PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lawrence Campbell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clay Mathews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Campbell might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Crazy Train. On his way into the ring it seems that Lawrence Campbell has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Lawrence Campbell seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Campbell
vs
Mathews

192 cm
22
240 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

195 cm
18
235 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Lawrence Campbell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Clay Mathews!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Colin Fotheringham and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mathews misses with a few strikes there.
A combination from Mathews does no damage.
A head kick misses from Campbell.
A combination from Mathews does no damage.
Mathews misses with a double jab.
Mathews will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mathews rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Campbell moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mathews misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mathews misses with a series of wild punches.
Campbell goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

It looks like Clay Mathews has been cut.

Campbell darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Campbell seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Mathews does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Campbell trying to pass the guard but Mathews defending well.
Campbell seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Campbell looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Campbell lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Campbell seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mathews has hold of Campbell's hands but Campbell slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Mathews slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Campbell throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Campbell stopping the sweep attempt from Mathews.

Campbell 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.
Mathews lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Campbell!
Mathews with the ground and pound from mount.
Campbell gets back to half guard.
Campbell trying to control but Mathews postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Campbell blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mathews.
Mathews working over Campbell with some ground and pound. Campbell looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Mathews trying to mount his opponent but Campbell defends it.
Campbell is pressing down on Mathews's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

Campbell looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Mathews postures up in Campbell's guard and throws a big left but Campbell blocks it.

Campbell is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Mathews defends well.
Campbell is breathing heavily.
Mathews postures up in Campbell's guard and throws a big left but Campbell blocks it.
Mathews throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Mathews won't allow Campbell to sweep him here.

Campbell has his foot on Mathews's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Mathews works his way back into a safe position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mathews thows a big elbow that misses.
Mathews working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Mathews is in close to Campbell's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Campbell is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mathews accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Mathews throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Campbell avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Mathews throwing strikes from guard but Campbell blocks nicely.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Mathews throws a series of punches but Campbell avoids them all with ease.

Campbell closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Campbell lands in his opponent's guard.
Campbell chips away with some ground and pound.
Campbell passes into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mathews punching from the bottom.
Campbell slips a nice elbow through Mathews's hands, connecting with Mathews's forehead.
Mathews is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Mathews is looking to get back to full guard here but Campbell has managed to pass to side control instead.
Campbell cracks Mathews with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Mathews swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

Campbell with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Campbell trying to control but he's not successful this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Campbell with shots to the head and body - Mathews looks very uncomfortable down there.
Campbell with a couple of short strikes.
Mathews throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lawrence Campbell dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Clay Mathews's cut.
That's time! Campbell's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Mathews misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Campbell fails to land with a series of punches.
Mathews moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Mathews throws a left and a right that both miss

and Campbell moves into the clinch.

Campbell breaks the clinch.

Campbell darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Mathews tries to roll over but Campbell keeps him under control.
Mathews misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Campbell scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mathews punching from the bottom.
Mathews on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Mathews has hold of Campbell's hands but Campbell slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ground and pound from Campbell.
Campbell passes the guard and advances to mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mathews throwing hammer fists to the chest of Campbell. What's that going to do exactly?
Mathews swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Campbell wants to control the pace but Mathews is squirming around nicely.
Mathews throwing hammer fists to the chest of Campbell. What's that going to do exactly?
Campbell working the ground and pound effectively.
Campbell unloading with bombs!
Campbell lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Mathews is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Campbell postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Mathews looks a forlorn figure.
Mathews can't escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Campbell scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Mathews?
Campbell breaks from Mathews's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Campbell with good strikes from the mount here!
Campbell lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Mathews keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Campbell looking to finish Mathews with some ground and pound. This is bad for Mathews!
Lawrence Campbell overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Campbell cracks Mathews with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Campbell working away from the top, dropping strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mathews throwing hammer fists to the chest of Campbell. What's that going to do exactly?
Mathews throwing hammer fists to the chest of Campbell. What's that going to do exactly?
Campbell cracks Mathews with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Campbell breaks from Mathews's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Mathews in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Campbell lands a big shot there that rocks Mathews but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Mathews sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Campbell takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Campbell is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Mathews wants to get back to full guard.
Mathews flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Mathews lands with a few short shots to the body.
Mathews has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Mathews misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Mathews tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Campbell lands strikes from half guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Mathews throws a combination that misses

and Campbell counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Campbell blocks the strikes from Mathews.
Campbell working over Mathews with some ground and pound. Mathews looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Campbell looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Campbell lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Mathews moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Campbell is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Mathews keeping full guard, as Campbell tries to pass.
Mathews tries to strike from the bottom.
Mathews throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Campbell distracts Mathews with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Mathews wants to sweep here but Campbell controlling him for the moment.
Campbell lands a couple of elbows.
Campbell lands a couple of digs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Mathews swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Campbell counters by moving into the clinch.
Mathews throws a punch but it's blocked by Campbell.
Campbell blocking some punches.
Mathews misses with some punches.

Campbell pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lawrence Campbell dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Clay Mathews's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Mathews misses with a combination

and Campbell counters with a single leg into guard. Mathews didn't expect that.
Mathews can't keep his opponent in guard - Campbell advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Mathews punching from the bottom.
Campbell lands strikes from half guard.
Campbell prevents Mathews from improving his position.
Campbell is keen to just control but Mathews is a slippery customer.
Campbell is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Mathews on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Mathews makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Mathews.
Campbell postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Mathews avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Campbell wants to stand but Mathews is controlling his posture from full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mathews scores with a nice shot.
Campbell won't allow Mathews to sweep him here.
Mathews with a couple of shots from the bottom there - nothing Campbell can't handle though.
Campbell has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Mathews will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Campbell trying to control but Mathews is working from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Mathews throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Campbell counters with a single leg into guard. Mathews didn't expect that.
Campbell keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Mathews's head.
Mathews will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Campbell is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Campbell distracts Mathews with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Mathews lands a couple of shots from the bottom.
Mathews trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Campbell keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Mathews's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Campbell trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Mathews throws a combination that misses

and Campbell counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Mathews!
Mathews is trying desperately to improve position.
A nice elbow there by Campbell.
Mathews is squirming around, avoiding Campbell's attempts to control the action.
Campbell thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Mathews avoids a series of strikes thrown by Campbell.
Mathews is in all sorts of trouble here.
Campbell is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mathews can do to turn this around?
Campbell scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Mathews flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Campbell sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Mathews is looking to get to half guard.
Campbell lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Mathews hang on?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Campbell looking to finish Mathews with some ground and pound. This is bad for Mathews!
Mathews throwing hammer fists to the chest of Campbell. What's that going to do exactly?
Campbell unloading with bombs!
Mathews wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Campbell.
Mathews avoids a series of strikes thrown by Campbell.
Mathews is in all sorts of trouble here.
Mathews throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Campbell with the ground and pound from mount.
Clay Mathews has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Campbell landing shots from mount.
Mathews flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Lawrence Campbell is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mathews is trying to escape the mount.
Campbell looking to finish Mathews with some ground and pound. This is bad for Mathews!
Campbell blocks Mathews's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Campbell cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Campbell looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Campbell working Mathews over with strikes here.
Mathews holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Campbell tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Mathews bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Campbell managing to control the position.
Mathews with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Mathews in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Mathews postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Mathews postures up in Campbell's guard and throws a big left but Campbell blocks it.

Campbell looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lawrence Campbell showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Campbell has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lawrence Campbell!