PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Rocky Marin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dylan Sampson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marin comes to the ring accompanied by Enter Sandman. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Marin
vs
Sampson

225 cm
22
300 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

225 cm
25
300 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Decent elbows
Big right hand

Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rocky Marin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dylan Sampson!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, John Roberts and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sampson tries a head kick but it misses.
Marin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sampson on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Sampson moves in looking to clinch but Marin pushes him off.

Marin tries to keep at a distance but Sampson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Marin tries to break free but Sampson pushes him back against the ropes.
Sampson is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Marin is trying to force a seperation but Sampson has the dominant position.

Sampson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A head kick by Marin misses

and Sampson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Sampson lands with a short shot to the head.
Marin is trying to push Sampson away but Sampson has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sampson has Marin pressed against the ropes, preventing Marin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sampson avoiding damage.
Marin is trying to break the clinch but Sampson is controlling him.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Sampson breaks the clinch.
Sampson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sampson wants to clinch.
Marin loads up on a big right hand but Sampson slips the punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sampson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

It looks like Rocky Marin has been cut.
Sampson throws the kick towards the body but Marin avoids it.
Marin throws a half hearted mid kick.
Marin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Marin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sampson works Marin's body with a nice hook.
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!
Sampson lands with a right hand.
Dylan Sampson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sampson lands with a kick to the temple. Marin shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Left hook, right uppercut from Sampson.
Sampson blocks a jab.
A head kick from Sampson lands but Marin takes it in his stride.
Sampson fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sampson moves into the clinch.
Sampson prevents Marin from breaking the clinch.

Sampson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sampson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Sampson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Marin is rocked!

Rocky Marin's cut is getting worse.
Marin misses with a wild body shot.
Oh Marin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Marin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Sampson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Marin seems to have got his legs back now.
Sampson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sampson tries to clinch up.
Sampson throws a nice outside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice defenses there by Sampson.
Marin avoids the head kick by Sampson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sampson connects with a solid leg kick.
Marin tries to close the distance and clinch but Sampson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sampson is looking to clinch but Marin is avoiding it.

Sampson rushes Marin and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Marin misses with some punches.
Marin is trying to push Sampson away but Sampson has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Sampson trying to land knees to the body.
Sampson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Marin blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marin wants to get back to striking at distance but Sampson won't allow it.

Sampson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dylan Sampson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rocky Marin's cut.
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.

Marin avoids the head kick by Sampson.
Donk. Marin catches Sampson right on the button with a cross.

It looks like Dylan Sampson has been cut.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Marin.
Marin wants to clinch but Sampson slips to the side

and Sampson counters by clinching up.
Marin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Nice body punch from Sampson.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Sampson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sampson tries to clinch up.

Marin tries to keep at a distance but Sampson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sampson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Marin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Sampson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marin keeps control of Sampson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sampson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Marin avoids it.
Marin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Sampson lands with a right to the head.

Sampson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Marin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sampson lands a really nice looking cross but Marin seems unphased.
Marin throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Marin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Sampson paws at him with a jab and circles away.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Sampson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Marin's efforts to push away.

Marin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sampson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Marin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Marin misses with a hook.
Sampson blocks a head kick by Marin.
Sampson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Marin throws out the jab.
Sampson is looking to clinch.
Dylan Sampson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sampson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Marin takes the fight into the clinch.
Sampson can't break the clinch.
Sampson presses Marin against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sampson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Marin's efforts to push away.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Sampson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Marin's brow.
Sampson will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Marin up against the ropes.

Marin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sampson wants to clinch up but Marin keeps it at a distance.
Sampson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Marin misses with a leg kick

and Sampson counters by moving into the clinch.
Marin throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Sampson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sampson fails to land with a series of punches.
Marin walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Some wild striking there from Marin.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Marin throws a looping overhand right but Sampson ducks down to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dylan Sampson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

No joy there for Sampson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Marin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Marin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Marin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sampson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Marin gets tackled into the ropes by Sampson. Sampson maintains the clinch.

Sampson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Marin scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Nice shot lands for Marin.

That has opened up Dylan Sampson's cut even more.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marin throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Sampson counters with a leg kick.
Marin scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Sampson ducks under a wild hook from Marin.
Marin tries to clinch but Sampson is having none of it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sampson scores with a decent looking hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sampson rushes Marin and presses him up against the ropes.
A body shot lands from Sampson.
Sampson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Marin up against the ropes.
Marin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sampson pushes Marin back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.

Sampson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rocky Marin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sampson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sampson takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Sampson slips under a jab.
Marin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sampson can pounce on him.
Marin swinging wildly here.

Sampson rushes Marin and presses him up against the ropes.
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!
Marin wants to stall.

Sampson breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sampson throws a head kick but Marin moves out of range.
Sampson doesn't manage to clinch there - Marin circles away.
A left and a right from Sampson both land. Nice combination.
Sampson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sampson connects with an inside leg kick.

Sampson closes the distance and clinches.

Sampson breaks the clinch.

Sampson rushes Marin and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.

Sampson breaks the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marin throws a poor cross that misses
and Sampson counters with a left and a right that stings Marin.

Rocky Marin's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Marin avoids the head kick by Sampson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marin with a nice cross.
Marin throws a head kick that misses

and Sampson counters by clinching up.
A short left from Sampson.

Sampson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice body kick there by Sampson.
Rocky Marin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sampson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Marin. That did some damage!
A nice leg kick lands there from Sampson.

Sampson drives through and clinches with Marin against the ropes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Sampson manages to break the clinch.
Dylan Sampson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Sampson scores with a leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dylan Sampson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sampson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 27:30
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dylan Sampson!
Our winner, Dylan Sampson, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.