PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between I Am Jewish (ranked 2629 p4p, 2197 weight class) and Samson Komua (ranked 319 p4p, 278 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Komua's choice of entrance music: Fangai Lupe. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Jewish
vs
Komua

180 cm
30
191
10 - 2 - 0

196 cm
35
196
15 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Fast

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, I Am Jewish!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Samson Komua!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Josh West and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jewish tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jewish wants to clinch but Komua slips to the side
and Komua counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd cheers as Jewish lands an impressive looking overhand right. Komua doesn't seem phased though.
Nice straight punches there by Komua. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Komua.

Jewish forces Komua back against the cage and clinches.
Komua avoiding damage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jewish just misses with a elbow thrown towards Komua's brow.
Jewish can't break the clinch.
Jewish scores with an uppercut up the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jewish misses with a punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Komua.
Komua tries to circle away but Jewish has him pinned against the cage.
Komua's coach down at was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Komua's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Jewish blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jewish is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jewish lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jewish throws a head punch that misses.
Jewish lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Jewish misses with a short punch on the inside.
Komua tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Come on Komua - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Jewish leaning his opponent against the cage.
A short left from Komua.
Jewish trying to land knees to the body.
Jewish misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Jewish.
Komua is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Jewish has Komua pushed against the cage.
Komua's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jewish tries a body shot but Komua blocks it.
A hook to the body from Jewish.
Jewish has a couple of punches blocked by Komua.
Komua misses with the head strike.

Jewish breaks the clinch.
Komua scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jewish doesn't seem bothered though.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd cheers as Komua lands an impressive looking overhand right. Jewish doesn't seem phased though.
Jewish ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Komua moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jewish connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Komua closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Komua lands in his opponent's guard.

Komua drops back looking for a leg! Jewish is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Jewish manages to kick Komua off! Komua jumps back into Jewish's guard.
Jewish is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Komua is controlling him.
Komua passes into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Komua controlling the action here.
Jewish tries to kick Komua off but Komua keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that I Am Jewish will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Komua throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Komua scores with a jab. Jewish acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Jewish fails with an attempt to clinch.
Komua wants to clinch up but Jewish keeps it at a distance.
Jewish goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Jewish slips a jab and a cross from Komua.
Komua on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Jewish lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A jab lands there for Jewish.
Jewish is looking to clinch but Komua is avoiding it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jewish misses with a series of wild punches.
Jewish tries to close the distance and clinch up but Komua swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Komua goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jewish keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jewish instigates a clinch.
Komua is looking to control Jewish's arms but Jewish gets an underhook and turns him. Now Komua has his back to the cage.
Jewish struggles to land a body shot inside as Komua controls his hands.
Komua swings wildly with an uppercut but Jewish uses good head movement to avoid it.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Jewish misses with a knee to the head.
Jewish tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Komua tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
I Am Jewish has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Komua takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Jewish looking to slow down the pace here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jewish tries to circle away but Komua has him pinned against the cage.
Komua blocks an uppercut.
Komua working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jewish blocks an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Komua.
Jewish misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Komua.
Jewish works on Komua's body with a couple of short punches.
Jewish has a couple of punches blocked by Komua.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Jewish misses with a body punch.
Komua has a couple of punches blocked by Jewish.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jewish tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Komua fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Komua is struggling to control the position.
Jewish scores with a hook to the body.
Komua misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jewish misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Komua.
Komua controlling the action here for a moment.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Jewish pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jewish softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jewish is trying to maintain a safe position but Komua gets an underhook and turns Jewish into the cage.
Komua working hard to break the clinch.
Jewish working aggressively here.
A short right from Komua on the inside.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Komua blocks an elbow strike.
Jewish with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Komua stalling the fight.
Jewish looking to throw knees to the head but Komua is blocking nicely.
Jewish lands a right hand.
Jewish tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that I Am Jewish will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Jewish wants to clinch up but Komua keeps it at a distance.
Komua shoots in but no luck this time.
Komua fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Jewish avoids it really well and circles away.
Komua cracks Jewish with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Komua lands with an overhand left.
Komua misses with a hook. Jewish ducked under it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jewish throws a lazy right hand but Komua sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jewish comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Jewish works Komua's body with a nice hook.
Komua tries to clinch but Jewish is having none of it.
Jewish is looking to counter punch.
Jewish has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Jewish there as he acknowledges the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Komua throws an overhand right that lands on Jewish's shoulder, as Jewish tries to avoid the shot.
Jewish lands a nice shot that snaps Komua's head back.
Jewish tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Komua manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jewish fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Komua has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Jewish has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Komua finds it's way round the side to connect with Jewish's head.

Komua shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Komua showed some decent athleticism there.
Komua seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

Komua is looking for a kimura but Jewish is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Komua to get the leverage.
Samson Komua has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Komua trying to control the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
Jewish on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Jewish tries to get out of the position.
Let's hope that Komua has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Komua takes a swing at Jewish's ribcage but misses.
Komua keeps the fight on the outside.
Jewish takes one to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Komua cracks Jewish with a right hand to the side of the head.
Komua throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jewish.
Komua avoids the head kick by Jewish.
Jewish misses with a body shot.
Komua wants to clinch up but Jewish keeps it at a distance.
Komua circles away from the clinch attempt.
Komua throws out a loose jab but Jewish uses good head movement to avoid it.
Komua digs a good hook to Jewish's body.
Komua is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Jewish tries to clinch but Komua moves out of range.
Komua scores with a hook.
Komua moves out of range of the strikes.
Komua throws out a counter right but Jewish avoids it with no problem.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jewish scores with a leg kick.
Komua throws a nice inside leg kick.
I Am Jewish is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Komua connects with a crisp jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Samson Komua comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Jewish has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 27:30
Judge Josh West scores the fight 29:28
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... I Am Jewish!
I Am Jewish thanked the fans post fight for their support.