PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Young Buck (ranked 5384 p4p, 462 weight class) and Sampson Shain (ranked 2398 p4p, 271 weight class). Buck comes to the cage accompanied by Beat it. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Buck
vs
Shain

175 cm
26
163 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

175 cm
29
165 lbs
14 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Young Buck!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sampson Shain!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Gwen Towbar and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shain throws the left hand but Buck avoids the punch easily.
Buck moves out of range as Shain strikes.
Buck with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Buck thows a left - swing and a miss!
Shain misses the shot to the body.
Buck throws a chopping leg kick but Shain manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Buck with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Shain to score with a decent uppercut.
Shain blocks a head kick by Buck.
Shain swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Shain stuffs the takedown.
A little jabbing left from Shain on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Buck misses with a leg kick.
Shain scores with a jab to the head.
Buck throws a head kick but Shain moves out of range.
Shain loads up on a big right hand but Buck slips the punch.
Buck tries to land a front kick but Shain steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Shain throws out a counter right but Buck avoids it with no problem.
Buck throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Buck throws a leg kick
and Shain connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shain fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buck misses with a left hand
and Shain counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Sampson Shain is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Shain avoids a punch combination nicely.
Shain connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Buck momentarily.
Shain wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Buck misses with an uppercut
and Shain counters with a straight right hand.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Buck.
Buck takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Shain tries a head kick but it misses.
Buck appears to be looking for a big counter.
Shain connects with a solid leg kick.
Buck shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Shain counters with a stiff right hand.
Shain throws a leg kick which misses Buck's front leg but catches the back leg as Buck tries to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Buck throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Shain sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Shain appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Buck misses with a few strikes there.
A nice combination there by Shain.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shain jabs Buck right on the nose. Buck blinks but takes it well.
Buck keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Shain.
Shain tests Buck's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Shain slips a straight right by Buck.
Shain fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Buck manages to avoid it.
Buck changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Shain throws a jab but it's blocked by Buck.
Buck fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shain manages to avoid it.
Shain lands a really nice looking cross but Buck seems unphased.

It looks like Young Buck has been cut.
Buck throws a low kick but it's checked well by Shain.
Shain misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Shain just misses with a punch to the body.
Buck attempts a counter takedown but Shain avoids it well and moves away.
Shain stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Shain wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Young Buck. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shain lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Buck at a distance.
Shain's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Shain duly obliges.
Shain tests Buck's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shain throws a head kick that misses.
Shain steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Buck.
Shain fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Shain is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Buck had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Shain scores with a nice head shot.
Shain turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Buck moves out of range of the leg kick from Shain.
Buck shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
An inside leg kick lands from Shain.
Buck misses with a double jab.
Shain now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Shain scores with a nice body kick.
Shain misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
As Shain backs away, Buck returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Buck throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Shain's waist but Shain gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Buck off to one side.
Shain appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Shain lands a jab to Buck's midsection.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shain throws a front kick that sends Buck stumbling back into the cage.
Shain connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shain lands a jab to the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Shain. Buck does a little dance to reset his feet.
Shain looks to land a body kick but Buck moved away.
Buck on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Shain throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Shain takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Buck throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Shain counters with a straight right hand.
Shain misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Buck.
Shain throws a sloppy head kick and Buck moves out of range easily.
A head kick misses from Shain.
Buck lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Shain misses the shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Buck throws a push kick but Shain slaps the foot to one side.
Buck lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sampson Shain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shain throws a low kick but Buck moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sampson Shain dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Young Buck's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Buck throws a hook but Shain avoids it easily.
Buck shoots in looking for a takedown but Shain manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Buck's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Shain lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Shain has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Shain keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Shain throws a lazy body kick
and Buck cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Buck moves away from the strike by Shain.
Buck throws a jab but it's blocked by Shain.
Shain missing with a left hand there. Buck was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Buck misses with a two punch combination.
Shain thows a left - swing and a miss!
Shain works the jab nicely.
Buck is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good work by Shain as he checks the leg kick.
Buck moves out of range as Shain throws a body kick.
Shain misses with a jab to the body
and Buck counters with a right hand to the body.
A good leg kick by Shain.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shain cracks Buck with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buck pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Shain throws a jab when Buck was well out of range.
Nice body punch from Shain.
Shain digs a good body shot into Buck's ribs.
Shain works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Buck might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Shain throws a sloppy head kick and Buck moves out of range easily.
Buck throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Shain sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Shain scores with a jab.
Buck looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Shain scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Buck definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Buck throws an off balance right hand
and Buck takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Shain tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Buck on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A looping hook to the body misses from Shain. Buck does a little dance to reset his feet.
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!
Shain lands a glancing blow to the side of Buck's head.
Buck looks to land a combination. Shain sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like Sampson Shain has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shain scores with a spinning back kick!
Buck bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Buck half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Buck slips a jab from Shain.
A big left from Shain misses.
Sampson Shain seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Shain blocks a head kick by Buck.
Shain misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Shain takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Buck tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Shain swivels and escapes.
Shain scores with a hook to the body. Buck takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Shain lands with a thumping leg kick.
Shain on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Buck finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Shain throws a nice head kick!
Shain tries to score with a low kick but Buck moves his leg out of the way.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shain digs a good body shot into Buck's ribs.
Buck throws a lazy uppercut
and Shain counters with a nice body kick.
Shain keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Young Buck. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shain fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Buck throws a hook but Shain avoids it easily.
Buck avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Shain throws a shot from downtown. Buck moves away and avoids it.
Shain bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Shain clobbers Buck with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Buck drops his hands momentarily and Shain takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Shain connects with a good right hand that stumbles Buck. Buck circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Nice cross by Shain.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Buck.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buck moves out of range of the strikes.
Shain wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Buck misses with a takedown
and Shain makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Buck with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Shain to score with a decent uppercut.
Shain fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Buck.
Buck doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Shain scores with a jab to the head.
Buck lands a lovely overhand right.
Shain throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Buck throws a big shot that misses.
Shain appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Buck gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Shain counters with a straight right hand.
Shain uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Buck.
Shain lands a leg kick that knocks Buck off balance momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sampson Shain 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.
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!

