PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Koji Ueno (ranked 2799 p4p, 4311 weight class) and Augusto Campos (ranked 292 p4p, 416 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ueno
vs
Campos

201 cm
28
280
4 - 5 - 0

200 cm
19
245
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Knockout power

Kore Fight Nutrition

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 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Koji Ueno!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Augusto Campos!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Roger Salmon and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Campos closes the distance and clinches.
A short right from Campos.
Campos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Campos is struggling to control the position.
Ueno digs a right hand into Campos's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Campos's gas tank.
Campos working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Campos takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Ueno scores with a knee to the head.
Ueno unloads a knee to the mid-section. Campos lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ueno scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Augusto Campos has been cut.
Campos takes an elbow to the temple.
Campos looks winded!
Ueno lands a good knee to the midsection. Campos won't want to take too many of those.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ueno scores a nice knee to the body.
Ueno lands an elbow that stopped Campos in his tracks for a moment.
Our sources have told us that Ueno has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Ueno scores with a knee to the head.
Ueno comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ueno lands a knee to the head.
Ueno landing knees to the head.
Knees to the body from Ueno.
Ueno lands a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ueno gets through Campos's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ueno landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Campos has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Ueno seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Campos can turn it around.
Ueno with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That has opened up Augusto Campos's cut even more.
Campos fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ueno.
Ueno lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ueno lands an elbow inside.

Campos is rocked!
Ueno lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Campos is still on wobbly legs! Can Ueno finish him?
Campos is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Ueno gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Ueno landing knees to the body.
Ueno creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Campos's defenses.

The cut above Augusto Campos's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Campos is pressed against the cage. Ueno pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Campos! Two more big strikes from Ueno and Campos crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Koji Ueno!
After the big win, Koji Ueno made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Kore Fight Nutrition and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.