PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Akainu Sakazuki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nanni Campion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nanni Campion has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Sakazuki
vs
Campion

175 cm
23
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

168 cm
25
147 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Akainu Sakazuki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nanni Campion!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Luis Engracia and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Campion misses with a double jab.
Sakazuki closes the distance and clinches up with Campion, looking for a takedown. Sakazuki pushes Campion against the cage but Campion circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
No joy there for Campion, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Campion throws a right and a left that both miss.
Campion misses with a double jab.
Some wild striking there from Campion.

Sakazuki shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Sakazuki sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Sakazuki has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Campion is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Sakazuki gets to his feet. Campion looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Sakazuki shoots for a double leg takedown but Campion sprawls well. He's pushed Sakazuki's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Campion throws a right and a left that Sakazuki avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Campion misses with a wild combination.
Campion misses with a few strikes there.
Campion misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sakazuki fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Akainu Sakazuki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sakazuki slips a jab and a cross from Campion.
Campion looks to land a combination but Sakazuki avoids it well.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Sakazuki.
A combination from Campion does no damage.
Campion closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Nanni Campion seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sakazuki shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Campion defends it nicely.
Campion looks to land a combination but Sakazuki avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Campion will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Campion swinging wildly here.
Sakazuki avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sakazuki dodges the punch combination from Campion.
Campion stuffs the takedown.
Campion rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sakazuki moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A punch combination from Campion misses.

Sakazuki looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Campion!
Sakazuki takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Campion can do anything to dispel that myth.
Campion is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sakazuki controlling the position easily from mount.
Campion's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Sakazuki controlling from the full mount.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Campion's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Sakazuki looking to control and managing it successfully.
Campion tries to buck Sakazuki off but he can't manage it.

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.
Campion looks gassed!
Sakazuki looking to control and managing it successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Akainu Sakazuki just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Campion looks to land a combination but Sakazuki avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Akainu Sakazuki dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Campion throws a series of punches but Sakazuki avoids them all with ease.
Campion closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Sakazuki has a takedown stuffed.
Sakazuki showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Campion.
Campion throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Campion misses with a few strikes there.
Sakazuki looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Campion misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sakazuki avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sakazuki shoots in looking for a takedown. Campion tries to sprawl out of it but Sakazuki keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Campion manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Akainu Sakazuki. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Campion throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sakazuki.
Campion looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Campion throws a series of punches but Sakazuki avoids them all with ease.
A combination from Campion does no damage.
Campion lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sakazuki circles away quickly and effectively.
Campion throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Campion throws a series of punches but Sakazuki moves out of range.
Sakazuki dodges the punch combination from Campion.
A punch combination from Campion misses.
Campion misses with the combination.
Campion misses with a few strikes there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Campion swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sakazuki avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sakazuki showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Campion.
Campion throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nanni Campion is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Campion throws a right hand that Sakazuki ducks under and follows up with a left that Sakazuki also avoids with ease.
Campion misses with a two punch combination.
Campion throws a series of punches but Sakazuki moves out of range.
Campion throws a series of punches but Sakazuki avoids them all with ease.
Campion misses with a double jab.
Sakazuki fails to land the takedown.
Sakazuki shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Campion defends it nicely.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sakazuki.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Campion fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sakazuki slips a jab and a cross from Campion.
Sakazuki avoids a punch combination nicely.
Campion misses with a double jab.
Campion misses with the combination.
No joy there for Campion, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Akainu Sakazuki is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Campion lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sakazuki circles away quickly and effectively.
Campion misses with a series of wild punches.
Campion throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

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.
Campion throws a series of punches but Sakazuki moves out of range.

Sakazuki gets the takedown into side control.
The referee asks Sakazuki politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Sakazuki prefers to stall for the moment though.

Sakazuki has hold of Campion's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Campion tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Sakazuki cranks the arm and Campion screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Campion, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Akainu Sakazuki!