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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Samuel Samson (ranked 7512 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brent King (ranked 5090 p4p, 0 weight class). Samuel Samson has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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268 lbs
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266 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Good wrestler
Counter fighter
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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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Samuel Samson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Brent King!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Sam Margolis and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King clinches up against the cage.
King ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. King no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - King has eaten all the pies!
King has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Samson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Samson won't allow King to sweep him here.
Samson with a nice head shot there.
Samson lands a couple of digs.
King manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Samson manages to get himself to full guard.
King pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Samson is keeping the position for now.
Samson trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Samson throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.
Samson striking from the bottom.
Samson doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
King trying to control but Samson is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King pushes down on Samson's leg and manages to get into half guard.
King is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Samson tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
King is looking for a kimura but Samson is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for King to get the leverage.
Samson tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
King wants to pass the guard but Samson is defending well.
King is trying to work for a kimura but Samson is defending well.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Samson landing strikes from the bottom.
The fighters are battling for position here. Samson manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Samson keeping moving, preventing King from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Samson throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Samson punching from the bottom - just letting King know he's still in a fight.
Samson doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
King trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
King wants to control from the top but Samson keeps moving.
Samson trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Samson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Samson tries to get out of the position.
Samson wants to sweep here but King controlling him for the moment.
King pushing down on Samson's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
King is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Samson missing with punches from the bottom.
Samson is defending against the submission attempts here by King.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King trying to control the action but Samson is working from the bottom.
Samson missing with punches from the bottom.
Samson landing a few short strikes.
Samson is not content to let King control the position.
Samson punching from the bottom.
Samson misses with some strikes from the bottom.
King trying to control the action but Samson is working from the bottom.
Samson misses with some strikes from the bottom.
King is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Samson doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time King.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
King is looking for a kimura but Samson is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for King to get the leverage.
King looks winded!
Samson misses with some strikes from the bottom.
King is trying to control the action in half guard but Samson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Samson flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Samson tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Samson tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Samson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. King manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
King swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Samson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but King paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
King gets in close and instigates a clinch.
King taking a breather.
King ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. King no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
King wants to sweep here but Samson controlling him for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brent King dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Samson darts in and clinches King up against the cage.
King gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Samson tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Samson lands a couple of sideways elbows.
King is pressing down on Samson's thigh, looking to free his foot. Samson is holding on for now.
King controlling the action here.
King wants to pass to mount but Samson is defending the position.
Samson missing with punches from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King is looking to advance position but Samson won't allow it.
King prevents Samson from improving his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
King seems to be looking for submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King is working for a kimura but Samson is defending it quite comfortably.
Samson tries to roll over but King keeps him under control.
Samson landing rabbit punches to the side of King's head. Not doing much damage but still scoring a few points.
Samson throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
King is trying to control the action in half guard but Samson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
King is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Samson missing with punches from the bottom.
King is looking for a kimura here.
King is breathing heavily.
King is working for a kimura but Samson is defending it quite comfortably.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
King is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Samson throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
King tries to pass to full mount but Samson defends it.
Samson works his way to full guard. Good work.
Samson scores with a nice shot.
Samson will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
King drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and King jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
King trying to control the position from guard on top but Samson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samson doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Samson keeping moving, preventing King from controlling successfully.
Samson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
King wants to control from the top but Samson keeps moving.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
King passes Samson's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Samson missing with punches from the bottom.
King is working for a submission of some sort.
King is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Samson connecting with a few gentle strikes.
Samson flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Samson misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Samson is in trouble now - King has advanced to mount!
Samson is desperately trying to improve his position but King has a good base and remains in mount.
King trying to control but he's not successful this time.
King working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Samson slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Samson throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
King is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Samson punching from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brent King showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!
King pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
King gets tackled into the cage by Samson. Samson maintains the clinch.
Samson lands a right hand that snaps the head of King backwards.
Samson blocks a body shot from King.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Samson.
King wants to stall.
King has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
King successfully pulls guard.
Samson throws a strike but King rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
King takes a decent strike to the side of the head.
Samson trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Samson thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King wants to control from the top but Samson keeps moving.
Samson wants to sweep but no luck.
King looking to pass the guard.
Samson throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Samson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in King's guard.
Samson working some strikes from top position.
King takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Samson lands a couple of digs.
King looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Samson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
King is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
King is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Samson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
King avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Samson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Samson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
King working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Samson.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Samson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
King lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Samson keeping full guard, as King tries to pass.
Brent King has got the better of the ground game so far.
Samson scores with a nice shot.
King trying to control but Samson is working from the bottom.
Samson wants to sweep here but King controlling him for the moment.
Samson with a couple of shots from the bottom there - nothing King can't handle though.
King looking to pass the guard.
Samson throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
King trying to control the position from guard on top but Samson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Samson punching to the body, from the bottom.
King pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Samson is keeping the position for now.
Samson striking off his back but it's not causing King any problems.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Samson tries to clinch there but King circles away.
Samson tries to clinch but King is having none of it.
King clinches.
King has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Samson is trying to keep an underhook but King manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Samson throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Samson is looking for a sweep. King is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
King trying to control from half guard but Samson is working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
King looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Samson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
King is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Samson doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time King.
Samson is defending against the submission attempts here by King.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Samson striking from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Brent King comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well King 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brent King!
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RATING
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