PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mikael Samoth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lenny Mclean (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Samoth comes to the cage accompanied by Judas Priest - Painkiller. Mclean comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Oasis - F**king in the bushes kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Samoth
vs
Mclean

192 cm
31
287 lbs
17 - 7 - 0

195 cm
26
270 lbs
21 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI

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 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mikael Samoth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lenny Mclean!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Steven Brown and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mclean throws a head kick that half lands.
Samoth lands a leg kick that knocks Mclean off balance momentarily.
Samoth staying out of range there.
Mclean misses with a body kick.
Mclean throws a body punch but Samoth moves out of range.
Mclean on the wrong end of a nice jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mclean scores with a jab to the body.
Mclean moves out of range of the leg kick from Samoth.
Mclean lands a nice leg kick that just misses Samoth's sensitive parts.
Samoth throws a jab when Mclean was well out of range.
Samoth lunges at Mclean with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Mclean's hand.

Mclean tries to keep at a distance but Samoth has taken the fight into the clinch.
Mclean lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Samoth fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mclean working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Samoth tries to work over Mclean's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Mclean pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A swing and a miss from Samoth.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mclean swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Samoth tries to close the distance and clinch but Mclean swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mclean dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mclean. Samoth does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mclean fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Mclean tries to work over Samoth's front leg with a kick but Samoth checks it.
Mclean fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Samoth.
Mclean misses with a body shot.
Mclean throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Samoth sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Samoth tries to clinch up.
Mclean misses with a hook. Samoth ducked under it nicely.
Samoth takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Samoth looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Mclean jabs Samoth to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A decent looking cross lands there for Mclean.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mclean throws a right and a left that Samoth avoids nicely.
Samoth throws a shot to the body.
Samoth misses with a wild body shot.
Samoth ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Samoth closes the distance and clinches up with Mclean, looking for a takedown. Samoth pushes Mclean against the cage but Mclean circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Mclean checks a leg kick nicely.
Mclean throws a head kick but Samoth moves out of range.
Samoth throws the left hand but Mclean avoids the punch easily.
Samoth thumps Mclean with a low kick.
Mclean misses with a two punch combination.
Samoth bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mclean moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Mclean chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Samoth has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Mclean finds it's way round the side to connect with Samoth's head.
Mclean misses with a left hand
and Samoth counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samoth throws a chopping leg kick but Mclean manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Samoth looks to land a left hand but Mclean moved out of range nicely.
Mclean lands a nice hook to Samoth's body. Samoth takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Samoth is breathing heavily.
Good leg kick by Mclean there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Mclean scores with a punch to the head.
Mclean moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mclean connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Mclean connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Samoth momentarily.
Samoth connects with a right hand. Mclean shakes it off.
Some wild striking there from Mclean.
Mclean takes a swing at Samoth's ribcage but misses.
Mclean scores with a nice right hand.
Samoth throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mclean sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mclean throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mclean lands a body shot.
Samoth gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Mclean.
Mclean uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Samoth.
Mclean misses with a hook. Samoth ducked under it nicely.
Mclean fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Samoth moves out of range of the strikes.
Mclean with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Samoth swinging wildly here.
Mclean lands a nice shot that snaps Samoth's head back.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mclean lands a nice looking body shot.
Mclean connects with a single shot there.

Mclean cracks Samoth with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Mclean has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Samoth to stand back up!

Samoth is rocked!
Mclean fakes the leg kick and throws a superman punch. It's knocked Samoth out cold! Brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Lenny Mclean!
Lenny Mclean took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Hellbent for their support in the buildup to the fight.