PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vojislav Georgijevic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mina Samson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Samson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Soliders logic kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Mina Samson will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Georgijevic
vs
Samson

185 cm
22
198 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

199 cm
25
196 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Namunamu Clothing

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vojislav Georgijevic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mina Samson!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Ivan Kurochkin and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Samson drives through with a takedown into Georgijevic's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Georgijevic working a defensive guard here.
Samson content to stall in guard here.
Samson works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Samson slows the pace down in half guard.
Georgijevic has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Samson is working away from the top position though.
Georgijevic is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Samson is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
It looks like Samson might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Georgijevic throws a series of punches but Samson moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Georgijevic takes a swing at Samson's ribcage but misses.

Samson has managed to clinch.

Georgijevic pulls guard.
Samson controlling from the top position.
Let's hope that Samson 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.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Mina Samson hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Samson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Georgijevic throws out the jab.
Georgijevic swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Samson looking to score a takedown here. Georgijevic is defending well but Samson drives through and ends up in Georgijevic's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Samson not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Samson drops back looking for a leg! Georgijevic is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Georgijevic manages to kick Samson off! Samson jumps back into Georgijevic's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Georgijevic wants to sweep but no luck.

Samson is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Samson wants to control from the top but Georgijevic keeps moving.

Samson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Georgijevic working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Samson doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Samson manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Samson engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

Samson is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Georgijevic has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Samson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Samson trying to control but Georgijevic is working from the bottom.
Samson is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Samson trying to control the position from guard on top but Georgijevic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Samson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Georgijevic looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Georgijevic is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Georgijevic looking for a sweep. Not yet Georgijevic, not yet.

Georgijevic is looking for a triangle but Samson pushes his legs off easily.
Samson content to stall in guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Georgijevic keeping moving, preventing Samson from controlling successfully.
Georgijevic can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Samson controls the pace.

Mina Samson has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Georgijevic misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Georgijevic missing with a left hand there. Samson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Georgijevic tries to keep at a distance but Samson has taken the fight into the clinch.

Georgijevic is fighting off a takedown attempt but Samson is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Georgijevic to the mat. Georgijevic regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Samson controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

Georgijevic looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Samson looking to pass the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mina Samson dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Georgijevic fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Georgijevic will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Georgijevic misses with a wild combination.
Samson works over Georgijevic's head and body with a nice combination.

It looks like Vojislav Georgijevic has been cut.
Some wild striking there from Georgijevic.
The fight stays on the outside here - Samson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Samson shoots in for a double leg but Georgijevic sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Vojislav Georgijevic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Samson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Georgijevic.

It looks like Mina Samson has been cut.
Samson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Samson drives through with a takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
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.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Georgijevic is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Samson controls from within his opponent's guard.

Georgijevic is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Georgijevic is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Samson is aware though and is defending well.
Georgijevic might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Georgijevic is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Mina Samson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Samson is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Samson wants to control from the top but Georgijevic keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Samson passes Georgijevic's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Samson looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

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. Georgijevic tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Samson!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Mina Samson!
Mina Samson took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'Much respect to everyone including my oppenent'.