PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ice Simeria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dr James Andrews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ice Simeria has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Simeria
vs
James Andrews

188 cm
18
216 lbs
2 - 14 - 1

190 cm
19
265 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Ice Simeria!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dr James Andrews!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Damien Edna and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Simeria tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Andrews paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Simeria looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Andrews is fending him off so far but Simeria persists. Nope, Andrews circles away and we're back to standing.
Simeria tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dr James Andrews seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Andrews lunges at Simeria with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Simeria's hand.
Andrews scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Andrews throws a good cross that connects.
Simeria on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Andrews comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Simeria is breathing heavily.
Andrews scores with a nice right hand.
Andrews scores with a jab.
Andrews works the jab nicely.

Simeria is rocked!
Simeria throws a nice head kick!
Andrews cracks Simeria with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Oh Simeria is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Simeria gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Andrews scores with a jab to the head.
Andrews with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Andrews lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Simeria at a distance.
Simeria seems to have got his legs back now.
Nice shot by Andrews.
Andrews throws a jab when Simeria was well out of range.
A head kick from Simeria lands but Andrews takes it in his stride.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Simeria with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Andrews throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice jab there from Andrews.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Andrews, as that shot connected.
Andrews is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round!Simeria had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Simeria is looking to clinch.
Andrews fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Simeria manages to avoid it.
Simeria looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Andrews stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ice Simeria. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Andrews darts in and clinches Simeria up against the cage.

Andrews escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dr James Andrews is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Andrews with a hook.
Andrews connects with the punch.

Andrews gets a clinch.
Andrews is looking to break free of the clinch but Simeria has double underhooks.
Andrews is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Andrews is trying to break free.
Andrews is trying to break free.
Simeria looking to stall.
Andrews prevents a body shot from Simeria.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Simeria jumps guard and drags Andrews to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Andrews postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Andrews missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Andrews stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Simeria swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Andrews wants to stand and escape but instead Simeria has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Andrews wants to get back to his feet but Simeria passes into half guard.

Andrews makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Simeria throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Andrews's head.
Andrews cracks Simeria with an open hand slap.
Andrews lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Simeria doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Andrews lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Simeria takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andrews is looking to slow Simeria down with leg kicks.

Andrews darts in and clinches Simeria up against the cage.

Andrews breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Andrews misses with a straight left.
No luck for Simeria with that takedown attempt.
Simeria moves in looking to clinch but Andrews pushes him off.
Simeria takes one to the side of the head.
A punch lands to the side of Simeria 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Andrews lands a jab to Simeria's midsection.
Simeria shoots in for a double leg but Andrews sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Nice jab there from Andrews.
Andrews with a jab.
Andrews tries to bum rush Simeria with a series of wild strikes but Simeria uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Simeria slips under a jab.
Andrews scores with a nice head shot.
Simeria tries to move into range but Andrews moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Simeria looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Andrews throws a series of punches but Simeria moves out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Andrews there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Simeria looks to clinch
and Andrews counters with a left to the body.
Simeria throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Simeria.
Andrews cracks a nice hook into Simeria's ribs.
A cross from Andrews lands.
Andrews on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Simeria. Simeria obviously looking to wear him down.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Simeria, right into the meat.
Simeria stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Andrews.
Andrews wants to slow Simeria down by chopping away at his legs.
Andrews jabs Simeria right on the nose. Simeria blinks but takes it well.
Simeria slips a jab from Andrews.
Andrews changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Andrews throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Andrews scores with a decent looking hook.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Andrews lunges at Simeria with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Simeria's hand.
Andrews tests Simeria's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Andrews lands with a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dr James Andrews dominated that round.
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.

Andrews smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Andrews misses with a wild body shot.
Nice body punch from Andrews.
Dr James Andrews seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Simeria takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Andrews scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Simeria doesn't seem bothered though.
Andrews fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Simeria looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Andrews jabs Simeria right on the nose. Simeria blinks but takes it well.
The fight stays on the outside here - Simeria looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Simeria has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Andrews finds it's way round the side to connect with Simeria's head.
Andrews avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Simeria keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Andrews.
Andrews misses with a hook.

