PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zabit Samedov (ranked 2330 p4p, 308 weight class) and Peter Woodcock (ranked 1947 p4p, 266 weight class). Samedov's entrance music is STVORE - Sgori. A fine choice. Zabit Samedov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Samedov
vs
Woodcock

182 cm
30
209 lbs
8 - 7 - 1

210 cm
21
215 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

King Nutrition

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 8 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Zabit Samedov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Peter Woodcock!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Alyssa Summers and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Woodcock scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Samedov tries to clinch there but Woodcock circles away.
Samedov misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Woodcock lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
No joy there for Samedov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A shot to the liver by Woodcock. Beautiful body shot.
Nice jab there from Woodcock.

It looks like Zabit Samedov has been cut.
Samedov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Samedov throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Woodcock has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Samedov tries to clinch up but Woodcock circles away and keeps his distance.

Samedov clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Woodcock doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Woodcock misses with a hook to the ribs.
Woodcock lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Woodcock working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Woodcock tries to work over Samedov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Samedov pushes off an throws an elbow but Woodcock leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Woodcock lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Samedov backwards.
A short right from Woodcock.
Woodcock lands a right hand.

Woodcock pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Woodcock!
Samedov misses with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Samedov moves in looking to clinch but Woodcock pushes him off.
Samedov tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Woodcock is able to avoid easily.

Samedov gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Woodcock scores with a shoulder strike.
Samedov working Woodcock over with knees to the body.
Woodcock misses with a body punch.

Woodcock's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Woodcock pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Samedov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Woodcock.
Samedov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Woodcock.
Woodcock is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Samedov misses with a series of wild punches.
Despite the aggression on Woodcock's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Woodcock looks to score with a jab to the body but Samedov is just out of range.
Nice body punch from Woodcock.
Samedov rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Woodcock moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Woodcock scores with a head kick. Samedov tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Samedov throws a head kick that misses

and Woodcock counters with a crisp one two that drops Samedov! Woodcock thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Samedov to his feet! Samedov is in big trouble!

Samedov is rocked!

Woodcock cracks Samedov with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Samedov looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Woodcock finish him?
Oh Samedov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fight stays on the outside here - Samedov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Samedov throws a nice looking combination but Woodcock bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Woodcock throws a powerful right kick. Samedov tried to block low but the kick was high! Samedov was taken right off of his feet! Woodcock jumps in to finish the job and the ref tackles him! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Peter Woodcock!
Peter Woodcock seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.