PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eli Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brock Samson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Samson is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Venture Brothers Opening Theme. Brock Samson has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Eli Williams's chin.

Williams
vs
Samson

195 cm
24
313 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

195 cm
26
300 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Firebird Designs
Firebird Designs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eli Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brock Samson!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Joseph Jones and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Williams drives through with a takedown into guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Williams trying to control the position from guard on top but Samson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Williams with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Williams looking to sit in guard and control but Samson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Williams keeping full guard, as Samson tries to pass.
Williams keeping moving, preventing Samson from controlling successfully.
Williams 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.
Williams pulls Samson in close to prevent any damage.
Williams manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams with good strikes from the mount here!
Williams throwing strikes here but Samson is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
The referee warns Samson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Samson is working to get back to half guard.
Williams lands a big elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Williams lands a big elbow.
Williams landing punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Williams cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Williams lands a nice shot to the head.
Williams throws a strike there. Samson manages to avoid it well and slips a leg under to get to half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Williams working the head and body with strikes.
Williams thows a huge punch but Samson dodges it nicely.
Williams is trying to control. Samson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Williams is really struggling to control Samson but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Williams sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Samson defending well though.
Ground and pound from Williams.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samson moves into full guard.
Williams trying to move into half guard but instead Samson has managed to sweep!
Samson forces his way into half guard.
Samson trying to control the action but Williams is working from the bottom.
Samson is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Williams moves into full guard.
Williams wants to improve his position but instead Samson has moved into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Samson is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Williams doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Samson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Samson.

Williams looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Samson stopping the sweep attempt from Williams.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Samson works a leg free and moves into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eli Williams dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A bone on bone clash there as Williams blocks the leg kick.
Williams shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Samson as he avoids it easily.
Williams walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Williams misses with a few strikes there.

Williams shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Williams lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Samson hang on?
Williams fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Williams tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Williams trying to control but Samson is having none of it.
Williams with shots to the head and body - Samson looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams dominating with strikes here.
Samson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Williams throwing strikes but Samson bucks up and reverses the position. He's now in guard on top.
Williams tries to free his leg and advance position but Samson is retaining full guard.

Samson is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Williams is aware though and is defending well.
Williams chips away with some ground and pound.
Williams thows a big elbow that misses.
Williams throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Samson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Williams looking to pass the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Samson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Williams throwing strikes from guard but Samson blocks nicely.
Williams working some strikes from top position.
Williams postures up in Samson's guard and throws a big left but Samson blocks it.
Williams is looking to work some ground and pound but Samson has wrist control.
Williams looking to pass the guard.
Williams has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Williams trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Williams with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samson keeping moving, preventing Williams from controlling successfully.
Connects with an elbow from the bottom, proving to the judges that he's still active off his back.
Williams in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Williams loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Williams chips away with some ground and pound.
Williams working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Samson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Williams lands a couple of elbows.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Williams wants to pass the guard but Samson is keeping the position.

Samson throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Williams is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Samson can do to turn this around?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams works over Samson with some ground and pound from guard.
Williams throwing strikes from guard but Samson blocks nicely.
Williams wants to control from the top but Samson keeps moving.
Williams throwing strikes but missing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Williams working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eli Williams dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Samson loads up on a big right hand but Williams slips the punch.
Williams shoots in for a takedown but Samson shows good takedown defense.
Williams tries for a takedown but Samson circles away easily
and Samson counters with a nice uppercut.
Williams fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eli Williams. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Williams throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Samson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Williams shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Samson but Samson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Samson scores with a decent looking hook.
Williams on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice shot lands for Samson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Samson - just one landing.
Williams on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Williams decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The fighters are battling for position here. Samson manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Williams postures up in Samson's guard and throws a big left but Samson blocks it.
Williams won't allow Samson to sweep him here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Samson manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Williams tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Samson.
Samson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Williams is looking to escape.

Samson looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Williams is wriggling around trying to escape.
Samson unloading with bombs!
Brock Samson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Eli Williams is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams is in all sorts of trouble here.
Samson wants to control the pace but Williams is squirming around nicely.
Samson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

It looks like Eli Williams has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Williams is in a horrible position here. Samson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Williams taking shots to the head.

Williams is rocked!
Samson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Williams?
Oh Williams is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Samson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Williams?
Williams is looking to improve his position but Samson isn't that keen on the idea.
Williams seems to have got his legs back now.
Williams wants to hold on but Samson pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Samson landing strikes from the mount and Williams is in trouble!
Williams tries to hold on but Samson pushes him away.
Williams blocking the ground and pound.
Eli Williams overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Samson cracks Williams with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Williams keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Samson looking to control but Williams is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Samson softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Williams is out cold! Samson jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brock Samson!