PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mathew Simms (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Claus Von Stauffenberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mathew Simms had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 186.5lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Simms
vs
Von Stauffenberg

180 cm
18
198 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

187 cm
22
190 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mathew Simms!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Claus Von Stauffenberg!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Roosa Järviläinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Von Stauffenberg lands with an overhand left.
Simms swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Von Stauffenberg misses with a wild combination.
Simms lands a lovely overhand right.
Simms tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Von Stauffenberg paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Simms tries to clinch there but Von Stauffenberg circles away.
Von Stauffenberg misses the jab.
Simms gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Von Stauffenberg.
Simms tries to clinch up but Von Stauffenberg circles away and keeps his distance.
Simms tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Von Stauffenberg paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Some wild striking there from Von Stauffenberg.
Simms takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Von Stauffenberg uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Simms has time to react.

Simms is rocked!
Simms walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Von Stauffenberg checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Oh Simms is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Simms is looking to clinch but Von Stauffenberg is avoiding it.
Simms slips a straight right by Von Stauffenberg.
No joy there for Von Stauffenberg, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Simms seems to have got his legs back now.
A swing and a miss from Von Stauffenberg.
Von Stauffenberg misses with a few strikes there.
Simms tries to close the distance and clinch but Von Stauffenberg swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Simms clinches.
Simms stalling in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Stauffenberg cracks Simms with a nice body shot.
Von Stauffenberg is trying to maintain a safe position but Simms gets an underhook and turns Von Stauffenberg into the cage.
Simms unloads a knee to the mid-section. Von Stauffenberg lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Von Stauffenberg can't break the clinch.
Simms blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Von Stauffenberg is trying to break the clinch but Simms has him pressed against the cage.

Simms breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Von Stauffenberg lands a jab to the nose.
Von Stauffenberg throws a hook but Simms avoids it easily.
Simms fails with an attempt to clinch.
Von Stauffenberg with a nice cross.
Von Stauffenberg punishes Simms's body with a nice straight punch.
Simms fails in his attempt to clinch.
Von Stauffenberg lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Claus Von Stauffenberg is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Simms shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Simms is breathing heavily.
Von Stauffenberg swats away the attempt to clinch by Simms.
Von Stauffenberg throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Simms.
Von Stauffenberg drops Simms with a left and a right! Oh, Simms is hurt - Von Stauffenberg dives into side control looking to finish!
Von Stauffenberg trying to control the position but Simms is working away.
Simms managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Von Stauffenberg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Von Stauffenberg.
Simms takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Von Stauffenberg misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Simms wants to get back to his feet.
Von Stauffenberg trying to control the action but Simms is working from the bottom.
Von Stauffenberg advances to mount.
Von Stauffenberg throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Von Stauffenberg throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Von Stauffenberg landing shots from mount.
Von Stauffenberg breaks from Simms's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Von Stauffenberg is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Simms can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Von Stauffenberg postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Simms looks a forlorn figure.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Von Stauffenberg landing punches.
Von Stauffenberg unloading with bombs!
Von Stauffenberg in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Simms is squirming around, avoiding Von Stauffenberg's attempts to control the action.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Von Stauffenberg is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Poor strikes thrown by Von Stauffenberg there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Simms taking shots to the head.
Von Stauffenberg connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Von Stauffenberg dominating with strikes here.
Von Stauffenberg thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Von Stauffenberg is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Simms can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Von Stauffenberg looking to finish with strikes here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Von Stauffenberg throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Simms wants to hold on but Von Stauffenberg pushes him away.
Von Stauffenberg throws some wild stikes that Simms manages to avoid easily.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Von Stauffenberg cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Von Stauffenberg working Simms over with strikes here.
Simms's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Simms blocking the ground and pound.
Von Stauffenberg lands a big shot there that rocks Simms but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Von Stauffenberg landing shots from mount.
A nice elbow there by Von Stauffenberg.
Von Stauffenberg trying to control but Simms is having none of it.
Simms tries to get back to half guard but can't.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Simms tries to hold on but Von Stauffenberg postures up.
Von Stauffenberg punching from mount but Simms doing a good job of avoiding damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Von Stauffenberg ducks right into an uppercut from Simms.

It looks like Claus Von Stauffenberg has been cut.
Von Stauffenberg throws a series of punches but Simms avoids them all with ease.
Simms fails in his attempt to clinch.
Simms takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A combination from Von Stauffenberg does no damage.
A punch combination from Von Stauffenberg misses.

Simms clinches with his opponent.
Simms just leaning against Von Stauffenberg, taking a breather.
Von Stauffenberg is looking to break free of the clinch but Simms has double underhooks.
Knees in the clinch landing for Simms.
Von Stauffenberg is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Simms crunches a lovely knee into Von Stauffenberg's ribcage.
Von Stauffenberg wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Von Stauffenberg takes a knee right on the jaw!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Simms.
Simms throws a knee to the head but misses.
Simms changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Von Stauffenberg fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Claus Von Stauffenberg seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Simms has managed to clinch.
Von Stauffenberg misses with a punch to the body.
Von Stauffenberg lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Simms.
Von Stauffenberg misses with a body punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Von Stauffenberg lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Stauffenberg tries to break the clinch but Simms is controlling the position.
Von Stauffenberg takes an elbow to the temple.
Von Stauffenberg tries to work over Simms's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Simms connects with a knee to the head.
Von Stauffenberg blocks an elbow strike from Simms.
A right hand to the body from Von Stauffenberg.
Von Stauffenberg doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Von Stauffenberg wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Von Stauffenberg has had enough of the clinch but Simms keeps him there for the moment.
Simms works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Von Stauffenberg wants to stall.
Simms tries for a takedown. No joy.
Simms cracks Von Stauffenberg with a nice body shot.
Von Stauffenberg misses with a punch to the body.
Von Stauffenberg wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Simms tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short left from Von Stauffenberg.
A right hand to the body from Von Stauffenberg.
Von Stauffenberg wants to stall.

Simms breaks from the clinch.
Nice uppercut there from Von Stauffenberg.
The fight stays on the outside here - Simms looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Von Stauffenberg lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Von Stauffenberg connects with a good right hand that stumbles Simms. Simms circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Simms is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Simms takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Von Stauffenberg takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Simms fails in his attempt to clinch.
Von Stauffenberg drops Simms with a big left hand! Simms is injured, injured bad! Von Stauffenberg jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Claus Von Stauffenberg!