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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roman Sionis (ranked 951 p4p, 132 weight class) and Samson Goldstein (ranked 270 p4p, 45 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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200 cm
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243 lbs
45 - 17 - 1 |
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200 cm
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260 lbs
50 - 22 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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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
45 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roman Sionis! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
50 - 22 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Samson Goldstein! The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Dillan Fox and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Goldstein has managed to clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Goldstein. Goldstein gets through Sionis's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Sionis tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Goldstein lands a shoulder strike. Still in the clinch, Goldstein scores with a nice short uppercut. Goldstein pushes Sionis back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. Goldstein lands a hook that snaps the head of Sionis backwards. Goldstein working aggressively here.
Goldstein misses with the head strike.
Goldstein lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage. An uppercut to the body lands inside from Goldstein. Sionis is breathing heavily. Sionis lands a hook to the side of the head. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Goldstein can't find room to land a body shot as Sionis controls the action.
Goldstein throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sioniss head.
It looks like Roman Sionis has been cut. Sionis jumps guard but Goldstein stands there with Sionis around his waist. Sionis gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Goldstein fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Goldstein misses with a punch on the inside.
Sionis blocks an uppercut.
Sionis blocking some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round. Sionis is trying to drag Goldstein to the mat but Goldstein just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there. A head punch on the inside from Goldstein fails to land. Sionis is trying to break the clinch but Goldstein is controlling him. Goldstein softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. Sionis has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Goldstein clear over his head and slammed him to the mat! Sionis working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet. Goldstein preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Sionis. Sionis has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Goldstein has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Goldstein is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Sionis is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Goldstein has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here. Sionis throwing wild punches that miss their target. Sionis missing with punches from the back. Sionis tightening his grip on Goldstein, looking for the choke. Sionis throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Sionis working for a choke but Goldstein reverses nicely into Sionis 's guard. Sionis preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. Goldstein trying to control the position from guard on top but Sionis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Goldstein looking to sit in guard and control but Sionis gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Sionis postures up in Goldstein's guard and throws a big left but Goldstein blocks it. Goldstein keeping moving, preventing Sionis from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Sionis throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent. Sionis throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent. Sionis trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat. Sionis postures up in Goldstein's guard and throws a big left but Goldstein blocks it. Sionis postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect. Sionis missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. Sionis throws an elbow that misses. Goldstein uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sionis's guard. Nice move by Goldstein! Goldstein wants to pass the guard but Sionis is keeping the position. Sionis wants to stand but Goldstein is controlling the position. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Samson Goldstein dominated that round. The cut man is working on Roman Sionis's cut. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Sionis looks for a takedown but Goldstein sprawls well. Goldstein thows a leg kick but Sionis checks it and Sionis holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch. Sionis tries for a takedown. No joy.
Goldstein tries to throw a body punch but Sionis avoids it by throwing Goldstein back against the cage. Goldstein misses with a punch on the inside.
Goldstein has a couple of punches blocked by Sionis.
Sionis is trying to pull guard but Goldstein has him pressed against the cage. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roman Sionis. That's going to take a lot out of him. Goldstein keeps control of Sionis as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Goldstein tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Goldstein tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sionis's elbow. Sionis is looking for a takedown. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Sionis is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Goldstein gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt. Sionis throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Goldstein blocks it with crossed arms. Sionis with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sionis blocks an uppercut.
Goldstein cracks Sionis with a nice body shot. Goldstein has been the more effective fighter overall so far. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Goldstein softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round. Goldstein lands a left hand.
Goldstein lands a hook to the side of the head. A short right from Goldstein on the inside. Goldstein lands with a short head shot on the inside. Samson Goldstein seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far. Goldstein cracks Sionis with a nice body shot. Goldstein lands with a left to the head. A nice right hand lands inside from Goldstein. Goldstein throws a head punch that misses. Goldstein tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Sionis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Goldstein creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Sionis's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Sionis drops to his knees and Goldstein pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Samson Goldstein! Samson Goldstein tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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