PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adam Baum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick Sampson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Baum's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Eminem - Survival. Sampson has chosen "Off the Chain" by Serg Salinas as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Baum
vs
Sampson

180 cm
18
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

179 cm
25
252 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Hates pizza

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Adam Baum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rick Sampson!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baum wants to slow Sampson down by chopping away at his legs.
Baum's corner calls for a 1-2. Baum obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

It looks like Rick Sampson has been cut.
Rick Sampson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Baum ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sampson moves away.
Sampson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Sampson gets a takedown into half guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

Baum has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Sampson is on him like a limpet, forcing Baum back against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Sampson breaks the clinch.
Baum throws a chopping leg kick but Sampson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Baum could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Nice body punch from Baum.
Baum moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Baum swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sampson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Baum counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Baum is trying to push Sampson away but Sampson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baum drops down looking for an ankle pick but Sampson pulls his leg out and moves away.
Sampson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Baum swivels and escapes.
Sampson looks for a takedown but Baum sprawls well.
Adam Baum has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rick Sampson.
Sampson looks winded!
Baum looks to land a combination but Sampson avoids it well.
Baum shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Sampson but Sampson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Sampson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Baum looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sampson tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Baum defends well and Sampson ends up having to push Baum into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Baum wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sampson has Baum pressed against the cage, preventing Baum from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Baum is trying to force a seperation but Sampson has the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baum wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sampson has Baum pressed against the cage, preventing Baum from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Baum tries to break the clinch but Sampson is controlling the position.
Baum is trying to break free.

Sampson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sampson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Sampson throws a right hand that Baum ducks under and follows up with a left that Baum also avoids with ease.
Sampson slips a jab and a cross from Baum.
Baum throws a head kick but Sampson moves out of range.
Baum tries to bum rush Sampson with a series of wild strikes but Sampson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baum attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Baum rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sampson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sampson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Baum is fending him off so far but Sampson persists. Nope, Baum circles away and we're back to standing.
A head kick misses from Baum.
Baum scores with a three punch combo!

Sampson shoots in and gets a takedown into Baum's guard.
Baum has his hands on Sampson's head, controlling the position.
Sampson tries to stand but Baum is controlling from the bottom.
Sampson stopping the sweep attempt from Baum.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sampson wants to control from the top but Baum keeps moving.
Baum tries to land a sweep but no joy.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Sampson wants to get up but he can't break Baum's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Baum tries to bum rush Sampson with a series of wild strikes but Sampson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sampson fails to land with a series of punches.
Sampson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Baum drives through and clinches with Sampson against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sampson wants to break free but Baum has control.
Baum jumps guard but Sampson turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adam Baum dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rick Sampson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Some wild striking there from Baum.
Danga de danga de dang - Sampson scores with a four punch combination!
Sampson misses with a series of wild punches.
Sampson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Baum misses with a straight right.
Sampson dodges the punch combination from Baum.
Sampson darts in looking for a takedown but Baum gets double underhooks and turns Sampson into the cage.
Sampson stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Sampson successfully pulls guard.
Baum works over Sampson with some ground and pound from guard.
Sampson is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sampson is trying to control the position but Baum postures up.
Baum looking to pass the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Sampson is working an open guard so Baum takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Baum throws a right and a left that Sampson avoids nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Baum. Those never looked like landing.
Baum is looking to clinch but Sampson is avoiding it.
Sampson swinging wildly here.
Some wild striking there from Baum.
Baum dips to his left and cracks Sampson with an uppercut!
Baum throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Baum throws a right and a left that Sampson avoids nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baum tries to score with a low kick but Sampson moves his leg out of the way.
No joy there for Baum, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Sampson darts in and clinches Baum up against the cage.
Sampson prevents Baum from breaking the clinch.
Baum is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Baum is trying to force a seperation but Sampson has the dominant position.

Sampson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Baum throws a good cross that connects.
An inside leg kick from Baum misses.
Baum takes a body punch but keeps moving.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Baum misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sampson shoots in but no luck this time.
Baum tries to close the distance and clinch but Sampson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Baum has Sampson up against the cage in a clinch.
Sampson keeps control of Baum as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Baum is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Baum wants to get back to striking at distance but Sampson won't allow it.
Baum is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Sampson to keep the fight standing.

Sampson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baum misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Baum misses with a wild combination.
Sampson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Baum as he jumps to the side.
Adam Baum has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rick Sampson.
Baum fails with a takedown attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Baum.
Sampson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Baum throws a front kick aimed at Sampson's knee but Sampson avoids it well.
Jab by Baum.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Baum defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Sampson.
Baum will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Sampson misses with a two punch combination.
Sampson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Adam Baum will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Rick Sampson's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Nice uppercut there from Baum.
Sampson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sampson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Baum sprawls well. Baum wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Sampson gets slowly back to his feet.
Baum moves in looking to clinch but Sampson pushes him off.
Baum stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Baum wants it to stay on the feet.
Sloppy strikes from Sampson. Those never looked like landing.
Baum throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sampson.
Baum looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sampson moves out of range of the body kick.
Nice sprawl there from Sampson as Baum shoots in.
Sampson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Baum tries to avoid it but Sampson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Baum to the ground. Baum escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Adam Baum has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rick Sampson.
Baum lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Sampson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Baum is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sampson is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baum tries to break the clinch but Sampson is controlling the position.

Sampson manages to break the clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Baum as Sampson shoots in.
Baum fails with an attempt to clinch.

Baum closes the distance and clinches.
Baum fails to pull guard.
Stalling in the clinch from Sampson.
Baum jumps guard but Sampson stands there with Baum around his waist. Baum gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Baum has had enough of the clinch but Sampson keeps him there for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baum tries to break free but Sampson pushes him back against the cage.
Baum tries to break free but Sampson pushes him back against the cage.
Baum's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

Sampson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Horrible takedown by Sampson or perhaps it was just good defense by Baum which made him look bad.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baum throws a solid leg kick but Sampson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Baum.
Baum comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Baum throws a leg kick but Sampson checks it.
A combination from Baum does no damage.
Sampson misses with the combination.
Baum throws a low kick, looking for Sampson's leg but Sampson calmly moves out of range.
Sampson shoots in but no luck this time.
Sampson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Baum moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sampson fails to land the takedown.
Baum throws a series of punches but Sampson moves out of range.
Good work by Sampson as he checks the leg kick.
Baum shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Sampson defends it nicely.
Adam Baum is winning the standup battle so far.
Sampson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Baum swivels and escapes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sampson tries to score a power double leg takedown but Baum sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Sampson somewhat.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Rick Sampson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Sampson manages to break the clinch.
Baum scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Sampson checks the leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Baum tries to clinch but Sampson moves out of range.
Horrible takedown by Sampson or perhaps it was just good defense by Baum which made him look bad.
Adam Baum is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Baum stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Baum wants it to stay on the feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Adam Baum showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Baum, 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Adam Baum!
Adam Baum thanked the fans post fight for their support.