PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Khalil Zidane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Sims (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zidane comes to the cage accompanied by Tool - Jimmy. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Zidane
vs
Sims

178 cm
31
142 lbs
21 - 6 - 0

159 cm
31
143 lbs
26 - 16 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Granite chin

Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Khalil Zidane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, William Sims!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, John Mangel and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sims uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zidane.
Zidane takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A chopping leg kick lands by Zidane.
Zidane tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Zidane looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Zidane tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Zidane tries to land a front kick but Sims steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Sims throws a body punch but Zidane moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Sims. Those never looked like landing.
Sims throws a sloppy head kick and Zidane moves out of range easily.
Zidane misses with an uppercut. Sims saw that one coming.
Sims cracks the inside of Zidane's front leg.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sims. Zidane does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sims dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Zidane. That did some damage!
Zidane fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sims walks into a jab.
Zidane looks to throw the jab but Sims is out of range.
Zidane really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
A left and a right from Sims both land. Nice combination.

It looks like Khalil Zidane has been cut.
Sims has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sims.
Zidane throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sims changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Sims checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zidane thuds his right hand into Sims's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Zidane closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Sims lands a body shot.
Zidane misses with a body shot.
Sims works Zidane's body with a nice hook.
Zidane is breathing heavily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sims.
Sims will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sims checks the leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sims lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Zidane at a distance.
A head kick misses from Sims.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sims.

Sims has closed the distance and engaged Zidane in a clinch.
Sims lands with a right to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sims.
Sims misses with an elbow strike.
Sims holding his opponent close, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on Sims's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Sims lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Zidane backwards.
Zidane blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sims lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sims lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Zidane is rocked!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sims creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Oh Zidane is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Clinched against the cage, Sims lands a big elbow that drops Zidane! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Zidane is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). William Sims!
A victorious William Sims thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.