PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dhali Llamma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin Simunek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Simunek has chosen Testament - True Believer as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Llamma
vs
Simunek

180 cm
22
170 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
175 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dhali Llamma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Martin Simunek!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Skip Squint and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Llamma throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Simunek sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Llamma is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Simunek.
Llamma swings for the body but Simunek moves out of range.
Llamma misses with a series of wild punches.
Llamma throws a hook to the side of Simunek's head but Simunek sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Llamma tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Simunek staying out of range there.
A swing and a miss from Llamma.
Dhali Llamma seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Llamma misses with a body shot.
Llamma moves in looking to clinch but Simunek pushes him off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice uppercut there from Llamma.
Llamma tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Simunek paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Llamma ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Simunek steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Llamma.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Llamma wants to clinch up but Simunek keeps it at a distance.
Llamma is looking to clinch.
Llamma is looking to clinch.
Llamma fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Llamma throws a hook to the side of Simunek's head but Simunek sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Llamma jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Llamma tries to clinch up but Simunek circles away and keeps his distance.
Llamma throws a hook but Simunek avoids it easily.
No joy there for Llamma, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Llamma rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Simunek moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Llamma moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Llamma looks to throw the jab but Simunek is out of range.
Simunek throws a series of punches but Llamma moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Simunek throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Llamma.
A jab from Llamma misses.
Llamma swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Simunek defending well as Llamma loads up on a big left hand.
Llamma throws out a loose jab but Simunek uses good head movement to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Llamma. Simunek does a little dance to reset his feet.
Llamma thows a body shot but no joy.
Llamma changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Simunek looks gassed!
Llamma catches Simunek with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Llamma lands a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Llamma scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Simunek walks into a stiff left hand from Llamma.
Llamma lands the left hand.

It looks like Martin Simunek has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simunek keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Llamma thows a left - swing and a miss!
Simunek drops his hands momentarily and Llamma takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Llamma falls off balance throwing a combination
and Simunek counters with a two punch combo.
Llamma will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
No joy there for Llamma, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Llamma looks to land a combination but Simunek avoids it well.
Llamma tries to bum rush Simunek with a series of wild strikes but Simunek uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Llamma fails in his attempt to clinch.
Llamma throws a body punch but Simunek moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Llamma just misses with a punch to the body.
Llamma tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Simunek was well out of range. Poor timing from Llamma.
Simunek ducks under a wild hook from Llamma.
Llamma misses with a body shot.
Llamma just misses with a punch to the body.
Llamma is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Simunek.
Simunek misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Simunek slips a jab from Llamma.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Llamma fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Simunek looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Llamma works over Simunek's head and body with a nice combination.
Llamma throws a series of punches but Simunek moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dhali Llamma dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Martin Simunek's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Nice body punch from Llamma.
Llamma connects with a crisp jab.
No joy there for Simunek, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Llamma waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Simunek.
Simunek showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Llamma.
Simunek uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Llamma.
Simunek keeps the fight on the outside.
Llamma looks to throw the jab but Simunek is out of range.
Simunek keeps the fight on the outside.
Llamma throws a series of punches but Simunek avoids them all with ease.
Simunek avoids the body shot from Llamma.
Simunek is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Llamma looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Llamma changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Simunek displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Llamma throws out the jab.
Llamma is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Simunek.
Simunek moves out of range as Llamma strikes.
Llamma wants to clinch.
Llamma lands an overhand right.
Llamma is looking to clinch but Simunek is avoiding it.
Simunek swinging wildly here.
Llamma tries to close the distance and clinch up but Simunek swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Llamma ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Llamma misses with a looping left.
Simunek defending well as Llamma loads up on a big left hand.
Simunek ducks under a wild hook from Llamma.
Dhali Llamma is winning the standup battle so far.
Llamma pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Simunek lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Simunek.
Simunek misses with a combination
and Llamma counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Llamma swinging wildly here.
Llamma keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Llamma thows a left - swing and a miss!
Simunek on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Llamma just misses with a punch to the body.
Llamma is looking to clinch but Simunek is avoiding it.
Llamma throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Simunek fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Llamma tries to clinch there but Simunek circles away.
Nice defenses there by Simunek.
Simunek takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A big left from Llamma misses.
Llamma fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Simunek manages to avoid it.
Simunek looks to land a combination but Llamma avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Llamma waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Simunek.
Llamma will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Simunek might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Llamma has got the better of the exchanges.
Simunek gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Llamma cracks Simunek with a good jab.
Llamma is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Llamma looks to land a combination. Simunek sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Llamma throws a series of punches but Simunek moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Llamma tries to clinch there but Simunek circles away.
Llamma misses with a body shot.
Llamma throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dhali Llamma dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Martin Simunek's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Llamma misses with a two punch combination.
Simunek keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dhali Llamma is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Llamma tries to close the distance and clinch but Simunek swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Llamma takes a swing at Simunek's ribcage but misses.
The crowd cheers as Llamma lands an impressive looking overhand right. Simunek doesn't seem phased though.
Simunek throws a right hand that Llamma ducks under and follows up with a left that Llamma also avoids with ease.
Llamma doesn't manage to clinch there - Simunek circles away.
Llamma fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Simunek manages to avoid it.
Llamma is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Simunek can do to turn this around?
Llamma tries to close the distance and clinch up but Simunek swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Simunek avoids the body shot from Llamma.
Simunek takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Llamma misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A looping hook to the body misses from Llamma. Simunek does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Llamma darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Llamma swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Simunek counters with a left and a right that stings Llamma.
Llamma throws a good cross that connects.
Simunek avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Simunek uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Llamma.
Llamma misses with a hook.
Some wild striking there from Llamma.
The fighters circle momentarily. Llamma darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Llamma swings away with a body shot that misses
and Simunek counters with a three punch combo that has Llamma backing up. Llamma nods at Simunek to acknowledge the strikes.
Llamma tries to clinch but Simunek moves out of range.
Simunek swats away the attempt to clinch by Llamma.
Martin Simunek has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Simunek tries to bum rush Llamma with a series of wild strikes but Llamma uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Simunek displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Llamma throws out the jab.
Llamma tries to clinch there but Simunek circles away.
Simunek throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Llamma counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Simunek slips a straight right by Llamma.
Llamma connects with a body shot.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Llamma misses with a double jab.
Llamma throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Llamma. Simunek does a little dance to reset his feet.
Simunek avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Llamma misses with a looping right.
Llamma fails in his attempt to clinch.
Llamma tries to clinch but Simunek is having none of it.
Llamma misses with a body shot
and Simunek counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Some wild striking there from Llamma.
Llamma connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Llamma misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Simunek counters with a three punch combo that has Llamma backing up. Llamma nods at Simunek to acknowledge the strikes.
Llamma misses with a combination
and Simunek counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Dhali Llamma is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Simunek moves away from the strike by Llamma.
Simunek avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Llamma tries to clinch up but Simunek circles away and keeps his distance.
Llamma throws a body punch but Simunek moves out of range.
Llamma connects with a jab.
Llamma misses the shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Llamma throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Llamma throws a shot from downtown. Simunek moves away and avoids it.
Llamma throws a big shot that misses.
Simunek uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Llamma.
Llamma swinging wildly here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dhali Llamma showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Llamma has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:26
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 30:26
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dhali Llamma!