PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Haplopelma Hainanum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Earl Simmons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hainanum comes into the arena with Kryptonite by Three Doors Down blaring out of the sound system. Simmons has chosen DMX - Who We Be as his entrance music. Haplopelma Hainanum has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Hainanum
vs
Simmons

190 cm
27
223 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

180 cm
29
206 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
KO power

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Fenrir Fightgear - Steel Penn

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Haplopelma Hainanum!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Earl Simmons!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Anni Minnemäki and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hainanum gets a clinch.
Hainanum misses with some punches.
Hainanum swings wildly with an uppercut but Simmons uses good head movement to avoid it.
Simmons using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Simmons misses with a knee strike.
Simmons tries to land knees in the clinch but Hainanum avoids the damage to the body.
Simmons dodges an elbow strike from Hainanum.
Hainanum avoiding damage as Simmons throws knees to the body.
Simmons managing to block the knees to the body from Hainanum.
Simmons with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hainanum is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Simmons is keeping busy.
Hainanum swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hainanum swings wildly with an uppercut but Simmons uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hainanum working Simmons over with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Simmons stalling.
Simmons tries a knee to the head but Hainanum blocks it.
Simmons with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hainanum blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Simmons throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hainanum blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hainanum tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hainanum misses with a knee to the head.
Simmons misses with a knee to the head.
Simmons trying to land knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Hainanum.
Hainanum using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Simmons has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Simmons on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hainanum tries to stall but Simmons uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Simmons is trying to maintain a safe position but Hainanum gets an underhook and turns Simmons into the cage.
Simmons blocks the elbow strike.
Simmons misses with an elbow strike.
Hainanum takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Haplopelma Hainanum has been cut.
Hainanum tries to land knees in the clinch but Simmons avoids the damage to the body.
Hainanum misses with a punch on the inside.
Simmons creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hainanum's defenses.
Simmons lands a good knee to the midsection. Hainanum won't want to take too many of those.
Hainanum is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Simmons with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hainanum is leaning against Simmons and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hainanum blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hainanum tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Simmons utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Simmons throws a knee to the head but misses.
Simmons using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hainanum has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hainanum misses with a knee to the head.
Hainanum scores with a knee to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Simmons as Hainanum tries to tie him up.
Simmons misses with a knee strike.
Hainanum using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Simmons has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Simmons blocks an elbow strike.
Simmons connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hainanum's face.
Simmons is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hainanum is defending well for now.
Simmons taking a breather.
Simmons throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hainanum misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hainanum pushes off an throws an elbow but Simmons leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hainanum is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Simmons is defending well for now.
Hainanum managing to block the knees to the body from Simmons.
Simmons using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hainanum has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hainanum blocks an elbow strike.
Simmons landing knees to the head.
Simmons prevents a body shot from Hainanum.
Simmons scores a nice knee to the body.
Simmons looking to stall.
Simmons tries a knee to the head but Hainanum blocks it.
Hainanum managing to block the knees to the body from Simmons.
Simmons misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hainanum.
Hainanum misses with a knee strike.
Hainanum on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hainanum is trying to stall.
Hainanum throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Simmons blocks it with crossed arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Simmons avoids a wild elbow strike from Hainanum.
Hainanum looking to throw knees to the head but Simmons is blocking nicely.
Hainanum throws an elbow but it misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hainanum just misses with a elbow thrown towards Simmons's brow.
Hainanum doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Simmons with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hainanum tries a knee to the head but Simmons blocks it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Simmons looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Simmons is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hainanum is defending well for now.
Hainanum is trying to stall.
Simmons tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hainanum avoids it.
Hainanum digs a right hand into Simmons's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Simmons's gas tank.
Simmons throws a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Simmons avoids a wild elbow strike from Hainanum.
Simmons with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Simmons scores with a shoulder strike.
Hainanum with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Earl Simmons dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Haplopelma Hainanum's cut.
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.

Simmons has closed the distance and engaged Hainanum in a clinch.
Simmons blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hainanum softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hainanum tries to land knees in the clinch but Simmons avoids the damage to the body.
Simmons lands an uppercut.
Simmons tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Simmons misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hainanum.
Nice elbow from Hainanum.
Hainanum lands an elbow inside.
Simmons is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hainanum is defending well for now.
Simmons blocks the elbow strike.
Simmons lands an elbow that stopped Hainanum in his tracks for a moment.
Simmons looking to throw knees to the head but Hainanum is blocking nicely.
Simmons looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hainanum is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Hainanum looking to throw knees to the head but Simmons is blocking nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hainanum creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Simmons's defenses.

