PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Demian Simmons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and True American (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). American has chosen skrillex as his entrance music. Demian Simmons looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Simmons
vs
American

194 cm
18
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

196 cm
22
176 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Demian Simmons!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, True American!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Jonathan Paton and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Simmons keeps the fight on the outside.
American tries to close the distance and clinch but Simmons swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

American looking to score a takedown here. Simmons is defending well but American drives through and ends up in Simmons's guard.
Simmons working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from American.
Simmons is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Simmons has a closed guard, preventing American from standing up.
American thows a big elbow that misses.
American must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
American landing some decent shots from guard.
American really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Simmons. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
American with a flurry of punches that miss.
Simmons is breathing heavily.
American connects with a couple of short punches.
American postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
American cracks Simmons with a solid left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
American seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
American looking to sit in guard and control but Simmons gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

American pushes Simmons off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Simmons fails with the takedown.

American rushes Simmons and presses him up against the cage.

American escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fight stays on the outside here - American looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
American is looking to clinch.

American shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
American wants to control from the top but Simmons keeps moving.
American is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Simmons being controlled here, momentarily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
American is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
American stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Simmons swivels though and keeps the full guard.
American postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
American sitting in guard here, content to control.
American trying to control the position from guard on top but Simmons is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The ref stands the fighters back up. True American was stalling too much, according to the referee.

American takes the fight into the clinch.
Simmons throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from American.

American breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

American rushes Simmons and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

American gets control of Simmons's arms and successfully pulls guard. American will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
American pulls Simmons in close to his closed guard and prevents Simmons from doing any damage or advancing position.
American looking to hit a scissor sweep but Simmons is one step ahead there.

American is looking for a triangle here but Simmons uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
American is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
American wants to control but Simmons postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

True American dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Simmons lands a nice leg kick that just misses American's sensitive parts.
Simmons shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
American scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

American gets in close and instigates a clinch.
American is pushing Simmons up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Simmons gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from American.

American pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

American drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Simmons takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
American in side control lands a decent elbow.
American in side control lands a decent elbow.
Simmons is trying to get back to half guard.
True American has got the better of the ground game so far.
American working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Simmons really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
American scoring with punches from side control.
American prevents Simmons from escaping the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
American connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Simmons some visible discomfort.
Simmons is not content to let American control the position.
Simmons can't do much from the bottom here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
American trying to control the action but Simmons is working from the bottom.
Simmons is looking to reverse the position.
Simmons is working hard here to advance position.
American scores with punches from side control.
Simmons is letting American control him for a moment.
Simmons is not content to let American control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simmons is looking to reverse the position.
American working away.
American creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
American lands an elbow.
Simmons is trying to get back to half guard.
American working the ground and pound.
American working the head and body with strikes.
American works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
American cracks Simmons with a big right hand but Simmons just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

American stands up and we're back to a striking position.

American fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Simmons, pushing him back against the cage.

American drags the fight down to the ground.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Simmons stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. American swivels though and keeps the full guard.
American is trying to control the position from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Simmons pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. American is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

True American showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Simmons defends well against a solid takedown attempt from American.
American connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
American doesn't manage to clinch there - Simmons circles away.

American drives through and clinches with Simmons against the cage.
Simmons wants a takedown.
American stops a takedown attempt from Simmons.

American decides to pull guard.
American lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Simmons!
American content just to control the position here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Simmons wants to control but American is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Simmons is desperately trying to improve his position but American has a good base and remains in mount.
American wants to control the pace but Simmons is squirming around nicely.
American is landing with some decent strikes but Simmons is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

American is working for a guillotine from mount but Simmons frees his head quite easily.
American fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Simmons wants to control but American is having none of it.
American landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
American unloading with bombs!
American sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
American postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Simmons looks a forlorn figure.
Simmons working to try and regain half guard.
American looking to control but Simmons is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
American pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
American landing strikes from the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simmons punching to the body and holding on for dear life.
Simmons is trying desperately to improve position.
American content just to control the position here.
American avoids the attempt from Simmons to control.
American fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Simmons tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Simmons tries to lock up and control but American gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
American with the ground and pound from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Simmons is in all sorts of trouble here.
Simmons tries to hold on but American postures up.
American lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
American controlling the pace for now.
Simmons is in a horrible position here. American smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
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!
American tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Demian Simmons has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Simmons can't escape the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
True American comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well American has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 27:30
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... True American!