PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cody Rivers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brock Samson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rivers comes to the cage accompanied by Pre)Thing - Can't Stop. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Rivers
vs
Samson

190 cm
20
242 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

205 cm
20
250 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cody Rivers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brock Samson!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Alan Glass and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Samson works over Rivers's head and body with a nice combination.

It looks like Cody Rivers has been cut.
Samson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rivers dodges the punch combination from Samson.

Rivers clinches.

Rivers jumps guard and drags Samson to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Rivers lands a couple of shots from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rivers seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

Rivers uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Rivers rushes Samson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Rivers tightens his grip and picks Samson up, before dumping him to the ground. Samson manages to land in guard.
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!
Rivers is in close to Samson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Samson wants to get back to his feet but Rivers is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Rivers stands up and waves to Samson to follow him.
Rivers fails to land the takedown.
Rivers misses with a takedown attempt - Samson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Samson with a nice cross.
Samson fails to land the takedown.
Samson looks gassed!

Rivers shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
BOOM! Rivers connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Rivers raining down shots from the mount!
Samson is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Rivers breaks from Samson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Rivers landing shots from mount.
Samson is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
A nice elbow there by Rivers.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Samson really wants to buck Rivers off and get back to his feet.
Rivers cracks Samson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Samson is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rivers controlling from mount.
Rivers cracks Samson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Samson is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Rivers lands a big elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivers working Samson over with strikes here.
Rivers breaks from Samson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Samson is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Samson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Rivers. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Samson is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Rivers lands a heavy elbow.
Samson is squirming around, avoiding Rivers's attempts to control the action.
Samson wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Rivers landing strikes from the mount.
Samson wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Rivers looking to finish Samson with some ground and pound. This is bad for Samson!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Samson is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Rivers has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Samson's face.
BOOM! Rivers connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Rivers lands with some strikes.
Samson squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivers punishing his opponent with strikes.
Rivers fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Rivers throwing strikes here but Samson is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Rivers unloads with some shots from mount but Samson bucks and avoids them well.
Samson is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Rivers pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

Samson is rocked!

Rivers is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Samson is surviving well by controlling Rivers's body position as best he can.
Samson is still in real trouble! Can Rivers finish him?
Samson taking shots to the head.

Rivers is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Samson has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Rivers takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Rivers has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Samson is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Samson seems to have recovered his senses.
Rivers working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rivers sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Rivers raining down shots from the mount!
Samson is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Rivers tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Rivers in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Rivers looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Rivers landing shots from mount.
Samson is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Rivers lands a heavy elbow.
Samson taking shots to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rivers putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Samson is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cody Rivers dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cody Rivers's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Rivers shoots in for a takedown. Oh, that's a huge slam! Samson is on queer street and Rivers is pounding down on him with a barage of strikes. The ref is forced to step in and stop the fight. Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Slam). Cody Rivers!