PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matthew Campion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Schwahn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Campion
vs
Schwahn

180 cm
25
215 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

182 cm
24
210 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Matthew Campion!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael Schwahn!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, John Roberts and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Campion is looking to clinch.
Schwahn throws a leg kick that is checked
and Campion counters with a three punch combo that has Schwahn backing up. Schwahn nods at Campion to acknowledge the strikes.
Campion tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Schwahn lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Campion at a distance.
Schwahn throws a body punch but Campion moves out of range.
As Schwahn looks to move away, Campion throws a big counter combo bu Schwahn just gets out of the way.

Schwahn shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Schwahn throwing strikes from guard but Campion blocks nicely.
Schwahn has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Schwahn scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Schwahn prevents Campion from getting back to his feet.
Schwahn landing some decent shots from guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Schwahn's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Schwahn postures up and lands a big shot to Campion's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Campion avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Schwahn lands a couple of digs.
Schwahn working some strikes from top position.
Schwahn is working Campion over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Schwahn lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Campion keeping moving, preventing Schwahn from controlling successfully.
Schwahn distracts Campion with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Schwahn controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Schwahn chips away with some ground and pound.
Schwahn postures up and lands a big shot to Campion's brow.
Campion seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Schwahn lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Campion working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Schwahn.
Schwahn landing some decent shots from guard.
Schwahn content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Schwahn scoring with some ground and pound.
Campion knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Schwahn on the ground.
Schwahn scoring with some ground and pound.
Schwahn is working Campion over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Campion is controlling Schwahn's posture.
Schwahn distracts Campion with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Schwahn postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Schwahn distracts Campion with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schwahn controls from within his opponent's guard.
Schwahn lands a couple of elbows.
Campion wants to stand but Schwahn is controlling the position.
Schwahn sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Campion's guard.
Campion is looking to get back to is feet but Schwahn passes into side control.
Schwahn scores with punches from side control.
Schwahn in side control lands a decent elbow.
Schwahn working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schwahn is putting a hurting on Campion here, landing some big shots from side control.
Campion is breathing heavily.
Schwahn cracks Campion with a big right hand but Campion just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Schwahn trying to control the position but Campion is working away.
Schwahn working the body and head with strikes.
Campion taking punishment in the form of punches.
Schwahn working the ground and pound.
Schwahn landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Schwahn wants to control but Campion is keeping him busy.
Schwahn works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Campion taking a bit of punishment here - Schwahn scoring with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Schwahn dominated that round.
That's time! Campion's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Schwahn shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Schwahn is just content to waste time from the top position. Campion takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Schwahn chips away with some ground and pound.
Schwahn controls from within his opponent's guard.
Campion could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Schwahn trying to control the position from guard on top but Campion is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Campion tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schwahn landing with the ground and pound.
Schwahn sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Campion's guard.
Schwahn takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Schwahn has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ground and pound from Schwahn.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Schwahn lands a nice short elbow.
Campion has hold of Schwahn's hands but Schwahn slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Schwahn working over Campion with some ground and pound. Campion looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Schwahn lands with a punch from half guard.
Campion is refusing to be controlled, as Schwahn sits in half guard.
Schwahn looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schwahn stalling.
Schwahn lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Schwahn scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Campion taking some punishment here, with Schwahn in his half guard.
Michael Schwahn has got the better of the ground game so far.
Schwahn working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Schwahn scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Campion is rocked!
Schwahn scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Oh Campion is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schwahn lands a big elbow - Campion is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Schwahn!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Schwahn!
Matthew Campion was interviewed post fight and said 'Congratulations to my opponent. He was the better man today. Now I go back to training to make sure that I'm the better man tomorrow. Thanks to the fans for all of their support.'.