It looks like Earl Simmons has been cut.
Hainanum throws a punch but it's blocked by Simmons.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Simmons in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Simmons blocks an elbow strike from Hainanum.
Hainanum misses with an elbow strike.
Hainanum using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Simmons has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hainanum tries to land knees in the clinch but Simmons avoids the damage to the body.
Hainanum throws a knee to the head but misses.
Simmons misses with an elbow over the top.
Simmons with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Simmons throws a knee to the head but misses.
Simmons blocks the elbow strike.
Hainanum misses with an elbow strike.
Hainanum pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hainanum misses with a punch on the inside.
Simmons lands an elbow that stopped Hainanum in his tracks for a moment.
Hainanum lands a knee to the body.
Simmons is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Simmons has had enough of the clinch but Hainanum keeps him there for the moment.
Simmons avoids the elbow strike from Hainanum, against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Hainanum.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Simmons with a knee to the head.
Simmons using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hainanum has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Simmons tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hainanum with a knee to the head.
Simmons scores with a knee to the head.
Hainanum blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hainanum misses with a knee to the head.
Hainanum looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hainanum lands a right hand that snaps the head of Simmons backwards.
Hainanum stalling in the clinch but Simmons improves position.
Earl Simmons seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hainanum misses with a punch on the inside.
Hainanum lands an elbow inside that Simmons shrugs off.
Knees to the body from Simmons.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hainanum obliges.
Hainanum lands a knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hainanum lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nice elbow from Hainanum.
Simmons blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hainanum lands a knee to the body.
Hainanum working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hainanum is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Simmons is defending well for now.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hainanum just misses with a elbow thrown towards Simmons's brow.
Hainanum tries to land a knee to the head but Simmons blocks with his arms.
Hainanum tries to throw a body punch but Simmons avoids it by throwing Hainanum back against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hainanum throws an elbow but misses.
Hainanum misses with a knee strike.
Simmons landing knees to the head.
Simmons utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hainanum misses with some punches.
Simmons misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hainanum.
Hainanum with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hainanum tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Simmons avoids it.
Hainanum misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hainanum tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hainanum blocks an elbow strike.
Hainanum throws a knee to the head but misses.
Simmons tries a knee to the head but Hainanum blocks it.
Simmons with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hainanum blocks an elbow strike from Simmons.
Simmons tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hainanum avoids it.
Simmons tries to land a knee to the head but Hainanum blocks with his arms.
Hainanum landing knees to the body.
Hainanum is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Simmons takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hainanum lands a damaging elbow.
Hainanum lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hainanum throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Simmons blocks it with crossed arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Haplopelma Hainanum dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Simmons gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hainanum tries to land a knee to the head but Simmons blocks with his arms.
Simmons tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hainanum pushes off an throws an elbow but Simmons leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hainanum just misses with a elbow thrown towards Simmons's brow.
Simmons avoiding damage as Hainanum throws knees to the body.
Simmons using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hainanum has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Simmons takes an elbow to the temple.
Simmons dodges an elbow strike from Hainanum.
Hainanum misses with a punch on the inside.
Simmons missing with knees to the body.
Hainanum lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hainanum takes a knee to the side of the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Simmons tries to land a knee to the head but Hainanum blocks with his arms.
Simmons blocks an elbow strike from Hainanum.
Simmons with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Simmons using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hainanum has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hainanum takes a knee right on the jaw!
Simmons lands a knee to the head.
Simmons with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hainanum has Simmons pressed against the cage.
Simmons blocks a body shot from Hainanum.
Simmons throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hainanum avoids a wild elbow strike from Simmons.
Simmons crunches a lovely knee into Hainanum's ribcage.
Hainanum scores with a hook to the body.
Hainanum blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Simmons misses with a knee to the head.
Hainanum with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Simmons missing with knees to the body.
Hainanum is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hainanum tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Simmons being controlled against the cage.
Simmons connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hainanum's face.
Hainanum looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Simmons blocks an elbow strike from Hainanum.
Hainanum throws a knee to the head but misses.
Simmons landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hainanum is trying to stall.
Simmons tries a knee to the head but Hainanum blocks it.
Simmons with a knee to the head.
Hainanum tries a knee to the head but Simmons blocks it.
Simmons connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hainanum's face.
Simmons with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simmons misses with a knee strike.
Simmons throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Simmons misses with a knee to the head.
Hainanum managing to block the knees to the body from Simmons.
Simmons tries to land knees in the clinch but Hainanum avoids the damage to the body.
Hainanum misses with an elbow strike.
Simmons takes an elbow to the temple.
Hainanum lands an elbow just above Simmons 's eye.
Simmons wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hainanum has him pressed against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hainanum tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hainanum pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Simmons avoiding damage as Hainanum throws knees to the body.
Simmons on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hainanum is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Hainanum pushes off an throws an elbow but Simmons leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hainanum tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hainanum throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hainanum tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Simmons avoids it.
Simmons tries to land a knee to the head but Hainanum blocks with his arms.
Simmons misses with a knee to the head.
Hainanum lands an elbow just above Simmons 's eye.
Hainanum lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hainanum just misses with a elbow thrown towards Simmons's brow.
A knee to the head by Simmons.
Simmons avoids a wild elbow strike from Hainanum.
Simmons taking a breather.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Simmons looking to throw knees to the head but Hainanum is blocking nicely.
Simmons tries a knee to the head but Hainanum blocks it.
Simmons dodges an elbow strike from Hainanum.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Earl Simmons just about did enough to take it.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Hainanum clinches with his opponent.
Hainanum takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hainanum tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Simmons avoids it.
Hainanum throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hainanum takes a knee right on the jaw!
Simmons tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Simmons tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hainanum avoids it.
Simmons misses with a knee strike.
Hainanum with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hainanum putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Simmons in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hainanum gets through Simmons's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Hainanum.
Hainanum tries to land knees in the clinch but Simmons avoids the damage to the body.
Hainanum lands a knee to the body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hainanum creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Simmons tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hainanum lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Simmons is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hainanum lands a big knee to the head and Simmons goes down! Hainanum pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Haplopelma Hainanum!
Haplopelma Hainanum retains his light heavyweight title!
An out of breath Haplopelma Hainanum thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.