PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Richard Dickens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fred Simmons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Simmons has chosen Dog Wild Heaven as his entrance music. Fred Simmons acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Dickens
vs
Simmons

155 cm
34
141 lbs
16 - 16 - 0

165 cm
32
141 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Richard Dickens!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fred Simmons!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dickens just misses with a punch to the body.
Dickens throws out a loose jab but Simmons uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dickens fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dickens lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Dickens pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dickens dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dickens misses with the combination.
A swing and a miss from Dickens.
Simmons steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Dickens.
Dickens tests Simmons's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Simmons looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dickens lands with a good body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Simmons dives in and grabs Dickens's left leg, looking for a takedown. Dickens pushes down on Simmons's head and hops out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dickens scoring well with a low kick there.
Dickens has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Samran Muay Thai in the buildup to the fight.
Dickens scores with a three punch combo!
Dickens throws a body shot but no joy.
Dickens swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dickens displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Simmons.
Dickens seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Dickens misses with a double jab
and Simmons counters with a left to the body.
Dickens connects with a body shot.
Simmons takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Dickens throws a half hearted mid kick.
Dickens lands a front kick.
Simmons dodges the punch combination from Dickens.
Simmons feints the counter takedown.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Simmons tries to clinch but Dickens moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dickens ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Dickens misses the shot to the body.
Simmons ducks under a wild hook from Dickens.
Richard Dickens seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Simmons shoots for a double leg takedown but Dickens sprawls well. He's pushed Simmons's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Richard Dickens has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fred Simmons.
Simmons uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dickens.
Simmons is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Dickens swings for the body but Simmons moves out of range.
Simmons shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dickens lands with a good body shot.
Simmons looks winded!
Dickens fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dickens fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Dickens looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dickens is looking to wear down Simmons with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Simmons takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Dickens comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Dickens changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simmons shoots in but no luck this time.
Dickens tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Simmons manages to circle out of the way.
Dickens jabs at Simmons's body.
Jab by Dickens.
Dickens misses with a head kick.
Simmons appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Dickens tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Simmons was well out of range. Poor timing from Dickens.
Dickens scores with a nice right hand.

Simmons is rocked!
Dickens with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Simmons is still on wobbly legs! Can Dickens finish him?
Dickens throws a right hand that Simmons ducks under and follows up with a left that Simmons also avoids with ease.
Simmons seems to have recovered his senses.
Richard Dickens is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Look low, kick high! Dickens uses the oldest trick in the book to send Simmons tumbling to the canvas, in a truly brutal knockout! Dickens is absolutely delighted - when Simmons wakes up, I doubt he'll be quite so happy!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Richard Dickens!
Richard Dickens retains his bantamweight title!
Richard Dickens seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.