PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marvin Hinton (ranked 3075 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaromir Sambor (ranked 3212 p4p, 391 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Hinton
vs
Sambor

187 cm
33
220 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

193 cm
26
215 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marvin Hinton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jaromir Sambor!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Darius Henderson and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hinton fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sambor.
Hinton ducks under a wild hook from Sambor.
Hinton throws a hook to the side of Sambor's head but Sambor sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sambor lands with a nice body punch.
Sambor avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Sambor tries to clinch but Hinton moves away
and Hinton counters with a straight right hand.
Hinton lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hinton fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sambor manages to avoid it.
Sambor paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hinton lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Hinton tries to clinch up but Sambor circles away and keeps his distance.
Hinton throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sambor counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hinton swings away with a body shot that misses
and Sambor cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hinton with a lazy takedown attempt
and Hinton takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hinton loads up on a big right hand but Sambor slips the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Hinton throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sambor only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Hinton takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hinton throws a jab when Sambor was well out of range.
Sambor looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hinton lands a right hook to the body.
Sambor stuns Hinton with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sambor does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hinton.
Sambor scores with a nice head shot.
A swing and a miss from Sambor.
Marvin Hinton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hinton scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nice defenses there by Hinton.
Hinton was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Hinton attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Hinton throws a right hand that misses
and Sambor counters with a lovely shot to the body.

Sambor closes the distance and pushes Hinton back into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hinton avoids a wild elbow strike from Sambor.
Sambor throws an elbow that misses.

Hinton drags the fight down to the ground.
Hinton wants to sweep but no luck.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hinton wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Sambor is looking to stand up but Hinton won't let him.
Sambor must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Sambor decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Sambor avoids a kick to the body.
Sambor swats away the attempt to clinch by Hinton.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hinton throws an off balance right hand
and Sambor counters with a series of strikes. Hinton will be more careful next time no doubt.
Hinton misses with a looping left.
Hinton throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hinton moves away from the strike by Sambor.
Hinton throws a low kick, looking for Sambor's leg but Sambor calmly moves out of range.
Hinton swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Hinton throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Hinton finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Hinton tries to move into range but Sambor moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hinton misses with a body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sambor! But no joy.
Sambor is looking to slow Hinton down with leg kicks.
Hinton throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Sambor counter with a right hand.
Sambor uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hinton.
Sambor flicks out a counter leg kick but Hinton steps away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sambor throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hinton tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Sambor is able to avoid easily.
Sambor stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Sambor wants it to stay on the feet.
Sambor now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sambor moves out of range of the leg kick from Hinton.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sambor pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sambor tries a knee to the head but Hinton blocks it.
Hinton struggles to land a body shot inside as Sambor controls his hands.
Sambor makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hinton can't break the clinch.
Sambor creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

Hinton works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
We've been hearing that Hinton has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hinton accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jaromir Sambor will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Sambor rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hinton moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hinton misses with a right hand
and Hinton takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hinton shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Sambor eats them both and turns towards Hinton to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Sambor takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jaromir Sambor seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sambor is looking to clinch.
As Sambor backs away, Hinton returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Hinton throws out a powerful jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hinton. Sambor does a little dance to reset his feet.
It seemed like Sambor was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sambor misses with a looping left.
Hinton throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hinton throws a hook but Sambor avoids it easily.
Sambor swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hinton gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
enabling Sambor to counter with a crisp jab.
Hinton rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hinton takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Sambor instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hinton misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sambor just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hinton's brow.
Sambor throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sambor stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Sambor breaks the clinch.

Hinton clinches up against the cage.
Sambor has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Hinton seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Sambor can turn it around.
Hinton is struggling to control the position.
Hinton fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Hinton softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sambor pressing his opponent against the cage.

Sambor breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hinton misses with a body kick.
Sambor tries a quick counter leg kick but Hinton is wise to it.
Sambor takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sambor goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Sambor uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hinton.
Sambor swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hinton misses with a low kick.
Sambor slips under a jab from Hinton.
Sambor fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hinton checks it well.
Sambor tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters circle momentarily. Hinton darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Hinton tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Hinton fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Sambor to the ground. Hinton is now in Sambor's guard.
Hinton throwing strikes but missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sambor keeping moving, preventing Hinton from controlling successfully.
Hinton controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Sambor trying to strike off his back.
Hinton works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Hinton missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Hinton winds up and cracks Sambor with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Hinton is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Sambor reverses the position - he's now on top in Hinton's guard.
Hinton wants to control the position but Sambor says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Hinton keeping control of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hinton works his way to full guard. Good work.
Hinton not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Hinton is looking for a triangle but Sambor pushes his legs off easily.
Hinton controls Sambor momentarily but Sambor frees himself.

Hinton looking for subs off his back but Sambor has passed one foot through into half guard.
Sambor working over Hinton with some ground and pound. Hinton looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
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 Marvin Hinton will probably get the nod.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Sambor works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Hinton scores with a hook.
Hinton looks to land a right hand but Sambor moved out of range.
Sambor is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Hinton ducks under a wild hook from Sambor.
Sambor swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hinton.

Sambor drives through and clinches with Hinton against the cage.
Sambor is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Sambor misses with an elbow over the top.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sambor lands an elbow just above Hinton 's eye.
Hinton takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Marvin Hinton has been cut.
Sambor leaning his opponent against the cage.
Sambor stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sambor pushes off an throws an elbow but Hinton leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Sambor breaks the clinch.
Hinton shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Sambor counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hinton thinking.
Hinton tries to land a leg kick but Sambor saw it coming and moves away.
Hinton throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hinton misses with a right hand
and Sambor counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hinton is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sambor.
Sambor looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A big left from Hinton misses.
Hinton avoids the body shot from Sambor.
Jaromir Sambor is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hinton.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hinton fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sambor avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sambor lands a jab.
Hinton gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sambor.

Hinton instigates a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sambor throws an elbow that misses.

Sambor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hinton is looking to land body kicks.
Sambor connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hinton avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Hinton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sambor is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Hinton fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hinton misses with a hook
enabling Sambor to counter with a crisp jab.
Hinton throws a leg kick
and Sambor counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Hinton moves out of range of the strikes.

Hinton shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Sambor is trying to defend but Hinton finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Hinton lands strikes from half guard.
Sambor avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hinton.
Hinton wants to pass to mount but Sambor is defending the position.
Hinton slips a nice elbow through Sambor's hands, connecting with Sambor's forehead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sambor avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hinton.
Hinton looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Hinton stops Sambor from getting back to his feet.
Sambor avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hinton.
Hinton tries to pass to full mount but Sambor defends it.
Marvin Hinton overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hinton trying to control the action but Sambor is working from the bottom.

Hinton is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Sambor is just riding it out for now. Hinton eventually gives up the hold.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
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!
Hinton moves nicely into side control.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jaromir Sambor.
I think Sambor has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 28:29
Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jaromir Sambor!
An out of breath Jaromir Sambor thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.