PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Matias Campos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Piemel van Ass (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Campos
vs
van Ass

178 cm
20
161 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

175 cm
18
165 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Matias Campos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Piemel van Ass!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Campos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but van Ass moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Campos tries to close the distance and clinch but van Ass swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Campos tries to clinch but van Ass moves out of range.
van Ass keeps the fight on the outside.
Campos scores with a sloppy right hand. van Ass should have avoided that one.
Campos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Campos.
Campos misses with a wild combination.
van Ass changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Campos tries to avoid it but van Ass manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Campos to the ground. Campos escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Campos throws a sloppy head kick and van Ass moves out of range easily.
Campos fails with an attempt to clinch.
van Ass showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Campos.
van Ass fails to land the takedown.
van Ass tries to close the distance and clinch up but Campos swats him away and circles back towards the center.

van Ass rushes Campos and presses him up against the cage.
Campos can't break the clinch.
Campos tries to pull guard but van Ass won't allow it.
Campos wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
van Ass lands a right hand.

van Ass successfully pulls guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
van Ass looking to control.

Campos decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Campos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but van Ass paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Campos tries to close the distance and clinch up but van Ass swats him away and circles back towards the center.
van Ass tries to clinch up.
van Ass doesn't manage to clinch there - Campos circles away.
Campos clinches but van Ass breaks the clinch

and van Ass counters by clinching up.
van Ass tries to land knees in the clinch but Campos avoids the damage to the body.
Campos tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Campos gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from van Ass.
Matias Campos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Piemel van Ass.
Campos wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

van Ass turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Campos tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
van Ass tries to advance to mount but Campos denies him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Campos is trying to get back to his feet.
You can see the frustration on Campos's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Campos throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
Campos pushes van Ass away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, van Ass gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

Campos bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Campos is breathing heavily.
van Ass closes the distance and clinches up with Campos, looking for a takedown. van Ass pushes Campos against the cage but Campos circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Campos is looking to clinch.
van Ass tries to close the distance and clinch but Campos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Campos tries to clinch there but van Ass circles away.

van Ass shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Campos is hanging on here. He's in a desperate position.
Campos is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
van Ass can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Campos is looking to escape.
Campos really wants to buck van Ass off and get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Campos bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
van Ass is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Campos is controlling him.

van Ass is working an open guard so Campos takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Campos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Campos throws a nice looking combination but van Ass bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Campos takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Campos is looking to chop away at van Ass's legs.
van Ass tries a head kick but it misses.

van Ass gets in close and instigates a clinch.
van Ass lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Campos or not.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Piemel van Ass dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

van Ass closes this distance looking for a takedown but Campos circles away.
Campos throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by van Ass.
van Ass doesn't manage to clinch there - Campos circles away.
van Ass tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Campos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
van Ass tries to close the distance and clinch up but Campos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Campos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Campos tries a head kick but it misses.
A decent looking body kick lands there for van Ass.
van Ass is looking to clinch but Campos is avoiding it.
van Ass tries to clinch there but Campos circles away.
van Ass tries to clinch there but Campos circles away.
Campos has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
van Ass tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
van Ass tries to clinch but Campos moves out of range.
Campos keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Campos displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
van Ass fails with a takedown attempt.
Matias Campos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Piemel van Ass.
van Ass circles away from the clinch attempt
and van Ass counters with a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
van Ass tries to clinch but Campos moves out of range.
van Ass gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Campos.
Campos blocks a head kick by van Ass.
van Ass wants to clinch up but Campos keeps it at a distance.
Campos misses with the combination.
Campos takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Campos tries to clinch up but van Ass circles away and keeps his distance.
Campos tries to clinch but van Ass moves out of range.
van Ass throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.

van Ass gets in close and instigates a clinch.

van Ass pulls Campos into guard.

