PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Urijah Faber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Sims (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Faber
vs
Sims

168 cm
28
138 lbs
12 - 7 - 1

159 cm
38
143 lbs
33 - 25 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Urijah Faber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 25 - 0, fighting out of London, William Sims!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Francis DeMontford and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Faber swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Faber closes the distance and clinches up with Sims, looking for a takedown. Faber pushes Sims against the cage but Sims circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Sims throws a hook to the side of Faber's head but Faber sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Faber shoots in looking for a takedown but Sims manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Faber's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Faber looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Faber throws a jab when Sims was well out of range.
Sims jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sims throws a jab but it's blocked by Faber.
Faber feinted with a counter takedown.
Sims swings for the body but Faber moves out of range.
Sims stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Faber takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sims lands a slapping body shot.
Sims buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Faber keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sims throws a hook but Faber avoids it easily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Sims.
Faber will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Urijah Faber. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sims cracks Faber with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Faber with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sims connects with a body shot.
Sims fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Faber manages to avoid it.
Faber is looking to counter punch.
Faber with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sims to score with a decent uppercut.
Faber has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sims.

Faber scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Sims looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Faber moves into full mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sims wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Faber.
Sims throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Sims is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Sims throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Faber blocks Sims's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Sims can't escape the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Faber scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sims wants to control but Faber is having none of it.
Faber lands a big elbow.
Sims working to try and regain half guard.
The referee warns Sims that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Faber connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Faber wants to control the pace but Sims is squirming around nicely.
Sims wants to hold on but Faber pushes him away.

Faber is working for a guillotine from mount but Sims frees his head quite easily.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Sims regains half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sims is looking to improve his position.
Sims manages to get to full guard.
Faber throws a big elbow that misses.
Sims tries to strike from the bottom.
Faber pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sims is keeping the position for now.
Sims preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sims trying to strike off his back.
Faber is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Faber passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Sims is not content to let Faber control the position.

Faber is trying to get an arm triangle but Sims is defending well.
Faber misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Faber trying to control the position but Sims is working away.
Sims struggling a bit here.
Sims manages to work his way to half guard, despite Faber's best efforts.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Urijah Faber will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Faber closes the distance and clinches up with Sims, looking for a takedown. Faber pushes Sims against the cage but Sims circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Sims is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Faber closes the distance and clinches up with Sims, looking for a takedown. Faber pushes Sims against the cage but Sims circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Faber is defended easily by Sims.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Urijah Faber. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Faber shoots for a takedown but Sims saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Faber tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Sims defends well and Faber ends up having to push Sims into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Sims lands with a good body shot.
Faber shoots in for a takedown but Sims shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Sims will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sims swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Faber.
Sims missing with a left hand there. Faber was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sims turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Faber ducks under a wild hook from Sims.
Sims throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faber is trying hard to land a takedown here. Sims sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
William Sims seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Faber shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Sims throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Sims is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sims throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Sims can't keep his opponent in guard - Faber advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Sims is looking for a sweep. Faber is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Faber throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Faber is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Sims!
Sims is in all sorts of trouble here.
Faber landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faber breaks from Sims's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Faber putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sims wants to control but Faber is having none of it.
Faber is landing with some decent strikes but Sims is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Sims wants to hold on but Faber pushes him away.
Faber scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Sims is rocked!
Sims keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Sims is still in real trouble! Can Faber finish him?
Faber drops a big elbow. That's hurt Sims! More shots from Faber and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Urijah Faber!
A very excited looking Urijah Faber made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
In defeat, William Sims stepped up to the mic, saying 'Well, what a career. I've had my ups and downs but it's time to hang up my gloves. Thanks to all the fans who supported me.'.