PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ezekiel Harrell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Campion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Harrell
vs
Campion

204 cm
26
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
210 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 New York, Ezekiel Harrell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Thomas Campion!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Columbo Gatti and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Campion darts in and clinches Harrell up against the cage.

Campion turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Campion working the ground and pound but Harrell is defending the strikes.
Harrell is trying to get back to half guard.
Campion tries to advance to mount but Harrell denies him.
Harrell gets back to half guard.
Harrell blocking the ground and pound attempt from Campion.
Harrell manages to get to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Campion drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Campion jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Campion got a little sloppy there for a moment and Harrell has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Campion has managed to get both his arms back between Harrell's legs - danger averted.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Campion lands a couple of elbows.
Campion throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Campion avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Campion lands a couple of digs.
Campion wants to get up but he can't break Harrell's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Campion scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Harrell will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Campion is in close to Harrell's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Campion has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Harrell looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Campion passes into side control.
Campion lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

Harrell is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Campion scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Harrell is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Campion can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thomas Campion!
After winning the bout, Thomas Campion thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.