PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jack Campbell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Sunderland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sunderland has chosen Placebo - Running up that hill as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Campbell
vs
Sunderland

184 cm
30
178 lbs
16 - 14 - 0

186 cm
31
182 lbs
15 - 14 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Beaver Jooce!

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 16 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack Campbell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, James Sunderland!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, William Peck and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Campbell throws a head kick but Sunderland moves out of range.
James Sunderland seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Campbell clinches up with Sunderland and pushes him back against the cage.
Campbell with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Campbell misses with a body punch.

Sunderland gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Campbell moves into full guard.
Sunderland postures up.
Campbell wants to sweep but no luck.
Campbell is working hard here to advance position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sunderland accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Campbell looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Campbell tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Sunderland wants to pass the guard but Campbell is keeping the position.
Sunderland trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sunderland tries to free his leg and advance position but Campbell is retaining full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Campbell is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Sunderland gets full guard.

Sunderland looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Campbell passes into half guard.
Campbell passes to full mount!

Campbell with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Sunderland gets back to half guard.

Campbell wants to work for an arm triangle but Sunderland is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Campbell seems to be looking for submissions.

Sunderland is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Campbell pulls his head out easily.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Campbell trying to control the action but Sunderland is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sunderland tries to get to full guard but Campbell has control of the leg.
Campbell wants to pass to mount but Sunderland is defending the position.

Campbell is looking for a kimura here.
Sunderland works his way to full guard. Good work.
Campbell looking to pass the guard.

Sunderland throws his legs up looking for a submission but Campbell uses it to pass to side control.
Campbell throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Sunderland is looking for a sweep.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Campbell is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Sunderland is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sunderland is looking for a sweep.

Campbell has hold of Sunderland's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Sunderland tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Campbell cranks the arm and Sunderland screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Sunderland, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Jack Campbell!
During a confident post fight interview, Jack Campbell thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.