PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Christopher Hero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Sims (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Hero
vs
Sims

177 cm
18
180 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

176 cm
25
164 lbs
4 - 15 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Christopher Hero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ray Sims!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sims fails with a takedown attempt.
Hero stuffs the takedown attempt from Sims. Sims gets slowly back to his feet.

Sims gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Hero to score an easy takedown into full guard.

Hero decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Sims, up you get!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sims.
Christopher Hero has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ray Sims.

Sims bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Hero can't do much from the bottom here.
Hero is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Hero wants to get back to his feet.
Hero trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.

Hero pushes Sims off and gets back to his feet.

Hero gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sims is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Sims looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sims tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Hero smiles and moves away.

Hero fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sims, pushing him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sims misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sims looks gassed!

Hero's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hero moves in looking to clinch but Sims pushes him off.
Sims shoots in and drives through. Hero sprawls well.
Hero moves in looking to clinch but Sims pushes him off.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Sims's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sims is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Hero.
Hero wants to clinch.
Hero doesn't manage to clinch there - Sims circles away.

Hero gets a clinch.

Hero's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hero tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sims swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Hero darts in and clinches Sims up against the cage.

Hero manages to break the clinch.

Hero looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Hero trying to control the position from guard on top but Sims is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Sims throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sims can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Hero controls the pace.

Hero gets to his feet. Sims looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Hero tries to clinch up but Sims circles away and keeps his distance.

Hero darts in and clinches Sims up against the cage.

Hero escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hero tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sims paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sims swats away the attempt to clinch by Hero.

Hero forces Sims back against the cage and clinches.

Hero manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Hero throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Hero scrambles and gets back to his feet.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hero wants to clinch up but Sims keeps it at a distance.

Hero closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

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

Hero gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hero tries to pull guard but Sims holds him up against the cage and eventually Hero drops back down to his feet.
A nice left hand lands by Hero.
Sims lands a nice elbow.

Hero has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Sims uses from the top position.
Hero wants to stand but Sims is controlling the position.
Hero bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Sims's guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Hero's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Hero gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Hero tries to clinch but Sims is having none of it.

Hero closes the distance and pushes Sims back into the cage.

Hero pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hero scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hero fails with an attempt to clinch.

Hero drives through and clinches with Sims against the cage.
Hero tries to pull guard but Sims holds him up against the cage and eventually Hero drops back down to his feet.
Sims tries to break the clinch but Hero is controlling the position.

Hero breaks from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hero has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hero can't get the takedown.

Hero's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Hero closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Hero decides to stand back up.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Hero gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Sims to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Sims wants to get up but he can't break Hero's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Hero looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Sims gets to his feet - Hero follows without any prompting.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sims misses with a takedown attempt - Hero sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Hero closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sims is looking to escape.

Sims manages to escape and get back to his feet!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Hero tries to clinch but Sims is having none of it.

Hero closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Hero pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sims closes the distance and clinches up with Hero, looking for a takedown. Sims pushes Hero against the cage but Hero circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Hero moves in looking to clinch but Sims pushes him off.
Hero tries to clinch up.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sims.
Hero tries to close the distance and clinch but Sims swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Hero closes the distance and pushes Sims back into the cage.

Hero's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Hero decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Hero is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

Hero stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.

Hero forces Sims back against the cage and clinches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Hero's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Hero forces Sims back against the cage and clinches.
Hero tries to score a body lock takedown but Sims shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hero's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hero scores with a jab to the body.

Sims tries to keep at a distance but Hero has taken the fight into the clinch.

Hero escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Hero moves into the clinch successfully.
Hero lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hero goes for a takedown attempt but Sims pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Hero gets a takedown into half guard.
Sims is looking to escape.
Hero looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Hero landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Hero slips a nice elbow through Sims's hands, connecting with Sims's forehead.
Hero prevents Sims from standing back up.

Hero stands up out of the half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hero shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Sims's guard.
Hero is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Hero gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
No luck for Sims with that takedown attempt.
Christopher Hero has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ray Sims.

Hero forces Sims back against the cage and clinches.
Hero tries to score a body lock takedown but Sims shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Sims manages to pull guard.
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!

Sims pushes Hero off and scrambles back to his feet.
Sims misses with a takedown

and Hero counters with a shoot takedown. Sims fights it but they end up in guard.

Sims has his foot on Hero's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Hero works his way back into a safe position though.

Sims had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Hero is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Sims Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Hero's back instead.
Sims doesn't have the hooks in and Hero manages to turn into his guard.

Hero stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Sims slaps away a takedown attempt from Hero, before circling back to the center of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sims will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hero fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hero throws a head kick that misses.

Hero gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hero keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sims's efforts to push away.

Hero breaks the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sims can't break the clinch.
Sims wants to break the clinch but can't.

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

Hero has Sims up against the cage in a clinch.

Hero's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hero tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sims swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Hero forces Sims back against the cage and clinches.

Hero jumps into guard, dragging Sims to the mat.
Hero has a closed guard, preventing Sims from standing up.
Hero tries to strike from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hero has his feet on Sims's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.

Hero clinches up against the cage.

Hero has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Sims uses from the top position.
Sims wanted to stand there but Hero had control of the position.
Hero wants to get back to his feet but Sims is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Hero has his foot on Sims's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Sims works his way back into a safe position though.

Sims stands up from Hero's guard - Sims perhaps looking for a knockout.
Hero swinging wilding here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Left hook, right uppercut from Hero.

Hero scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Hero escapes and gets back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Christopher Hero dominated that second 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Sims tries for a takedown but Hero circles away easily

and Hero counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Hero trying to control the position from guard on top but Sims is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Sims looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Sims has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Hero can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Hero is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Hero postures up and lands a big shot to Sims's brow.

Hero stands up and waves to Sims to follow him.

Hero darts in and clinches Sims up against the cage.

Hero's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sims has his takedown stuffed

and Hero counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Sims's guard now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Hero stands and steps away. Sims gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hero bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

Hero stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Hero fails with an attempt to clinch.

Hero shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Hero was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Hero connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Hero lands a heavy elbow.
Sims is trying to escape the mount.
Hero looking to finish Sims with some ground and pound. This is bad for Sims!
Hero lands a heavy elbow.
Sims tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Hero looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Hero trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Hero prevents Sims from getting the reversal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Hero cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Christopher Hero overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sims working to try and regain half guard.
Hero controlling the pace for now.
Hero lands with some strikes.
Hero with a couple of short strikes.

Hero working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.

Hero is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Sims can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Hero punishing his opponent with strikes.
Christopher Hero is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sims tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hero is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Hero tries to control but Sims wriggling away.
Sims is in a horrible position here. Hero smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Hero tries to control but Sims wriggling away.
Hero is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sims can do to turn this around?
Hero landing strikes from the mount and Sims is in trouble!
Hero controlling from the full mount.
Hero raining down shots from the mount!

Hero looking for a guillotine from mount but Sims is having none of it.
Sims can't escape the position.
Ray Sims has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hero connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Hero takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Hero tries to control but Sims wriggling away.
Sims is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Sims is desperately trying to improve his position but Hero has a good base and remains in mount.
Sims is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Hero in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Hero blocks Sims's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hero takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Hero lands a big shot there that rocks Sims but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Hero can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Sims is looking to escape.

Hero looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Christopher Hero showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hero has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:26
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:26
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Christopher Hero!