PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Iago Farfan (ranked 253 p4p, 233 weight class) and Douglas Sampson (ranked 38 p4p, 34 weight class). Sampson has chosen Sunshine (ft. Anthony Hamilton) - Twista as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Farfan
vs
Sampson

195 cm
27
265
12 - 5 - 0

190 cm
25
260
12 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Bondi MMA 🏝️
Conviction

Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Iago Farfan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Douglas Sampson!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Joseph Jones and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Farfan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sampson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Farfan lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Farfan loads up on a big right hand but Sampson slips the punch.
Sampson slips under a jab.
Sampson steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Sampson misses with a hook
and Farfan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Farfan throws a leg kick
and Sampson counters with a series of strikes. Farfan will be more careful next time no doubt.
A good leg kick by Sampson.
Farfan wants to clinch.
Farfan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sampson moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sampson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Farfan doesn't seem bothered though.
Farfan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sampson counters with a nice uppercut.
Farfan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Farfan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Farfan throwing a counter right hand but Sampson manages to avoid it.
Sampson throws an overhand right that lands on Farfan's shoulder, as Farfan tries to avoid the shot.
It looked like Farfan was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Sampson.
Sampson looks to land a right hand but Farfan moved out of range.
It looked like Farfan wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Farfan misses with a body shot
and Sampson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Farfan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A swing and a miss from Sampson.
Farfan looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farfan throws a jab but it's blocked by Sampson.
Farfan misses with an uppercut. Sampson saw that one coming.
Sampson punishes Farfan's body with a nice straight punch.
Farfan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sampson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sampson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sampson moves away from the strike by Farfan.
Sampson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Sampson throws a body punch but Farfan moves out of range.
Sampson looks to score with a jab to the body but Farfan is just out of range.
Farfan misses with a low kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sampson! But no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farfan tries to clinch up.
Sampson keeps the fight on the outside.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sampson! But no joy.
Farfan throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sampson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Farfan thinking.
Farfan tries to clinch but Sampson moves away
and Sampson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Farfan moves into the clinch.
Farfan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sampson backwards.
Farfan misses with the head strike.
Sampson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Farfan is breathing heavily.
Sampson misses with a body punch.
Sampson throws a head punch that misses.
Farfan prevents a body shot from Sampson.
Sampson struggles to land a body shot inside as Farfan controls his hands.
Farfan blocks a body shot from Sampson.
Sampson scores with a shot to the side of Farfan's head.
Sampson lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sampson scores with a shoulder strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sampson lands with a short shot to the head.
Nice body punch from Sampson.
Still in the clinch, Sampson scores with a nice short uppercut.
A body shot lands from Sampson.
Sampson tries to work over Farfan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sampson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sampson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sampson.
Sampson tries to throw a body punch but Farfan avoids it by throwing Sampson back against the cage.
Good body shot from Sampson.
Sampson digs a right hand into Farfan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Farfan's gas tank.
Sampson lands with a short shot to the head.
Sampson struggles to land a body shot inside as Farfan controls his hands.
Sampson cracks Farfan with a nice body shot.
Farfan takes a shot to the head.
Sampson scores with a hook to the body.
Sampson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A right hook to the body lands for Sampson.
Farfan takes a shot to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Sampson.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Sampson jabs Farfan to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Farfan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Sampson counters with a crisp right hand that drops Farfan! Sampson lets Farfan back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Farfan is rocked!

It looks like Iago Farfan has been cut.
Sampson measures up his opponent and throws a superman punch that connects to the jaw! Down goes Farfan! The ref steps in, and that's the ball game folks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Douglas Sampson!
Douglas Sampson is the new heavyweight champion!
Douglas Sampson thanked the fans post fight for their support.