PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Devon Campbell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Mitchell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mitchell comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Baha Men - Island Boy kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Campbell
vs
Mitchell

190 cm
26
190 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

198 cm
27
211 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
KO power

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 4 - 5 - 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 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tom Mitchell!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Daniel Franklin and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mitchell misses with a double jab.
Campbell throws a lazy uppercut
and Mitchell counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mitchell stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Mitchell wants it to stay on the feet.
Campbell shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Mitchell as he avoids it easily.
Mitchell now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Mitchell looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Horrible takedown attempt by Campbell or perhaps it was just good defense by Mitchell, which made it look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Devon Campbell. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Campbell changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Mitchell looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mitchell gets back to half guard.
Campbell is thwarting Mitchell's attempts to control the position.
Mitchell is refusing to be controlled, as Campbell sits in half guard.
Campbell definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Mitchell wants to improve his position but Campbell is controlling well.
Campbell wants to control but Mitchell is keeping him busy.
Mitchell has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Campbell is working away from the top position though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mitchell slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Campbell has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Mitchell is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Campbell rolls with it to try and escape but Mitchell cranks on the arm and Campbell is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tom Mitchell!
After winning the bout, Tom Mitchell thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.