PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Samson Goldstein (ranked 1004 p4p, 109 weight class) and The Sun God Ra (ranked 1785 p4p, 185 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Goldstein
vs
Sun God Ra

200 cm
37
260 lbs
37 - 20 - 1

189 cm
42
222 lbs
28 - 24 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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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 37 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Samson Goldstein!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 24 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, The Sun God Ra!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Alec Ball and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ra instigates a clinch.
Goldstein lands with a light punch inside.
A short right from Goldstein on the inside.
Ra takes a shot to the head.
Goldstein swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Goldstein working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Goldstein lands a right hand.
Ra pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Ra has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Goldstein lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ra looks winded!
A nice left hand lands by Goldstein.
Goldstein makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ra creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Goldstein pushes Ra back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Goldstein lands a nice uppercut.

Ra is rocked!
Goldstein lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Ra to his knees! Goldstein keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Samson Goldstein!
Samson Goldstein decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.