PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Darius Campbell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Somchai Wannaboom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Somchai Wannaboom was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Campbell
vs
Wannaboom

162 cm
24
151 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

160 cm
25
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Darius Campbell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Somchai Wannaboom!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Fujiwara and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wannaboom tries to clinch up but Campbell circles away and keeps his distance.
Campbell circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wannaboom is trying hard to land a takedown here. Campbell sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Wannaboom tries to score a power double leg takedown but Campbell sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Wannaboom somewhat.
Somchai Wannaboom seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wannaboom gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Campbell counters by clinching up.
Darius Campbell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Somchai Wannaboom.

Campbell has hold of one of Wannaboom's legs. Wannaboom is fighting the takedown attempt but Campbell gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Campbell throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Wannaboom works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Wannaboom preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Wannaboom is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Campbell is controlling him.

Wannaboom working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Campbell has passed into half guard!
Ground and pound from Campbell.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Campbell lands a nice short elbow.
Wannaboom blocking the ground and pound attempt from Campbell.
Wannaboom keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Wannaboom wants to control but Campbell is keeping busy.
Campbell throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Wannaboom to regain full guard.

Wannaboom looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Campbell passes into side control.
Campbell works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Campbell prevents Wannaboom from escaping the position.
Wannaboom takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Wannaboom taking a bit of punishment here - Campbell scoring with strikes.
Campbell scores with punches from side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Campbell sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Wannaboom is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Campbell misses with the ground and pound.
Campbell could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Campbell landing a few strikes.
Campbell working the head and body with strikes.
Campbell lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Wannaboom down.
Wannaboom is trying to improve his position.
Campbell misses with the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Campbell in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Campbell postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Wannaboom manages to get back to half guard.
Wannaboom is trying to stand.
Wannaboom looks winded!
Wannaboom is trying to get back to full guard.
Campbell drops an elbow to the side of Wannaboom's head.
Campbell scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Campbell scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Campbell lands strikes from half guard.
Wannaboom is looking for a sweep. Campbell is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Campbell working over Wannaboom with some ground and pound. Wannaboom looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
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!
Campbell thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Wannaboom's head.
Campbell is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Campbell looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Wannaboom with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Wannaboom is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Campbell scores with a couple of nice shots.
Wannaboom taking some punishment here, with Campbell in his half guard.

Campbell is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Wannaboom doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Campbell.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice strikes from Campbell there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darius Campbell dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Wannaboom clinches.
Campbell is defending well against a takedown attempt.

Campbell gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Wannaboom is trying to get back to full guard.
Campbell scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Campbell 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.

Campbell is looking for a kimura but Wannaboom is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Campbell to get the leverage.
Wannaboom is trying to stand back up but Campbell is controlling him
Campbell missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Campbell throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Campbell thows a huge punch but Wannaboom dodges it nicely.
Wannaboom keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wannaboom trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Campbell manages to pass to mount!
Campbell raining down hammerfists from mount.
Campbell connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Campbell fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Campbell looking to finish Wannaboom with some ground and pound. This is bad for Wannaboom!
Wannaboom is trying desperately to improve position.
Campbell scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Wannaboom?
Wannaboom wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Wannaboom is breathing heavily.
Campbell is landing with some decent strikes but Wannaboom is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Campbell landing strikes, looking to finish!
Campbell is landing with some decent strikes but Wannaboom is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
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 finish Wannaboom with some ground and pound. This is bad for Wannaboom!
Campbell with good strikes from the mount here!

Wannaboom is rocked!
Campbell looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Wannaboom is still in real trouble! Can Campbell finish him?
Wannaboom is trying desperately to improve position.
Campbell connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Campbell looking to finish Wannaboom with some ground and pound. This is bad for Wannaboom!
Wannaboom seems to have recovered his senses.
Campbell scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Wannaboom?
Campbell works his way to his opponent's back.
Campbell has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Wannaboom.
Campbell scores with punches and elbows.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Campbell.
Campbell has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Wannaboom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Campbell is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Wannaboom. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Campbell connects with a big shot to the side of Wannaboom's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wannaboom manages to reverse the position and now he's in Campbell's guard. Nice work there by Wannaboom.

Campbell is looking for a triangle here but Wannaboom uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.

Wannaboom tries for a kimura but Campbell is defending well.
Campbell is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wannaboom can do to turn this around?
Wannaboom throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Campbell is looking for a sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darius Campbell dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Wannaboom looks for a takedown but Campbell sprawls well.
Wannaboom misses with a takedown attempt
and Campbell counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Campbell rushes Wannaboom and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Wannaboom is trying to maintain a safe position but Campbell gets an underhook and turns Wannaboom into the cage.
Campbell goes for a takedown attempt but Wannaboom pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Wannaboom throws a right hand that Campbell ducks under and follows up with a left that Campbell also avoids with ease.
Sloppy strikes from Campbell. Those never looked like landing.
Wannaboom tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Campbell circles away from the clinch attempt

and Campbell counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Campbell.
Campbell drops down looking for an ankle pick but Wannaboom pulls his leg out and moves away.
Wannaboom misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Campbell.
Campbell circles away from the clinch attempt.
Campbell tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Wannaboom manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wannaboom dives in and grabs Campbell's left leg, looking for a takedown. Campbell pushes down on Wannaboom's head and hops out.
Darius Campbell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Somchai Wannaboom.
Wannaboom looks for the body kick but Campbell saw that one coming.
Wannaboom takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Campbell misses with a looping right.

Campbell scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Wannaboom trying to get back to full guard but Campbell takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!

Campbell jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Wannaboom manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Campbell lands a decent elbow from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Campbell working away.

Campbell is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Wannaboom is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Wannaboom is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Wannaboom trying to control here.
Campbell lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Wannaboom has hold of Campbell's hands but Campbell slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Darius Campbell overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Campbell throwing shots but Wannaboom is blocking nicely.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Campbell lands a nice short elbow.
Campbell lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Ground and pound from Campbell.
Campbell not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Wannaboom is looking to get back to full guard here but Campbell has managed to pass to side control instead.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wannaboom takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Darius Campbell showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Campbell, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27

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