PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sam Samuels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ham Xu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Samuels
vs
Xu

188 cm
23
212 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

179 cm
22
215 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Very quick

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Intelligent

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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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sam Samuels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ham Xu!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Xu closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Samuels wants to get back to full guard.
Samuels is looking to control Xu's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Samuels avoid being mounted?
Samuels controlling the position for now.
Xu working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Samuels is looking for a sweep. Xu is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Samuels looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Xu wants to free his trapped foot but Samuels is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Samuels is controlling Xu's trapped leg to prevent Xu from advancing to side control.
Xu throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Xu not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Samuels tries to roll over but Xu keeps him under control.
Samuels keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Xu takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Samuels misses with a straight right.

Xu drives through with a takedown into guard.
Samuels working a defensive guard here.
Samuels keeping moving, preventing Xu from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Samuels looking for a sweep. Not yet Samuels, not yet.
Xu is looking to work some ground and pound but Samuels has wrist control.
Xu really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Samuels. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Xu throwing strikes but missing.
Xu trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Samuels trying to control the position.
Xu wants to control from the top but Samuels keeps moving.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Xu shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Xu was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Xu in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Samuels wants to hold on but Xu pushes him away.
Samuels takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Samuels keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Samuels tries to hold on but Xu pushes him away.
Xu punching from mount but Samuels doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Samuels wants to control but Xu is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Samuels keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Xu lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Xu avoids the attempt from Samuels to control.
Samuels is wriggling around trying to escape.
Xu working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Xu raining down shots from the mount!

It looks like Sam Samuels has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Xu with the ground and pound from mount.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Xu working the ground and pound effectively.
Samuels is trying to escape the mount.
Samuels is working hard here to advance position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Xu cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
A nice elbow there by Xu.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samuels tries to hold on but Xu pushes him away.
Xu wants to control the pace but Samuels is squirming around nicely.
Samuels is in all sorts of trouble here.
Samuels looks out of his depth in this position - he's holding on tight.
Samuels is in a horrible position here. Xu smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Sam Samuels's cut is getting worse.
A nice elbow there by Xu.

Samuels is rocked!

Jeez, Sam Samuels's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Sam Samuels's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ham Xu!