PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Maxim Simmons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexandr Stenkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Simmons
vs
Stenkov

194 cm
24
254 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

192 cm
24
260 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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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 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Maxim Simmons!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alexandr Stenkov!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, John Roberts and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stenkov throws an overhand right that lands on Simmons's shoulder, as Simmons tries to avoid the shot.
A slow jab from Simmons misses its intended target.
Stenkov buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Stenkov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Simmons manages to avoid it.
Stenkov swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Simmons counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Stenkov walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Stenkov lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Simmons circles away quickly and effectively.
Stenkov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Simmons.
Stenkov slips a jab from Simmons.
Simmons rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Stenkov counters with a good low kick that Simmons was not able to check.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Simmons misses with a straight left.
Simmons takes a swing at Stenkov's ribcage but misses.
Simmons throws a hook to the side of Stenkov's head but Stenkov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Simmons throws a right and a left that both miss.
Stenkov throws an overhand right that lands on Simmons's shoulder, as Simmons tries to avoid the shot.
Simmons misses the shot to the body.
Simmons misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stenkov moves forwards but Simmons connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Simmons jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Simmons is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Simmons lands an overhand right.
Simmons throws the left hand but Stenkov avoids the punch easily.
Stenkov slips a straight right by Simmons.
Stenkov lands with a thumping leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Simmons throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A shot to the liver by Stenkov. Beautiful body shot.
No joy there for Stenkov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A jab from Stenkov misses.
Simmons's jab looks to have found its range, popping Stenkov under the eye.
Simmons throws the left hand but Stenkov avoids the punch easily.
Stenkov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Simmons throws a lazy uppercut
and Stenkov counters with a right hand to the body.
Simmons sizes up Stenkov with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Simmons waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Stenkov.
Stenkov lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Simmons rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Stenkov counters with an inside leg kick.
Simmons has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Stenkov.
Simmons throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Stenkov counter with a right hand.
Simmons takes a swing at Stenkov's ribcage but misses.
Simmons throws a lazy right hand but Stenkov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Stenkov lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Simmons throws a series of strikes that have Stenkov backpedaling.
Simmons walks into a straight right hand from Stenkov.
Stenkov takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Maxim Simmons seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Simmons is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Stenkov.
Simmons fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Simmons misses with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simmons misses with a few strikes there.
Stenkov is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Simmons.
Simmons fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stenkov manages to avoid it.
Simmons throws an off balance right hand
and Stenkov counters with a nice leg kick.
Simmons takes a swing at Stenkov's ribcage but misses.
Simmons tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Stenkov connects with an inside leg kick.
Stenkov scores with a body shot.
Simmons is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stenkov looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Stenkov throws a big shot that misses.
Stenkov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Simmons.
Simmons with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Stenkov to score with a decent uppercut.
Maxim Simmons is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Stenkov shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Simmons throws a right hand that misses
and Stenkov cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Simmons is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Stenkov.
Simmons looks to land a left hand but Stenkov moved out of range nicely.
Simmons throws a jab when Stenkov was well out of range.
Stenkov ducks under a wild hook from Simmons.
Simmons takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Simmons slips a jab from Stenkov.
Simmons throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Stenkov connects with a leg kick. Simmons looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Simmons on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Stenkov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Simmons throws out the jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Stenkov, right into the meat.
A nice inside leg kick there by Stenkov. That's going to slow Simmons down.
Simmons throws a right hand that Stenkov ducks under and follows up with a left that Stenkov also avoids with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maxim Simmons dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Simmons misses with a hook. Stenkov ducked under it nicely.
Simmons is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Stenkov lands with a thumping leg kick.
Simmons thows a body shot but no joy.
Simmons uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Stenkov has time to react.
Maxim Simmons is winning the standup battle so far.
A swing and a miss from Simmons.
Simmons moves away from the strike by Stenkov.
Simmons misses with a lunging right hand
letting Stenkov counter with a right hand.
Simmons blocks a jab.
Simmons misses with an uppercut

and Stenkov moves into the clinch.
Simmons lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Stenkov.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A right hand to the body from Simmons.
Stenkov is breathing heavily.
Simmons is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Simmons lands with a left to the head.
Simmons lands a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Simmons lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Simmons lands a nice shot to the body.
Stenkov takes a shot to the head.
Stenkov keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Simmons's efforts to push away.
Simmons scores with a hook to the body.
Simmons working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Simmons gets through Stenkov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Simmons scores with a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Simmons.
A short uppercut from Simmons.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Simmons struggles to land a body shot inside as Stenkov controls his hands.
Simmons blocks a body shot from Stenkov.
Simmons digs a right hand underneath Stenkov's ribcage. Stenkov let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A nice right hand lands inside from Simmons.
Stenkov prevents a body shot from Simmons.
A right hook to the body lands for Simmons.
Simmons makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Simmons manages to break the clinch.
Simmons scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Simmons connects with the punch.
Simmons swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stenkov ducks right into an uppercut from Simmons.

