PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Yager (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick Sampson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sampson has chosen "Off the Chain" by Serg Salinas as his entrance music. The key to victory for Johnny Yager has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Yager
vs
Sampson

220 cm
18
260 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

179 cm
27
252 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Johnny Yager!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rick Sampson!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yager keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Sampson looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Sampson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

It looks like Rick Sampson has been cut.
Yager looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rick Sampson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sampson darts in looking for a takedown but Yager gets double underhooks and turns Sampson into the cage.
Yager tries to throw a body punch but Sampson avoids it by throwing Yager back against the cage.
Yager stalling in the clinch but Sampson improves position.
Sampson blocks a body shot from Yager.
Yager looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sampson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sampson takes a shot to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Yager's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Yager doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yager wants to break free but Sampson has control.
Yager lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Yager trying to stall but Sampson improves his position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yager misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sampson prevents Yager from breaking the clinch.
Yager struggles to land a body shot inside as Sampson controls his hands.
Yager misses with the head strike.
Yager tries a body shot but Sampson blocks it.
Yager fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Yager's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Yager misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Yager breaks from the clinch.
Yager throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Yager throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Yager will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sampson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Yager closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Sampson! Yager dives in looking to finish! Sampson is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johnny Yager!
A very excited looking Johnny Yager made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.