PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Herleifr Conchobhar (ranked 4253 p4p, 411 weight class) and Augusto Campos (ranked 7493 p4p, 553 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Conchobhar might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to PTSD. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Conchobhar
vs
Campos

190 cm
19
265 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

200 cm
18
245 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Very confident

Dr Zoidberg Office
Hot Spunk

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Herleifr Conchobhar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Augusto Campos!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Tiny Johnson and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Campos closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Conchobhar's guard.
Conchobhar preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Conchobhar wants to get back to his feet but Campos is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Campos throws a big right hand that misses.
Campos loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Conchobhar wants to stand but Campos is controlling the position.
Campos has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Rio Fight Academy. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Campos missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Conchobhar keeping moving, preventing Campos from controlling successfully.
Conchobhar manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Campos manages to get himself to full guard.

We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Conchobhar is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Conchobhar looking to sit in guard and control but Campos gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conchobhar looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Campos with a flurry of punches that miss.
Campos with a flurry of punches that miss.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Conchobhar is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Campos is controlling him.
Campos missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Campos lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Campos trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Campos postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Campos tries to free his leg and advance position but Conchobhar is retaining full guard.
Campos throwing strikes from guard but Conchobhar blocks nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Campos with a flurry of punches that miss.
Campos working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Campos working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Campos cracks Conchobhar with a solid left hand.
Campos missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Conchobhar wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Campos is looking to work some ground and pound but Conchobhar has wrist control.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Conchobhar controlling Campos's posture.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Conchobhar connects with a nice looking jab.
Conchobhar moves out of range as Campos strikes.
Conchobhar is looking to counter with a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Campos fails with the takedown.
Campos fails with a takedown attempt.
Campos swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Campos closes the distance but Conchobhar moves to the side
and Conchobhar counters with a left to the body.
Conchobhar displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Campos.
Herleifr Conchobhar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Augusto Campos.
Conchobhar looks to throw the jab but Campos is out of range.
Campos uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Conchobhar.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Campos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Campos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Conchobhar.

Conchobhar drops Campos with a beautiful combination! Campos stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Conchobhar is looking for the KO!

It looks like Augusto Campos has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Campos shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Conchobhar sprawls well. Conchobhar wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Campos gets slowly back to his feet.
Conchobhar throws an overhand right that lands on Campos's shoulder, as Campos tries to avoid the shot.
Conchobhar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Good exchange - Conchobhar coming out on top.
Conchobhar throws a right hand that misses

and Campos counters by moving into the clinch.
Conchobhar is pressed up against the ropes. Campos has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Conchobhar down to the mat. Conchobhar avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Campos will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Campos cracks Conchobhar with a right hand to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Herleifr Conchobhar dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Augusto Campos's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Conchobhar throws an overhand right that lands on Campos's shoulder, as Campos tries to avoid the shot.
Conchobhar thuds a left hand into Campos's body.
Conchobhar throws a jab but it's blocked by Campos.
Nice cross by Conchobhar.
Conchobhar jabs at Campos's body.
Conchobhar throws a lazy right hand but Campos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Campos steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Conchobhar.

Campos moves into the clinch.
Campos has a couple of punches blocked by Conchobhar.
Campos drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Conchobhar gets the underhooks and prevents it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Campos misses with some punches.
Campos trying to control the position but instead, Conchobhar has worked for underhooks and has pushed Campos into the ropes.
Campos misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conchobhar presses Campos against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Conchobhar stops a takedown attempt from Campos.
Conchobhar throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Campos is breathing heavily.
Conchobhar blocks a body shot from Campos.
Campos has a couple of punches blocked by Conchobhar.
Campos misses with the head strike.
Conchobhar lands with a short shot to the head.

Conchobhar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Horrible takedown attempt by Campos or perhaps it was just good defense by Conchobhar, which made it look bad.
Herleifr Conchobhar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Augusto Campos.

Conchobhar lands a big right hand that sends Campos crashing to the mat! Conchobhar stays standing though and waves Campos back to his feet!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A looping hook to the body misses from Conchobhar. Campos does a little dance to reset his feet.
Conchobhar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Campos can do to turn this around?
Campos gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Conchobhar gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Herleifr Conchobhar!
Herleifr Conchobhar very nearly forgot to thank Hot Spunk amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.