PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ho Chi Min (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Simpson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ho Chi Min is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Chi Min
vs
Simpson

182 cm
22
200 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

187 cm
24
194 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ho Chi Min!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ben Simpson!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, George Francis and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Simpson misses with a looping left.
Simpson lands a nice shot that snaps Chi Min's head back.
Simpson looks to land a right hand but Chi Min moved out of range.
Chi Min displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Simpson.
Chi Min just misses with a punch to the body.
Simpson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ben Simpson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Simpson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Simpson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Chi Min, pushing him back against the cage.
Knees to the body from Chi Min.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Simpson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Chi Min backwards.
Chi Min misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Simpson.
Simpson managing to block the knees to the body from Chi Min.
Simpson avoids the elbow strike from Chi Min, against the cage.
Simpson blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Simpson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Chi Min throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Our sources have told us that Chi Min has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Chi Min swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short uppercut from Chi Min.
Chi Min swings wildly with an uppercut but Simpson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Simpson takes an elbow to the temple.
Simpson working aggressively here.
Chi Min misses with some punches.
Chi Min 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.
Chi Min pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Chi Min doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Chi Min controlling the action here for a moment.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Chi Min for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chi Min will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Simpson up against the cage.
Simpson is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Chi Min pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Chi Min lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Chi Min swings wildly with an uppercut but Simpson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Simpson blocks an elbow strike from Chi Min.

Simpson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Simpson cracks Chi Min with a right hand to the side of the head.
Chi Min leaves Simpson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Chi Min looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Ho Chi Min has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ben Simpson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simpson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Chi Min blocks the body kick.
As Simpson looks to move away, Chi Min throws a big counter combo bu Simpson just gets out of the way.
Simpson lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Simpson misses with a double jab.

Simpson has Chi Min up against the cage in a clinch.
Simpson dodges an elbow strike from Chi Min.
Simpson goes for a takedown attempt but Chi Min pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Simpson throws a jab when Chi Min was well out of range.
Chi Min is looking to clinch.
Simpson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chi Min manages to avoid it.
Chi Min moves out of range as Simpson strikes.
Simpson takes a swing at Chi Min's ribcage but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Simpson moves into the clinch.
Chi Min landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Chi Min using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chi Min pressing his opponent against the cage.
Chi Min swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Chi Min.
The referee is keeping an eye on Chi Min - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
With the fighters up against the cage, Chi Min throws an elbow but misses.
Chi Min unloads a knee to the mid-section. Simpson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Chi Min is stalling here.
Chi Min tries to land knees in the clinch but Simpson avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ho Chi Min will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Simpson shoots for a double leg takedown but Chi Min sprawls well. He's pushed Simpson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Chi Min ducks under a wild hook from Simpson.
Simpson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Chi Min's hands.
Chi Min scores with a nice body kick.
Simpson misses with a combination
and Chi Min counters with a thumping low kick.
Simpson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Chi Min fires out a quick counter leg kick but Simpson just manages to avoid it.
Chi Min dodges the punch combination from Simpson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chi Min moves out of range of the body kick.
Chi Min looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Simpson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Chi Min throws a head kick that misses.
Jab, jab by Simpson - just one landing.
A slow jab from Simpson misses its intended target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Simpson misses with a takedown
and Chi Min counters with an outside leg kick.
Simpson throws a shot from downtown. Chi Min moves away and avoids it.
Chi Min ducks under a wild hook from Simpson.
Chi Min tries to close the distance and clinch up but Simpson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Simpson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Nice takedown defense from Chi Min. No joy for Simpson on that attempt.
Ho Chi Min has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ben Simpson.
Chi Min throws a push kick but Simpson slaps the foot to one side.
Chi Min avoids a kick to the body.

Chi Min takes the fight into the clinch.
Chi Min lands an uppercut.
Chi Min lands an elbow inside that Simpson shrugs off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chi Min gets underhooks to prevent Simpson's takedown attempt.
Simpson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Simpson has a couple of punches blocked by Chi Min.
Chi Min misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chi Min missing with knees to the body.
Chi Min lands an elbow that stopped Simpson in his tracks for a moment.
Chi Min creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Simpson's defenses.

It looks like Ben Simpson has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chi Min lands a nice knee to the body.
Simpson is breathing heavily.
Chi Min lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Simpson goes for a takedown attempt but Chi Min pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Simpson closes the distance and clinches up with Chi Min, looking for a takedown. Simpson pushes Chi Min against the cage but Chi Min circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Simpson misses with a two punch combination.
Chi Min misses with a body kick.
Simpson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Chi Min counters with a body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Chi Min closes the distance and clinches.
Chi Min lands a good knee to the midsection. Simpson won't want to take too many of those.
Simpson drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Simpson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short left from Simpson.
Chi Min trying to land knees to the body.
Chi Min swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chi Min.
Still in the clinch, Chi Min scores with a nice short uppercut.
Chi Min is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Simpson can do to turn this around?
Chi Min softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Simpson misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Simpson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chi Min lands an elbow inside.
Simpson avoids a wild elbow strike from Chi Min.
Chi Min is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Simpson is keeping busy.
Chi Min misses with a hook from the clinch.
Simpson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A shot in the inside from Chi Min.

Simpson is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chi Min lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Simpson to his knees! Chi Min keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ho Chi Min!