PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Josh Sanders (ranked 5638 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Simmons (ranked 4219 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sanders
vs
Simmons

195 cm
22
199 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

208 cm
17
218 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident

Pit Bull Development

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Josh Sanders!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ben Simmons!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Hugh Johnson and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Simmons closes the distance and clinches.
Simmons landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Simmons with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Simmons with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Simmons tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Simmons tries to land a knee to the head but Sanders blocks with his arms.
Simmons tries to land a knee to the head but Sanders blocks with his arms.
Simmons connects with a knee to the head.
Simmons lands a knee to the body.
Simmons with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Josh Sanders has been cut.
Sanders is breathing heavily.
Sanders taking a breather.
Simmons putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sanders in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sanders fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sanders letting Simmons take a breather here.
Simmons with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanders doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Simmons landing knees to the head.
Sanders takes a knee right on the jaw!

Sanders is rocked!
Simmons tries to land a knee to the head but Sanders blocks with his arms.
Oh Sanders is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Simmons lands a knee to the body.
Simmons misses with a knee to the head.
Sanders seems to have got his legs back now.
Simmons misses with a knee to the head.
Simmons lands a nice knee to the body.
Simmons lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Simmons misses with a knee strike.
Simmons connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sanders's face.
Simmons is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Simmons tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Simmons tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Simmons tries a knee to the head but Sanders blocks it.
A knee to the head by Simmons.
Simmons tries to land knees in the clinch but Sanders avoids the damage to the body.
Sanders working hard to break the clinch.
Simmons misses with a knee to the head.
Simmons connects with a knee to the head.
Simmons dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Simmons with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Simmons with a knee to the head.
Simmons tries to land a knee to the head but Sanders blocks with his arms.
Simmons has Sanders pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Sanders is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Simmons - that's hurt Sanders badly! Oh, another knee lands and Sanders is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Sanders doesn't seem to be complaining.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Ben Simmons!
During a confident post fight interview, Ben Simmons thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.