PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jack Campbell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jordan Belfort (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jack Campbell has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Campbell
vs
Belfort

184 cm
27
178 lbs
11 - 10 - 0

168 cm
23
164 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conquer
Fury Nutrition Inc.

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 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack Campbell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jordan Belfort !
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Robert Douchet and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Campbell moves into range and clinches up with Belfort .
Belfort swings wildly with an uppercut but Campbell uses good head movement to avoid it.
Campbell looking to throw knees to the head but Belfort is blocking nicely.
Belfort can't find room to land a body shot as Campbell controls the action.
Belfort gets through Campbell's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Belfort avoiding damage as Campbell throws knees to the body.
Campbell tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
I was talking to Campbell's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Belfort managing to block the knees to the body from Campbell.
Belfort working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Belfort has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Campbell uses from the top position.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Campbell stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Belfort swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Campbell throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Belfort works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Campbell throws a big right hand that misses.
Belfort trying to control the position.

Belfort escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Campbell gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Campbell sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Belfort 's guard.
Belfort is pressing down on Campbell's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Belfort looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Campbell trying to control but Belfort is working from the bottom.
Campbell advances to half guard.

Belfort actively working from the bottom here.
Belfort wants to improve his position but Campbell is controlling well.
Campbell uses his free foot to push down on Belfort 's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Belfort .
Campbell is looking to work his way around to Belfort 's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.
Campbell looking to control but Belfort is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Campbell seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Belfort is holding on tight.
Campbell wants to control the pace but Belfort is squirming around nicely.
Belfort felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Campbell prevents Belfort from getting the reversal.
Campbell lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Belfort hang on?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Campbell is working for a guillotine from mount but Belfort frees his head quite easily.
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 moves to take his opponent's back.

Campbell looking for the choke from the back.
Campbell will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Campbell looking for the choke but no joy.

Campbell working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belfort tries to roll but Campbell sticks to his back.

Campbell looking for the choke but no joy.

Campbell is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Belfort rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Campbell moves into full mount! Belfort won't be happy about that!
Belfort is trying desperately to improve position.
Belfort blocking the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belfort is controlling an arm, preventing Campbell from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
Campbell can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Belfort is looking to escape.
Belfort is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Belfort has given up his back.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Belfort trying to control the hands but Campbell breaks the grip.
Campbell doesn't have the hooks in and Belfort manages to turn into his guard.
Belfort prevents Campbell from getting back to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Belfort tries to free his leg and advance position but Campbell is retaining full guard.
Campbell manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Campbell trying to control but he's not successful this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Campbell dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Campbell tries a head kick but it misses.

Campbell gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Campbell looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Belfort postures up and lands a big shot to Campbell's brow.

Belfort is sitting in close to Campbell's body. Campbell has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Belfort is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Belfort is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Campbell.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Jack Campbell!
Jack Campbell seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.