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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mongali Samson (ranked 5031 p4p, 366 weight class) and Syd The Scorpion (ranked 4695 p4p, 355 weight class). Samson comes to the cage accompanied by Hosh Tokolosh. The crowd seem to be enjoying The Scorpion's choice of entrance music: Hed PE Renegade. Mongali Samson has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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276 lbs
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240 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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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
2 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mongali Samson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Syd The Scorpion!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Aafke Stam and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Samson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Samson manages to break the clinch.
Samson has managed to clinch.
Samson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The Scorpion throws a one two combo.
Mongali Samson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Samson has managed to clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Samson.
The Scorpion looks winded!
Samson manages to pull guard.
The Scorpion looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Samson pulls The Scorpion in close to prevent any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as The Scorpion accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The Scorpion preventing the sweep.
Samson pulls The Scorpion in close to prevent any damage.
The Scorpion preventing the sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Samson controlling the position.
The Scorpion won't allow Samson to sweep him here.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Samson instigates a clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Samson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Samson manages to pull guard.
Samson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. The Scorpion manages to get himself to full guard.
Samson is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Samson postures up in The Scorpion's guard and throws a big left but The Scorpion blocks it.
Samson throwing strikes from guard but The Scorpion blocks nicely.
Samson seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Samson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Samson looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The Scorpion utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mongali Samson dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
The Scorpion on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Samson takes the fight into the clinch.
I was talking to Samson's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Samson taking a breather.
Knees in the clinch landing for Samson.
Samson jumps into guard, dragging The Scorpion to the mat.
Samson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Samson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Samson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Samson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Samson not doing much here.
Samson is looking to advance position but The Scorpion won't allow it.
The Scorpion is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, if Samson is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Samson thows a huge punch but The Scorpion dodges it nicely.
Well, if Samson is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Samson in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. The Scorpion tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Samson!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Mongali Samson!
During a confident post fight interview, Mongali Samson thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Syd The Scorpion spoke after the fight, saying 'Hymie delivers in Pawnee this message to a confused and stunned crowd.."I might be bleeding, But I'm still breathing, You might hate me, But you can't break me..you pussy bitch motherfuckers..Come and get me." Thank you.'.
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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