PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ben Simpson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Travis Davies (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Travis Davies has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Simpson
vs
Davies

187 cm
23
194 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

185 cm
28
194 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ben Simpson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Travis Davies!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Cecil Peabody and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Simpson lands a nice looking body shot.
Simpson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Simpson leaves Davies with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Davies darts in and clinches Simpson up against the cage.
Davies is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Simpson avoiding damage as Davies throws knees to the body.
Simpson lands a right hand.

Simpson tightens his grip and picks Davies up, before dumping him to the ground. Davies manages to land in guard.
Simpson slips nicely into half guard.
Simpson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Davies keeps working.

Simpson is trying to work for a kimura but Davies is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Simpson is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Davies has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Simpson is trying to control the action in half guard but Davies is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Davies looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Davies wants to improve his position but Simpson is controlling well.
Simpson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Davies keeps working.

Davies looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Davies is trying to get back to full guard.
Simpson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Davies tries to get to full guard but Simpson has control of the leg.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Simpson lands a nice short elbow.
Well, if Simpson is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Simpson connects with a nice short shot to Davies's temple.
Simpson moves nicely into side control.
Simpson scoring with punches and elbows.
Simpson is putting a hurting on Davies here, landing some big shots from side control.
Simpson working the ground and pound.
Simpson wants to control but Davies is keeping him busy.
Davies looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Davies tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Simpson wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Davies manages to work his way to half guard, despite Simpson's best efforts.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Simpson wants to work for an arm triangle but Davies is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Nice strikes from Simpson there.

Simpson wants to work for an arm triangle but Davies is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Simpson seems to be looking for submissions.
Davies tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Simpson has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Davies is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Davies is squirming around, avoiding Simpson's attempts to control the action.
Simpson landing punches.
Davies throwing hammer fists to the chest of Simpson. What's that going to do exactly?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davies is looking to get to half guard.
Simpson wants to control the pace but Davies is squirming around nicely.
Simpson scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Simpson looking for a guillotine from mount but Davies is having none of it.
Simpson 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.
Davies is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
A nice elbow there by Simpson.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Davies is wriggling around trying to escape.
Simpson lands a couple of good shots and Davies has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Davies is covering up but some of the strikes from Simpson are getting through and doing damage.
Simpson is punishing Davies with some ground and pound.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Simpson scores with punches from the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Simpson dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Simpson rushes Davies and presses him up against the cage.

Simpson turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Simpson manages to end up in side control.
Davies is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Davies is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
We've been hearing good reports from Simpson's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Davies is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Davies is trying to control Simpson's posture but Simpson avoids it.
Simpson lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davies is not content to let Simpson control the position.
Simpson lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davies is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Simpson is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Davies is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The referee warns Davies that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Simpson is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Davies can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Simpson working Davies over with strikes here.
Simpson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Simpson working the ground and pound effectively.

Davies is rocked!
Simpson landing strikes, looking to finish!
Davies is still in real trouble! Can Simpson finish him?
Simpson lands a heavy shot. That's hurt Davies! Simpson sees the opportunity and turns up the heat - strike after strike land to the defenseless Davies and the ref dives in to save him! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Ben Simpson!