PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Diego Bustamante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samson Goldstein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bustamante comes to the cage accompanied by Here Comes The Boom!. Samson Goldstein is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Bustamante
vs
Goldstein

197 cm
32
280 lbs
30 - 12 - 0

200 cm
32
263 lbs
27 - 13 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Conviction

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 30 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Diego Bustamante!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Samson Goldstein!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Ackerman and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bustamante tries to clinch up but Goldstein circles away and keeps his distance.
A punch lands to the side of Bustamante 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bustamante. Goldstein does a little dance to reset his feet.

Bustamante rushes Goldstein and presses him up against the cage.
Bustamante scores a nice knee to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Bustamante fails to land.
Bustamante blocks an elbow strike.
Goldstein lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bustamante blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Goldstein is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bustamante is defending well for now.
Goldstein throws a head punch that misses.
Bustamante tries to land a knee to the head but Goldstein blocks with his arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bustamante working aggressively here.
Goldstein digs a right hand underneath Bustamante's ribcage. Bustamante let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Goldstein blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Goldstein digs a right hand into Bustamante's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bustamante's gas tank.
Bustamante makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bustamante tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Goldstein avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Goldstein lands with a left to the head.
Bustamante using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Goldstein has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Goldstein takes a shot to the head.
Bustamante trying to land knees to the body.
We've been informed that Goldstein has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Bustamante misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bustamante misses with some punches.
Bustamante makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Bustamante as the two fighters clinch.
Goldstein digs a right hand underneath Bustamante's ribcage. Bustamante let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bustamante prevents a body shot from Goldstein.
Goldstein lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bustamante.
Bustamante looking to throw knees to the head but Goldstein is blocking nicely.
Bustamante swings wildly with an uppercut but Goldstein uses good head movement to avoid it.
Goldstein lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Goldstein breaks the clinch.
Bustamante looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bustamante throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Goldstein goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Goldstein throws a leg kick but Bustamante sees it coming and moves out of range.
Goldstein keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bustamante.
Goldstein throws a jab when Bustamante was well out of range.

Goldstein clinches.
Goldstein lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bustamante backwards.
Goldstein wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bustamante tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Goldstein tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bustamante's elbow.
Bustamante misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bustamante scores with a knee to the head.
A short right from Goldstein.
Goldstein lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bustamante works on Goldstein's body with a couple of short punches.
Bustamante stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bustamante tries to work over Goldstein's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goldstein blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bustamante presses Goldstein against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bustamante makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Goldstein is working Bustamante over against the cage.
Goldstein lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bustamante backwards.
Bustamante trying to land knees to the body.
Goldstein lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bustamante scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Samson Goldstein has been cut.
Goldstein managing to block the knees to the body from Bustamante.
Bustamante can't find room to land a body shot as Goldstein controls the action.
Bustamante lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bustamante takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Goldstein lands a hook to the side of the head.
Goldstein lands a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Goldstein's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Goldstein tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bustamante manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bustamante defending well as Goldstein loads up on a big left hand.
Goldstein shoots in for a takedown but Bustamante shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Goldstein throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bustamante sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bustamante moves out of range of the body kick from Goldstein.
Goldstein slips a straight right by Bustamante.
Bustamante uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Goldstein.
Bustamante's corner calls for a 1-2. Bustamante obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Goldstein throws a body kick that misses.
Samson Goldstein seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Goldstein rushes Bustamante and presses him up against the cage.
Bustamante scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Goldstein misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bustamante.
Bustamante scores with a nice hook to the head.
Goldstein swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bustamante manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
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 Diego Bustamante will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Samson Goldstein's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Bustamante throws a lazy right hand but Goldstein sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Goldstein tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Bustamante swivels and escapes.
Bustamante swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Bustamante lands a nice looking body shot.
Bustamante scores with a nice right hand.
Goldstein keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bustamante looks to land a right hand but Goldstein moved out of range.
Goldstein tries to move into range but Bustamante moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Goldstein tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bustamante is looking to land body kicks.
And Goldstein responds with a good body kick, but Bustamante manages to step out the way in time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bustamante throws out a loose jab but Goldstein uses good head movement to avoid it.
And Goldstein tries to counter it with a takedown but Bustamante pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Diego Bustamante is winning the standup battle so far.
Goldstein moves away from the strike by Bustamante.
Goldstein takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Goldstein motions for Bustamante to come forward. Goldstein throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bustamante misses with an attempted mid kick.
The crowd cheers as Goldstein lands an impressive looking overhand right. Bustamante doesn't seem phased though.
Goldstein will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A counter left hand to the body from Bustamante misses its target.
Goldstein takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Goldstein is breathing heavily.

Bustamante closes the distance and clinches.
Bustamante landing knees to the body.
Goldstein misses with a short punch on the inside.
Diego Bustamante has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bustamante lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right from Bustamante.
Bustamante tries a body shot but Goldstein blocks it.
A short left from Bustamante.
Goldstein misses with a body punch.
Bustamante avoids the elbow strike from Goldstein, against the cage.
Goldstein is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bustamante is defending well for now.
Goldstein throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bustamante is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Goldstein can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Goldstein swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bustamante tries to work over Goldstein's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bustamante pushes Goldstein back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bustamante.
Bustamante missing with knees to the body.

Goldstein breaks the clinch.

Bustamante drops Goldstein with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Goldstein looks back up at him and smiles so Bustamante waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Goldstein is rocked!
Bustamante drops a shoulder and throws a monster hook that connects perfectly to the side of Goldstein's head, knocking him out cold! Bustamante is extatic as he celebrates with his cornermen.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Diego Bustamante!
A victorious Diego Bustamante thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.