PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Roosevelt Sampson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yolonda Mum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yolonda Mum looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Sampson
vs
Mum

187 cm
19
177 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

182 cm
18
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Hates pizza

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roosevelt Sampson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Yolonda Mum!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Thiago Cunha and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sampson shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Sampson was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Mum sneaks out the side door and pushes Sampson away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Mum tries to land a leg kick but Sampson saw it coming and moves away.
Sampson keeps the fight on the outside.
Mum tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Sampson fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Mum sprawls well initially but Sampson persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mum tries to get to full guard but Sampson has control of the leg.
Mum gets back to full guard.
Mum is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mum has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Sampson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Mum looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sampson is one step ahead there.
Sampson stands up over Mum, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Sampson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Mum controls Sampson momentarily but Sampson frees himself.
Sampson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Sampson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Sampson stops Mum from standing up.
Sampson lands a couple of digs.

Sampson got a little sloppy there for a moment and Mum has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Sampson has managed to get both his arms back between Mum's legs - danger averted.
Mum looks winded!
Mum working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sampson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mum looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Sampson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Sampson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sampson cracks Mum with a solid left hand.
Sampson prevents Mum from getting back to his feet.
Mum has momentary wrist control but Sampson slips an elbow through the middle.
Sampson preventing the sweep.
Sampson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sampson is in close to Mum's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Sampson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Sampson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Mum is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Sampson with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Mum working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Sampson has passed into half guard!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sampson seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roosevelt Sampson dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Mum gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Mum has momentary wrist control but Sampson slips an elbow through the middle.
Mum controls Sampson momentarily but Sampson frees himself.
Mum wants to improve his position but instead Sampson has moved into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Sampson connects with a nice short shot to Mum's temple.
Sampson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mum is looking for a sweep. Sampson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Mum is breathing heavily.
Sampson working over Mum with some ground and pound. Mum looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Mum wants to improve his position but Sampson is controlling well.
Sampson drops an elbow to the side of Mum's head.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Sampson connects with a nice short shot to Mum's temple.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Sampson connects with a nice short shot to Mum's temple.
Sampson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Sampson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mum with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Mum taking some punishment here, with Sampson in his half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mum is trying to control but can't.
Roosevelt Sampson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Mum on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Sampson trying to control the pace.
Sampson slips a nice elbow through Mum's hands, connecting with Mum's forehead.
Sampson lands strikes from half guard.
Sampson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mum with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sampson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Nice strikes from Sampson there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sampson is thwarting Mum's attempts to control the position.
Mum tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Sampson manages to move to mount!
Sampson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Sampson lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Mum is trying desperately to improve position.
Sampson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mum takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sampson trying to control but Mum is having none of it.
Mum keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Sampson controlling the pace for now.
Sampson with the ground and pound from mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mum is trying desperately to improve position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roosevelt Sampson dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Mum tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sampson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
It looked like Sampson was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Mum throws a low kick but Sampson moves out of range easily.
Sampson walks forward, straight into a front kick from Mum.

Sampson feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Mum looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sampson working some strikes from top position.
Sampson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mum can do to turn this around?
Sampson is in close to Mum's body, working some short punches and elbows.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sampson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Mum avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sampson looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Mum looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sampson is one step ahead there.
Mum takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mum wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Mum doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Sampson landing some decent shots from guard.

That's two 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.
Sampson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sampson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Sampson lands a couple of elbows.
Sampson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Sampson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Sampson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Sampson prevents Mum from getting back to his feet.
Mum looking for a sweep. Not yet Mum, not yet.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Mum gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mum looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Sampson lands a couple of elbows.
Sampson cracks Mum with a solid left hand.
Sampson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Mum working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Sampson doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Sampson manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Sampson distracts Mum with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sampson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Mum wants to improve his position but instead Sampson has moved into half guard.
Sampson prevents Mum from standing back up.
Sampson working Mum over with strikes.
Mum punching from the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sampson working Mum over with strikes.
Mum tries to roll over but Sampson keeps him under control.
Yolonda Mum has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Roosevelt Sampson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sampson sitting and controlling from the half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Roosevelt Sampson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Sampson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:26
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roosevelt Sampson!