PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Freddy Krueger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anselmi Samara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Krueger
vs
Samara

185 cm
20
210 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

183 cm
23
215 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Freddy Krueger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anselmi Samara!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Vladimir Khabensky and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krueger has a takedown stuffed.
Krueger avoids the head kick by Samara.
Krueger misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Samara lands a glancing blow to the side of Krueger's head.
The fighters circle momentarily. Samara darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Samara moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Krueger throws a right hand that Samara ducks under and follows up with a left that Samara also avoids with ease.
Samara looks to land a right hand but Krueger moved out of range.
Samara misses with a straight left.
Samara lands with a shot to the body.
Samara lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Samara misses with a wild body shot.
Krueger lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Samara circles away quickly and effectively.
Samara is looking to clinch.
Samara dodges the punch combination from Krueger.
Krueger blocks a head kick by Samara.
Krueger bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Samara's head backwards.
Samara slips a jab and a cross from Krueger.
Krueger throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Krueger fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krueger misses with a series of wild punches.
A punch combination from Krueger misses.
Samara just misses with a punch to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Samara looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Krueger cracks Samara with a right hand to the side of the head.
Krueger misses with a few strikes there.
Samara is looking to clinch but Krueger is avoiding it.

Samara closes the distance and clinches.
Samara pressing his opponent against the cage.
Samara changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Krueger fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Samara throws a leg kick but Krueger sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Krueger swinging wildly here.
Krueger lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Samara at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krueger looks to land a left hand but Samara moved out of range nicely.
Krueger will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Krueger misses with a series of wild punches.
Samara swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Krueger counters with a two punch combo.
Samara scores with a nice right hand.
Krueger ducks under a wild hook from Samara.
Krueger checks a low kick from Samara.

Krueger bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Krueger happy to just control the position for now.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samara postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
A lull in the action here.
Krueger is looking to reverse the position.
You can see the frustration on Krueger's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Krueger parries the strikes from Samara easily there. Samara is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Krueger to escape.

That's four 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.
Samara looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Krueger is avoiding damage well.
Krueger taking punishment in the form of punches.
Krueger is trying to control Samara's posture but Samara avoids it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Samara slows the pace down.
Krueger is looking to reverse the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Samara looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Krueger is avoiding damage well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Krueger struggling a bit here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Samara scores with a nice right hand.
Samara tries to bum rush Krueger with a series of wild strikes but Krueger uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Samara throws a right and a left that both miss.
Krueger misses with a two punch combination.
Krueger throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Samara.

Samara feints and as Krueger raises his hands in defense, Samara changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Samara is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Krueger wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Krueger looking to hit a scissor sweep but Samara is one step ahead there.
Krueger managing to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krueger trying to keep a closed guard but Samara is proving a slippery customer.
Krueger preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Samara trying to control but Krueger is working from the bottom.
Samara has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Krueger wants to sweep here but Samara controlling him for the moment.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Krueger misses with a few strikes there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Samara throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Samara tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Krueger counters with a series of strikes. Samara will be more careful next time no doubt.
Samara lands with a thumping leg kick.
Krueger slips under a jab from Samara.
Samara throws a combination. Krueger tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Krueger uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Samara has time to react.
A punch combination from Samara misses.
Samara getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Freddy Krueger is winning the standup battle so far.
Samara fails with an attempt to clinch.
Krueger misses with a double jab
and Samara counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Krueger misses with a takedown attempt

and Samara counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Krueger tries to stall but Samara uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Krueger wants a takedown but no success here.
Samara tries for a takedown but Krueger manages to get underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samara working Krueger over with knees to the body.
Samara wants a takedown but no success here.
Krueger tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Samara avoids it.
Krueger is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Samara pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Freddy Krueger. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Samara taking a breather.
Samara tries to score a body lock takedown but Krueger shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Krueger.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Krueger.
Samara taking a breather.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Krueger.
Krueger is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Samara gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Krueger has Samara pushed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krueger is looking to control Samara's arms but Samara gets an underhook and turns him. Now Krueger has his back to the cage.
Samara stalls.
Samara throws a knee to the head but misses.
Krueger gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Samara.
Samara misses with an elbow over the top.

Samara jumps guard and drags Krueger to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Samara is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Samara is looking to stand up but Krueger isn't so interested in that idea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anselmi Samara showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Krueger's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

A right-left combo lands from Samara.
Krueger avoids a punch combination nicely.
Krueger takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Samara tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Krueger paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Krueger swinging wildly here.
Krueger throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Samara throws a leg kick but Krueger checks it.
Krueger lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Krueger throws a series of punches but Samara moves out of range.
A big left from Krueger misses.
Krueger throws a right and a left that Samara avoids nicely.
Krueger misses with the combination.

Samara shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Krueger is trying to defend but Samara finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Krueger is trying to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krueger slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Krueger wants to sweep here but Samara controlling him for the moment.
Samara throwing strikes but missing.
Krueger working a defensive guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Samara thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Samara stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Krueger swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Krueger is trying to control the position from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Krueger throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Samara counters with a nice double leg into side control. Krueger won't be happy with that.
Krueger tries to buck Samara off but Samara is having none of it.
Samara working away.
Samara controlling the position from side mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krueger is working to avoid the ground and pound but Samara connects with a decent elbow.
Samara tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Samara throws an elbow but Krueger slips to the side and avoids it well.
Samara working away.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Samara in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Krueger tries to bench press Samara off him but Samara keeps the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Krueger is not content to let Samara control the position.
Krueger is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Samara is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Samara fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Krueger working to try and regain half guard.
Krueger sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Samara sitting and controlling from the half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anselmi Samara comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Samara 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 28:29
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anselmi Samara!