PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Tucker (ranked 2600 p4p, 293 weight class) and Ben Seimens (ranked 2057 p4p, 234 weight class). Tucker comes to the cage accompanied by Ace of Spades. This should be fireworks!

Tucker
vs
Seimens

169 cm
26
150 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

170 cm
26
155 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, John Tucker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ben Seimens!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Winston Alpacca and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Seimens connects with a crisp jab.
Seimens scores with a jab. Tucker acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Tucker seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Tucker wants to clinch
and Seimens cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Seimens throws a good cross that connects.
Seimens works the jab nicely.
Tucker takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Seimens looks to throw the jab but Tucker is out of range.
Tucker feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Tucker drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Seimens scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Seimens misses with a lunging right hand
and Tucker counters with a two punch combo.
Tucker on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Seimens's corner calls for a 1-2. Seimens obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tucker needs to keep his hands up - Seimens had a free shot at his head there.
Tucker takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Seimens might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Seimens punishes Tucker's body with a nice straight punch.
Seimens has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Seimens comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Tucker takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jab, jab by Seimens - just one landing.
Seimens ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Tucker takes one on the button.
Seimens scores with a jab. Tucker acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tucker takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Tucker closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seimens lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Seimens with a hook.
Seimens scores with a nice right hand.
Seimens dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Tucker drives through and clinches with Seimens against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Tucker.

Seimens breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tucker ducks right into an uppercut from Seimens.
Seimens scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Ben Seimens is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Tucker has closed the distance and engaged Seimens in a clinch.
Seimens lands a hook that snaps the head of Tucker backwards.
Seimens is defending well against a takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seimens blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tucker changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Seimens fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Tucker gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Seimens is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Tucker had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Seimens throws a good cross that connects.
Seimens scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Seimens scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Tucker doesn't seem bothered though.
Tucker goes for a double leg but Seimens avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Seimens continues to drive forward.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Tucker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tucker closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seimens digs a good body shot into Tucker's ribs.
Tucker shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A jab from Seimens does it's job there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good standup being displayed there by Seimens as he connects with a hook.
Seimens jabs at Tucker's body.
A jab from Seimens does it's job there.
Seimens fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Tucker looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Seimens jabs Tucker right on the nose. Tucker blinks but takes it well.
Tucker closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Seimens lands with an overhand left.

Seimens gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Seimens 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.

Seimens scores with a jab to the jaw.
Tucker takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Seimens lands a head shot.
Seimens lands with a hook. Tucker tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Seimens scores with a jab.
Tucker takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Seimens connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Tucker momentarily.
Tucker tries to close the distance and clinch but Seimens swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ben Seimens seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tucker throws a leg kick
and Seimens counters with a stiff right hand.
Seimens takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Seimens.
Tucker looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Tucker walks into a straight right hand from Seimens.

Tucker shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Seimens's guard.
Tucker throws a big elbow that misses.

Seimens is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Tucker postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Tucker scoring with punches to the head and body.
Tucker preventing the sweep.
Tucker cracks Seimens with a solid left hand.

Seimens working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Tucker doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Tucker manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Seimens working for a triangle but Tucker defends it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Seimens is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Tucker is working Seimens over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tucker won't allow Seimens to sweep him here.
Tucker postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
John Tucker overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Seimens looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Tucker connects with a couple of short punches.
Tucker is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Seimens is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Seimens is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Tucker defends well.
Tucker throwing strikes but missing.
Tucker looking to pass the guard.
Seimens avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Seimens working for a triangle but Tucker defends it easily.
Seimens preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Tucker preventing the sweep.
Tucker throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Tucker lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Seimens working a defensive guard here.
Tucker works over Seimens with some ground and pound from guard.
Tucker is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Tucker throwing strikes from guard but Seimens blocks nicely.
Tucker stands up over Seimens, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Seimens is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Tucker postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Seimens showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Tucker slips under a jab from Seimens.
Seimens lands with a nice body punch.
Tucker moves in looking to clinch but Seimens pushes him off.
It seemed like Seimens was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Seimens scores with a nice right hand.
Seimens scores with a decent looking hook.
Tucker throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Seimens has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Seimens lands a nice shot that snaps Tucker's head back.
Ben Seimens seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tucker tries to clinch up.
Tucker gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Seimens.
Seimens bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tucker's head.
Seimens lands with an uppercut that bounces Tucker off the cage and back into range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tucker takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Jab from Seimens.
Seimens scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Tucker tries to close the distance and clinch but Seimens swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tucker takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Seimens scores with a nice head shot.
Seimens feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Tuckers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Tucker is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Seimens fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tucker on the side of the head.
Seimens smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Seimens connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Tucker momentarily.
A cross from Seimens lands.
Seimens throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Tucker on the side of the head.
Tucker fails with the takedown
and Seimens counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Tucker is rocked!
Tucker gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Seimens.
A lazy left from Seimens finds it's target.
Seimens scores with a jab to the jaw.
Tucker takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Tucker takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seimens wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nice straight punches there by Seimens. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Seimens.
Seimens fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Tucker walks into a left hand.
Tucker takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Seimens connects with a looping right hand.
Seimens darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Oh Tucker is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Tucker instigates a clinch.
Tucker seems to have got his legs back now.
Seimens lands with a left to the head.
Seimens makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch on the inside from Tucker fails to land.
Seimens fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Tucker with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Seimens working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Seimens fails to land.

Tucker pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Seimens lands the left hand.
John Tucker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Seimens catches Tucker with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Seimens fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Seimens works Tucker's body with a nice hook.
Ben Seimens is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Seimens scores with a punch to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ben Seimens comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Seimens winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Michael Johnstone scores the fight 26:30
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 26:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ben Seimens!
After winning the bout, Ben Seimens thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.