PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between James La Grande (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucas Campos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think La Grande might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Gemini Club-Sparklers. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

La Grande
vs
Campos

186 cm
21
179 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

185 cm
20
185 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Good knees
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Good gas tank

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James La Grande!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lucas Campos!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Daniel Cesar and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Campos closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. La Grande did well to prevent Campos getting side control.

La Grande looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Campos wants to stand up but La Grande has a hold of him and won't allow it.
La Grande's coaches at La Grande BJJ & Muay Thai have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.

La Grande looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

La Grande actively working from the bottom here.

La Grande looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Campos content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Campos is working for a submission of some sort.
Campos tries to stand but his hand is stuck under La Grande.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

La Grande actively working from the bottom here.

La Grande is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Campos pulls his head out easily.

La Grande actively working from the bottom here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
La Grande wants to improve his position but Campos is controlling well.

Campos decides to stand and escape the position.
La Grande on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Campos tries to bum rush La Grande with a series of wild strikes but La Grande uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Campos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
La Grande tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Campos manages to circle out of the way.
A head kick misses from Campos.
La Grande appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Campos lands with a kick to the temple. La Grande shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like James La Grande has been cut.
Nice shot lands for Campos.

La Grande scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

La Grande is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Campos doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time La Grande.
Campos gets full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Grande throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Campos is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
La Grande tries to free his leg and advance position but Campos is retaining full guard.

Campos pushes La Grande off and scrambles back to his feet.
Campos throws a sloppy head kick and La Grande moves out of range easily.

Campos shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

La Grande looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Campos gets to his feet. La Grande looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

La Grande dives in and scores a takedown into Campos's guard.

La Grande thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Campos wants to sweep but no luck.

Campos had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. La Grande defends it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
La Grande wants to get up but he can't break Campos's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Campos tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Campos wants to get back to his feet but La Grande is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

La Grande got a little sloppy there for a moment and Campos has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, La Grande has managed to get both his arms back between Campos's legs - danger averted.
La Grande with a flurry of punches that miss.
La Grande with a flurry of punches that miss.
Campos looking to control.
Campos utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as La Grande accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Campos working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. La Grande doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. La Grande manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lucas Campos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on James La Grande's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Campos bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

Campos decides to stand up, so the ref orders La Grande to his feet.
A punch combination from Campos misses.

La Grande drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

La Grande tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no La Grande has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
La Grande working the ground and pound but Campos is defending the strikes.
La Grande sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Campos is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
La Grande wants to lay and pray for a moment but Campos keeps working.
Campos is trying to control La Grande's posture but La Grande avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La Grande grinds an elbow into Campos's temple.
Campos is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Campos has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Campos can't do much from the bottom here.
Campos is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, La Grande asserts his dominance and retains side control.

La Grande is working to tighten his grip on Campos's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Campos has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but La Grande is really squeezing tight and eventually Campos passes out! La Grande breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). James La Grande!
An out of breath James La Grande thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.