PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tom Obama (ranked 154 p4p, 324 weight class) and Douglas Sampson (ranked 23 p4p, 43 weight class). Sampson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Sunshine (ft. Anthony Hamilton) - Twista kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Obama
vs
Sampson

190 cm
33
265
39 - 14 - 0

190 cm
29
260
23 - 10 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 39 - 14 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tom Obama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Douglas Sampson!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Andrew Berry and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Sampson throws a body punch but Obama moves out of range.
Obama is looking to clinch but Sampson is avoiding it.
Sampson keeps the fight on the outside.
Obama takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A low kick lands for Obama.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sampson looks to land a body kick but Obama moved away.
Obama darts in trying to clinch
and Sampson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sampson tries a head kick but it misses.
Sampson throws a big shot that misses.
Obama throws a quick counter kick to the body but Sampson avoids it.
Obama walks into a straight right hand from Sampson.

Sampson gets a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Obama lands with a light punch inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Sampson.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sampson.
Sampson prevents a body shot from Obama.
A head punch on the inside from Obama fails to land.
Sampson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sampson cracks Obama with a nice body shot.
Obama is breathing heavily.
Sampson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Obama backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sampson.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sampson.
Obama has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sampson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sampson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Obama's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Obama prevents a body shot from Sampson.
Sampson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Obama misses with a punch on the inside.
Obama throws a head punch that misses.
A shot in the inside from Sampson.
Obama working aggressively here.
Obama misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sampson gets through Obama's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Obama goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Obama lands with a left to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Obama tries to throw a body punch but Sampson avoids it by throwing Obama back against the cage.
Obama has a couple of punches blocked by Sampson.
Good body shot from Sampson.
Sampson has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Obama seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Sampson can turn it around.
Sampson scores with a shot to the side of Obama's head.
Sampson lands with a light punch inside.
Obama lands a left hand.
Sampson lands a body punch.
Obama prevents a body shot from Sampson.
Sampson is leaning against Obama and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sampson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sampson is leaning against Obama and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sampson can't find room to land a body shot as Obama controls the action.
Obama tries a body shot but Sampson blocks it.
Sampson gets through Obama's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sampson struggles to land a body shot inside as Obama controls his hands.
Sampson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sampson scores with a shoulder strike.
Sampson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Obama backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch on the inside from Sampson fails to land.
Obama working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sampson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short uppercut from Sampson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sampson can't find room to land a body shot as Obama controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sampson.
Sampson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Obama goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Obama tries a body shot but Sampson blocks it.
A short right from Obama on the inside.
Sampson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Obama backwards.
Sampson scores with a shoulder strike.

Obama is rocked!

Sampson drops Obama onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Obama is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Oh Obama is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sampson unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Obama! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Sampson is unloading with more strikes now! Obama drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Douglas Sampson!
An out of breath Douglas Sampson thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.