PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sammy Samson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Glover (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Samson comes to the ring accompanied by Ride the Lightning. Glover has chosen Run to the hills as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Samson
vs
Glover

205 cm
23
286 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
260 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Good elbows
Granite chin

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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sammy Samson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mike Glover!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Samson throws a series of punches but Glover moves out of range.
Glover swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Samson lands a slapping body shot.
Glover sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Glover looks gassed!
Glover on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

It looks like Mike Glover has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Samson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Glover misses with the combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Glover looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Samson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Glover at a distance.
A head kick misses from Samson.
Samson keeps the fight on the outside.
Samson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Glover sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Samson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Samson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Samson misses with a body shot.
Glover is looking to clinch but Samson is avoiding it.
Samson looks to throw the jab but Glover is out of range.
Samson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Glover moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Glover tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Glover staying out of range there.
Sammy Samson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Samson throws a series of punches but Glover moves out of range.
No joy there for Samson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Samson throws a right hand that Glover ducks under and follows up with a left that Glover also avoids with ease.
Glover moves in looking to clinch but Samson pushes him off.
Samson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Glover tries to clinch up.
Glover is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Glover drops his hands momentarily and Samson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Glover tries to clinch up.
Samson throws a series of punches but Glover moves out of range.
Glover slips a jab from Samson.
Glover shoots in for a takedown but Samson shows good takedown defense.
Samson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Samson swats away the attempt to clinch by Glover.
Glover wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glover takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Samson throws a head kick but Glover moves out of range.
Glover doesn't manage to clinch there - Samson circles away.
Samson tries to land a front kick but Glover steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Glover wants to clinch.
Samson misses with a two punch combination.
Samson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Samson misses the target.
Glover tries to clinch up.
Samson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Samson is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Glover wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Glover looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Glover shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Samson but Samson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Samson lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Glover circles away from the clinch attempt.
Glover looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Samson is fending him off so far but Glover persists. Nope, Samson circles away and we're back to standing.
Sammy Samson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Glover.

Glover scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Samson sneaks out the side door and pushes Glover away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Samson swats away the attempt to clinch by Glover.

Glover looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Samson!
Glover looking to control but Samson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Samson is in a horrible position here. Glover smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Samson is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Samson is squirming around, avoiding Glover's attempts to control the action.
Samson is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Glover tries to control but Samson wriggling away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Glover misses with a head shot.
Samson is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Glover working away from the top, dropping strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sammy Samson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mike Glover's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Some wild striking there from Samson.
Glover showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Samson.

Glover shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Glover was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Glover is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Samson can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Samson tries to buck Glover off but he can't manage it.
Glover lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Glover is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Glover can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Samson is looking to escape.
Samson taking shots to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Glover can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Samson is looking to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Glover has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Samson's face.
Glover won't let Samson get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Glover tries to control but Samson wriggling away.

Glover is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Samson is surviving well by controlling Glover's body position as best he can.

Glover jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Samson manages to avoid the submission attempt.

Glover goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Samson has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Glover but great work by Samson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Glover can't do much from the bottom here.

Samson stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Glover shoots in looking for a takedown. Samson tries to sprawl out of it but Glover keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Samson manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Samson misses with a low kick.

Samson drives through and clinches with Glover against the ropes.
Samson prevents the takedown attempt.
Samson avoids a wild elbow strike from Glover.
Samson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Glover throws an elbow that misses.
Samson misses with a knee to the head.
Samson dodges an elbow strike from Glover.
Samson tries a knee to the head but Glover blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samson avoids a wild elbow strike from Glover.
Samson takes an elbow to the temple.

Glover manages to break the clinch.
Glover looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Samson is fending him off so far but Glover persists. Nope, Samson circles away and we're back to standing.
Sammy Samson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Glover.

Samson rushes Glover and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Glover tries to pull guard but Samson won't allow it.
Samson blocks an elbow strike from Glover.
Glover tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Samson just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Samson gets through Glover's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Samson pushes off an throws an elbow but Glover leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Nice body punch from Samson - that landed with a thud.
Glover goes for a takedown in the clinch but Samson prevents it.
Samson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Glover blocks it with crossed arms.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Samson.
Samson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Glover gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Glover wants a takedown but no success here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Samson avoids the elbow strike from Glover, against the ropes.
Glover is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Samson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Samson blocks the elbow strike.
Samson throws an elbow that misses.
Samson trying to stall but Glover improves his position.
Glover throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Samson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Glover creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Glover is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Samson prevents a takedown attempt there.
Samson lands with a right to the head.
Samson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Glover lands a nice elbow.

Glover escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Glover tries to clinch
and Samson counters with a stiff right hand.

Glover closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Glover lands in his opponent's guard.
Samson keeping moving, preventing Glover from controlling successfully.
Glover is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Glover showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mike Glover's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Glover tries to close the distance and clinch but Samson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sammy Samson is winning the standup battle so far.
Samson misses with an uppercut. Glover saw that one coming.
Samson keeps the fight on the outside.
Samson throws a head kick that misses.

Glover shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Glover takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Samson is concentrating on defense, preventing Glover from advancing position.
Samson is looking to control Glover's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Samson avoid being mounted?
Mike Glover has got the better of the ground game so far.
Samson is in trouble now - Glover has advanced to mount!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Glover looking to control but Samson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Samson is trying desperately to improve position.
Glover takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Glover lands a nice shot to the head.
Glover landing strikes, looking to finish!
Glover has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Glover with shots to the head and body - Samson looks very uncomfortable down there.
Glover with a couple of short strikes.
Glover pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Glover moves to the back position.
Glover trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Samson is trying to get back to his feet but Glover has full control of the position and if anything, Samson has just worked his way into a worse spot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glover looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Glover gets his hands free as Samson looks to control.
Samson looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Glover punishes Samson with strikes from the back mount.
Glover throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Samson!

Glover has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Glover avoiding Samson 's attempts to control his hands.
You can see the frustration on Samson's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Glover tries to keep control of the position but Samson is staying busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glover cracks Samson with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Samson from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Glover is not going to allow Samson to sit and survive in this position.
Glover lands shots from the back.
Glover tries to keep control of the position but Samson is staying busy.
Samson trying to get back to his feet but Glover is in full control for now.
Samson trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Glover is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Samson trying to control but not successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Samson showing good submission defense here.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Glover doesn't have the hooks in and Samson manages to turn into his guard.
Glover trying to keep a closed guard but Samson is proving a slippery customer.
Glover wants to stand up but Samson is controlling him.
Samson trying to control the position from guard on top but Glover is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Samson trying to stand up but can't free himself from Glover's guard.

Glover escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Samson gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Glover comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Glover has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Glover!