PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Fred Simmons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Misha Collins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Simmons's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Dog Wild Heaven. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Simmons
vs
Collins

165 cm
30
141 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

167 cm
22
148 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

EVOLUTION Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fred Simmons!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Misha Collins!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Sano and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Simmons keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Simmons scores with a takedown into Collins's guard.
Collins pulls Simmons in close to prevent any damage.
Collins controls Simmons momentarily but Simmons frees himself.
Simmons trying to control the position from guard on top but Collins is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Collins is trying to control the position but Simmons postures up.
Simmons is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Simmons accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Collins looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Collins keeping moving, preventing Simmons from controlling successfully.
Collins lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Collins trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Collins works over Simmons with some ground and pound from guard.
Collins cracks Simmons with a solid left hand.

Simmons looking for a guillotine here but Collins defends easily.
My spies in Hugs & Kisses inform me that Collins has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Simmons striking off his back but it's not causing Collins any problems.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Collins throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Collins scoring with some ground and pound.
Collins lands a couple of digs.
Collins advances position into side control!
Collins scores with a couple of short elbows.
Collins cracks Simmons with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Collins working the ground and pound from side control.
A bit of a lull in the action here.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Collins lands a few punches from side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Collins working the head and body with strikes.
Collins working the head and body with strikes.
Collins has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
You can see the frustration on Simmons's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simmons is trying to get back to half guard.
Collins scores with punches from side control.
Simmons tries to bench press Collins off him but Collins keeps the position.
Simmons is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Collins working the ground and pound.
Simmons struggling a bit here.
Simmons takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Collins scoring with punches and elbows.
Simmons taking a bit of punishment here - Collins scoring with strikes.
Collins scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Simmons to see if he's OK.
Collins throwing shots but missing, from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Collins is chipping away with strikes.

Simmons is rocked!
Collins cracks Simmons with a big elbow.
Oh Simmons is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Collins looks up at the clock and then as Simmons takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Collins smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Simmons manages to get back to half guard.
Collins working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Collins thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Simmons's head.
Simmons avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Collins.
Simmons keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Simmons seems to have got his legs back now.
Ground and pound from Collins.
Collins throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Collins lands a nice short elbow.
Simmons moves into full guard.
Collins throws a big elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Misha Collins dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Simmons tries to bum rush Collins with a series of wild strikes but Collins uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Collins checks the leg kick.
Collins stuffs the takedown.
Collins throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Simmons sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Simmons looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Collins manages to get to full guard.
Simmons stopping the sweep attempt from Collins.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Collins isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Simmons stacks Collins on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Simmons!
Collins is looking for a sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Simmons working away.
Collins sneaks back into half guard.
Collins wants to get back to full guard but Simmons has passed into side control.
Collins is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Simmons off and has taken his back!
Collins lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Simmons hold on?!
Simmons is trying to break free.
Collins has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Collins lands a shot to the head.
Misha Collins has got the better of the ground game so far.
Can Simmons hold on?! Collins is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Well, with Collins on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Simmons is tapping out... Can he escape the position?
Collins looking to soften up his opponent with punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Collins lands punches and elbows.
Collins controlling well, preventing Simmons from escaping the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oooh a big shot gets through from Collins. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Collins scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Simmons tries to escape the position.
Simmons is trapped and Collins is scoring with shots to the head and body.

Collins working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Simmons rolls, trying to escape but Collins keeps control of the position.
Collins lands an elbow to the side of the head.
I really don't envy Simmons right now.
Collins lands a shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simmons is trapped and Collins is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Simmons trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Simmons can't escape the position.
Collins scores with punches to the body.
Collins has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Simmons.
Collins cracks Simmons with a big right hand from the back mount! Simmons immediately covers up and the referee dives in to save him under a barrage of more strikes! Collins takes this one by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Misha Collins!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Misha Collins waved his t-shirt featuring Sun-Tzu's logo in front of the cameras.