PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Julius Africanus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Simpkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Africanus
vs
Simpkins

195 cm
23
285 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

190 cm
26
280 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Julius Africanus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Adam Simpkins!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Cecil Peabody and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Simpkins throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Africanus with a hook.
Simpkins moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Simpkins scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Simpkins moves in looking to clinch but Africanus pushes him off.
Simpkins connects with a nice looking jab.
Simpkins takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
We've been informed that Simpkins has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Simpkins checks a low kick from Africanus.
Simpkins lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Africanus circles away quickly and effectively.
Simpkins cracks the inside of Africanus's front leg.
Simpkins fails with the takedown
and Africanus counters with a low kick, right behind Simpkins 's knee.
A low kick from Simpkins is predictable there
letting Africanus counter with a right hand.
Africanus misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Simpkins fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A low kick from Africanus misses
and Simpkins counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Africanus blocks a jab.
Simpkins misses with a looping right.
Simpkins pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Simpkins fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Simpkins falls off balance throwing a combination
and Africanus counters with a nice uppercut.
Some bone on bone action there as Simpkins checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Africanus throws a lazy body kick
and Simpkins connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Africanus stuns Simpkins with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Simpkins takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A head kick misses from Simpkins.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Africanus misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Simpkins.
Simpkins swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Africanus throws a poor cross that misses
and Simpkins makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Simpkins swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nice defenses there by Africanus.
Simpkins misses with a series of wild punches.

Africanus feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Africanus with a nice head shot there.
Africanus postures up in Simpkins's guard and throws a big left but Simpkins blocks it.
Simpkins not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Africanus passes Simpkins's left leg - he's now in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simpkins moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Africanus throwing strikes from guard but Simpkins blocks nicely.
Africanus landing some decent shots from guard.
Simpkins trying to control the position.
Africanus content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Africanus connects with a couple of short punches.
Africanus trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Simpkins looking to hit a scissor sweep but Africanus is one step ahead there.
Africanus distracts Simpkins with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Simpkins looking to hit a scissor sweep but Africanus is one step ahead there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Simpkins is trying to keep Africanus in close.
Simpkins is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Simpkins is still trying to improve position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julius Africanus dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Simpkins swinging wildly here.
Simpkins tries to clinch up but Africanus circles away and keeps his distance.
A clash of legs there as Simpkins blocks the low kick.
Africanus swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Africanus slips a jab and a cross from Simpkins.
Simpkins misses with a hook. Africanus ducked under it nicely.
Africanus throws a low kick but it's checked well by Simpkins.
Adam Simpkins is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Simpkins tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Africanus throws a lazy head kick
and Simpkins counters with a two punch combo.

It looks like Julius Africanus has been cut.
Africanus ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Simpkins moves away.
Simpkins misses with a hook. Africanus ducked under it nicely.
Simpkins swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Africanus swats away the attempt to clinch by Simpkins.
Africanus dodges the punch combination from Simpkins.
Simpkins throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Africanus dives in and scores a takedown into Simpkins's guard.
Simpkins controls Africanus momentarily but Africanus frees himself.
Africanus throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Simpkins works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Africanus has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Africanus landing with the ground and pound.
Africanus is in close to Simpkins's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Africanus scoring with punches to the head and body.
Africanus in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Africanus lands a couple of elbows.
Africanus postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Simpkins is rocked!
Africanus arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Simpkins's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Julius Africanus!