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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Orestes Prometheus (ranked 65 p4p, 98 weight class) and Douglas Sampson (ranked 6 p4p, 10 weight class). Prometheus comes to the cage accompanied by Before I Forget - Slipknot. Sampson has chosen Sunshine (ft. Anthony Hamilton) - Twista as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Orestes Prometheus!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Douglas Sampson!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Prometheus takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
It looks like Orestes Prometheus has been cut.
Sampson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sampson now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Prometheus.
Sampson has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Prometheus.
Prometheus looks to score with a jab to the body but Sampson is just out of range.
A little jabbing left from Sampson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Sampson misses with a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Prometheus scores with a hook.
Sampson takes one on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Prometheus fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A slow jab from Prometheus misses its intended target.
Sampson misses with a right hand
enabling Prometheus to counter with a crisp jab.
Sampson throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Prometheus swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Sampson throws a lazy uppercut
and Prometheus counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Prometheus missing with a left hand there. Sampson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sampson misses with a body shot
and Prometheus makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Prometheus lands a front kick.
Prometheus bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sampson's head.
Sampson misses with an uppercut. Prometheus saw that one coming.
And Prometheus counters with a quick kick to the body but Sampson blocks it.
Prometheus just misses with a punch to the body.
Sampson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sampson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nice defenses there by Prometheus.
It looked like Prometheus wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Prometheus checks the leg kick.
Prometheus feinted there with a counter leg kick.
A lazy body kick from Sampson
and Prometheus counters with a nice uppercut.
Sampson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Prometheus throws a quick counter kick to the body but Sampson avoids it.
Prometheus tests Sampson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sampson is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prometheus sends Sampson crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Prometheus is motioning to the referee to let Sampson up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Sampson is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Prometheus fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Jab, jab by Prometheus - just one landing.
Sampson misses with an uppercut
and Prometheus counters with a massive hook, right on the button! He's out cold! Damn, that was naaaaaasty! Hopefully he'll be OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Orestes Prometheus!
Orestes Prometheus retains his heavyweight title!
Orestes Prometheus thanked the fans post fight for their support.
The defeated Douglas Sampson had this to say: 'Nothing goes over my head… my reflexes are too fast, but my famously huge turd pre fight left me feeling dizzy and I was seeing double vision the whole fight'.
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