Andrews has taken the fight to the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Andrews.
Andrews is breathing heavily.
Simeria wants to get back to striking at distance but Andrews won't allow it.
Andrews prevents a body shot from Simeria.

Andrews manages to break the clinch.
Simeria takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Andrews misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Simeria ducks under a wild hook from Andrews.
Simeria throws a sloppy head kick and Andrews moves out of range easily.
Nice defenses there by Andrews.
Simeria tries to clinch but Andrews is having none of it.
Simeria fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Andrews throws a hook but Simeria blocks it.
Simeria walks into a straight right hand from Andrews.
Andrews digs a good body shot into Simeria's ribs.

Simeria gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Andrews breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Andrews dips to his left and cracks Simeria with an uppercut!
Simeria tries to clinch there but Andrews circles away.
Andrews displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Andrews tests Simeria's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Simeria tries to clinch but Andrews is having none of it.
Andrews listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Simeria shoots in for a takedown but Andrews shows good takedown defense.
Andrews cracks Simeria with a good jab.
Simeria fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Simeria stalks Andrews and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Andrews's face. Andrews staggers backwards, shaken.
Simeria throws a head kick but Andrews moves out of range.
Simeria scores with a head kick.
Simeria shoots in for a double leg but Andrews sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ice Simeria. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Simeria on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Andrews lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Andrews misses with a leg kick
and Simeria finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Simeria's corner calls for a 1-2. Simeria obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Simeria 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Andrews misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nice defenses there by Andrews.
Andrews keeps the fight on the outside.
Simeria looks to land a combination but Andrews avoids it well.
Andrews blocks a jab.

Simeria takes the fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andrews is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Andrews tries to break the clinch but Simeria is controlling the position.

Simeria breaks from the clinch.
Andrews just misses with a punch to the body.
Andrews swats away the attempt to clinch by Simeria.
Simeria tries to clinch up.
Simeria misses with a head kick.
Andrews stuffs the takedown attempt from Simeria. Simeria gets slowly back to his feet.
Andrews throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Andrews misses with a double jab
and Simeria counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Andrews works over Simeria's head and body with a nice combination.
Andrews avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Simeria.
Simeria scores with a nice body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Simeria lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Andrews cracks a nice hook into Simeria's ribs.
Good exchange - Andrews coming out on top.
Simeria closes the distance but Andrews moves to the side
and Andrews counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A lazy left from Andrews finds it's target.
Good shot there by Andrews.
Simeria fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Andrews with a hook.
Andrews throws a shot to the body.
Simeria walks into a straight right hand from Andrews.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Andrews lands with a nice body punch.
Andrews lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Simeria misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Simeria misses the jab.
Andrews connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nice jab there from Andrews.
Andrews takes a swing at Simeria's ribcage but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dr James Andrews showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Andrews connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Simeria's hands.
Andrews takes a swing at Simeria's ribcage but misses.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Simeria.
Andrews throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Simeria takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Andrews throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Simeria sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Andrews fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Simeria.
Andrews lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Andrews scores with a hook to the body. Simeria takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Andrews lands a jab to the nose.

Simeria shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Simeria showed some decent athleticism there.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Simeria connects with a nice short shot to Andrews's temple.
Ground and pound from Simeria.
Andrews regains full guard. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Simeria wants to pass the guard but Andrews is keeping the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Andrews wants to stand and escape but Simeria is having none of it.

Andrews scrambles and gets back to his feet.
An inside leg kick from Andrews misses.
Simeria fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Simeria throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Andrews's head.
Andrews misses with a looping right.
Andrews sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Simeria lands a head kick. Andrews smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Andrews fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Simeria looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Andrews darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A nice combination there by Andrews.
Andrews lands a body shot.
Nice shot by Andrews.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Simeria walks into a left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Simeria takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Andrews scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Andrews keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Andrews avoids the head kick by Simeria.
Andrews scores with a nice head shot.
The fighters circle momentarily. Andrews darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Andrews drops Simeria with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Simeria! Andrews dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (strikes). Dr James Andrews!