PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Augusto Campos (ranked 5660 p4p, 432 weight class) and Richard Robinson (ranked 7035 p4p, 491 weight class). Augusto Campos is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Campos
vs
Robinson

200 cm
18
245 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

195 cm
19
265 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Condemned

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Augusto Campos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Richard Robinson!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Robinson looks to land a combination. Campos sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like Augusto Campos has been cut.
Campos rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Robinson counters with a left and a right that stings Campos.

Campos takes the fight into the clinch.
Campos scores with a hook to the body.
Campos is looking to take this one to the mat.
Campos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Campos drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Robinson gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Campos swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Robinson has had enough of the clinch but Campos keeps him there for the moment.
Robinson is looking to break free of the clinch but Campos has double underhooks.
Robinson wants to get back to striking at distance but Campos won't allow it.
Robinson gets underhooks to prevent Campos's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Augusto Campos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The referee calls for Campos to work.
Campos working aggressively here.

Campos gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Campos controls from within his opponent's guard.
Robinson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Campos has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Campos trying to control the position from guard on top but Robinson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Campos is working Robinson over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Robinson wants to stand up but Campos is controlling him.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Campos stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Robinson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Campos wants to control from the top but Robinson keeps moving.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Campos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A swing and a miss from Campos.
The fighters circling - Robinson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Campos moves into the clinch.
Campos lands with a right to the head.
Robinson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Campos lands with a short shot to the head.
Robinson wants to break free but Campos has control.
Robinson has had enough of the clinch but Campos keeps him there for the moment.
A short left from Campos.

Campos gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Campos working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robinson is looking to stand up but Campos isn't so interested in that idea.
Campos postures up and lands a big shot to Robinson's brow.
Campos keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Robinson's head.
Campos lands a couple of elbows.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Robinson wants to stand and escape but Campos is having none of it.
Campos cracks Robinson with a solid left hand.
Campos scoring with some ground and pound.
Campos landing some decent shots from guard.
Campos wants to pass the guard but Robinson is keeping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robinson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Campos lands a couple of digs.
Robinson is looking to stand up but Campos isn't so interested in that idea.
Robinson keeping moving, preventing Campos from controlling successfully.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Campos lands a couple of elbows.
Campos trying to control but Robinson is working from the bottom.
Campos seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Robinson has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Campos is pushing him up against the ropes, looking to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Augusto Campos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Augusto Campos's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Campos tries to score a power double leg takedown but Robinson sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Campos somewhat.
Robinson now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Campos misses with a combination
and Robinson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Campos looks to throw the jab but Robinson is out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Campos. Robinson does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Robinson misses with a double jab.
Campos has a takedown stuffed.
Campos shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Robinson as he avoids it easily.
Robinson let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Augusto Campos. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Campos has a takedown stuffed.
Campos tries to close the distance and clinch but Robinson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Robinson lands with a shot to the body.

Campos has closed the distance and engaged Robinson in a clinch.
Campos has a couple of punches blocked by Robinson.
Campos swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Campos misses with the head strike.
Campos gets through Robinson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Robinson blocking some punches.
Campos misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Campos.
Campos stalling in the clinch but Robinson improves position.
Still in the clinch, Campos scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robinson gets underhooks to prevent Campos's takedown attempt.
Robinson blocking some punches.
Campos swings wildly with an uppercut but Robinson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Campos working aggressively here.
Robinson working hard to break the clinch.
Robinson should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

Robinson breaks the clinch.
Campos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Robinson was well out of range. Poor timing from Campos.
Campos misses the shot to the body.
Campos ducks under a wild hook from Robinson.
Robinson throws a hook to the side of Campos's head but Campos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Campos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Robinson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Campos throws a poor cross that misses
and Robinson counters with a three punch combo that has Campos backing up. Campos nods at Robinson to acknowledge the strikes.
Robinson lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
A combination from Robinson does no damage.

Campos closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Robinson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Campos is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Robinson is defending well.
A shot in the inside from Campos.

Robinson breaks from the clinch.
Campos with a lazy takedown attempt
and Robinson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Robinson throws a lazy right hand but Campos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Robinson connects with a single shot there.
Campos looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Robinson swings for the body but Campos moves out of range.
Richard Robinson seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robinson misses with a few strikes there.
Horrible takedown attempt by Campos or perhaps it was just good defense by Robinson, which made it look bad.

Campos shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Robinson is trying to defend but Campos finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Campos stops Robinson from getting back to his feet.
Campos scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Robinson is trying to stand back up but Campos is controlling him
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Robinson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Augusto Campos'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. 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.

Robinson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Campos throws out the jab.
Robinson lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Campos lands with a nice body punch.
Robinson jabs Campos to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Campos misses with a hook.
Robinson throws a nice looking combination but Campos bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Campos tries to counter by clinching up but Robinson breaks away and moves out of range.
Robinson lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Robinson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Campos closes the distance and clinches.
Campos scores with a shot to the side of Robinson's head.
Robinson is looking to break free of the clinch but Campos has double underhooks.
Robinson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Campos has hold of one of Robinson's legs. Robinson is fighting the takedown attempt but Campos gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Campos wants to control from the top but Robinson keeps moving.
Campos stops Robinson from standing up.
Campos postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Robinson keeping moving, preventing Campos from controlling successfully.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Campos's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Campos throws a big elbow that misses.
Campos postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Campos prevents Robinson from getting back to his feet.
Robinson keeping moving, preventing Campos from controlling successfully.
Robinson wants to stand but Campos is controlling the position.
Campos pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Robinson is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robinson wants to stand but Campos is controlling the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Campos shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Robinson as he jumps to the side.
Campos throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Robinson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Campos moves away.

Campos instigates a clinch.

Robinson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Robinson stuns Campos with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Richard Robinson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robinson jabs at Campos's body.
Robinson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Robinson thuds a left hand into Campos's body.
Campos takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Robinson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Campos tries for a takedown but Robinson circles away easily
and Robinson counters with a left and a right that stings Campos.

Augusto Campos's cut is getting worse.
Robinson misses with a wild combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robinson stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Augusto Campos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Robinson throws a right and a left that Campos avoids nicely.
Campos feinted with a counter takedown.
Nice takedown defense from Robinson. No joy for Campos on that attempt.
Campos tries to clinch there but Robinson circles away.
Robinson now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Robinson scores with a body shot.
Robinson scores with a shot to the body.
Campos takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Robinson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Robinson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Richard Robinson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Robinson 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Richard Robinson!
Our winner, Richard Robinson, 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.