PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Techno Viking (ranked 3554 p4p, 377 weight class) and Sampson Shain (ranked 4118 p4p, 424 weight class). Viking comes into the arena with Techno Viking blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Viking
vs
Shain

178 cm
33
142 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

175 cm
26
165 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Techno Viking!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sampson Shain!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Daniel Franklin and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shain throws a head kick that misses
and Viking counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Shain closes the distance and clinches.
Viking stalling the fight.
Viking struggles to land a body shot inside as Shain controls his hands.
Shain gets through Viking's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Viking blocks an uppercut.
Shain throws an elbow that misses.
Viking tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Shain misses with some punches.
Shain misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Viking lands a shot to the body.
Viking leaning against his opponent.
Shain with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Viking tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shain fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Shain has a couple of punches blocked by Viking.

Viking decides to pull guard.

Viking isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Shain stacks Viking on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Shain!
Shain working away.
Viking is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Boomerang!! PURE ELITE COACHES and Sparring Center, so we'll see if he gets out of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Viking is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Viking manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Viking thows a huge punch but Shain dodges it nicely.
Shain wants to control but Viking is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Viking is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Shain defends it well.
Shain keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Viking has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Viking wants to lay and pray for a moment but Shain keeps working.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Viking is working for a kimura but Shain is defending it quite comfortably.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Viking is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Shain sees it coming and defends easily.
Viking missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Viking really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Viking seems to be working for a kimura but Shain defends the submission attempt.

Viking is looking for a kimura here.
Shain really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Viking. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Viking is working for a kimura but Shain is defending it quite comfortably.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Viking is working for a submission of some sort.

Viking wants to work for an arm triangle but Shain is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Viking missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Viking is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Shain is trying to stand up here but Viking is controlling him well.

Viking is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Viking seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Shain does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Viking wants to work for an arm triangle but Shain is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Viking is looking for a kimura here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Techno Viking dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Shain scores with a jab to the head.
Shain throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Viking avoids a punch combination nicely.
Viking tries to clinch there but Shain circles away.

Viking closes the distance and clinches.
Viking displaying some good clinch control by pressing Shain up against the cage.
Shain scores with a shot to the side of Viking's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Viking displaying some good clinch control by pressing Shain up against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Shain.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Viking blocks the elbow strike.
Shain lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Shain misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Viking is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Viking blocks a body shot from Shain.
Viking blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Shain misses with a punch to the body.
Shain has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Viking seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Shain can turn it around.
Shain tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Viking trying to control the position but instead, Shain has worked for underhooks and has pushed Viking into the cage.
Shain misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shain is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Viking is defending well for now.
Viking pressing his opponent against the cage.
Shain misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Viking.
Shain tries to land knees in the clinch but Viking avoids the damage to the body.
Shain lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Shain trying to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Viking tries to pull guard but Shain won't allow it.
Viking controlling the action here for a moment.
Shain doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Viking pulls guard successfully.
Shain would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Viking looking for a guillotine here but Shain defends easily.

Viking is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Shain is aware though and is defending well.

Viking working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Shain doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Shain manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Viking looking for a guillotine here but Shain defends easily.

Viking working for a triangle but Shain defends it easily.
Shain trying to control the position from guard on top but Viking is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Shain's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Viking is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Shain defends well.
Viking wants to sweep here but Shain controlling him for the moment.

Viking is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Shain defends well.
Shain postures up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Shain trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Shain trying to control but Viking is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sampson Shain showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Viking's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Shain lands a nice looking body shot.
Shain looks to land a right hand but Viking moved out of range.
Viking is looking to counter the offense by Shain and move into the clinch.
Viking pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Shain has Viking up against the cage in a clinch.
Shain misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Shain tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Viking avoids it.
Shain lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Shain tries to land a knee to the head but Viking blocks with his arms.
Shain misses with a knee to the head.
Viking lands a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Viking jumps guard but Shain turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

Viking jumps into guard, dragging Shain to the mat.
Shain trying to control but Viking is working from the bottom.

Shain got a little sloppy there for a moment and Viking has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Shain has managed to get both his arms back between Viking's legs - danger averted.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Viking controls Shain momentarily but Shain frees himself.
Shain has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Viking is proving hard to escape from.

Viking is looking for a triangle here but Shain uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Viking sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Viking is trying to control but can't.
Viking is looking for a sweep. Shain is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Viking is looking to control Shain's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Viking avoid being mounted?

Viking is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Shain pulls his head out easily.
Viking is looking to control Shain's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Viking avoid being mounted?
Shain wants to stand up but Viking is controlling the position.

Viking looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shain performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Viking controlling the position for now.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Shain looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

Shain has managed to clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Shain throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Viking creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Viking lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Shain backwards.
Shain misses with a hook to the ribs.
Viking tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Shain just stands there and leans against the cage.
Sampson Shain seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shain misses with a punch on the inside.
Shain tries to land knees in the clinch but Viking avoids the damage to the body.
Viking is trying to pull guard but Shain has him pressed against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Techno Viking. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Viking fails to pull guard.
Shain misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Viking is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Shain to keep the fight standing.
Viking blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Viking's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Viking tries to pull guard but Shain holds him up against the cage and eventually Viking drops back down to his feet.
Shain tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Viking fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Viking blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Shain fails to land.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Shain trying to land knees to the body.
Viking is trying to stall.
Shain misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Viking is trying to pull guard but Shain turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sampson Shain comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Shain 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sampson Shain!