PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tevin Sama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ralph Haber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Haber has chosen You Don't Know as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Sama
vs
Haber

200 cm
23
280 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

191 cm
23
265 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tevin Sama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ralph Haber!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Steve Montenegro and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Sama.
Sama scores with a shot to the body.
Sama throws a head kick but Haber moves out of range.
Haber avoids the head kick by Sama.
Sama tries a head kick but it misses.
Sama chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sama tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sama is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Haber misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Haber tries to close the distance and clinch but Sama swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Haber misses with a wild body shot.
Haber tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Haber wants to clinch up but Sama keeps it at a distance.
Haber closes the distance and clinches up with Sama, looking for a takedown. Haber pushes Sama against the cage but Sama circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Sama throws a sloppy head kick and Haber moves out of range easily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sama moves in looking to clinch but Haber pushes him off.

Haber closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Haber lands a damaging elbow.
Sama is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Haber is keeping busy.
Sama takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Tevin Sama has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haber displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sama up against the cage.
Haber blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Haber wants a takedown.
Tevin Sama has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ralph Haber.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Sama takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Sama lands a knee to the body.
Sama dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Sama for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Haber lands an elbow just above Sama 's eye.
Haber tries to pull guard but Sama won't allow it.
Sama's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Sama is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Haber is defending well for now.
Sama's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Tevin Sama.

Sama gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Haber as Sama tries to tie him up.
Sama stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Sama tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sama misses with a knee to the head.
Haber taking a breather.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sama avoiding damage.
Haber managing to block the knees to the body from Sama.
Sama tries to land a knee to the head but Haber blocks with his arms.
Sama just leaning against Haber, taking a breather.
Sama tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Haber avoids it.
Haber misses with an elbow strike.
Haber missing with knees to the body.
Sama displaying some good clinch control by pressing Haber up against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Haber throws an elbow but misses.
Sama is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Haber is defending well for now.
Haber has Sama pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Sama manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Haber has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Sama avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Sama throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sama stalling against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Haber takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sama displaying some good clinch control by pressing Haber up against the cage.
Sama stops a takedown attempt from Haber.
Sama misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Haber.
Sama with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sama stalling against the cage.
Sama misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Haber.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sama stalls.
Haber blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ralph Haber dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tevin Sama's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Sama thumps Haber with a low kick.
A head kick from Sama lands but Haber takes it in his stride.
Sama dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Haber. That did some damage!
Sama connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Good leg kick by Sama there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sama cracks the inside of Haber's front leg.
Sama scores with a shot to the body.
Sama changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Sama scores with a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Haber avoids the head kick by Sama.
A head kick from Sama lands but Haber takes it in his stride.

It looks like Ralph Haber has been cut.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sama.
Haber on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sama. Sama obviously looking to wear him down.
Sama throws a nice head kick!
Sama lands a head kick. Haber smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Haber tries to clinch up
and Sama counters with a nice leg kick.
Haber takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sama throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Haber's head.
Sama goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

Sama moves into range and clinches up with Haber.
Sama content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Sama with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Sama.
Sama gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Sama missing with knees to the body.
Haber takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sama managing to block the knees to the body from Haber.
Sama dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Sama dodges an elbow strike from Haber.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Sama.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Tevin Sama.
Haber on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sama. Sama obviously looking to wear him down.
Sama lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Haber blocks a head kick by Sama.
Sama throws a head kick that misses.
Sama lands a nice looking body kick.
Nice body kick from Sama.
A head kick misses from Sama.
Sama scores with a leg kick.
Sama lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ralph Haber is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Haber tries to score a power double leg takedown but Sama sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Haber somewhat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sama lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Sama turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sama stuns Haber with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haber takes a kick to the side of the head.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sama.
Sama throws a head kick that misses.
Haber tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Haber takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Haber tries to clinch up but Sama circles away and keeps his distance.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sama.
Sama throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Haber's head.
Haber's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Sama lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sama is looking to wear down Haber with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Haber lands a really nice looking cross but Sama seems unphased.
Haber is looking to clinch.
Sama throws a quick inside leg kick.

Sama fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Haber, pushing him back against the cage.
Sama leaning his opponent against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sama putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Haber in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sama scores a nice knee to the body.
Sama stalls.
Sama is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Haber is defending well for now.
Haber pushes off an throws an elbow but Sama leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sama leaning against his opponent.
Sama tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sama holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Haber misses with a knee to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sama landing knees to the body.
Haber avoiding damage as Sama throws knees to the body.
Sama manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tevin Sama dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Sama takes the fight into the clinch.
Sama using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Haber has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sama is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Haber missing with knees to the body.
Haber creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sama landing knees to the body.
Sama has Haber pressed against the cage.
Sama blocks an elbow strike from Haber.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sama unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Haber on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sama blocks a body shot from Haber.
Sama stalling in the clinch.
Haber takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Haber misses with an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sama lands a knee to the head.
Sama stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Tevin Sama.
Sama tries a head kick but it misses.
Sama tries a head kick but it misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sama.
Sama thumps Haber with a low kick.
Haber blocks a head kick by Sama.
An inside leg kick lands from Sama.
Sama throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Haber.

Sama moves into the clinch.
Sama pressing his opponent against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sama is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Haber is defending well for now.
Haber avoiding damage as Sama throws knees to the body.
Sama leaning his opponent against the cage.
Sama seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Sama working Haber over with knees to the body.
Haber misses with a body punch.
Haber managing to block the knees to the body from Sama.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Sama lands a nice knee to the body.
Haber managing to block the knees to the body from Sama.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sama is struggling to control the position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Tevin Sama.

Sama closes the distance and pushes Haber back into the cage.
Sama stalling against the cage.
Haber takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sama throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sama lands a nice knee to the body.
Sama tries to land knees in the clinch but Haber avoids the damage to the body.
Sama is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Haber is defending well for now.
Sama lands a nice knee to the body.
Tevin Sama has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Haber changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Sama fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Haber takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sama dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Haber. That did some damage!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sama scores with a head kick.
Sama goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Sama connects with a high kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Haber tries to keep at a distance but Sama has taken the fight into the clinch.
Haber managing to block the knees to the body from Sama.
Sama stalling.
Sama is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Haber is defending well for now.
Sama missing with knees to the body.
Sama connects with a nasty looking knee right to Haber's face.
Sama avoiding damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sama tries to land knees in the clinch but Haber avoids the damage to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tevin Sama showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sama has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 29:26
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 29:26
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 29:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tevin Sama!