PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stephen Campbell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Hand Grenade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Campbell
vs
Hand Grenade

183 cm
21
183 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

173 cm
29
180 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stephen Campbell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcus Hand Grenade!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, George Francis and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hand Grenade takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A punch combination from Hand Grenade misses.
Campbell keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hand Grenade.
Hand Grenade lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Campbell circles away quickly and effectively.
Campbell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Campbell connects with a nice looking jab.
Campbell lands with an uppercut that bounces Hand Grenade off the cage and back into range.
Campbell moves out of range of the strikes.
Hand Grenade throws a series of punches but Campbell moves out of range.
Marcus Hand Grenade seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hand Grenade throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Campbell swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Hand Grenade to counter with a crisp jab.
Campbell takes a swing at Hand Grenade's ribcage but misses.
A punch combination from Hand Grenade misses.
Campbell half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hand Grenade throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Campbell slips a jab and a cross from Hand Grenade.
A big right from Hand Grenade misses.
Hand Grenade swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Campbell lands a two punch combo.
Campbell lands a really nice looking cross but Hand Grenade seems unphased.
We've been hearing reports that Campbell has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Campbell slips a jab from Hand Grenade.
Campbell pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

Campbell gets the takedown into side control.
Campbell wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hand Grenade keeps working.
Hand Grenade is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Hand Grenade tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Campbell with a couple of short strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice elbow there by Campbell.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Campbell landing punches.
Hand Grenade's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Hand Grenade is in a horrible position here. Campbell smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Campbell lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hand Grenade hang on?
Campbell unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Hand Grenade wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Campbell celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stephen Campbell!
During a confident post fight interview, Stephen Campbell thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.