PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mike Lie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and CJ Sime (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lie's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, we right here. Sime has chosen Saturday Superhouse as his entrance music. Mike Lie looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Lie
vs
Sime

173 cm
21
170 lbs
1 - 17 - 0

182 cm
23
169 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

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 1 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Lie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, CJ Sime!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Albert Achterberg and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lie wants to clinch
and Sime counters with a head kick. That will keep Lie thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Lie throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lie tries to clinch but Sime moves away
and Sime counters with a good, hard body kick but Lie shrugs it off.
Lie wants to clinch but Sime slips to the side

and Sime counters with a nice double leg into side control. Lie won't be happy with that.
Lie pushes Sime away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Sime gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Lie is breathing heavily.
Lie takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sime cracks Lie with a big right hand but Lie just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Lie knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sime on the ground.
Lie tries to escape but Sime is in control.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Sime scoring with punches and elbows.
Sime has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sime grinds an elbow into Lie's temple.
Sime works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Check out the look on Sime's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Sime working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Lie taking punishment in the form of punches.
Sime scores with a couple of short elbows.

Lie is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sime connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Lie some visible discomfort.
Oh Lie is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sime working the ground and pound.
Sime lands a strong strike to the head of Lie. That's dazed him! Sime looking to finish here. Lie is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Sime lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). CJ Sime!
CJ Sime thanked the fans post fight for their support.