PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Dante (ranked 5421 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anton Samovar (ranked 6010 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Dante
vs
Samovar

184 cm
25
176 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

190 cm
25
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bruce Dante!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Anton Samovar!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Daniel Franklin and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Samovar closes this distance looking for a takedown but Dante circles away.
Samovar slips a jab and a cross from Dante.
Samovar shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Dante misses with a few strikes there.
Nice sprawl there from Dante as Samovar shoots in.
Samovar fails with the takedown.
Bruce Dante has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anton Samovar.
Dante shoots for a takedown but Samovar saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Dante clinches with his opponent.

Dante breaks the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dante throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Samovar stuffs the takedown.
Samovar wants to counter with a clinch but Dante pushes him away.
Samovar darts in looking for a takedown but Dante gets double underhooks and turns Samovar into the cage.
Dante checks a low kick from Samovar.
Dante half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dante feints a jab promting Samovar to slip. Dante then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Samovar slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

It looks like Anton Samovar has been cut.
Samovar lands a really nice looking cross but Dante seems unphased.
Samovar misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Dante misses with a head kick.
Samovar throws a counter combo.
Dante throws a combination that misses

and Samovar holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Dante breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dante shoots in and drives through. Samovar sprawls well.
No joy there for Dante, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Samovar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dante tries for a takedown but Samovar sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Samovar rushes Dante and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Samovar is looking to take this one to the mat.
Samovar misses with a hook to the ribs.
Samovar slows down the pace here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Samovar tries to pull guard but Dante forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dante fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Samovar wants to take the fight to the mat but Dante manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Samovar takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Dante's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dante scores with a shot to the body.
Dante lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Samovar backs up against the cage.
Samovar on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Dante looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dante misses with a series of wild punches.
A punch combination from Dante misses.
Samovar shoots in but Dante avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Dante changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Samovar throws a leg kick which misses Dante's front leg but catches the back leg as Dante tries to avoid it.
Dante pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Samovar slips a straight right by Dante.
Dante swings for the body but Samovar moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Samovar is trying hard to land a takedown here. Dante sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Dante fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Samovar avoids it really well and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Dante dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Anton Samovar's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Dante.
Dante is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Samovar.
Dante throws a leg kick but Samovar sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Dante leaves Samovar with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Dante is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Samovar can do to turn this around?

Dante pushes Samovar up against the cage in a clinch.

Dante's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Samovar explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Horrible takedown attempt by Dante or perhaps it was just good defense by Samovar, which made it look bad.
Bruce Dante seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dante stuffs the takedown.
Dante throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Samovar is looking for the big counter here.
Samovar tried to score with a low kick but Dante checks it.

Dante clinches with his opponent.
Samovar lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Dante.
Samovar leaning his opponent against the cage.
Samovar goes for a takedown attempt but Dante pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Bruce Dante has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anton Samovar.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Samovar with that takedown attempt.
Dante misses with a double jab
and Samovar counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dante thinking.
Dante throws a series of punches but Samovar avoids them all with ease.
Dante closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Samovar tries for a takedown but Dante sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Samovar just misses with a punch to the body.
Samovar takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Dante missing with a left hand there. Samovar was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Samovar avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samovar slips a jab and a cross from Dante.
Dante has a takedown stuffed.
As Dante backs off Samovar throws a huge counter combo but Dante manages to avoid it all.
Some wild striking there from Samovar.
Dante walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Samovar checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Bruce Dante is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dante tries a head kick but it misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Samovar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A punch combination from Dante misses.
Samovar is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.

Dante has closed the distance and engaged Samovar in a clinch.

Dante breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dante lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Samovar circles away quickly and effectively.
Dante rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Samovar moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dante leaves Samovar with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Samovar dodges the punch combination from Dante.
Samovar lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Dante misses with the combination.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Samovar doesn't manage to clinch there - Dante circles away.
Samovar takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Dante misses with a takedown attempt - Samovar sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Dante dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Anton Samovar's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Dante defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Samovar.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Samovar on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Dante has taken the fight to the clinch.
Dante lands with a short shot to the head.

Samovar breaks from the clinch.
Dante misses with a body shot.
Dante 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Left hook, right uppercut from Dante.

Samovar is rocked!
Dante grits his teeth and throws a big right-left combo! Samovar takes both shots clean on the chin and is out cold! Dante cracks him once more on his way down, as the crowd goes wild! They enjoyed that one!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Bruce Dante!