PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Dance (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joshua Campion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Dance
vs
Campion

180 cm
25
204 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
204 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Blood and Guts Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, David Dance!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Joshua Campion!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Colin Fotheringham and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dance drives through with a takedown into guard.
Dance in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dance landing with the ground and pound.
Dance connects with a couple of short punches.
Campion is trying to keep Dance in close.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dance with a flurry of punches that miss.
Campion looking for a sweep. Not yet Campion, not yet.
Dance is working Campion over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Dance is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Dance makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dance slips nicely into half guard.
Dance takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Campion on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Ground and pound from Dance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Campion is trying to stand back up but Dance is controlling him
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Dance lands a nice short elbow.
Dance is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Dance trying to pass the guard but Campion defending well.
Campion looks winded!
Dance is working hard here to advance position.
Dance drops an elbow to the side of Campion's head.
Dance is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Dance working the head and body with strikes.
Dance is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
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!
Dance is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dance scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dance is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Dance working over Campion with some ground and pound. Campion looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Dance slips a nice elbow through Campion's hands, connecting with Campion's forehead.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Dance winds up and cracks Campion with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Dance takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Dance tries to pass the half guard into mount. Campion knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Dance perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Dance is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Dance lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Dance lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dance works his foot free and advances to mount.
Dance with shots to the head and body - Campion looks very uncomfortable down there.
Dance landing strikes from the mount.
Dance has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Campion's face.
Dance landing punches.
Dance lands a couple of good shots and Campion has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dance has Campion flattened out and is raining down punches.
Dance lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Dance.
Campion is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Dance scores with punches to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Campion takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Dance scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Dance punches Campion on the ear.
Dance lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Dance scores with strikes from the back.
Dance lands punches and elbows.
Campion grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Dance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dance softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Dance connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Campion to escape the position.

Campion is rocked!
Dance scores with punches and elbows.
Campion is still in real trouble! Can Dance finish him?
Dance is landing with strikes from the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Dance dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Dance shoots in for a takedown. Oh, that's a huge slam! Campion is on queer street and Dance is pounding down on him with a barage of strikes. The ref is forced to step in and stop the fight. Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Slam). David Dance!
An out of breath David Dance thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.