PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jose Cuervo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergei Simenkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sergei Simenkov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cuervo
vs
Simenkov

172 cm
27
156 lbs
9 - 9 - 0

165 cm
46
169 lbs
29 - 31 - 1

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jose Cuervo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 31 - 1, fighting out of New York, Sergei Simenkov!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Alec Ball and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cuervo lands a lovely overhand right.
A cross from Cuervo lands.

Simenkov moves into the clinch.
Simenkov has Cuervo pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Cuervo manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Cuervo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cuervo stuffs the takedown.
Cuervo avoids the head kick by Simenkov.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Cuervo, as that shot connected.
Cuervo lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cuervo.
Cuervo lands with a kick to the ribs.
Cuervo fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Simenkov shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Cuervo sprawls well. Cuervo wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Simenkov gets slowly back to his feet.
Cuervo is looking for a counter combo.
Jose Cuervo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sergei Simenkov.
Cuervo jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Simenkov takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Cuervo scores with a nice body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cuervo scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Simenkov doesn't seem bothered though.
Simenkov fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Cuervo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Simenkov's sensitive parts.
Cuervo lands a front kick.
Simenkov tries for a takedown but Cuervo circles away easily
and Cuervo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Simenkov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Simenkov takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cuervo uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Simenkov has time to react.
Simenkov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Simenkov misses with a jab to the body
and Cuervo finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Simenkov on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Nice shot by Cuervo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A solid body kick from Cuervo.
Cuervo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Jose Cuervo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cuervo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cuervo throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cuervo is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

Simenkov moves into the clinch.

Cuervo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cuervo scores with a kick to the midsection.
Cuervo scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Cuervo keeps Simenkov at a distance using the push kick.
Simenkov has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Cuervo.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Cuervo. Simenkov shrugs it off though.
Cuervo scores with a nice body kick.
Nice shot by Cuervo.
Cuervo keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Cuervo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Simenkov has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Cuervo is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Nice cross by Cuervo.
Simenkov doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simenkov takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nice sprawl there from Cuervo as Simenkov shoots in.
Cuervo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Simenkov's sensitive parts.
Cuervo uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Cuervo scores with a push kick.
Simenkov has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cuervo.

Cuervo gets tackled into the cage by Simenkov. Simenkov maintains the clinch.

Cuervo breaks from the clinch.
Simenkov doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Simenkov moves in looking to clinch but Cuervo pushes him off.
Cuervo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nice uppercut lands for Cuervo. That snapped Simenkov's head back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cuervo paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Cuervo fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Simenkov on the side of the head.
A decent looking cross lands there for Cuervo.
Cuervo is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Cuervo scores with a jab to the head.
Cuervo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cuervo connects with a nice looking jab.
Simenkov tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Cuervo defends well and Simenkov ends up having to push Cuervo into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Cuervo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Cuervo chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A jab from Cuervo does it's job there.
Cuervo lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Good leg kick by Cuervo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Simenkov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Simenkov with a lazy takedown attempt
and Cuervo counters with a nice low kick that buckles Simenkov's knee momentarily.
Cuervo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Simenkov. That did some damage!
Simenkov is trying desperately to land a takedown but Cuervo is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Simenkov.
Simenkov gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Cuervo throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cuervo jabs Simenkov to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Simenkov misses with a low kick.
Simenkov lands a leg kick that knocks Cuervo off balance momentarily.
Cuervo stuns Simenkov with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Cuervo dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Cuervo scores with a nice body kick.
Simenkov shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Cuervo but Cuervo pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Simenkov doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Simenkov gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Simenkov steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Cuervo. That one must have hurt.
Cuervo scores with a body shot.

Simenkov scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Cuervo struggling a bit here.
Simenkov prevents Cuervo from escaping the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cuervo is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Simenkov off and has taken his back!
Cuervo trying to control momentarily.
Simenkov covering up well under a barage of strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cuervo is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cuervo has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Simenkov's body.
Cuervo lands shots from the back.
Cuervo lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Simenkov tries to break free.
Simenkov has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Cuervo.
Simenkov trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Simenkov is trapped and Cuervo is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Simenkov wants to escape the position.

Cuervo has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Simenkov tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Cuervo is landing with some decent strikes but Simenkov is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Simenkov is trying to escape the mount.
Cuervo looking to finish with strikes here!
Jose Cuervo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Cuervo is working for a guillotine from mount but Simenkov frees his head quite easily.
Simenkov is trying to escape the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cuervo avoids the attempt from Simenkov to control.
Cuervo sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Simenkov is working to get back to half guard.
Cuervo landing strikes from the mount.
Cuervo with good strikes from the mount here!
Simenkov working to try and regain half guard.
Cuervo looking to ground and pound but Simenkov is blocking nicely.
Simenkov in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cuervo throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Cuervo raining down shots from the mount!
Cuervo lands a nice shot to the head.

Simenkov is rocked!

Cuervo is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Simenkov to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Simenkov shrugs it off.
Simenkov is still in real trouble! Can Cuervo finish him?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Simenkov taking shots to the head.
Cuervo unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Simenkov wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Cuervo celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jose Cuervo!
Jose Cuervo spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.