PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dean Campana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alejandro Estrella (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Estrella comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Lita Ford - Black Widow kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Campana
vs
Estrella

185 cm
18
182 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

183 cm
22
168 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dean Campana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alejandro Estrella!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Steve Montenegro and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Estrella lands a nice hook to Campana's body. Campana takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Campana throws an off balance right hand
and Estrella makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Estrella fails with an attempt to clinch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Campana.
Campana buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Alejandro Estrella seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Campana avoids the body shot from Estrella.
Estrella throws a series of punches but Campana avoids them all with ease.
Estrella rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Campana moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Campana takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Campana smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Estrella rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Campana moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Estrella falls off balance throwing a combination

and Campana counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Estrella can do anything to dispel that myth.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Campana slows the pace down in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Campana stops Estrella from getting back to his feet.
Campana not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Estrella really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Campana. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Estrella is not content to let Campana control the position.
Campana stalling.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Campana thows a huge punch but Estrella dodges it nicely.
Campana wants to free his trapped foot but Estrella is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Campana has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Campana thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's two 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.
Campana not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Campana trying to pass the guard but Estrella defending well.
Estrella is trying to stand back up but Campana is controlling him
Estrella regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Campana.
Campana missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Campana working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Estrella utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Campana is looking to work some ground and pound but Estrella has wrist control.
Estrella is wriggling around but Campana manages to pass to half guard.
Estrella is looking to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Campana looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Estrella is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Campana scores with a couple of nice shots.
Campana not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Campana seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Estrella does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Campana missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Campana connects with a nice short shot to Estrella's temple.
Campana scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Campana thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Campana wants to control but Estrella is keeping him busy.
Campana content to control rather than advance.
Campana moves nicely into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Campana postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Estrella tries to contro but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
Estrella taking shots to the head.
Campana trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Campana landing punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Estrella is trying to stand.
Campana connects with a bit shot that sees Estrella covering up! More strikes from Campana and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Campana is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dean Campana!