PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Christopher Samba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Craig Charyak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Samba comes to the cage accompanied by Bezerker by Love Among Freaks. Charyak has chosen Guns and Roses- Welcome to the Jungle as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. This should be fireworks!

Samba
vs
Charyak

190 cm
22
283 lbs
9 - 3 - 1

190 cm
30
258 lbs
18 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent 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 9 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Christopher Samba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Craig Charyak!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Wesley Smith and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Charyak fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Samba misses with an uppercut.
Samba connects with a looping right hand.
Samba swings for the body but Charyak moves out of range.
Samba tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Charyak was well out of range. Poor timing from Samba.
Charyak changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Samba tries to avoid it but Charyak manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Samba to the ground. Samba escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Charyak looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Samba checks a low kick from Charyak.
Samba defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Charyak.
Christopher Samba has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Craig Charyak.
Samba moves out of range of the strikes.
Samba looks to land a right hand but Charyak moved out of range.
Charyak swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Charyak throws a hook but Samba blocks it.
Charyak is looking to chop away at Samba's legs.
A cross from Samba lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Samba sizes up Charyak with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Samba takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Samba misses with a body shot.
A slow jab from Samba misses its intended target.
Samba ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Charyak moves away.
Samba connects with a body shot.
Charyak misses with a wild combination.
Samba takes a swing at Charyak's ribcage but misses.
Charyak throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Charyak crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Samba - the referee stops the clock and Charyak gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Samba. Charyak manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Samba misses the shot to the body.
Samba throws a body punch but Charyak moves out of range.
Samba is looking to wear down Charyak with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Charyak finds it's way through Samba's defenses.
Charyak uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Samba has time to react.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Samba throws the left hand but Charyak avoids the punch easily.
Samba just misses with a punch to the body.
Samba swings for the body but Charyak moves out of range.
Samba scores with a body shot.
Samba checks the leg kick.
Charyak throws a shot from downtown. Samba moves away and avoids it.
Charyak swings for the body but Samba moves out of range.
Samba lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A big right from Samba misses.
Samba scores with a shot to the body.
Samba avoids the head kick by Charyak.
Samba misses with a straight right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samba avoids a punch combination nicely.
Charyak uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Samba.

Charyak shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Samba is trying to defend but Charyak finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Charyak missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Samba moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Charyak trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Charyak has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Charyak works over Samba with some ground and pound from guard.
Samba looking to hit a scissor sweep but Charyak is one step ahead there.
Samba has his hands on Charyak's head, controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Samba keeping moving, preventing Charyak from controlling successfully.
Charyak throwing strikes but missing.
Charyak preventing the sweep.
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!
Charyak looking to pass the guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Samba pulls Charyak in close to his closed guard and prevents Charyak from doing any damage or advancing position.
Charyak wants to control from the top but Samba keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Christopher Samba will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Charyak looking to score a takedown here. Samba is defending well but Charyak drives through and ends up in Samba's guard.
Samba is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Charyak pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Samba is keeping the position for now.
Samba has momentary wrist control but Charyak slips an elbow through the middle.
Charyak postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Charyak's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Samba managing to control the position.
Charyak pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Samba is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Samba looking to hit a scissor sweep but Charyak is one step ahead there.
Charyak pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Samba is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Samba is trying to keep Charyak in close.

Christopher Samba has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Charyak wants to slow Samba down by chopping away at his legs.
Charyak keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Charyak tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Samba was well out of range. Poor timing from Charyak.
Samba misses with a wild combination.
Charyak throws a nice inside leg kick.
Samba checks a low kick from Charyak.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Samba lands an impressive looking overhand right. Charyak doesn't seem phased though.
A jab from Charyak misses.
Charyak dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Samba missing with a left hand there. Charyak was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Samba checks a low kick from Charyak.
A big left from Samba misses.
Charyak connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Charyak. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Samba ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Charyak moves away.
Charyak takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Charyak lands with an uppercut that bounces Samba off the cage and back into rage.
Samba throws a looping overhand right but Charyak ducks down to avoid it.
Samba ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Charyak moves away.
Charyak shoots in for a takedown but Samba shows good takedown defense.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charyak scores with a leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Samba throws an off balance right hand
and Charyak counters with a thumping low kick.
Samba fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Charyak throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Charyak throws a series of strikes that have Samba backpedaling.

