PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Devon Campbell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rouhullah Jafari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Campbell
vs
Jafari

190 cm
25
190 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

192 cm
22
217 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Devon Campbell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rouhullah Jafari!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Santiago Holmes and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jafari takes one to the side of the head.
Jafari looks to throw the jab but Campbell is out of range.
Campbell walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Campbell definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Jafari throws a left and a right that both miss
and Campbell counters with a stiff right hand.
Jafari throws a jab when Campbell was well out of range.
Campbell is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jafari.
Campbell throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jafari falls off balance throwing a combination

and Campbell counters with a nice double leg into side control. Jafari won't be happy with that.
Campbell staying calm.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Campbell's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Further stalling from Campbell.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Campbell has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Jafari stops Campbell from passing to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Campbell lands some shots froms side control.
Jafari is looking to reverse the position.
You can see the frustration on Jafari's face as Campbell controls the position.
You can see the frustration on Jafari's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Jafari trying to remain calm as Campbell controls from the top position.
Jafari takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Campbell scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Jafari to see if he's OK.
Campbell advances to mount.
Campbell landing punches.
Campbell scoring with strikes but Jafari is staying in there.
Campbell has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Jafari's face.
Jafari wants to hold on but Campbell pushes him away.
Campbell content just to control the position here.
Campbell breaks from Jafari's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Campbell cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Jafari tries to hold on but Campbell pushes him away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Campbell.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Campbell controlling his opponent.
Campbell has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
If it seems like I'm not saying a lot, it's just because Campbell is stinking the place up with his stalling.
Campbell dominating with strikes here.
Campbell controlling from mount.
Jafari is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Campbell with good strikes from the mount here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Campbell landing strikes from the mount and Jafari is in trouble!
The referee warns Jafari that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
BOOM! Campbell connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Jafari in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Campbell lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Campbell lands a heavy elbow.
Jafari tries to lock up and control but Campbell gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Campbell looking to control and managing it successfully.
Jafari takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Campbell takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Campbell putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Jafari is rocked!
Campbell landing strikes, looking to finish!
Jafari is still in real trouble! Can Campbell finish him?
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Jafari can do anything to dispel that myth.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Campbell raining down shots from the mount!
Campbell looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Jafari covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Devon Campbell!