PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tom Campbell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenny Ramsey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Campbell
vs
Ramsey

210 cm
30
190 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

185 cm
31
188 lbs
7 - 15 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Tom Campbell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kenny Ramsey!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Campbell swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Ramsey counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ramsey lands with an overhand left.
Campbell tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ramsey manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Campbell really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Campbell fails with a takedown attempt.
Campbell tries to clinch but Ramsey is having none of it.
Ramsey punishes Campbell's body with a nice straight punch.
Campbell bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Campbell shoots for a takedown but Ramsey saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Campbell misses with a looping right.
Campbell is trying hard to land a takedown here. Ramsey sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tom Campbell. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ramsey avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tom Campbell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big left from Ramsey misses.
Campbell throws a series of punches but Ramsey moves out of range.
Campbell shoots in but no luck this time.
A cross from Ramsey lands.
Campbell throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramsey dodges the punch combination from Campbell.
Ramsey paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Campbell misses with a body kick.
Ramsey moves into range and connects with a jab.
A punch combination from Campbell misses.
Ramsey scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Ramsey dodges the punch combination from Campbell.
Nice shot by Ramsey.
Ramsey works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Campbell takes a swing at Ramsey's ribcage but misses.
Kenny Ramsey is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
An inside leg kick lands from Ramsey.
Campbell tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ramsey was well out of range. Poor timing from Campbell.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Ramsey has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Campbell does no damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ramsey fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Campbell walks into a left hand.
Campbell misses with a few strikes there.
Ramsey lands a nice hook to Campbell's body. Campbell takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Campbell swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ramsey throws out a counter right but Campbell avoids it with no problem.
Campbell is breathing heavily.
Campbell on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Ramsey lands a nice hook to Campbell's body. Campbell takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ramsey misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Campbell seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Nice body punch from Ramsey.
Campbell tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Ramsey swivels and escapes.
Campbell wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Campbell fails with the takedown.
Campbell shoots for a takedown but Ramsey saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Ramsey swats away the attempt to clinch by Campbell.
Ramsey looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramsey circles away from the clinch attempt
and Ramsey counters with a stiff right hand.
Campbell throws a right hand that misses
letting Ramsey counter with a right hand.
Ramsey blocks a head kick by Campbell.
Ramsey throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Campbell on the side of the head.
Campbell tries a head kick but it misses.
Campbell closes the distance but Ramsey moves to the side
and Ramsey connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ramsey avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ramsey thuds a left hand into Campbell's body.
Campbell swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ramsey counters with a nice body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramsey uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Campbell needs to keep his hands up - Ramsey had a free shot at his head there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice body punch from Ramsey.
Ramsey scores with a sloppy right hand. Campbell should have avoided that one.
Ramsey connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Campbell is rocked!
Ramsey cracks Campbell with an open hand slap.
Oh Campbell is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ramsey drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Campbell right on the button. Campbell goes down! Ramsey follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Ramsey gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kenny Ramsey!
After winning the bout, Kenny Ramsey thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
Tom Campbell spoke after the fight, saying 'It just wasn't my night tonight. im sorry to my fans and supporters, and ill be back even stronger'.