PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brock Samson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Elvis Presley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Samson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The Venture Brothers Opening Theme. Presley has chosen Burning love as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Samson
vs
Presley

195 cm
27
300 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

210 cm
25
295 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brock Samson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Elvis Presley!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Steve Montenegro and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Presley is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Presley tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Samson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Presley tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Samson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Presley tries to close the distance and clinch but Samson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Presley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Samson.
Presley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Presley tries to clinch up but Samson circles away and keeps his distance.

Presley instigates a clinch.
Samson stalling in the clinch but Presley improves position.
Samson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Samson has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Presley is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Presley comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Brock Samson has been cut.
Presley tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Presley utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Samson is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Presley lands an elbow inside.
Presley tries to land a knee to the head but Samson blocks with his arms.
Presley tries to land a knee to the head but Samson blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Presley creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Presley throws a knee to the head but misses.
Presley blocks a body shot from Samson.
Presley using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Samson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A nice left hand lands by Presley.
Presley utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Samson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Presley tries to land a knee to the head but Samson blocks with his arms.
Presley lands an elbow just above Samson 's eye.
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!
Nice elbow from Presley.
Presley tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Presley with a knee to the head.
Presley gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Samson tightens his grip and picks Presley up, before dumping him to the ground. Presley manages to land in guard.
Presley wants to stand and escape but Samson is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Presley really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Samson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Presley can do anything to dispel that myth.
Samson might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Samson is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Samson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Samson 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.
Presley wants to get back to his feet but Samson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Samson is working Presley over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Samson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Samson looking to pass the guard.
Presley is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Samson is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samson trying to control the position from guard on top but Presley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Samson passes Presley's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Presley wants to get back to his feet.
Samson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Presley defending well though.
Samson wants to pass to mount but Presley is defending the position.
Samson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Samson tries to pass to full mount but Presley defends it.
Presley tries to kick Samson off but Samson keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Samson is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Samson frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

Samson is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Presley to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Presley shrugs it off.
Presley is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Samson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Presley is squirming around, avoiding Samson's attempts to control the action.
Samson scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Samson landing strikes from the mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Samson landing strikes from the mount and Presley is in trouble!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Samson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

Samson looking for a guillotine from mount but Presley is having none of it.
Samson looking to control but Presley is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
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 Brock Samson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Brock Samson's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Presley wants to clinch up but Samson keeps it at a distance.
Presley tries to clinch up but Samson circles away and keeps his distance.
Elvis Presley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Presley tries to clinch there but Samson circles away.
Samson closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Presley! Samson dives in looking to finish! Presley is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brock Samson!
Brock Samson made sure to mention his sponsor, Firebird Designs in his post fight interview.