simons III gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Kasshu prevents a takedown attempt there.
Kasshu is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Kasshu lands a right hand that snaps the head of Simons III backwards.
Kasshu can't break the clinch.
Kasshu lands a nice shot to the body.

Kasshu has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Simons III is trying to keep an underhook but Kasshu manages to get the takedown into half guard.

Kasshu escapes and gets back to his feet.
Kasshu circles away from the clinch attempt.
Domon Kasshu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Simons III shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Kasshu but Kasshu pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Simons III.

Kasshu looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Simons III is breathing heavily.
Kasshu trying to control but Simons III is working from the bottom.
Kasshu looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Simons III keeping moving, preventing Kasshu from controlling successfully.
Simons III is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Kasshu content to stall in guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kasshu with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kasshu pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Simons III is keeping the position for now.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Kasshu drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Kasshu lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Kasshu trying to control but Simons III is working from the bottom.
Kasshu wants to stand but Simons III is controlling his posture from full guard.
Kasshu not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kasshu wants to control from the top but Simons III keeps moving.
Kasshu slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Simons III is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Kasshu not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Kasshu wants to control from the top but Simons III keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kasshu trying to stand up but can't free himself from Simons III's guard.
Kasshu controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

Despite being in the dominant position, Domon Kasshu just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Simons III tries for a takedown but Kasshu circles away easily

and Kasshu counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Kasshu throwing shots but Simons III is blocking nicely.
Kasshu looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Simons III wants to get back to full guard.
Simons III is positioning himself well to prevent Kasshu advancing to mount.

Simons III actively working from the bottom here.
Kasshu not landing any meaningful shots this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Domon Kasshu dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Simons III tries to clinch but Kasshu moves out of range.
Horrible takedown by Simons III or perhaps it was just good defense by Kasshu which made him look bad.
Simons III shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Kasshu pinned against the cage. Kasshu gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Danga de danga de dang - Kasshu scores with a four punch combination!

Kasshu clinches up against the cage.
Simons III can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Simons III. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kasshu wants to break the clinch but can't.
A short uppercut from Kasshu.
Kasshu wants to break the clinch but can't.
Simons III fails to pull guard.
Simons III stops a takedown attempt from Kasshu.

Simons III pulls guard effortlessly.
Kasshu trying to control the position from guard on top but Simons III is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Simons III is working an open guard so Kasshu takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Simons III looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Kasshu goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Kasshu tries to clinch there but Simons III circles away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kasshu scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Kasshu is looking to take a break and control but Simons III is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Kasshu trying to control the pace.
Kasshu wants to stand up but Simons III has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Well, if Kasshu is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Simons III wants to get back to full guard.
Simons III is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Kasshu's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Kasshu's back!
Kasshu trying to control the hands but Simons III won't let him.
Kasshu tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kasshu is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Simons III controlling the pace for now.
Simons III forces the positional change into back control.
Domon Kasshu has got the better of the ground game so far.

Kasshu defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Simons III's arms.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Simons III sinks in the hooks and is looking for the choke. He's got it! Kasshu taps out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). John Simons III!