PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Don Campbell (ranked 3306 p4p, 6003 weight class) and Vinny Carson (ranked 425 p4p, 609 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Campbell
vs
Carson

185 cm
18
182
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
185
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Fantasy Threads

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Don Campbell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vinny Carson!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Dillan Fox and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Campbell buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Carson tries to bum rush Campbell with a series of wild strikes but Campbell uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Campbell explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Carson tries to close the distance and clinch but Campbell swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Carson swings widly with a right hand
and Campbell counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Carson fails to land with a series of punches.
Campbell connects with a solid leg kick.
Campbell with the inside leg kick.
No joy there for Carson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Campbell throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Campbell showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Carson.
A combination from Carson does no damage.
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!
Campbell connects with an inside leg kick.
Carson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Campbell throws a quick inside leg kick.
Carson just misses with a punch to the body.

Campbell gets a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Campbell has Carson pressed against the cage, preventing Carson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Campbell fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Campbell swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Campbell misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Carson.
Carson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Campbell misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Carson.
Campbell working aggressively here.
Campbell doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Campbell fails to land.
Campbell misses with a punch to the body.
Campbell holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Carson is looking to break free of the clinch but Campbell has double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carson wants to get back to striking at distance but Campbell won't allow it.
Carson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Campbell tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Carson avoids it.
Campbell tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Campbell throws a punch but it's blocked by Carson.
Carson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Campbell misses with a knee strike.
Carson changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Campbell fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Carson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Campbell counters with a slapping leg kick.
Campbell goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Vinny Carson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Campbell clinches up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carson blocking some punches.
Carson avoids a wild elbow strike from Campbell.
Campbell lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Campbell using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Carson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Carson blocks an uppercut.
Carson managing to block the knees to the body from Campbell.
Carson tries to pull guard but Campbell forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Carson wants to break the clinch but can't.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Campbell content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Carson is trying to stall.
Campbell throws a punch but it's blocked by Carson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Campbell can't find room to land a body shot as Carson controls the action.
Campbell pressing his opponent against the cage.
Carson wants to break free but Campbell has control.
Carson wants to get back to striking at distance but Campbell won't allow it.
Campbell trying to land knees to the body.
Carson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Carson can't break the clinch.
Campbell tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Don Campbell dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Carson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Campbell moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Campbell jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Campbell scores with a push kick.
Carson throws a right and a left that both miss.
As Carson backs away, Campbell returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Carson misses with a series of wild punches.
Carson tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Campbell throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Carson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Campbell counters with a low kick, right behind Carson 's knee.
Carson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Campbell keeps Carson at a distance using the push kick.
Campbell lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Campbell dodges the punch combination from Carson.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Campbell. Carson shrugs it off though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carson tries to bum rush Campbell with a series of wild strikes but Campbell uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Campbell fakes the leg kick and cracks Carson in the body.
Campbell throws a leg kick which misses Carson's front leg but catches the back leg as Carson tries to avoid it.

Campbell bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Campbell happy to just control the position for now.
Carson holding on.
Campbell controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Campbell creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Carson sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Campbell tries to stand but Carson is controlling his head.
Campbell working the ground and pound but Carson is defending the strikes.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Campbell tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Campbell tries to stand but Carson controls the position and pulls Campbell into his guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Campbell is fighting to break Carson's control of his arms but Carson is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

Campbell drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Carson manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Campbell has Carson in his guard.

Carson is working Campbell over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Carson stopping the sweep attempt from Campbell.

Campbell is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Carson defends well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carson is working Campbell over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Carson stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Campbell throws a quick inside leg kick.
Carson throws a leg kick but Campbell sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Campbell throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Carson tries to close the distance and clinch but Campbell swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Carson lands a jab.
Don Campbell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Carson throws a nice looking combination but Campbell bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Carson misses with a combination
and Campbell counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A solid leg kick lands there for Campbell.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Don Campbell dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Campbell dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Carson. That did some damage!
Campbell scoring well with a low kick there.
Carson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Carson closes the distance and clinches up with Campbell, looking for a takedown. Carson pushes Campbell against the cage but Campbell circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Good leg kick by Campbell.
Campbell with the inside leg kick.
Campbell thumps Carson with a low kick.
No joy there for Carson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A combination from Carson does no damage.
Carson is looking to land body kicks.

Carson dives in and scores a takedown into Campbell's guard.
Carson trying to control the position from guard on top but Campbell is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Campbell will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Carson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Carson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Campbell looking for a sweep. Not yet Campbell, not yet.

Campbell escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Carson gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Carson landing some decent shots from guard.

Campbell is looking for a triangle here but Carson uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Carson working the ground and pound.
Campbell takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carson scores with a couple of short elbows.
Campbell is working to avoid the ground and pound but Carson connects with a decent elbow.
Carson passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Campbell!
Campbell is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Campbell gets back to half guard.
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. Carson connects with a nice short shot to Campbell's temple.
Campbell is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Vinny Carson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Carson working over Campbell with some ground and pound. Campbell looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Campbell has hold of Carson's hands but Carson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Carson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Carson works his way into full mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carson unloading with bombs!
Campbell slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Carson not doing much here.
Carson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Carson tries to stand and escape but Campbell is controlling the position.
Carson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Carson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carson trying to control the action but Campbell is working from the bottom.
Carson winds up and cracks Campbell with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Carson decides to stand and escape the position.
Don Campbell is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Campbell turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Carson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Campbell.
Carson misses with a double jab
and Campbell finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Carson has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Campbell.
Campbell tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Vinny Carson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Don Campbell is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Carson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Nice shot by Carson.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vinny Carson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Campbell has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Don Campbell!
During a confident post fight interview, Don Campbell thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.