PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Forrest Simpson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexandre Boo (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.

Simpson
vs
Boo

205 cm
18
245 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

194 cm
18
263 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Forrest Simpson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alexandre Boo!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Frank Dennis and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Simpson tries to clinch but Boo moves out of range.
Boo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Simpson is out of range and Boo settles back down.

Boo forces Simpson back against the ropes and clinches.

Boo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Simpson throws a series of strikes that have Boo backpedaling.
Boo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Simpson.
Simpson checks a leg kick.
Boo tries to score with a low kick but Simpson moves his leg out of the way.
Boo throws a leg kick but Simpson checks it.

Simpson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Simpson is trying to force a seperation but Boo has the dominant position.
Simpson has Boo pressed against the ropes, preventing Boo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Boo avoids a wild elbow strike from Simpson.

Boo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Simpson checks the leg kick.
Boo throws a leg kick but Simpson sees it coming and moves out of range.
Simpson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Boo counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

Simpson takes the fight into the clinch.
Simpson misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Simpson misses with a knee to the head.

Boo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Simpson wants to clinch
and Boo counters with a slapping leg kick.
Simpson closes the distance but Boo moves to the side

and Boo holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Simpson working aggressively here.
Boo blocking some punches.
Simpson is trying to break the clinch but Boo is controlling him.
Simpson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Boo has Simpson pushed against the ropes.
Simpson has had enough of the clinch but Boo keeps him there for the moment.
A nice left hand lands by Simpson.
Simpson is trying to force a seperation but Boo has the dominant position.

Boo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Simpson tries to keep at a distance but Boo has taken the fight into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Simpson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Simpson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Simpson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Simpson is trying to stall.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Boo dodges an elbow strike from Simpson.
Boo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Boo breaks the clinch.
Simpson tries to clinch but Boo moves away
and Boo counters with an outside leg kick.
Simpson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Simpson closes the distance but Boo moves to the side

and Boo counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Boo avoiding damage.
Boo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Simpson misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Simpson.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Simpson tries to land knees in the clinch but Boo avoids the damage to the body.

Boo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Boo misses with a leg kick.
Boo is looking to chop away at Simpson's legs.
Boo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Simpson's calf.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Boo circles away from the clinch attempt
and Boo counters with a nice leg kick.
Boo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Simpson's sensitive parts.
Boo wants to land a leg kick but Simpson is out of range.
Simpson moves to clinch but Boo breaks away

and Boo counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Boo.
Simpson misses with the head strike.

Simpson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Simpson goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Boo circles away from the clinch attempt
and Boo makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Simpson wants to clinch
and Boo makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Simpson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Boo throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Boo throws a low kick but it's checked well by Simpson.
Boo takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Simpson misses with the combination.
Simpson misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boo throws a low kick but it's checked well by Simpson.
Boo misses with a low kick as Simpson jumps back.
Boo throws a leg kick but Simpson checks it.
Boo circles away from the clinch attempt
and Boo makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A good leg kick by Boo.
Simpson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Forrest Simpson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boo attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Boo connects with a leg kick. Simpson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Simpson checks the leg kick.
Simpson tries to clinch but Boo moves away
and Boo counters with an outside leg kick.
Boo throws a low kick but Simpson moves out of range easily.
Boo tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A leg kick checked by Simpson.
Simpson darts in trying to clinch
and Boo counters with a low kick, right behind Simpson 's knee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Boo wants to slow Simpson down by chopping away at his legs.
Forrest Simpson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Simpson checks the leg kick nicely there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Boo.
Boo throws a low kick but Simpson moves out of range easily.
Boo throws a front kick aimed at Simpson's knee but Simpson avoids it well.
Boo attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Simpson wants to clinch but Boo slips to the side
and Boo counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Boo shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Boo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Boo tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Simpson blocks a leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Simpson moves out of range of the leg kick from Boo.
A bone on bone clash there as Simpson blocks the leg kick.

Simpson moves into the clinch.
Simpson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Boo has him pressed against the ropes.

Boo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexandre Boo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A nice leg kick lands there from Boo.

Boo rushes Simpson and presses him up against the ropes.

Boo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Boo throws a leg kick that misses.
Boo walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Simpson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Boo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Simpson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Boo counters with a low kick, right behind Simpson 's knee.
Simpson lands a head kick!
Boo misses with a low kick as Simpson jumps back.
Simpson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Boo fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Simpson checks it well.
Simpson moves to clinch but Boo breaks away

and Boo counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Simpson looking to throw knees to the head but Boo is blocking nicely.
Simpson working aggressively here.

