PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Frederick Kromer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Selby Campbell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Kromer might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Cold As Ice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kromer
vs
Campbell

177 cm
23
200 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

186 cm
25
192 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

ADCC Champion
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Firebird Designs
Broken Halo Pride Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Frederick Kromer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Selby Campbell!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slapping leg kick lands for Kromer.
Kromer stuffs the takedown attempt from Campbell. Campbell gets slowly back to his feet.
Kromer attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Kromer with a jab.
Kromer throws a leg kick
and Kromer takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kromer throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Campbell counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kromer looks to land a left hand but Campbell moved out of range nicely.
Kromer attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Campbell swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Campbell throws a shot from downtown. Kromer moves away and avoids it.
Kromer throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Campbell's head.
Frederick Kromer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kromer throws a nice looking combination but Campbell bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sloppy strikes from Kromer. Those never looked like landing.
Kromer misses with a wild body shot.
Kromer moves out of range of the strikes.
Campbell lands with a right hand.
Campbell swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Campbell has his takedown stuffed
and Kromer counters with a leg kick.
Campbell fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Frederick Kromer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Selby Campbell.
Campbell fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kromer fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kromer moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Campbell gets a takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kromer is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Campbell prevents Kromer from standing back up.
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 has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Kromer is defending against the submission attempts here by Campbell.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kromer is not content to let Campbell control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Campbell is working for a submission of some sort.
Kromer is looking for a sweep. Campbell is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Campbell is keen to just control but Kromer is a slippery customer.
Campbell lands strikes from half guard.
Kromer has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Campbell is working away from the top position though.

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.
Campbell is trying to control. Kromer wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Campbell prevents Kromer from improving his position.

Campbell is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Kromer is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Selby Campbell!