Stenkov is rocked!
Stenkov walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Stenkov is still on wobbly legs! Can Simmons finish him?
Stenkov misses the shot to the body.
Simmons misses the shot to the body.
Stenkov seems to have recovered his senses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Simmons, as that shot connected.
Simmons swings for the body but Stenkov moves out of range.
Stenkov lands with an overhand left.
Simmons misses with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Simmons. Stenkov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Simmons lands a jab.
Simmons misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simmons throws an off balance right hand
and Stenkov counters with a straight right hand.
Simmons throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Simmons throws a hook to the side of Stenkov's head but Stenkov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Simmons takes a swing at Stenkov's ribcage but misses.
Simmons misses with a double jab

and Stenkov decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Simmons's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Stenkov trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Simmons manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Simmons's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Simmons in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Simmons 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.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stenkov avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Simmons with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Stenkov wants to sweep but no luck.

Stenkov is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Simmons is aware though and is defending well.
Simmons is looking to work some ground and pound but Stenkov has wrist control.
Simmons would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Simmons throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Stenkov works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Stenkov keeping moving, preventing Simmons from controlling successfully.
Simmons is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stenkov can do to turn this around?
Simmons makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Simmons stops Stenkov from standing up.
Simmons with a flurry of punches that miss.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Simmons preventing the sweep.
Simmons keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Stenkov's head.
Simmons throws a big right hand that misses.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Stenkov is on top in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maxim Simmons dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Simmons throws a hook but Stenkov avoids it easily.
Stenkov ducks under a wild hook from Simmons.
Simmons ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Stenkov.
Stenkov lands a body shot.
Simmons stuns Stenkov with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Stenkov moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Simmons lands a nice hook to Stenkov's body. Stenkov takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Simmons comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Simmons throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Simmons throws a hook but Stenkov avoids it easily.
Stenkov dives in and grabs Simmons's left leg, looking for a takedown. Simmons pushes down on Stenkov's head and hops out.
Stenkov takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Simmons swings for the body but Stenkov moves out of range.
Stenkov takes a swing at Simmons's ribcage but misses.
Good shot there by Simmons.
Some wild striking there from Simmons.
Stenkov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Simmons.
Stenkov misses with a hook. Simmons ducked under it nicely.
Stenkov is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Simmons.
Simmons ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stenkov moves away.
Stenkov looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Simmons ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stenkov looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stenkov throws a jab when Simmons was well out of range.
Simmons throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Stenkov stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The fighters circling - Simmons throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Stenkov takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Simmons lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Simmons is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Simmons fails to land with a series of punches.
Stenkov pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Stenkov throws a head kick that half lands.
That kick from Stenkov tenderised Simmons's leg. Simmons is trying to keep his angry face on.
A combination from Simmons does no damage.
Simmons misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Simmons loads up on a big right hand but Stenkov slips the punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Simmons. Stenkov does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stenkov misses with a head kick.
Simmons scores with a crisp jab that stopped Stenkov in his tracks.
Stenkov throws a leg kick which misses Simmons's front leg but catches the back leg as Simmons tries to avoid it.
Stenkov takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Simmons lands a jab to the nose.
Stenkov lands a two punch combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Simmons takes a swing at Stenkov's ribcage but misses.
Simmons smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Simmons misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stenkov.
Simmons throws a low kick but Stenkov moves out of range easily.
Simmons wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stenkov. Simmons does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Simmons, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Simmons throws a jab when Stenkov was well out of range.
Simmons throws a right hand that Stenkov ducks under and follows up with a left that Stenkov also avoids with ease.
Simmons jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Simmons walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Stenkov closes the distance and clinches up with Simmons, looking for a takedown. Stenkov pushes Simmons against the cage but Simmons circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Maxim Simmons has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexandr Stenkov.
Stenkov takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Simmons swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Simmons swings widly with a right hand
and Stenkov counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A slow jab from Simmons misses its intended target.
Maxim Simmons is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Simmons displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Stenkov throws out the jab.
Stenkov throws a right and a left that both miss.
Alexandr Stenkov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nice jab there from Simmons.

And that's the end of the fight!
Maxim Simmons showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Simmons 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Maxim Simmons!
An out of breath Maxim Simmons thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.