PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Dan Church (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Sims (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Church
vs
Sims

174 cm
24
135 lbs
4 - 7 - 2

159 cm
31
143 lbs
21 - 16 - 0

World class boxer
Cardio machine

Great elbows
Granite chin

REMODEL (Coming Soon...)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Dan Church!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, William Sims!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Hirohito Nitta and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Church pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Sims back to the ropes. Church follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

Sims closes the distance and pushes Church back into the ropes.
Church using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sims has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sims gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A short right from Sims.
Church dodges an elbow strike from Sims.
A short right from Sims on the inside.
Sims lands with a short shot to the head.
Church tries to land a knee to the head but Sims blocks with his arms.
Church creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Church tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sims avoids it.
Church is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Sims creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sims displaying some good clinch control by pressing Church up against the ropes.
Church blocks an elbow strike from Sims.
Church misses with a knee to the head.
Sims tries to stall but Church uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Church misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sims.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Church misses with a knee to the head.
Sims throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Church blocks the elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sims pushes off an throws an elbow but Church leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Church wants to break the clinch but can't.
Church tries a knee to the head but Sims blocks it.
Sims throws an elbow that misses.
Sims is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Sims pushes Church back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Church tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sims unloads a knee to the mid-section. Church lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Church is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sims is defending well for now.
Church takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sims throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Church takes an elbow to the temple.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Church as Sims tries to tie him up.
Church unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sims lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Church misses with a knee strike.
Sims lands a nice elbow.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Sims.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Church working hard to break the clinch.
Sims just leaning against Church, taking a breather.
Sims lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sims lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Church tries a knee to the head but Sims blocks it.
Sims blocks an elbow strike.
Church tries to land a knee to the head but Sims blocks with his arms.
Sims looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Church tries to stall but Sims uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sims lands a nice elbow.
Sims tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Church avoids it.
Sims lands with a light punch inside.
Church with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sims prevents Church from breaking the clinch.
Church tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sims scores with a shoulder strike.
Sims dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Sims throws an elbow but misses.
Sims lands with a light punch inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Sims dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Church ducks under a wild hook from Sims.
Sims pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Church's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Sims connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Church scrambles back to his feet.
Sims throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sloppy strikes from Sims. Those never looked like landing.

Sims has managed to clinch.
Church tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sims on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Sims just misses with a elbow thrown towards Church's brow.
Church takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sims has Church pushed against the ropes.
William Sims seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Church lands a hook to the side of the head.
Church tries to land knees in the clinch but Sims avoids the damage to the body.
Sims trying to control the position but instead, Church has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sims into the ropes.
Sims scores with a shoulder strike.

Church pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sims takes the fight into the clinch.
Church landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A short right from Sims on the inside.
Sims creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Church's defenses.
Sims throws an elbow but it misses.
Sims blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sims lands a damaging elbow.
Sims lands a body shot in the clinch.
Church avoids the elbow strike from Sims, against the ropes.
Sims lands an elbow inside that Church shrugs off.
Church is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sims is defending well for now.
A head punch on the inside from Church fails to land.
Church misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sims.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sims.
Sims throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sims wants to stall.
Sims effectively controlling the action here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Church on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Sims.
Sims gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sims managing to block the knees to the body from Church.
Church scores with a knee to the head.
Sims has Church pressed against the ropes, preventing Church from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sims pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Church throws a knee to the head but misses.
Church using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sims has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sims lands an elbow just above Church 's eye.
Sims stalling against the ropes.
Sims blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sims.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Church trying to land knees to the body.
Sims misses with an elbow over the top.
Sims taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Sims.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Sims just misses with a elbow thrown towards Church's brow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Sims showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Sims clinches with his opponent.
Church looking to throw knees to the head but Sims is blocking nicely.
Sims missing with knees to the body.
Sims pressing his opponent against the ropes.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sims.
Church can't find room to land a body shot as Sims controls the action.
Sims is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Sims throws an elbow that misses.
Church throws an elbow that misses.
Church with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Church avoiding damage as Sims throws knees to the body.
Sims pushes off an throws an elbow but Church leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Sims looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sims pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Church tries to land a knee to the head but Sims blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Church as Sims tries to tie him up.
Church takes an elbow to the forehead.
Church blocks an elbow strike from Sims.
Sims lands with a right to the head.
Sims prevents Church from breaking the clinch.
Sims working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Church swings wildly with an uppercut but Sims uses good head movement to avoid it.
Church using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sims looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sims comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Church lands a nice knee to the body.
Sims lands a left hand.
Church tries to land a knee to the head but Sims blocks with his arms.

