PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Baraka Simengwa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Lewis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Simengwa comes into the arena with Afande Sele feat Ditto - Darubini kali blaring out of the sound system. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Simengwa
vs
Lewis

185 cm
38
195 lbs
26 - 28 - 0

180 cm
27
187 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

BJJ Red Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Arcticus University: London

Urban Fighter
KAISER Nutrition - Q160/$250

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 28 - 0, fighting out of London, Baraka Simengwa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ray Lewis!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Ian Loll and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lewis comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Lewis throws a leg kick which misses Simengwa's front leg but catches the back leg as Simengwa tries to avoid it.

Simengwa fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lewis, pushing him back against the cage.
Simengwa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lewis lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Simengwa backwards.
Lewis blocks a body shot from Simengwa.
Lewis has a couple of punches blocked by Simengwa.
Lewis blocks an uppercut.
Simengwa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lewis blocking some punches.
Lewis presses Simengwa against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Lewis lands a hook that snaps the head of Simengwa backwards.
Lewis has a couple of punches blocked by Simengwa.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lewis.
Lewis tries to work over Simengwa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Simengwa takes a shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Simengwa tries a body shot but Lewis blocks it.
Simengwa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Simengwa prevents a body shot from Lewis.
Lewis lands a nice shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewis can't find room to land a body shot as Simengwa controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Simengwa.
Lewis lands an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lewis.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lewis.
Lewis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Simengwa misses with some punches.
Lewis misses with some punches.
Lewis lands a hook that snaps the head of Simengwa backwards.
Lewis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A body shot lands from Lewis.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lewis.
Lewis tries a body shot but Simengwa blocks it.
Lewis misses with a body punch.
Simengwa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lewis lands with a left to the head.
Lewis misses with the head strike.
Simengwa misses with some punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lewis lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Simengwa or not.
Lewis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Simengwa working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lewis lands a hook that snaps the head of Simengwa backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Simengwa.
Simengwa has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
A head punch on the inside from Simengwa fails to land.
Lewis misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lewis creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Simengwa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lewis misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lewis misses with a punch to the body.
Lewis lands a left hand that snaps the head of Simengwa backwards.
Simengwa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Simengwa throws a head punch that misses.
Simengwa lands with a light punch inside.
Simengwa tries to work over Lewis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Simengwa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lewis backwards.
Lewis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lewis.
Simengwa misses with a body punch.
Simengwa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Simengwa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lewis blocks an uppercut.
Simengwa tries to work over Lewis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lewis working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Simengwa misses with a punch on the inside.
Lewis lands a right hand.
A short right from Lewis on the inside.

Simengwa is rocked!
Simengwa throws a head punch that misses.
Oh Simengwa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Good body shot from Lewis.
Simengwa seems to have got his legs back now.
Lewis blocking some punches.
Simengwa misses with a punch to the body.
Simengwa can't find room to land a body shot as Lewis controls the action.
Simengwa lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lewis lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Simengwa backwards.
Lewis tries to work over Simengwa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lewis gets through Simengwa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Simengwa misses with a punch on the inside.
Lewis scores with an uppercut up the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Simengwa lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Simengwa misses with a body punch.
Lewis lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Simengwa struggles to land a body shot inside as Lewis controls his hands.
Lewis softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Lewis working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lewis dips a shoulder and cracks Simengwa with a mighty uppercut! Simengwa falls back against the cage and Lewis unloads with a barrage of strikes! Simengwa is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Lewis screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ray Lewis!
Our winner, Ray Lewis, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.