Campos gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
van Ass tries to clinch up.
van Ass avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van Ass keeps the fight on the outside.

van Ass forces Campos back against the cage and clinches.

van Ass breaks from the clinch.
van Ass moves in looking to clinch but Campos pushes him off.
van Ass fails with an attempt to clinch.
Campos lands a jab-cross combination.
van Ass moves in looking to clinch but Campos pushes him off.
van Ass throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Campos swats away the attempt to clinch by van Ass.
van Ass moves in looking to clinch but Campos pushes him off.
Campos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but van Ass circles away quickly and effectively.
van Ass is looking to clinch.
Campos steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from van Ass. That one must have hurt.

van Ass gets in close and instigates a clinch.
van Ass keeps control of Campos as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Campos gets underhooks to prevent van Ass's takedown attempt.
Campos wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but van Ass has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

van Ass breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
van Ass shoots for a double leg takedown but Campos sprawls well. He's pushed van Ass's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
van Ass misses with a head kick.
Campos lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as van Ass backs up against the cage.
Piemel van Ass seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
van Ass tries to close the distance and clinch but Campos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Campos throws a nice inside leg kick.
Matias Campos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
van Ass lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
van Ass looks to clinch
and Campos counters with a series of strikes. van Ass will be more careful next time no doubt.
van Ass circles away from the clinch attempt.
van Ass tries to clinch there but Campos circles away.
Campos lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Campos.
Campos tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and van Ass counters by clinching up.
Campos wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

van Ass breaks the clinch.
van Ass tries a head kick but it misses.
Campos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Campos cracks the inside of van Ass's front leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
van Ass swats away the attempt to clinch by Campos.
van Ass swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Campos throws a sloppy head kick and van Ass moves out of range easily.
van Ass tries to clinch there but Campos circles away.
Campos misses with a wild combination.
Matias Campos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Campos tries to keep at a distance but van Ass has taken the fight into the clinch.
van Ass tries for a takedown. No joy.
Campos can't break the clinch.
Campos prevents the takedown attempt.
Campos is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Campos is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Campos takes an elbow to the temple.
van Ass is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Campos is keeping busy.
van Ass landing knees to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Piemel van Ass showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

van Ass looks to throw the jab but Campos is out of range.
Campos is looking to clinch.
Campos tries to close the distance and clinch but van Ass swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

van Ass shoots in and bounces Campos off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Campos is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
van Ass pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Campos is keeping the position for now.

Campos manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Campos is looking to clinch but van Ass is avoiding it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Campos darts in trying to clinch
and van Ass finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Campos dodges the punch combination from van Ass.
van Ass dodges the punch combination from Campos.
van Ass tries to clinch but Campos is having none of it.
van Ass shoots for a takedown but Campos saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Campos connects with a single shot there.
Campos is looking to clinch but van Ass is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Campos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Campos is looking to clinch.
Campos tries to close the distance and clinch up but van Ass swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Campos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
van Ass tries to clinch up.
van Ass changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Campos tries to avoid it but van Ass manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Campos to the ground. Campos escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Campos throws a combination that misses

and van Ass counters by clinching up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

van Ass ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. van Ass no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.

Campos decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Campos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
van Ass tries to close the distance and clinch up but Campos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A head kick from van Ass lands but Campos takes it in his stride.
Campos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but van Ass circles away quickly and effectively.
van Ass looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Campos is fending him off so far but van Ass persists. Nope, Campos circles away and we're back to standing.
Matias Campos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Piemel van Ass.
van Ass lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Jab, jab by Campos - just one landing.
Campos will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Campos throws a shot to the body.
van Ass wants to clinch.
van Ass tries to clinch but Campos moves out of range.
Campos wants to clinch.
Campos moves in looking to clinch but van Ass pushes him off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

van Ass moves into the clinch.
Campos tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

van Ass wants the takedown. Campos is fighting it off but van Ass persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Campos's guard against the cage.

Campos pushes van Ass off and gets back to his feet.
van Ass fails with an attempt to clinch.
Campos tries to clinch but van Ass moves out of range.
van Ass throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Campos swats away the attempt to clinch by van Ass.
Campos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Campos connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nice sprawl there from Campos as van Ass shoots in.
A head kick misses from Campos.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
van Ass will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
van Ass tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Campos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Campos tries to close the distance and clinch up but van Ass swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Campos doesn't manage to clinch there - van Ass circles away.
van Ass fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Campos.
van Ass fails with an attempt to clinch.
van Ass looks for the body kick but Campos saw that one coming.
Campos lands with a slapping head kick.
van Ass swats away the attempt to clinch by Campos.
van Ass tries to clinch there but Campos circles away.
van Ass tries to clinch but Campos moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Campos.
Campos ducks right into an uppercut from van Ass.
van Ass tries to clinch up.
van Ass throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Campos counters with a good low kick that van Ass was not able to check.
Campos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Matias Campos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Piemel van Ass is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
van Ass misses with a double jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Piemel van Ass comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well van Ass 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Piemel van Ass!