PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Richard Fairfax (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Samuelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Fairfax
vs
Samuelson

172 cm
22
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
20
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Richard Fairfax!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Richard Samuelson!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Cecil Peabody and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fairfax walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Samuelson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Samuelson tries for a takedown but Fairfax sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A good leg kick by Fairfax.
Samuelson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Samuelson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Fairfax but Fairfax pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Fairfax chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Good work by Fairfax as he checks the leg kick.
Samuelson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fairfax.
Samuelson tries to clinch there but Fairfax circles away.

Fairfax moves into the clinch.
Samuelson wants to break free but Fairfax has control.
Fairfax slows down the pace here.
Fairfax seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Fairfax misses with a punch on the inside.
Fairfax on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Samuelson wants to get back to striking at distance but Fairfax won't allow it.
A right hand to the body from Fairfax.
Fairfax using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Samuelson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fairfax trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Samuelson is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Richard Fairfax has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Richard Samuelson.
Samuelson avoiding damage as Fairfax throws knees to the body.
Fairfax managing to block the knees to the body from Samuelson.
Fairfax with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fairfax missing with knees to the body.
Samuelson avoiding damage as Fairfax throws knees to the body.
Fairfax scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Richard Samuelson has been cut.
Samuelson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fairfax using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Samuelson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Samuelson takes an elbow to the temple.
Knees in the clinch landing for Fairfax.
Samuelson looks gassed!
Fairfax crunches a lovely knee into Samuelson's ribcage.
Samuelson is trying to maintain a safe position but Fairfax gets an underhook and turns Samuelson into the cage.
Fairfax landing knees to the body.
Fairfax lands a damaging elbow.
Fairfax avoids the elbow strike from Samuelson, against the cage.
Fairfax landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Samuelson tries to pull guard but Fairfax holds him up against the cage and eventually Samuelson drops back down to his feet.
Fairfax keeps control of Samuelson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fairfax throws a knee to the head but misses.
Samuelson managing to block the knees to the body from Fairfax.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Samuelson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Fairfax is keeping busy.
Fairfax gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Samuelson.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

Samuelson pulls guard.
Samuelson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Fairfax is one step ahead there.
Samuelson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Fairfax prevents Samuelson from getting back to his feet.

Samuelson has his foot on Fairfax's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Fairfax works his way back into a safe position though.
Fairfax preventing the sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fairfax trying to control but Samuelson is working from the bottom.
Fairfax stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Samuelson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Fairfax trying to control but Samuelson is working from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Fairfax throws a lazy right hand but Samuelson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fairfax is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fairfax keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Samuelson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Fairfax is fending him off so far but Samuelson persists. Nope, Fairfax circles away and we're back to standing.
Fairfax misses with a looping right.
Samuelson tries to clinch but Fairfax moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Fairfax throws a shot from downtown. Samuelson moves away and avoids it.
Fairfax tries to work over Samuelson's front leg with a kick but Samuelson checks it.
Samuelson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fairfax.
Fairfax keeps the fight on the outside.
Samuelson shoots in but Fairfax avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Fairfax dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Samuelson. That did some damage!
Samuelson shoots in but no luck this time.
Fairfax takes a swing at Samuelson's ribcage but misses.
Samuelson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Fairfax's waist but Fairfax gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Samuelson off to one side.
A leg kick checked by Samuelson.
Samuelson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fairfax.
Richard Fairfax seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Samuelson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Fairfax as he avoids it easily.
Fairfax swings for the body but Samuelson moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Fairfax dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Richard Samuelson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Fairfax misses with an attempted mid kick.
Samuelson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fairfax.
Fairfax attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Fairfax is looking to wear down Samuelson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Samuelson moves out of range of the body kick.
Fairfax throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Samuelson.
Fairfax throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Fairfax ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Samuelson moves away.
Fairfax is looking to clinch but Samuelson is avoiding it.
Fairfax throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Samuelson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Fairfax is looking to clinch.
Fairfax motions for Samuelson to come forward. Fairfax throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Samuelson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Richard Fairfax has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Richard Samuelson.
Fairfax tries to close the distance and clinch up but Samuelson swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Samuelson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Fairfax misses the shot to the body.
Fairfax throws a body kick that misses.
Samuelson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fairfax looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Fairfax stuffs the takedown attempt from Samuelson. Samuelson gets slowly back to his feet.
Samuelson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Fairfax throws a body punch but Samuelson moves out of range.
Fairfax missing with a left hand there. Samuelson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Samuelson lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Fairfax throws a head kick that misses.
Fairfax misses with a two punch combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Fairfax clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Fairfax crunches a lovely knee into Samuelson's ribcage.
Samuelson tries to pull guard but Fairfax won't allow it.
Fairfax trying to land knees to the body.
Samuelson tries to pull guard but Fairfax holds him up against the cage and eventually Samuelson drops back down to his feet.
Samuelson looking for a takedown.
Samuelson can't break the clinch.
Fairfax lands a left hand that snaps the head of Samuelson backwards.
Fairfax trying to land knees to the body.
Samuelson tries to pull guard but Fairfax won't allow it.
Samuelson tries to pull guard but Fairfax holds him up against the cage and eventually Samuelson drops back down to his feet.
Samuelson is trying to stall.
Fairfax stalling the fight.
Samuelson fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Fairfax using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Samuelson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Samuelson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samuelson tries to pull guard but Fairfax holds him up against the cage and eventually Samuelson drops back down to his feet.
With the fighters up against the cage, Fairfax throws an elbow but misses.
Samuelson tries for a takedown but Fairfax manages to get underhooks.
Samuelson fails to pull guard.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Fairfax.
Fairfax tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Samuelson jumps guard but Fairfax stands there with Samuelson around his waist. Samuelson gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Fairfax throws a knee to the head but misses.
Samuelson is trying to break free.
Fairfax tries to land knees in the clinch but Samuelson avoids the damage to the body.
Fairfax lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Fairfax missing with knees to the body.
Fairfax controlling the action here for a moment.
Samuelson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Samuelson is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Fairfax pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Samuelson misses with a punch to the body.
Samuelson jumps guard but Fairfax stands there with Samuelson around his waist. Samuelson gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Samuelson tries to break the clinch but Fairfax is controlling the position.
Fairfax with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Samuelson tries for a takedown but Fairfax manages to get underhooks.
Samuelson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Samuelson throws a head punch that misses.
Samuelson tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Fairfax smiles and moves away.
Fairfax misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Samuelson.
Samuelson blocks a low kick nicely.
Fairfax throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Fairfax instigates a clinch.
Samuelson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Fairfax tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fairfax misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Samuelson.
Samuelson fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Fairfax looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Fairfax landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fairfax lands an elbow inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Fairfax dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Richard Samuelson's cut.
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!

