PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ilan Matan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Crazy Sampson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Matan
vs
Sampson

190 cm
22
189 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ilan Matan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Crazy Sampson!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Alec Ball and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matan fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Sampson tries to clinch up.
Matan shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Sampson defends it nicely.
Sampson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Matan tries for a takedown but Sampson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ilan Matan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sampson tries a head kick but it misses.
Sampson swats away the attempt to clinch by Matan.
Sampson tries to clinch but Matan is having none of it.

Matan shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Matan was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Sampson is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

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

Matan is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Sampson has escaped the position, nice work there.
Sampson is trying to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Matan has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Sampson is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Matan yanks on the arm and Sampson is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Matan.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ilan Matan!