PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Death Knell (ranked 396 p4p, 448 weight class) and Douglas Sampson (ranked 54 p4p, 60 weight class). Sampson has chosen Sunshine (ft. Anthony Hamilton) - Twista as his entrance music. Death Knell has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Knell
vs
Sampson

195 cm
27
250
15 - 4 - 0

190 cm
25
260
10 - 4 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Phoenix
New Standard

Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Death Knell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Douglas Sampson!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Yves DeLean and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sampson cracks Knell with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Sampson misses with a straight right.
Knell swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Sampson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sampson tried to score with a low kick but Knell checks it.
Knell is looking to counter with head kicks.
Sampson scoring well with a low kick there.
Sampson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sampson scores with a jab.
Knell on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

It looks like Death Knell has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sampson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Knell has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sampson finds it's way round the side to connect with Knell's head.
Knell looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sampson misses with a two punch combination.
Knell half committed to a counter leg kick.
Sampson swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Sampson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sampson misses with an uppercut
and Knell cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Sampson lands a big uppercut and Knell crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Knell looks OK. Sampson waves Knell back to his feet!

Knell is rocked!
Douglas Sampson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
BAM! Sampson delivers a spinning backfist that drops Knell like a ragdoll! This is all oooooveeeer! He was out before he hit the ground!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Spinning Backfist). Douglas Sampson!
Our winner, Douglas Sampson, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.