PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shawn Sauna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Sims (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shawn Sauna has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Sauna
vs
Sims

203 cm
24
269 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

190 cm
25
270 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

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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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shawn Sauna!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Sims!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Alan Glass and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sauna gets a clinch.
Sims has Sauna pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Sauna manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Sims tries to score a body lock takedown but Sauna shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Sauna lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sauna tries a knee to the head but Sims blocks it.
Sims is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Sauna pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Shawn Sauna has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Sims.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sauna.
Sauna using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sauna with a knee to the head.
Sauna lands a knee to the head.
Sauna scores a nice knee to the body.
Sims looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sauna lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Mark Sims has been cut.
Sims has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Sauna is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Sauna lands a damaging elbow.
Sauna landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sims takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sauna putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sims in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sauna with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sims is trying to break the clinch but Sauna has him pressed against the cage.
Sauna lands a nice elbow.
Sauna scores with a knee to the head.
Sauna using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sims takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sauna landing knees to the body.
Sauna scores with a knee to the head.
Sauna landing knees to the head.
Sims is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Sauna pulls him back up using the underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sauna connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sims's face.
Sims takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sauna connects with a knee to the head.

That has opened up Mark Sims's cut even more.
Sauna lands a nice elbow.
Nice elbow from Sauna.
Sauna lands a knee to the head.
Sauna unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sauna lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sauna scores with a knee to the head.
Sauna lands a good knee to the midsection. Sims won't want to take too many of those.
Sims takes an elbow to the temple.
Sauna lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sauna lands a knee to the head.
Sauna using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sauna lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sims has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Sauna avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Sauna scores with a knee to the head.
Sauna is pressed up against the cage. Sims has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Sauna down to the mat. Sauna avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Sauna tries to close the distance and clinch but Sims swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sauna with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sauna moves in looking to clinch but Sims pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sauna connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sims keeps the fight on the outside.
Sims takes a swing at Sauna's ribcage but misses.
Sauna tries to close the distance and clinch but Sims swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sims keeps the fight on the outside.

Sims looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sims makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Sauna looking for a sweep. Not yet Sauna, not yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sims is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sims works over Sauna with some ground and pound from guard.
Sauna doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Sims with a nice head shot there.
Sims cracks Sauna with a solid left hand.
Sims distracts Sauna with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sauna throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Sims works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Sauna is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Sims scores with a couple of nice shots.
Sims lands with a punch from half guard.
Sims drops an elbow to the side of Sauna's head.
Sauna misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Sauna on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Sauna tries to get out of the position.
Sauna throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Sauna missing with punches from the bottom.
Sims scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Sauna throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Sims has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Sauna moves in looking to clinch but Sims pushes him off.
Some bone on bone action there as Sims checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sims checks a leg kick.
Shawn Sauna is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sauna tries to clinch but Sims is having none of it.
Sauna fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sims checks it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Sauna misses with a low kick.
Sims scores with a jab to the body.
Sims misses with a body shot.
Sims scores with a hook to the body. Sauna takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sauna feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sims's calf.
Shawn Sauna seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sauna moves in looking to clinch but Sims pushes him off.
Sauna throws a jab when Sims was well out of range.
Sims misses with a wild body shot.
Sauna tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sims swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sauna tries to clinch up.
Sauna moves in looking to clinch but Sims pushes him off.
Sauna is looking to clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sims looks to score with a jab to the body but Sauna is just out of range.
Sauna wants to clinch.
Sauna wants to clinch up but Sims keeps it at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shawn Sauna dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mark Sims's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Sims keeps the fight on the outside.
A clash of legs there as Sims blocks the low kick.
Sauna shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Sauna is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sims throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sauna dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sims. That did some damage!
Sauna slips a jab from Sims.
Sims lands a body shot.
Sauna avoids the body shot from Sims.
Sims digs a good hook to Sauna's body.

Sauna gets caught flat footed, as Sims shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Sims postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Sims slips nicely into half guard.
Sims lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Sauna flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Sims lands with a punch from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sauna punching from the bottom.
Sims landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sims lands a nice short elbow.
Sims is breathing heavily.
Sims lands with a punch from half guard.
Sauna missing with punches from the bottom.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sims lands a nice short elbow.
Sauna tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Sauna flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Sims is trying to control. Sauna wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Sauna knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sims on the ground.
Sauna tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Sims blocks the strikes from Sauna.
Sims is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Sauna is looking to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sims scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Sims is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Sims passes the guard and advances to mount!
Sauna flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Sims trying to control but Sauna is having none of it.
Sims dominating with strikes here.
The referee warns Sauna that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The referee warns Sauna that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Sims looking to finish Sauna with some ground and pound. This is bad for Sauna!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sims can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Sauna is looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sauna swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Sims lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Sims working the ground and pound effectively.
Sauna flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

Sims has control of Sauna's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Sauna regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Sauna throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Sims putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Sauna is trying to escape the mount.
Sims scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sauna?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sauna is desperately trying to improve his position but Sims has a good base and remains in mount.
Sims cracks Sauna with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sauna swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Sauna takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sauna is squirming around, avoiding Sims's attempts to control the action.
Sims blocks Sauna's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Sims looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Sauna throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Sims with shots to the head and body - Sauna looks very uncomfortable down there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sauna swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sauna swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Sims controlling the position easily from mount.
Sims landing punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Sims showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mark Sims's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Sauna is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sims keeps the fight on the outside.
Sauna dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sims. That did some damage!
Sims swats away the attempt to clinch by Sauna.

Sims looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Sauna!
Sims landing strikes, looking to finish!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sims cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Sims scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sauna?
Sims blocks Sauna's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sauna tries to reverse the position but Sims maintains control.
Sims lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Sauna hang on?
Sauna takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sauna flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Sims blocks Sauna's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sims working the ground and pound effectively.
Sims with the ground and pound from mount.
Sauna taking shots to the head.
Sims connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Sims landing punches.
Sims pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Sauna in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Sims can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Sauna is looking to escape.
Sauna takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sims prevents Sauna from getting the reversal.
Sauna flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Sims scoring with strikes but Sauna is staying in there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sauna takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sims lands a big shot there that rocks Sauna but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Sauna is looking to get to half guard.
Sims scores with a couple of good head shots there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sims landing strikes, looking to finish!
Sauna is desperately trying to improve his position but Sims has a good base and remains in mount.
Sims tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Sims is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Sauna can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Sims content just to control the position here.
Sims scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sauna?
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sims cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Sims lands a big shot there that rocks Sauna but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sauna swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Sauna is desperately trying to improve his position but Sims has a good base and remains in mount.
Sauna throwing hammer fists to the chest of Sims. What's that going to do exactly?
Sims looking to finish Sauna with some ground and pound. This is bad for Sauna!
Sauna keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Sauna throwing hammer fists to the chest of Sims. What's that going to do exactly?
Sauna throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Sims with a couple of short strikes.
Sauna is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Sims in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Sims landing punches.
Sims wants to control the pace but Sauna is squirming around nicely.
Sims connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sauna is trying to escape the mount.
Sims tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Sims blocks Sauna's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Sauna throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Sims is landing with some decent strikes but Sauna is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Sauna swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Sims lands a big elbow.
Sims sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Sauna flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sims unloading with bombs!
Sims lands a nice shot to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mark Sims comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sims has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 26:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mark Sims!