PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bud Little (ranked 7659 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trouble Samuel (ranked 4669 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Bud Little has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Bud Little seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Little
vs
Samuel

224 cm
18
346 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

200 cm
24
299 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Prefers standup

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Can Moonwalk

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 Tokyo, Bud Little!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Trouble Samuel!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Hirohito Nitta and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Little fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Samuel on the side of the head.

Samuel moves into the clinch successfully.

Samuel breaks the clinch.

Little moves into range and clinches up with Samuel.

Little pulls guard effortlessly.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Little is on top in guard.

Samuel wants to sweep here but Little controlling him for the moment.
Little content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Samuel looking for a sweep. Not yet Samuel, not yet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Samuel is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Samuel looks winded!
Little works over Samuel with some ground and pound from guard.
Little connects with a couple of short punches.
Little throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Little wants to control from the top but Samuel keeps moving.
Little throwing strikes but missing.
Little wants to control from the top but Samuel keeps moving.
Little landing some decent shots from guard.
Little trying to control but Samuel is working from the bottom.
Samuel really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Little. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Samuel is trying to control the position but Little postures up.

That's two 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.
Little trying to control the position from guard on top but Samuel is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Samuel is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Little defends well.
Little will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Little trying to control the position from guard on top but Samuel is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Little closes the distance and clinches.
Little fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Little wants a takedown but no success here.

Samuel lands a takedown into guard.
Little has Samuel pulled in close to control his posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Little controls Samuel momentarily but Samuel frees himself.
Little controlling Samuel's posture.
Samuel wants to control from the top but Little keeps moving.
Little trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Little keeping full guard, as Samuel tries to pass.
Little looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Samuel must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Samuel preventing the sweep.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Little wants to clinch.
Samuel keeps the fight on the outside.
Little is looking to clinch.

Little has Samuel up against the cage in a clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Little stalling in the clinch.
Little jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Samuel walks away with a smile on his face. Little gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bud Little dominated that 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.

Samuel rushes Little and presses him up against the cage.
Little wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Samuel pulls guard successfully.

Little stands and steps away. Samuel gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Samuel scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Little is trying to control but can't.
Little lands with a few short shots to the body.
Samuel prevents Little from standing back up.
Little trying to hold on to Samuel's head to control him but Samuel postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Little missing with punches from the bottom.
Little tries to get to full guard but Samuel has control of the leg.
Samuel is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Little wants to control but Samuel is keeping busy.
Little moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Little seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Samuel preventing the sweep.
Little is controlling Samuel's posture.
Samuel's corner is telling him to maintain position.

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.
Little is trying to keep Samuel in close.
Little trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Bud Little overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Samuel not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Little moves into the clinch.

Little drags the fight down to the ground.
Little controlling the position.
Little tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Little trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Little lands a decent shot there.
Samuel is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samuel wants to pass the guard but Little is keeping the position.
Little has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Little wants to sweep but no luck.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Samuel misses with a straight right.
Samuel avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And Samuel tries to counter it with a takedown but Little pushes his down on his head and steps out.

That's four 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.
Samuel keeps the fight on the outside.

Samuel drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Little has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Samuel is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.

Samuel breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Samuel throws a wild body kick that Little sees coming a mile off.
Little is looking for a counter combo.
Little tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Little moves in looking to clinch but Samuel pushes him off.

Little tries to keep at a distance but Samuel has taken the fight into the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Little as Samuel tries to tie him up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Trouble Samuel will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Little doesn't manage to clinch there - Samuel circles away.

Samuel closes the distance and pushes Little back into the cage.
Little tries to pull guard but Samuel forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

Samuel's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Samuel lands with a kick to the ribs.
Trouble Samuel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Samuel takes the fight into the clinch.

Samuel manages to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Samuel circles away from the clinch attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Little fails in his attempt to clinch.

Samuel closes the distance and pushes Little back into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Little is looking for a takedown.

Samuel gets control of Little's arms and successfully pulls guard. Samuel will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Samuel 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.
Samuel is trying to keep Little in close.
Little missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Little stands up from Samuel's guard - Little perhaps looking for a knockout.
Little misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Little darts in and clinches Samuel up against the cage.
Samuel is trying to stall.
Samuel wants to get back to striking at distance but Little won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Little jumps guard and drags Samuel to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Samuel wants to control from the top but Little keeps moving.
Little wants to sweep but no luck.
Samuel is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Little bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Samuel's guard.

Samuel throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Samuel has a closed guard, preventing Little from standing up.
Little throwing strikes from guard but Samuel blocks nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Little accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Samuel keeping moving, preventing Little from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Little pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Samuel is keeping the position for now.
Samuel avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Little got a little sloppy there for a moment and Samuel has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Little has managed to get both his arms back between Samuel's legs - danger averted.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Little throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Samuel works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Samuel avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Little doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

Samuel changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Little looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Little tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Samuel trying to control the action but Little is working from the bottom.
Little is trying to get back to half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Little manages to get back to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Trouble Samuel comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Samuel has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Trouble Samuel!