Samuelson moves out of range of the body kick from Fairfax.
Samuelson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Fairfax but Fairfax pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Fairfax throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Fairfax throws out a leg kick but Samuelson moves out of range and Fairfax only half commits.
Fairfax scores with a head kick.
Fairfax pivots, looking for a leg kick but Samuelson is out of range and Fairfax settles back down.
Samuelson fails to land with a series of punches.

Fairfax has managed to clinch.
Fairfax tries to land knees in the clinch but Samuelson avoids the damage to the body.
Fairfax tries a knee to the head but Samuelson blocks it.
Samuelson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Fairfax unloads a knee to the mid-section. Samuelson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Samuelson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fairfax missing with knees to the body.
Samuelson avoiding damage as Fairfax throws knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Samuelson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Samuelson is looking to break free of the clinch but Fairfax has double underhooks.
Fairfax misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Samuelson.
Samuelson managing to block the knees to the body from Fairfax.
Samuelson looking to throw knees to the head but Fairfax is blocking nicely.
Samuelson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Samuelson is trying to break free.
Samuelson just leaning against Fairfax, taking a breather.
Samuelson is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Fairfax pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Samuelson fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Richard Fairfax has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Richard Samuelson.
Fairfax throws an elbow but it misses.
Samuelson blocks the elbow strike.

Samuelson breaks the clinch.
No luck for Samuelson with that takedown attempt.

Fairfax has closed the distance and engaged Samuelson in a clinch.
Samuelson drops down looking for an ankle pick but Fairfax pulls his leg out and moves away.
A low kick from Fairfax is predictable there
and Samuelson counters with a stiff right hand.
Samuelson checks a low kick from Fairfax.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fairfax misses the jab.
Samuelson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Fairfax but Fairfax pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Samuelson throws a series of punches but Fairfax avoids them all with ease.
Nice sprawl there from Fairfax as Samuelson shoots in.
Fairfax tries to clinch up.
Fairfax tries to clinch there but Samuelson circles away.
Samuelson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Fairfax as he jumps to the side.
Samuelson throws a sloppy head kick
and Fairfax counters with a good low kick that Samuelson was not able to check.
Fairfax keeps the fight on the outside.
Fairfax throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Samuelson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Fairfax looks to land a body kick but Samuelson moved away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samuelson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Fairfax but Fairfax pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Richard Samuelson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fairfax looks to score with a jab to the body but Samuelson is just out of range.
Samuelson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Fairfax swivels and escapes.
Samuelson throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Fairfax.
Samuelson shoots for a double leg takedown but Fairfax sprawls well. He's pushed Samuelson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Fairfax throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Samuelson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Fairfax as he jumps to the side.
Fairfax throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Samuelson drives through and clinches with Fairfax against the cage.
Samuelson trying to stall but Fairfax improves his position.
Fairfax misses with a knee strike.
Fairfax is pressed up against the cage. Samuelson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Fairfax down to the mat. Fairfax avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Samuelson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Samuelson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

Samuelson darts in and clinches Fairfax up against the cage.
Fairfax with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees to the body from Samuelson.
Samuelson blocks an elbow strike from Fairfax.
Fairfax throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Samuelson blocks it with crossed arms.
A shot in the inside from Fairfax.
Samuelson fails to pull guard.
Fairfax missing with knees to the body.
Samuelson stalling in the clinch but Fairfax improves position.
Fairfax throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Fairfax misses with a knee strike.
Fairfax misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Samuelson.
Fairfax unloads a knee to the mid-section. Samuelson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fairfax tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fairfax misses with a knee to the head.
Samuelson fails to pull guard.
Fairfax throws an elbow that misses.
Richard Samuelson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Samuelson avoiding damage as Fairfax throws knees to the body.
Fairfax avoids the elbow strike from Samuelson, against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Richard Fairfax showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Fairfax, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Richard Fairfax!