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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ben Simmons (ranked 22033 p4p, 458 weight class) and Buddy Love (ranked 3168 p4p, 287 weight class). Ben Simmons has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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240 lbs
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279 lbs
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Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ben Simmons!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Buddy Love !
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Wesley Smith and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Simmons slips under a jab from Love .
Love misses with a hook
and Simmons counters with a straight right hand.
Love shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Simmons sprawls well. Simmons wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Love gets slowly back to his feet.
Simmons fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Simmons lands with a nice body punch.
Love avoids the body shot from Simmons.
Ben Simmons seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Simmons ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Love throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Simmons sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Simmons looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Simmons ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Simmons throws out a powerful jab.
Love avoids the body shot from Simmons.
Love misses with a combination
and Simmons counters with a nice uppercut.
Love throws a head kick that misses.
Love darts in and clinches Simmons up against the ropes.
Love wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
We've been hearing reports that Simmons has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Simmons pushes Love back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Love is trying to pull guard but Simmons has him pressed against the ropes.
Simmons lands with a short shot to the head.
Love pushes off an throws an elbow but Simmons leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Love wants to break the clinch but can't.
Simmons misses with a body punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Love is trying to break the clinch but Simmons has him pressed against the ropes.
Simmons breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Simmons changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Love throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Love on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Love is rocked!
Simmons is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Love backs away from a small jab... but Simmons lunges forward with a huge superman punch! Love crumples to the ground as his mouth piece is sent flying! Simmons with a spectacular finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Ben Simmons!
Ben Simmons thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
39% |
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