PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between David Campbell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edgar Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Campbell comes into the arena with Forever blaring out of the sound system. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Campbell
vs
Alves

180 cm
24
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

165 cm
24
151 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Campbell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Edgar Alves!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Cecil Peabody and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alves ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Campbell moves away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Campbell looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Campbell fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Campbell shoots in and drives through. Alves sprawls well.
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 shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Alves is trying to defend but Campbell finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

Campbell is trying to work for a kimura but Alves is defending well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alves is concentrating on defense, preventing Campbell from advancing position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Alves manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Campbell has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Alves is proving hard to escape from.
Campbell being controlled here momentarily.
Campbell postures up in Alves's guard and throws a big left but Alves blocks it.
Campbell connects with a couple of short punches.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Campbell trying to control but Alves is working from the bottom.
Alves is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Alves bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Campbell's guard.

Alves stopping the sweep attempt from Campbell.
Alves with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Alves stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Campbell swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Alves content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Alves keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Campbell's head.
Alves controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Campbell is trying to keep Alves in close.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Alves advances to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Campbell is trying to maintain the position but Alves is very close to passing his half guard.
Campbell is looking for a sweep. Alves is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Campbell trying to control here.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Alves connects with a nice short shot to Campbell's temple.
Alves is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Alves moves nicely into side control.
Alves has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Campbell gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Alves lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Campbell tries to hold on but Alves postures up.
Alves pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Alves tries to control but Campbell wriggling away.
Alves raining down hammerfists from mount.
Campbell tries to reverse the position but Alves maintains control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Alves trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Campbell is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edgar Alves dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Alves manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Campbell on his heels. He'll look to pass Campbell's guard now, I'm sure.
Alves lands a couple of elbows.
Alves sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Campbell's guard.
Alves prevents Campbell from improving his position.
Alves lands strikes from half guard.
Alves content to control rather than advance.

Alves seems to be looking for submissions.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Alves seems to be working for a kimura but Campbell defends the submission attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves lands with a punch from half guard.
Alves is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Campbell wants to get back to his feet.

Alves is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Alves not doing much here.
Edgar Alves has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Campbell trying to control from the bottom.
Campbell taking some punishment here, with Alves in his half guard.
Campbell is looking to get back to full guard here but Alves has managed to pass to side control instead.

Alves thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Alves has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Alves cracks Campbell with a big right hand but Campbell just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Campbell tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Campbell struggling a bit here.
Alves works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Alves working the body and head with strikes.
Alves working the ground and pound from side control.
Alves is breathing heavily.
Alves in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Campbell is looking for a sweep.
Campbell throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.

Alves goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Campbell has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Alves but great work by Campbell.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Campbell is looking to take a break and control but Alves is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Alves manages to get back to half guard.
Campbell content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Campbell prevents Alves from improving his position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Campbell wants to stand but his hand is trapped. Alves uses the opportunity to regain full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edgar Alves showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

A kick lands to the mid section there for Campbell.

Alves tries to sprawl but Campbell drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Alves is refusing to be controlled, as Campbell sits in half guard.
Alves tries to roll over but Campbell keeps him under control.
Alves works his way to full guard. Good work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alves keeping moving, preventing Campbell from controlling successfully.
Alves wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Campbell would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Campbell wants to control from the top but Alves keeps moving.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Campbell tries to close the distance and clinch up but Alves swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Alves now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Campbell shoots in and drives through. Alves sprawls well.
Edgar Alves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alves stuffs the takedown attempt from Campbell. Campbell gets slowly back to his feet.
Alves feints the counter takedown.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Alves looking to score a takedown here. Campbell is defending well but Alves drives through and ends up in Campbell's guard.
Alves wants to pass the guard but Campbell is keeping the position.
Alves is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Campbell working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Alves doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Alves manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Campbell has his foot on Alves's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Alves works his way back into a safe position though.
Alves controlling from the top position.
Campbell will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Alves is continuing to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Alves looking to pass the guard.
Alves is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Campbell working a defensive guard but Alves manages to pass into side control anyway.
Alves scoring with punches from side control.
Campbell taking a bit of punishment here - Alves scoring with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Campbell prevents Alves from moving into mount.
You can see the frustration on Campbell's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Campbell wants to get back to his feet but Alves drags him back down.
Alves is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Campbell's shoulder. That is not cool.
Alves cracks Campbell with a big right hand but Campbell just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Alves wants to lay and pray for a moment but Campbell keeps working.
Alves lands a few punches from side control.
David Campbell has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Alves in side control, just content to control the action for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Edgar Alves comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Alves has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Alan Glass scores the fight for Edgar Alves!
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight for Edgar Alves!
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight for Edgar Alves!

Edgar Alves wins by unanimous decision!
In defeat, David Campbell stepped up to the mic, saying 'I will be back to challenge him again'.