Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Simmons ya ɗauki jan rigar Olympics a lokacin makarantar 2002-2004, ya lashe gasar zakarun Amurka ta Pan. A shekara ta 2005, Simmons ya yi gasa a Wasannin Duniya na Jami'a, inda ya gama a matsayi na 5 bayan ya yi rashin nasara a wasan lambar tagulla. Simmons ya ci gaba da sanya ƙungiyoyin ƙasa na Amurka (manyan 3 a Gwajin Teamungiyar Duniya) don yawancin shekaru goma masu zuwa, gami da sanya Teamungiyar Duniya a cikin 2011. A Gasar Wrestling ta Duniya ta 2011
, Simmons ya ɗauki matsayi na 5, yana zuwa 4-2 tare da asara ga mai lambar azurfa ta ƙarshe Radoslav Velikov da lambar tagulla Hassan Rahimi.