PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between George Pieru (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Selby Campbell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Pieru
vs
Campbell

180 cm
35
184 lbs
16 - 9 - 1

186 cm
32
192 lbs
16 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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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 16 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, George Pieru!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Selby Campbell!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Campbell tries for a takedown but Pieru sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Pieru is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pieru closes the distance looking to clinch

and Campbell counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Pieru is looking to stand up but Campbell isn't so interested in that idea.
Campbell trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Pieru avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Campbell looking to pass the guard.

Pieru uses the cage to get back to his feet.
George Pieru seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pieru wants to clinch but Campbell slips to the side
and Campbell counters with a one-two to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Campbell circles away from the clinch attempt

so Campbell counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Campbell connects with a couple of short punches.
Pieru is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Campbell is controlling him.
Campbell throwing strikes from guard but Pieru blocks nicely.
Pieru knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Campbell on the ground.

Campbell drops back, looking for a kneebar! Pieru looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Pieru looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Pieru!
Campbell is looking for a sweep.
Campbell sneaks back into half guard.
Pieru tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Campbell.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Pieru stands up and beckons Campbell to join him on the feet.
A combination from Campbell does no damage.
Pieru walks into a straight right hand from Campbell.
Pieru tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Campbell paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Campbell misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pieru is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pieru looks to clinch

and Campbell counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Pieru's guard now.
Campbell trying to control the position from guard on top but Pieru is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Campbell throws a big right hand that misses.
Pieru wants to stand but Campbell is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Campbell works over Pieru with some ground and pound from guard.
Campbell with a nice head shot there.
Campbell postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Campbell scoring with some ground and pound.
Pieru keeping moving, preventing Campbell from controlling successfully.
Campbell keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Pieru's head.
Pieru wants to stand and escape but Campbell is having none of it.
Campbell works over Pieru with some ground and pound from guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Campbell slips nicely into half guard.

Campbell seems to be working for a kimura but Pieru defends the submission attempt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pieru looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Campbell is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Pieru is trying to stand back up but Campbell is controlling him
Pieru on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Campbell is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Campbell sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Pieru defending well though.
Pieru is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Campbell scores with a couple of nice shots.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Campbell misses with a head shot. Pieru uses the momentum to regain guard.
Pieru keeping moving, preventing Campbell from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Selby Campbell dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Pieru tries to clinch but Campbell moves away
and Campbell counters with a nice leg kick.
Campbell throws a one two combo.
Campbell misses with a two punch combination.
Pieru tries to close the distance and clinch but Campbell swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pieru is looking to clinch but Campbell is avoiding it.
Campbell throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Pieru cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Campbell circles away from the clinch attempt
and Campbell counters with a one-two to the body.
Campbell keeps the fight on the outside.
Pieru looks to clinch
and Campbell connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Pieru is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Campbell circles away from the clinch attempt
and Campbell counters with a three punch combo that has Pieru backing up. Pieru nods at Campbell to acknowledge the strikes.
Pieru is looking to clinch but Campbell is avoiding it.
Campbell misses with a few strikes there.
Selby Campbell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pieru tries to clinch but Campbell moves out of range.
Pieru wants to clinch

and Campbell counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Campbell.
Pieru is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Campbell is controlling him.
Campbell postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Pieru keeping full guard, as Campbell tries to pass.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Campbell sitting in guard here, content to control.
Campbell won't allow Pieru to get back to his feet.
Campbell trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Campbell lands a couple of digs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pieru working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Campbell.
Pieru keeping full guard, as Campbell tries to pass.
Campbell passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Pieru is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Campbell has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Campbell wants to lay and pray for a moment but Pieru keeps working.

Campbell wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Pieru, who protects the arm well.
Pieru wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Campbell is working Pieru over with some ground and pound from side control.
Campbell working the ground and pound.
Pieru is working to avoid the ground and pound but Campbell connects with a decent elbow.
Campbell lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

Pieru sneaks out the side door and pushes Campbell away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
George Pieru is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Campbell fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pieru avoids a punch combination nicely.
Campbell circles away from the clinch attempt.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Campbell.
Pieru darts in trying to clinch
and Campbell counters with a two punch combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pieru wants to clinch
and Campbell counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Campbell throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pieru.
Pieru looks to clinch

and Campbell counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Pieru keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Campbell wants to pass the guard but Pieru is defending well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pieru is looking to escape.
Campbell thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Campbell working the head and body with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Selby Campbell showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Pieru tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Campbell counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Campbell fails with the takedown.
Pieru wants to clinch but Campbell slips to the side
and Campbell cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pieru moves in looking to clinch but Campbell pushes him off.
Campbell throws a series of punches but Pieru avoids them all with ease.
Pieru tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Campbell counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Pieru lands with an uppercut that bounces Campbell off the cage and back into range.

Pieru rushes Campbell and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Campbell.
Campbell tries to work over Pieru's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Campbell fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Campbell misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Campbell.
Pieru has a couple of punches blocked by Campbell.
Campbell misses with the head strike.
Pieru scores with a shoulder strike.
Pieru is looking to control Campbell's arms but Campbell gets an underhook and turns him. Now Pieru has his back to the cage.
Campbell tries for a takedown. No joy.
George Pieru has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Selby Campbell.
Campbell tries for a takedown but Pieru manages to get underhooks.
A head punch on the inside from Pieru fails to land.
Pieru makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pieru blocks an uppercut.
Campbell misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pieru stalling in the clinch but Campbell improves position.
Campbell doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pieru prevents a body shot from Campbell.
Pieru prevents the takedown attempt.
Pieru lands a left hand.

Campbell breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pieru fails in his attempt to clinch.
Campbell swinging wildly here.
Pieru moves to clinch but Campbell breaks away
and Campbell counters with a left and a right that stings Pieru.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pieru closes the distance but Campbell moves to the side
and Campbell counters with a two punch combo.
Pieru is looking to clinch.
Pieru tries to clinch but Campbell moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Campbell. Those never looked like landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pieru tries to clinch but fails miserably

so Campbell counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Pieru wants to stand up but Campbell is controlling him.
Campbell throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pieru works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Campbell stops Pieru from standing up.
Pieru can't keep his opponent in guard - Campbell advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Pieru is looking to escape.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nice strikes from Campbell there.

Campbell wants to work for an arm triangle but Pieru is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pieru is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Campbell scores with a couple of nice shots.
Campbell working the head and body with strikes.
Selby Campbell is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Campbell has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pieru tries to kick Campbell off but Campbell keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Pieru trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Campbell controlling the pace.
Pieru wants to get back to his feet.
Nice strikes from Campbell there.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Campbell lands a nice short elbow.
Pieru is refusing to be controlled, as Campbell sits in half guard.
George Pieru has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Pieru kicks off Campbell and gets to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pieru tries to clinch there but Campbell circles away.
Campbell misses with a takedown
and Pieru counters with a nice uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Selby Campbell comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Campbell winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Selby Campbell!
A victorious Selby Campbell thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.