PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Santos Campos (ranked 7278 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ellsworth Johnson (ranked 4986 p4p, 0 weight class). Santos Campos is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Campos
vs
Johnson

194 cm
24
215 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

188 cm
21
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Santos Campos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ellsworth Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Steve Montenegro and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Campos counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Campos fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Johnson avoids it really well and circles away.
Johnson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Campos has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Santos Campos. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Campos gets tackled into the cage by Johnson. Johnson maintains the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Campos.
Campos tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Johnson's elbow.
Campos stalls.
Johnson is working for takedown but Campos is calmly controlling the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Campos is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Johnson is defending well.

Campos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Campos gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Johnson can't break the clinch.
Johnson is trying to break free.
Campos wants a takedown.
Johnson wants to get back to striking at distance but Campos won't allow it.

Campos gets control of Johnson's arms and successfully pulls guard. Campos will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Campos manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Johnson manages to get himself to full guard.

Campos decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

Campos drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Johnson is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Campos dives into side control.

Campos stands up and beckons Johnson to his feet.

Johnson tries to keep at a distance but Campos has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Campos can't find room to land a body shot as Johnson controls the action.

Campos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Campos shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Johnson defends it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Santos Campos dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Campos shoots in but Johnson avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Johnson takes the fight into the clinch.

Campos breaks the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Campos shoots in but no luck this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Campos is defended easily by Johnson.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Santos Campos. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Campos gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A frustrated look appears on Johnson's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Campos's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Campos keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Johnson's efforts to push away.
Campos tries for a takedown. No joy.
Johnson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Johnson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is pressed up against the cage. Campos has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Johnson down to the mat. Johnson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Johnson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Santos Campos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Johnson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Santos Campos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Campos went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Johnson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Campos tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Johnson manages to circle out of the way.
Campos moves out of range as Johnson strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Campos shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Johnson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Johnson stuffs the takedown attempt from Campos. Campos gets slowly back to his feet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Campos gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Johnson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ellsworth Johnson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Jab from Johnson.
Campos shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Johnson but Johnson pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Campos rushes Johnson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Campos has Johnson pressed against the cage, preventing Johnson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Johnson prevents the takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Campos manages to break the clinch.
Campos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Campos fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Santos Campos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Campos misses with a takedown attempt - Johnson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Campos fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Johnson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Campos.
Campos will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Johnson works over Campos's head and body with a nice combination.

It looks like Santos Campos has been cut.

Johnson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Campos struggles to land a body shot inside as Johnson controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Campos is looking for a takedown.
A frustrated look appears on Johnson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Campos working aggressively here.
Johnson tries to circle away but Campos has him pinned against the cage.
Johnson is trying to break the clinch but Campos is controlling him.
Campos tries to work over Johnson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Campos has Johnson pressed against the cage, preventing Johnson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Johnson takes a knee to the side of the body.

Campos pulls Johnson into guard.
Campos is trying to keep Johnson in close.
Campos managing to control the position.
Campos manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Johnson manages to get himself to full guard.

Campos stops Johnson from standing up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

And that's the end of the fight!
Ellsworth Johnson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Johnson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ellsworth Johnson!