PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mikael Samoth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ludvig Landersson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Samoth's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Judas Priest - Painkiller. On his way into the cage it seems that Mikael Samoth has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Mikael Samoth seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Samoth
vs
Landersson

192 cm
32
283 lbs
18 - 8 - 0

193 cm
27
260 lbs
20 - 12 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI

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 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mikael Samoth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Ludvig Landersson!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Arvi Lind and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Samoth closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Landersson takes a swing at Samoth's ribcage but misses.
Landersson cracks a nice hook into Samoth's ribs.
Samoth scores with a hook to the body. Landersson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Samoth fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Samoth throws a right and a left that Landersson avoids nicely.
Landersson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Samoth throws out a loose jab but Landersson uses good head movement to avoid it.
A combination from Samoth does no damage.
Landersson throws a jab but it's blocked by Samoth.
Samoth on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Landersson. Landersson obviously looking to wear him down.
Landersson is looking to slow Samoth down with leg kicks.
Samoth staying out of range there.
Landersson tests Samoth's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Samoth wants to land a leg kick but Landersson is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Landersson throws out a loose jab but Samoth uses good head movement to avoid it.
Landersson with a hook.

Samoth moves into the clinch.
Samoth lands an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Landersson.
Samoth tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Landersson tries to throw a body punch but Samoth avoids it by throwing Landersson back against the cage.
Samoth misses with a punch to the body.
Landersson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Samoth's elbow.
Samoth has Landersson pressed against the cage.
Landersson lands with a left to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Samoth.
Samoth tries to stall but Landersson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Samoth lands a left hand that snaps the head of Landersson backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Landersson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Samoth struggles to land a body shot inside as Landersson controls his hands.
Landersson misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Landersson tries to work over Samoth's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Landersson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Landersson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Landersson takes a swing at Samoth's ribcage but misses.
Landersson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Landersson lands a nice looking body shot.
Samoth connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Landersson scores with a nice head shot.
Samoth slips a jab from Landersson.
Samoth shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Nice body punch from Samoth.
Landersson scores with a jab to the body.
Samoth tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Landersson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Landersson lands a nice shot that snaps Samoth's head back.
Samoth tries to score a power double leg takedown but Landersson sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Samoth somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mikael Samoth. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Landersson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Samoth's sensitive parts.
Landersson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Samoth drops his hands momentarily and Landersson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Samoth pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Landersson misses with a body shot.
Samoth misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Landersson moves out of range of the body kick.
Landersson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Landersson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Samoth tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Landersson throws an overhand right that lands on Samoth's shoulder, as Samoth tries to avoid the shot.
Samoth throws a leg kick
and Landersson counters with a good low kick that Samoth was not able to check.
Mikael Samoth seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Samoth takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Samoth is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A swing and a miss from Landersson.
Samoth throws a leg kick but Landersson checks it.
Samoth connects with a nice looking jab.
Samoth throws a front kick aimed at Landersson's knee but Landersson avoids it well.
Samoth ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Samoth misses with a hook
and Landersson counters with a low kick, right behind Samoth 's knee.
Samoth misses with an uppercut. Landersson saw that one coming.
Samoth slips under a jab.
Landersson connects with a right hand. Samoth shakes it off.
Samoth is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Landersson lands a really nice looking cross but Samoth seems unphased.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A left and a right from Landersson both land. Nice combination.
Landersson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Landersson blocks a low kick nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Samoth takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Samoth drives through with a takedown into guard.

Samoth drops back, looking for a kneebar! Landersson looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Landersson looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Landersson!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Samoth can't do much from the bottom here.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Landersson. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Landersson throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Landersson in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Sloppy strikes there by Landersson.
Samoth is looking to reverse the position.
Landersson scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Samoth to see if he's OK.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Samoth defending against the ground and pound.
Samoth can't do much from the bottom here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Samoth is trying to improve his position.
Samoth prevents Landersson from improving position.
Samoth sneaks back into half guard.
Samoth on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Samoth tries to roll over but Landersson keeps him under control.
Landersson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Landersson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Landersson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Landersson is looking to take a break and control but Samoth is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Landersson working over Samoth with some ground and pound. Samoth looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Landersson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Landersson trying to pass the guard but Samoth defending well.
Landersson misses with a head shot. Samoth uses the momentum to regain guard.
Samoth is trying to control the position but Landersson postures up.
Landersson with a nice head shot there.
Samoth is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Landersson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Landersson scoring with punches to the head and body.

Samoth looking for a guillotine here but Landersson defends easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Landersson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Samoth tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Landersson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Samoth has momentary wrist control but Landersson slips an elbow through the middle.
Samoth looking for a sweep. Not yet Samoth, not yet.
Landersson advances position into side control!
Landersson working the ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Landersson moves into full mount!
Samoth is looking to get to half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Landersson working the ground and pound effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Landersson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Samoth hang on?
Landersson cracks Samoth with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
A big strike lands for Landersson! That's really hurt Samoth and he's turned his back - Landersson keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Landersson jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ludvig Landersson!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Ludvig Landersson waved his t-shirt featuring Undead clothing. All items 10$'s logo in front of the cameras.