Fighting Simms fight. He attacks then holds for that round. Nothing big landed for either fighter. Simms takes a close round. 20 - 18 Simms
Simms landing his left almost at will now, although infrequently. Alcine throws a nice combo and starts to find his jab a bit, but Simms quickly takes back control of the round. Alcine isn't taking advantage of his height, playing right into Simms' sweet spot. Alcine still couldn't get anything going, and Simms landed some decent shots. 30-27 Simms.
Alcine lands two good rights....Simms gets in a couple of lefts to the body.... Alcine takes another close round. 29 - 28 Simms
Alcine starting to find his jab, and Simms starting to look wild with his lunges in. Every time they get in close, it turns into a wrestling match, with both guys trying to get the other guy's neck. Neither guy really throwing more than a punch at a time. The ref seems to be involved constantly. Both fighters hitting gloves and elbows much more than they're hitting the other fighter. Last 30 seconds, things start to pick up finally. Alcine was probably more effective that round, Simms up 39-37.
Simms lands a couple of decent combos early. The crowd starts chanting USA. Simms finally throwing more than one punch when he comes in. Alcine still having trouble hitting anything but Simms' gloves. There's no punchtracker, but I'd be surprised if Alcine's landed more than 15% of his punches so far. Both sides trying to control the other with the jab, Simms landing more frequently despite the height and reach disadvantage. Simms looks good generally, but the fight is shades of Foreman/Thompson. Simms takes the round in probably the widest round yet, 49-46 Simms.
Simms controls the whole round. Lands a sweet quick short right uppercut/left hook combo that even snuck past the announcers. 49-46 Simms
Alcine lose a phantom point..., this is a disgrace..., the referee is biased and he keep letting Simms CLINCH AND CLINCH... :fire !
Alcine gets deducted a point for hitting on the break (did they just STOP giving warnings for this???)...Simms just out thinking and out boxing him. Alcine lands some nice body shots, Simms answers with a great counter. Alcine goes on the offensive, but the best punch was a counter landed by Travis again. Simms round...59-54
Ref deducts a point from Alcine for hitting on the break. IMO, that deduction was thoroughly unwarranted, as Simms has been doing the same thing all night, but it probably won't make a difference in the outcome. Suddenly, this fight starts to look like Hatton Castillo, with both guys working to the body inside. Alcine showing urgency now, being much more aggressive than he's been all fight. Ref threatens a deduction for Simms for clinching. Alcine took the round with a flurry in the middle, 58-55 Simms.
Amen, normally, I am happy when its a showtime fight with the ring card girls, but...tonight, not so much. Tho it still beats seeing the huge Qtip up the nose.
Alcine lands a great lead left. Seems to be getting urgent. Simms lands a beautiful combo. Fight is picking up big time. SIMMS LOOKS PISSED LANDS A BIG LEFT!!!! Simms 69-63 Great round.