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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Maxim Simmons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ric Flair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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194 cm
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254 lbs
8 - 5 - 0 |
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185 cm
26
243 lbs
11 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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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
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Maxim Simmons! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ric Flair! The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Anthony Taglia and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! A slapping leg kick lands for Flair.
Simmons scores with a sloppy right hand. Flair should have avoided that one. Flair throws a body kick but he was well out of range there. Flair tries to clinch there but Simmons circles away.
Simmons fails with a takedown attempt. Flair throws a leg kick that is checked and Simmons counters with a right hand to the body. Simmons looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily. Simmons blocks a head kick by Flair.
Simmons connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Flair's hands. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Flair misses with an uppercut. Simmons saw that one coming. Simmons fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Flair manages to avoid it. Simmons shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Flair napping and manages to drive through into side control! Flair can't do much from the bottom here. Simmons misses with the ground and pound. Simmons scoring with punches and elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round. Flair managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Simmons.
Sloppy strikes there by Simmons. Simmons in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time. Simmons trying to control the position but Flair is working away. Simmons throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage. Simmons throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage. Simmons works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head. Simmons landing with strikes to the head and body from side control. Flair is looking for a sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Simmons working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Simmons lands some shots froms side control. Flair struggling a bit here. Simmons trying to control the action but Flair is working from the bottom. Simmons in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows. Simmons throwing shots but missing, from side control. Flair tries to improve position but can't. Simmons creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Simmons connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Flair some visible discomfort.
An elbow from Simmons crashes against the mat.
Simmons works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head. Simmons working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter. Flair avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Simmons. Simmons in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time. Simmons throwing strikes but missing, from side control. Simmons working the head and body with strikes. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Simmons misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Flair regains half guard, as Simmons was trying to land strikes. Simmons thows a huge punch but Flair dodges it nicely.
Flair tries to get to full guard but Simmons has control of the leg. Simmons missing with some ground and pound from the half guard. Flair keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Simmons throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man. Nice strikes from Simmons there. Simmons is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Maxim Simmons dominated that round. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Simmons scores with a shot to the body.
Flair misses with a kick to the body.
Simmons looks to land a right hand but Flair moved out of range. A swing and a miss from Simmons. Simmons cracks Flair with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Flair looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Simmons finish him?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Simmons misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A slapping body kick lands there for Flair. Simmons uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Flair has time to react.
Flair is rocked! Flair throws a head kick that misses. Flair is still on wobbly legs! Can Simmons finish him? Simmons walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Flair drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Simmons swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Flair's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Maxim Simmons! A relieved looking Maxim Simmons thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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