PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Douglas Sampson (ranked 266 p4p, 689 weight class) and Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich (ranked 38 p4p, 91 weight class). Sampson comes to the cage accompanied by Sunshine (ft. Anthony Hamilton) - Twista . Heydrich has chosen Wass wollen wir trinken as his entrance music. Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Sampson
vs
Heydrich

190 cm
26
260
14 - 5 - 0

192 cm
27
235
9 - 3 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Voodoo Nutrition

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 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Douglas Sampson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Joseph Jones and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sampson tries to clinch
and Heydrich counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Sampson misses with a hook
and Sampson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sampson throws a hook but Heydrich avoids it easily.
Sampson misses with a straight left.
Heydrich unleashes a big counter combination but Sampson bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Sampson misses with a wild body shot.
Heydrich tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Sampson looks to throw the jab but Heydrich is out of range.
Heydrich looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sampson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We've been told by Sampson's head coaches at Xtreme Black House that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Sampson scores with the left hand. Heydrich knows he should have avoided that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sampson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sampson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sampson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Heydrich drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Sampson defends it well.
Sampson throws a sloppy head kick and Heydrich moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sampson misses with a left hand
and Heydrich counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sampson lands a body shot.
Heydrich stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sampson.
Sampson throws a leg kick which misses Heydrich's front leg but catches the back leg as Heydrich tries to avoid it.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Heydrich has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Sampson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Douglas Sampson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sampson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Sampson throws a right hand that misses
and Heydrich counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Heydrich uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sampson.
Sampson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sampson misses with a low kick.
Heydrich looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sampson throws an overhand right that lands on Heydrich's shoulder, as Heydrich tries to avoid the shot.
Douglas Sampson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sampson tests Heydrich's chin there with a solid looking shot.

It looks like Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich has been cut.
Sampson misses with a hook. Heydrich ducked under it nicely.
Sampson misses with a low kick.
Sampson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
And Heydrich tries to counter it with a takedown but Sampson pushes his down on his head and steps out.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Heydrich uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sampson.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Heydrich! But no joy.
A big right from Sampson misses.
Sampson digs a good body shot into Heydrich's ribs.
Sampson scores with a leg kick.
Sampson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sampson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sampson throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Heydrich counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sampson misses with an uppercut.
Sampson throws a chopping leg kick but Heydrich manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Sampson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Heydrich was well out of range. Poor timing from Sampson.
Heydrich throws out a counter right but Sampson avoids it with no problem.
Heydrich staying out of range there.
Heydrich is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Sampson with a body shot.
Heydrich circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Heydrich to counter with a crisp jab.
Heydrich uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sampson.
Sampson misses with a looping right.
Heydrich feints the counter takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heydrich keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Heydrich appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Sampson lands a glancing blow to the side of Heydrich's head.
Heydrich slips a straight right by Sampson.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Heydrich! But no joy.
Sampson lands with a nice body kick.
Heydrich walks into a jab.
Sampson lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Sampson lands with a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sampson lands a nice hook to Heydrich's body. Heydrich takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sampson throws a body punch but Heydrich moves out of range.
Heydrich drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Sampson defends it well.
Sampson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Heydrich looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sampson misses with an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Douglas Sampson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Sampson misses with a hook
and Heydrich counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A jab from Sampson does it's job there.
Sampson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Heydrich connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sampson throws a low kick but Heydrich avoids it.
Sampson throws out a loose jab but Heydrich uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sampson throws an off balance right hand
enabling Heydrich to counter with a crisp jab.
Heydrich defending well as Sampson loads up on a big left hand.
Sampson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Heydrich swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sampson falls off balance throwing a combination

and Heydrich counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heydrich slows the pace down in half guard.
Sampson is staying active underneath Heydrich, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Heydrich keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Heydrich might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Sampson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sampson connects with the punch.
A lazy body kick from Sampson
and Heydrich cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Sampson instigates a clinch.
Sampson swings wildly with an uppercut but Heydrich uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sampson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Heydrich breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Heydrich avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sampson lands a right hook to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Sampson misses the target.
Heydrich looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Sampson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Heydrich can do to turn this around?