Buck throws a low kick, looking for Shain's leg but Shain calmly moves out of range.
Buck throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Shain's waist but Shain gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Buck off to one side.
Shain tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Buck feinted with a counter takedown.
The fighters circling - Buck throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Buck misses with a leg kick.
Shain with a nice cross.
Buck walks into a jab.
Shain misses with a body shot.
Buck misses with an uppercut
and Shain counters with a head kick.
Shain feints and then cracks Buck's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Buck down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shain ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Buck throws a right hand that misses
and Shain counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A good leg kick by Shain.
Buck wants to land a leg kick but Shain is out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Buck rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Shain moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buck throws a jab when Shain was well out of range.
Buck fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Shain checks it well.
Shain lands a lovely overhand right.
Buck misses with a lunging right hand
and Shain cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That kick from Shain tenderised Buck's leg. Buck is trying to keep his angry face on.
Shain feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Bucks jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Buck takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A head kick misses from Shain.
Both fighters circling a little - Shain finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Shain throws a combination. Buck tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Shain connects with a high kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Buck moves away from the strike by Shain.
Buck plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Buck moves out of range as Shain throws a body kick.
Young Buck has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buck misses with a straight right.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Buck. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Buck looks to land a right hand but Shain moved out of range.
Buck fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A little jabbing left from Shain on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Shain throws a jab but it's blocked by Buck.
Shain dodges the punch combination from Buck.
Buck throws an off balance right hand
and Shain cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Buck gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Shain buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Shain lands a slapping body shot.
No joy there for Buck, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Shain throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
That kick from Shain tenderised Buck's leg. Buck is trying to keep his angry face on.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buck missing with a left hand there. Shain was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Shain connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Buck throws a leg kick
and Shain connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
An inside leg kick from Buck misses.
Buck tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Shain defends well and Buck ends up having to push Shain into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Young Buck. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A big right from Buck misses.
A lazy left from Shain finds it's target.
Buck throws a right hand that misses
and Shain counters with a stiff right hand.
Buck misses with a double jab.
Shain fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Buck.
A nice inside leg kick there by Shain. That's going to slow Buck down.
A nice leg kick lands there from Buck.
Buck takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Buck on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Shain. Shain obviously looking to wear him down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shain lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Buck lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Shain circles away quickly and effectively.
Shain jabs Buck to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Shain lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Buck takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Shain scores with a hook to the body. Buck takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Shain feints and then cracks Buck's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Buck down.
A solid leg kick lands there for Shain.
Buck walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Shain displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Buck throws out the jab.
Shain connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Buck avoids the body shot from Shain.
Shain cracks Buck with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Shain swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sampson Shain comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Shain 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30

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