It looks like Christopher Samba has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Charyak swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Charyak connects with a leg kick. Samba looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Samba shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Charyak fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Christopher Samba seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Charyak throws a quick inside leg kick.
Charyak misses with a two punch combination.
Samba blocks a jab.
Charyak keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Charyak tries to land a front kick but Samba steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Charyak slips under a jab.
Samba drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Charyak throws a head kick that Samba semi-blocks.
Samba stuffs the takedown attempt from Charyak. Charyak gets slowly back to his feet.
Charyak lands a nice shot to the body.
Samba looks to land a right hand but Charyak moved out of range.
Samba misses with a body shot

and Charyak counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Charyak trying to control the position from guard on top but Samba is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Charyak throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Samba works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Charyak pushes down on Samba's leg and manages to get into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Craig Charyak showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Christopher Samba's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Samba uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Charyak.
Charyak lands a nice hook to Samba's body. Samba takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A nice inside leg kick there by Charyak. That's going to slow Samba down.
Samba misses with a looping right.
Samba misses with a body shot.
Samba showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Charyak.
Charyak misses with the combination.
Samba looks to score with a jab to the body but Charyak is just out of range.
Samba tries to work over Charyak's front leg with a kick but Charyak checks it.
Samba lands a jab to the nose.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Samba. No joy for Charyak on that attempt.
Nice uppercut lands for Samba. That snapped Charyak's head back.
Samba pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Charyak throws an overhand right that lands on Samba's shoulder, as Samba tries to avoid the shot.
Samba misses with a hook. Charyak ducked under it nicely.
Samba lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Samba uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Charyak.
Samba throws a body punch but Charyak moves out of range.
Good leg kick by Charyak there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Samba throws a body punch but Charyak moves out of range.
Charyak takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Samba on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Charyak keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Samba is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Charyak fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Samba avoids it really well and circles away.
Charyak takes one on the button.
Charyak slips under a jab.
An inside leg kick from Charyak misses.
Craig Charyak is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Charyak misses with a straight left.
Charyak misses with a body kick.
Charyak throws a head kick but Samba moves out of range.
Samba throws the left hand but Charyak avoids the punch easily.
Charyak digs a good hook to Samba's body.
Charyak uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Samba.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samba throws a body punch but Charyak moves out of range.
Charyak has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Samba displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Charyak throws out the jab.
Samba is looking to chop away at Charyak's legs.
Samba avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A clash of legs there as Samba blocks the low kick.
Samba looks to score with a jab to the body but Charyak is just out of range.
Samba throws a hook but Charyak avoids it easily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Charyak.
Samba tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Charyak was well out of range. Poor timing from Samba.
Charyak throws a right and a left that Samba avoids nicely.
Samba with a hook.
Samba jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Samba tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Charyak was well out of range. Poor timing from Samba.
Samba fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Charyak manages to avoid it.
Charyak misses with a body shot.
Samba misses with a left hand

and Charyak counters with a shoot takedown. Samba fights it but they end up in guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Charyak trying to control the position from guard on top but Samba is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Samba keeping full guard, as Charyak tries to pass.
Charyak is pushing down on Samba's leg trying to pass to half guard. Samba is fighting to maintain full guard but Charyak has managed to sneak the leg through.
Craig Charyak has got the better of the ground game so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Samba is staying active underneath Charyak, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Samba tries to get to full guard but Charyak has control of the leg.
Charyak wants to control but Samba is keeping him busy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Craig Charyak comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Charyak has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Craig Charyak!