PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Brant Simmons (ranked 24969 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kwang Yul Il (ranked 6358 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Simmons
vs
Yul Il

190 cm
24
162 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

175 cm
25
157 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Hates pizza

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

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 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brant Simmons!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kwang Yul Il!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, John Roberts and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Il shoots for a takedown but Simmons saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
No luck for Il with that takedown attempt.
Il throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Simmons's waist but Simmons gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Il off to one side.
Brant Simmons has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kwang Yul Il.
Il looks winded!
Il shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Simmons counters with a left to the body.
Simmons really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Il shoots in looking for a takedown. Simmons tries to sprawl out of it but Il keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Simmons manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Simmons scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Simmons in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Simmons working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Simmons is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Il will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Simmons knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Il on the ground.
Simmons cracks Il with a big right hand but Il just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Il throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Il throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Simmons lands a few punches from side control.
Il is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Il is looking for a sweep.
Simmons slips into full mount, dodging the strikes by Il.
Il flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Simmons with a couple of short strikes.
Simmons scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Il?
Simmons landing strikes from the mount and Il is in trouble!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Il throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.

Simmons with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Il keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Simmons landing punches.
Simmons will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Il throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Il swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Il is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Simmons blocks Il's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Il throwing hammer fists to the chest of Simmons. What's that going to do exactly?
Simmons prevents Il from getting the reversal.
Il throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simmons tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Simmons stands up from mount. Strange move.
Il has a takedown stuffed.
Il misses with a takedown attempt

and Simmons counters by clinching up.

Simmons works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Il thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Simmons's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Il throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

Simmons thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Il doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Il tries to strike from the bottom.
Simmons lands a couple of elbows.
Il scores with a couple of body punches from the bottom.
Simmons cracks Il with a solid left hand.
Il throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Simmons feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Il trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Il is striking from the bottom but Simmons uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.

Simmons is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Il doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Simmons.
Il gets back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brant Simmons dominated that round.
That's time! Simmons's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Il changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Simmons tries to avoid it but Il manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Simmons to the ground. Simmons escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Simmons drives through with a takedown into Il's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Simmons makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Il thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Simmons is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Il can do to turn this around?
Il throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Il trying to strike off his back.
Il looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Simmons puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

Simmons is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Il punching from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Still in half guard, Simmons seems content to control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Il flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Simmons blocks the strikes from Il.
Il misses with some strikes from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Simmons is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Il throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Il shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Simmons holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Simmons gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Il regains guard.
Il striking off his back but it's not causing Simmons any problems.
Simmons has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Connects with an elbow from the bottom, proving to the judges that he's still active off his back.
Il has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Il thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Il utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Il trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Il scores with a nice shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Il trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Il throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Il fails with the takedown

and Simmons counters by clinching up.
Brant Simmons has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kwang Yul Il.
Il wants a takedown.

Simmons gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Il flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Il throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

Simmons is trying to work for a kimura but Il is defending well.
Il works his way to full guard. Good work.
Il manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Simmons manages to get himself to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simmons throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

Simmons has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Il can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Il postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Simmons throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Simmons escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Il gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Simmons throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Simmons looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Simmons is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Il is aware though and is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Il landing with the ground and pound.
Il content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Simmons looking to hit a scissor sweep but Il is one step ahead there.
Il stands up over Simmons, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Simmons throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Il scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Il postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Il distracts Simmons with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Simmons has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Il can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Il lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Simmons working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Il doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Il manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brant Simmons dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Simmons stuffs the takedown.
It looked like Simmons was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Il with a poor takedown
and Simmons counters with a right hand to the body.
Simmons slaps away a takedown attempt from Il, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Brant Simmons has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kwang Yul Il.
Il tries for a takedown but Simmons circles away easily
and Simmons counters with a big head kick but Il shrugs it off.
Simmons lands a high kick!
Simmons stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Simmons wants it to stay on the feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Simmons lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Simmons scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Il tries for a takedown but Simmons circles away easily
and Simmons counters with a right hand to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Il gets caught flat footed, as Simmons shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Il trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Il throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Il throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Simmons landing some decent shots from guard.
Simmons scoring with some ground and pound.
Il is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Il connects with a nice short shot to Simmons's temple.
Simmons tries to roll over but Il keeps him under control.
The fighters are battling for position here. Simmons manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Connects with an elbow from the bottom, proving to the judges that he's still active off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Il lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Il scoring with some ground and pound.
Il is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Simmons manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Il manages to get himself to full guard.

Simmons missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Simmons lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Il lands a couple of decent looking body shots there.

Simmons thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Simmons cracks Il with a solid left hand.
Simmons postures up in Il's guard and throws a big left but Il blocks it.
Il will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Il is striking off his back. Simmons thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Simmons is looking for a kimura but Il is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Simmons to get the leverage.
Il lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage.
Il gets full guard.
Il throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Brant Simmons overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Il throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Il trying to strike off his back.
Il looking to hit a scissor sweep but Simmons is one step ahead there.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Il trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Il fails with the takedown

so Simmons counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Simmons connects with a couple of short punches.

Simmons is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Il thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Il will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Il tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Il throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Il trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Il trying to strike off his back.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Kwang Yul Il has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brant Simmons is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Il shoots in for a double leg but Simmons sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brant Simmons showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Simmons has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:26
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 30:26
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brant Simmons!