Church's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sims throws an off balance right hand
and Church counters with a two punch combo.
Sims throws a big shot that misses.

Sims moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Church tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sims working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sims is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Sims lands a damaging elbow.
Church crunches a lovely knee into Sims's ribcage.
Sims blocks the elbow strike.
Sims avoiding damage as Church throws knees to the body.
Church blocks the elbow strike.
Sims throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sims creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Church's defenses.
Church tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Church blocks an elbow strike from Sims.
Sims tries to stall but Church uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sims throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Church takes an elbow to the forehead.
Church tries to break the clinch but Sims is controlling the position.
Church is looking to break free of the clinch but Sims has double underhooks.
Church tries a knee to the head but Sims blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Sims really dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Sims clinches.
Sims stalling in the clinch but Church improves position.
Sims landing knees to the body.
Sims misses with an elbow over the top.
Church tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sims avoids it.
Sims lands with a right to the head.
Church misses with an elbow strike.
Sims lands an elbow that stopped Church in his tracks for a moment.
Church tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Church avoiding damage as Sims throws knees to the body.
Sims looking to slow down the pace here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Sims throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sims gets through Church's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Church takes an elbow to the forehead.

Church is rocked!
Sims blocks an elbow strike from Church.
Oh Church is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A bit of stalling here from Sims.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Church as Sims tries to tie him up.
Church seems to have got his legs back now.
Church misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Sims lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Church backwards.
Stalling in the clinch from Sims.
Church landing knees to the head.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Sims throws an elbow but misses.
Church tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Church tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sims lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Church throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sims blocks it with crossed arms.
Sims is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sims.
A short uppercut from Sims.

Church breaks from the clinch.
Dan Church is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Sims gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sims lands a hook that snaps the head of Church backwards.
Church tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Church takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Church misses with a knee strike.
Sims lands a hook to the side of the head.
Church throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sims creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sims pushes off an throws an elbow but Church leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Church unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sims prevents Church from breaking the clinch.
Sims tries to stall but Church uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Church stalling in the clinch but Sims improves position.
Sims throws an elbow that misses.
Sims tries to stall but Church uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sims on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice elbow from Sims.
Church avoids the elbow strike from Sims, against the ropes.
Church using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sims has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sims missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Sims dominated that fourth round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Sims scores with a decent looking hook.
Sims thows a body shot but no joy.

Sims rushes Church and presses him up against the ropes.
Church misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sims.
Sims throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Church misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sims.
Church tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sims lands an elbow inside that Church shrugs off.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sims.
Sims is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Church is keeping busy.
Church using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sims has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Church crunches a lovely knee into Sims's ribcage.
Sims gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dan Church has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Church throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sims blocks it with crossed arms.
Sims gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sims scores with a shoulder strike.
A short uppercut from Sims.
Sims creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Church's defenses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Church throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sims blocks it with crossed arms.
Sims is holding Church round the back of the neck and unloading with elbows! Boom, boom, boom! 3 big elbows land right to the bridge of the nose and Church goes down! Oh, his nose is a mess! I'm not sure he's going to beat the count... 4,5,6,7,8,9,10. He's done! Sims takes it and Church is going to the hospital to get that nose checked out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Elbows). William Sims!
William Sims very nearly forgot to thank //buriedALIVE// Fight Gear amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.