Sampson clinches with his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sampson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Heydrich backwards.
Heydrich swings wildly with an uppercut but Sampson uses good head movement to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Heydrich tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sampson's elbow.
Still in the clinch, Sampson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Heydrich blocking some punches.
Sampson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Heydrich is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Sampson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sampson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short uppercut from Sampson.
Sampson tries a body shot but Heydrich blocks it.
A left hand lands to the body for Sampson.
Heydrich can't find room to land a body shot as Sampson controls the action.
Heydrich tries to pull guard but Sampson holds him up against the cage and eventually Heydrich drops back down to his feet.
Heydrich prevents a body shot from Sampson.
Heydrich tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Douglas Sampson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Sampson misses with a kick to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Heydrich checks a leg kick.
Heydrich takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A slow jab from Sampson misses its intended target.
Heydrich now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Sampson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Heydrich manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Heydrich with the counter takedown but Sampson avoids it easily.
Sampson just misses with a punch to the body.
Sampson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Sampson lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Sampson misses the jab.
Sampson tests Heydrich's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sampson throws a lazy uppercut
and Heydrich counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sampson misses with a straight left.
Sampson misses with a wild body shot.
Heydrich looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sampson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Heydrich manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Heydrich swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Sampson loads up on a big right hand but Heydrich slips the punch.
Heydrich throws out a counter right but Sampson avoids it with no problem.
Sampson lands a jab to Heydrich's midsection.
Sampson looks to land a right hand but Heydrich moved out of range.
Heydrich lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Heydrich sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A telegraphed right hand from Sampson misses the target.
Sampson wants to clinch.
Heydrich feints the counter takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sampson lands with a right hand.
A punch combination from Sampson misses.
Sampson connects with a solid leg kick.
Heydrich moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Heydrich uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sampson.
Heydrich swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Sampson cracks Heydrich with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sampson lands with a hook. Heydrich tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Sampson throws a big shot that misses.
Sampson throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sampson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sampson lands a nice shot to the body.
Sampson moves in looking to clinch but Heydrich pushes him off.
Heydrich feints the counter takedown.
An inside leg kick from Sampson misses.
Heydrich is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
A clash of legs there as Heydrich blocks the low kick.
It seemed like Heydrich was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sampson misses with a wild body shot.
Heydrich throws a big counter head kick but Sampson avoids it with no problem.
Heydrich checks a low kick from Sampson.
Heydrich feints the counter takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heydrich takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Heydrich on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Sampson throws a leg kick which misses Heydrich's front leg but catches the back leg as Heydrich tries to avoid it.
A low kick from Sampson is predictable there
and Heydrich counters with a good low kick that Sampson was not able to check.
Sampson throws a lazy right hand but Heydrich sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Heydrich looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sampson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sampson moves in looking to clinch but Heydrich pushes him off.
Heydrich appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Heydrich uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sampson.
Sampson scores with a nice strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sampson looks to throw the jab but Heydrich is out of range.
Heydrich is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Douglas Sampson clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Sampson throws a body shot but no joy.
It seemed like Heydrich was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sampson lands a nice shot to the body.
A big left from Sampson misses.
Heydrich with the counter takedown but Sampson avoids it easily.
Sampson moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Sampson throws a jab when Heydrich was well out of range.
Heydrich with the counter takedown but Sampson avoids it easily.
Sampson scores with a jab to the head.
Sampson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sampson is looking to slow Heydrich down with leg kicks.
Sampson lands the left hand.
Sampson lands a nice shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sampson. That's going to slow Heydrich down.
Sampson swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Heydrich counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sampson throws a poor cross that misses
and Heydrich counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sampson lands a head shot.
Heydrich gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sampson pivots, looking for a leg kick but Heydrich is out of range and Sampson settles back down.
Heydrich is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Heydrich moves away from the strike by Sampson.
Heydrich raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Sampson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Heydrich paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sampson misses with a jab to the body
and Heydrich counters with a nice low kick that buckles Sampson's knee momentarily.
Sampson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Heydrich counters with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sampson looks to land a left hand but Heydrich moved out of range nicely.
It seemed like Heydrich was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sampson throws a hook but Heydrich blocks it.
As Sampson backs off Heydrich throws a huge counter combo but Sampson manages to avoid it all.
Sampson misses with a hook to the body
and Heydrich counters with a nice uppercut.
Sampson does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A low kick from Sampson is predictable there
and Heydrich counters with a straight right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Heydrich takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sampson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sampson throws a right hand that misses
and Heydrich cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sampson jabs at Heydrich's body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heydrich takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

That has opened up Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich's cut even more.
Sampson digs a good body shot into Heydrich's ribs.
Sampson looks to score with a jab to the body but Heydrich is just out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Sampson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Sampson.
Sampson tries to clinch up.
Sampson throws a body shot but no joy.
Sampson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Sampson closes the distance and clinches.
Sampson has a couple of punches blocked by Heydrich.
Heydrich fails to pull guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Heydrich.
Sampson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Heydrich backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sampson.
A short body shot lands from Sampson as the two fighters clinch.
Heydrich is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Sampson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sampson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sampson pushes Heydrich back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

Sampson manages to break the clinch.
Sampson misses the shot to the body.
Sampson misses with an uppercut.
Sampson scores with a decent looking hook.
A good leg kick by Sampson.
Sampson throws a body punch but Heydrich moves out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Douglas Sampson had his way with Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich in that round.
The cut man is working on Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Sampson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sampson connects with a single shot there.
Heydrich ducks under a wild hook from Sampson.
Sampson throws a shot from downtown. Heydrich moves away and avoids it.
Sampson throws out a loose jab but Heydrich uses good head movement to avoid it.
Heydrich blocks the body kick.
Heydrich swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Sampson throws a body punch but Heydrich moves out of range.
Heydrich counters with a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sampson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Heydrich counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sampson.
Heydrich avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sampson misses with a double jab
and Heydrich counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sampson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Heydrich checks the leg kick nicely there.
Sampson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Heydrich.
Heydrich tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Sampson is looking to slow Heydrich down with leg kicks.
Heydrich moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Sampson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Heydrich jumps guard but Sampson stands there with Heydrich around his waist. Heydrich gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Heydrich blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sampson misses with a punch on the inside.
Sampson misses with a punch on the inside.
Heydrich blocking some punches.
A short uppercut from Sampson.
Sampson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Heydrich's efforts to push away.
Heydrich's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Sampson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Heydrich scores with a shot to the side of Sampson's head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sampson as Heydrich tries to tie him up.
Sampson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sampson scores with a shoulder strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Heydrich drags the fight down to the ground.
Heydrich looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sampson is one step ahead there.
Heydrich is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heydrich is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Douglas Sampson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sampson not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Heydrich manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Sampson manages to get himself to full guard.

Heydrich wants to pass the guard but Sampson is keeping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Heydrich won't allow Sampson to get back to his feet.
Heydrich postures up.
Sampson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Heydrich engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sampson wants to hit a sweep here but Heydrich passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Sampson there!

And that's the end of the fight!
Douglas Sampson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Sampson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 50:45
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 50:45
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Douglas Sampson!
Douglas Sampson is the new heavyweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Douglas Sampson thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.