Boo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Simpson misses with a series of wild punches.
Simpson closes the distance but Boo moves to the side
and Boo counters with an outside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Simpson checks a leg kick nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Simpson lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Simpson looks to clinch
and Boo counters with a nice leg kick.
Boo finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Boo throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Simpson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Boo is looking to slow Simpson down with leg kicks.
Boo lands a leg kick that knocks Simpson off balance momentarily.
Boo attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Boo scoring well with a low kick there.
Boo throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Boo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Boo tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Simpson is able to avoid easily.
Boo tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Boo throws a leg kick which misses Simpson's front leg but catches the back leg as Simpson tries to avoid it.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Boo gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Boo manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Simpson tries to clinch but Boo moves away
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Boo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Boo throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Boo fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Simpson checks it well.
Simpson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Boo.
Boo throws a low kick but Simpson avoids it.
Alexandre Boo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Simpson tries to clinch
and Boo counters with a thumping low kick.
Boo tries to work over Simpson's front leg with a kick but Simpson checks it.
Simpson tries to clinch but Boo moves away
and Boo counters with a nice leg kick.
Boo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Boo dodges the punch combination from Simpson.
Good leg kick by Boo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Boo closes the distance and clinches.
Boo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Boo has Simpson pushed against the ropes.

Boo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexandre Boo really 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.

A leg kick checked by Simpson.
Boo dodges the punch combination from Simpson.
Simpson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Boo counters with an outside leg kick.

Boo forces Simpson back against the ropes and clinches.

Boo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Boo misses with a leg kick.
Simpson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Simpson blocks a low kick nicely.
Simpson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Boo counters with a leg kick.
Simpson wants to clinch
and Boo counters with an outside leg kick.
Simpson closes the distance but Boo moves to the side

and Boo counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Boo.
Simpson wants to stall.

Boo breaks from the clinch.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Simpson misses with a two punch combination.
Boo throws a leg kick but Simpson sees it coming and moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Simpson moves to clinch but Boo breaks away

and Boo counters by moving into the clinch.

Boo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice shot by Simpson.
Boo throws a solid leg kick but Simpson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Boo.
Boo swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Boo throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Boo wants to land a leg kick but Simpson is out of range.
Good work by Simpson as he checks the leg kick.
Simpson throws a hook but Boo blocks it.
Simpson wants to clinch but Boo slips to the side
and Boo counters with a thumping low kick.
Simpson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Boo counters with an inside leg kick.
Simpson tries to clinch up
and Boo counters with a good low kick that Simpson was not able to check.
Boo lands a leg kick that knocks Simpson off balance momentarily.
Simpson wants to clinch but Boo slips to the side

and Boo counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Boo blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Simpson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Boo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Simpson is defending well for now.

Boo breaks from the clinch.
Boo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Simpson's sensitive parts.
Boo throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Simpson misses with a wild combination.
Boo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Simpson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Boo wants to slow Simpson down by chopping away at his legs.
Simpson wants to clinch
and Boo counters with a low kick, right behind Simpson 's knee.
Simpson throws a right hand that Boo ducks under and follows up with a left that Boo also avoids with ease.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Boo throws a solid leg kick but Simpson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Boo.
Boo throws a leg kick but Simpson sees it coming and moves out of range.
Boo tries to work over Simpson's front leg with a kick but Simpson checks it.
Boo fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Simpson checks it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexandre Boo dominated that fourth round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Boo tries to score with a low kick but Simpson moves his leg out of the way.
Boo throws a leg kick but Simpson sees it coming and moves out of range.
Simpson wants to clinch
and Boo makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Simpson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Boo counters with a leg kick.
Simpson tries to clinch up

and Boo counters by moving into the clinch.

Boo breaks the clinch.
Boo throws a chopping leg kick but Simpson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Simpson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Boo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Boo wants to land a leg kick but Simpson is out of range.
Simpson fails to land with a series of punches.
Simpson closes the distance but Boo moves to the side
and Boo counters with a leg kick.
Boo throws a low kick but Simpson avoids it.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Boo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Simpson is out of range and Boo settles back down.

Boo moves into range and clinches up with Simpson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boo has Simpson pressed against the ropes.
Simpson avoiding damage as Boo throws knees to the body.
Simpson is trying to break free.
Simpson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Boo's elbow.
Simpson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Simpson misses with a knee to the head.
Boo blocks an uppercut.

Boo breaks the clinch.
Simpson darts in trying to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Boo throws a leg kick but Simpson sees it coming and moves out of range.
Simpson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Boo counters with a nice low kick that buckles Simpson's knee momentarily.
Simpson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Boo makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Simpson tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Boo counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Boo breaks from the clinch.
Boo lands a leg kick that knocks Simpson off balance momentarily.
Simpson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Boo misses with a low kick as Simpson jumps back.
Some bone on bone action there as Simpson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Simpson checks a low kick from Boo.
Boo does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Simpson tries to clinch up
and Boo counters with a nice leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Simpson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Simpson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Simpson moves to clinch but Boo breaks away
and Boo counters with a low kick, right behind Simpson 's knee.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
An inside leg kick from Boo misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Boo.
Forrest Simpson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Boo misses with a low kick as Simpson jumps back.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alexandre Boo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Boo has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge George Francis scores the fight for Alexandre Boo!
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight for Alexandre Boo!
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight for Alexandre Boo!

Alexandre Boo wins by unanimous decision!