PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michal Wojarski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rostam Samani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Wojarski
vs
Samani

194 cm
27
248 lbs
18 - 7 - 0

192 cm
24
270 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Michal Wojarski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rostam Samani!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Colin Fotheringham and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wojarski getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Wojarski moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Samani looks to throw the jab but Wojarski is out of range.
Samani takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Samani slaps away a takedown attempt from Wojarski, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Wojarski connects with a good right hand that stumbles Samani. Samani circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Wojarski decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Samani manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Samani has his hands on Wojarski's head, controlling the position.
Wojarski throws a big right hand that misses.
Samani keeping full guard, as Wojarski tries to pass.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wojarski trying to control the position from guard on top but Samani is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wojarski stopping the sweep attempt from Samani.
Wojarski wants to control from the top but Samani keeps moving.
Wojarski is fighting to break Samani's control of his arms but Samani is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Wojarski is looking to work some ground and pound but Samani has wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wojarski trying to control the position from guard on top but Samani is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Michal Wojarski wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Wojarski's jab looks to have found its range, popping Samani under the eye.

Wojarski drives through with a takedown into Samani's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Wojarski looking to pass the guard.
Wojarski stays in close to Samani's body and controls the position.
Wojarski trying to control the position from guard on top but Samani is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Samani trying to keep a closed guard but Wojarski is proving a slippery customer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wojarski throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Wojarski wants to control from the top but Samani keeps moving.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Wojarski missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Wojarski wants to control from the top but Samani keeps moving.
Wojarski wants to pass the guard but Samani is keeping the position.
Samani keeping moving, preventing Wojarski from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Michal Wojarski has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Samani slips a jab and a cross from Wojarski.
Wojarski looks to land a right hand but Samani moved out of range.
Samani tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wojarski swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Samani swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Samani defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Wojarski.
Samani looks to score with a jab to the body but Wojarski is just out of range.
Wojarski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Samani.
Wojarski takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Samani uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wojarski.
Wojarski rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Samani moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Wojarski avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michal Wojarski dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Wojarski bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Samani is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Wojarski throws a left and a right that both miss
and Samani counters with a good, hard body kick but Wojarski shrugs it off.
Wojarski staying out of range there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wojarski. Samani does a little dance to reset his feet.
Samani tries to clinch there but Wojarski circles away.
Samani throws a body kick that misses

and Wojarski decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Samani's guard.
Michal Wojarski overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wojarski looking to pass the guard.
Wojarski throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Wojarski working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Samani's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Samani keeping full guard, as Wojarski tries to pass.
Samani is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Samani wants to control the position but Wojarski says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Samani gets back to full guard.
Wojarski throws a big right hand that misses.
Wojarski advances to half guard.
Wojarski thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Wojarski is trying to control. Samani wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wojarski working the head and body with strikes.
Wojarski working the head and body with strikes.
Samani is staying active underneath Wojarski, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Wojarski is stalling here. Samani is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Wojarski seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Samani has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wojarski tries to improve position but can't.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Wojarski here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Wojarski managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Samani.
Wojarski tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Wojarski looks to move to half guard but instead Samani has passed into mount! Damn!
Wojarski 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.
Samani looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Samani wants to finish this one by submission but Wojarski is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Samani.
Wojarski is looking to improve his position but Samani isn't that keen on the idea.
Samani controlling the pace for now.
Wojarski is working to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Samani raining down shots from the mount!
Wojarski working to try and regain half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Samani raining down shots from the mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Michal Wojarski 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!

Wojarski throws a shot from downtown. Samani moves away and avoids it.
Wojarski throws a series of punches but Samani moves out of range.
Samani takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A bone on bone clash there as Wojarski blocks the leg kick.

Wojarski closes the distance and pushes Samani back into the cage.

Wojarski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wojarski fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Samani tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wojarski tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Samani walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Wojarski checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Samani throws a body kick that misses.
Wojarski throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wojarski tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Samani ducks under a wild hook from Wojarski.
Wojarski is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Samani.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Samani slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Samani lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Samani throws a left that rocks Wojarski and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Samani dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Wojarski regain composure!

It looks like Michal Wojarski has been cut.
Wojarski is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Samani lands a strong strike to the head of Wojarski. That's dazed him! Samani looking to finish here. Wojarski is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Samani lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rostam Samani!
Rostam Samani managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, XTREME PWNAGE: Down Under!, into his post fight interview.