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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brock Lesnar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Simmons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lesnar comes to the cage accompanied by Requiem For A Dream. Simmons has chosen Sound of MAdness - Shinedown as his entrance music. Brock Lesnar could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to John Simmons's chin.
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288 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brock Lesnar !
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Simmons!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, William Peck and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lesnar swings away with a body shot that misses
and Simmons counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Lesnar gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Simmons.
Lesnar cracks a nice hook into Simmons's ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
No joy there for Lesnar , who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Brock Lesnar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Simmons fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Lesnar sprawls well initially but Simmons persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Simmons is just content to waste time from the top position. Lesnar takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Simmons throws a big elbow that misses.
Simmons stops Lesnar from standing up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lesnar can't keep his opponent in guard - Simmons advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Simmons is keen to just control but Lesnar is a slippery customer.
We've been hearing good reports from Lesnar 's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Simmons is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Simmons throws a strike but Lesnar avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Simmons with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar keeping moving, preventing Simmons from controlling successfully.
OK we're going to have a standup here. John Simmons hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Nice defenses there by Lesnar .
Lesnar throws a shot to the body.
Simmons fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lesnar manages to avoid it.
Simmons rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lesnar moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Simmons throws an off balance right hand
and Lesnar counters with a left and a right that hurts Simmons! He wobbles and falls to the floor - he's in big trouble! Lesnar jumps into full mount!
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!
Lesnar wants to stand but Simmons is holding on to him, trying to stop him posturing up.
Lesnar is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simmons moves out of range of the strikes.
Simmons uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lesnar .
Lesnar throws a right and a left that Simmons avoids nicely.
Simmons walks straight into a right hand from Lesnar - that's dropped him! Lesnar jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Simmons from any more punishment! Simmons complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Brock Lesnar !
Brock Lesnar retains his heavyweight title!
Brock Lesnar took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Bad Man Clothing for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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