PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Henry Dustfinger (ranked 520 p4p, 83 weight class) and Douglas Sampson (ranked 63 p4p, 7 weight class). Dustfinger's entrance music is The Bull Rider- Johnny Cash. A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Sampson's choice of entrance music: Sunshine (ft. Anthony Hamilton) - Twista . Douglas Sampson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Dustfinger
vs
Sampson

201 cm
27
268
18 - 5 - 0

190 cm
28
260
21 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Henry Dustfinger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Douglas Sampson!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sampson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dustfinger throws out the jab.
Dustfinger throws the left hand but Sampson avoids the punch easily.
Dustfinger jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sampson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Dustfinger lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dustfinger. Sampson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dustfinger swings widly with a right hand
and Sampson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sampson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dustfinger.
Dustfinger has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Catch Wrestling L.A. in the buildup to the fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sampson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dustfinger.
Dustfinger throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sampson counters with a nice low kick that buckles Dustfinger's knee momentarily.
Dustfinger throws a right hand that misses
and Sampson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dustfinger thinking.
Sampson ducks under a wild hook from Dustfinger.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dustfinger throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sampson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A slow jab from Dustfinger misses its intended target.
Sampson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dustfinger jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dustfinger misses with a left hand
and Sampson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dustfinger misses with a hook

and Sampson counters with a crisp right hand that drops Dustfinger! Sampson lets Dustfinger back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

It looks like Henry Dustfinger has been cut.
Sampson throws out a loose jab but Dustfinger uses good head movement to avoid it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dustfinger fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Dustfinger throws a lazy right hand but Sampson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sampson! But no joy.
Sampson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dustfinger misses with a straight right.
Dustfinger lands with an overhand left.
Dustfinger jabs at Sampson's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sampson throws a wild body kick that Dustfinger sees coming a mile off.
Dustfinger looks to land a left hand but Sampson moved out of range nicely.
Sampson now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Dustfinger looks to throw the jab but Sampson is out of range.
Dustfinger gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Dustfinger throws an off balance right hand
and Sampson counters with a nice low kick that buckles Dustfinger's knee momentarily.
Dustfinger misses with a right hand
and Sampson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dustfinger looks to land a left hand but Sampson moved out of range nicely.
Sampson replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Dustfinger blocks it well.
Dustfinger misses with a hook

and Sampson counters with a crisp right hand that drops Dustfinger! Sampson lets Dustfinger back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Dustfinger is rocked!
Sampson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dustfinger misses with a hook
and Sampson counters with a huge left! Dustfinger is in big trouble! He's backing up but Sampson isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Dustfinger from any more damage. A dominating finish by Sampson!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Douglas Sampson!
During a confident post fight interview, Douglas Sampson thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
In defeat, Henry Dustfinger stepped up to the mic, saying 'Awww Hell!'.