PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gjermus Myrene (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Simmons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Simmons is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Sound of MAdness - Shinedown. John Simmons has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Myrene
vs
Simmons

198 cm
21
265 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

193 cm
20
288 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Fury Nutrition Inc.

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 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gjermus Myrene!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Simmons!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Steve Smith and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Simmons showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Myrene.
Simmons keeps the fight on the outside.
Myrene doesn't manage to clinch there - Simmons circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Myrene looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Simmons misses with a two punch combination.
Myrene tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Simmons counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Gjermus Myrene has been cut.
Myrene tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Simmons manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Simmons misses with an uppercut. Myrene saw that one coming.
Myrene tries to clinch but Simmons moves out of range.
Myrene wants to clinch up but Simmons keeps it at a distance.
Myrene is looking to clinch but Simmons is avoiding it.
Simmons works Myrene's body with a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Simmons misses.
Simmons fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Simmons misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Simmons scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Myrene tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Simmons fails to land with a series of punches.
Simmons displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Myrene.
Myrene fails with an attempt to clinch.
Myrene misses with a takedown attempt - Simmons sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Simmons is working for takedown but Myrene is calmly controlling the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Simmons breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A head kick misses from Myrene.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Simmons lands a jab.
Myrene tries to clinch up.
Myrene dives in and grabs Simmons's left leg, looking for a takedown. Simmons pushes down on Myrene's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gjermus Myrene. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Myrene gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Simmons.
Simmons lands with a good body shot.
Simmons misses with a two punch combination.
Simmons swats away the attempt to clinch by Myrene.

Simmons closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Myrene did well to prevent Simmons getting side control.

Myrene is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simmons frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Myrene working to try and regain half guard.
Simmons postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Myrene bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Simmons and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Simmons!
After the big win, John Simmons made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Fury Nutrition Inc. and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.