PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Corwin Anstey (ranked 1735 p4p, 23069 weight class) and Ethan Campbell (ranked 240 p4p, 536 weight class). Anstey comes to the cage accompanied by Let's hear it for the boy. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Anstey
vs
Campbell

183 cm
33
187
36 - 24 - 0

188 cm
30
178
2 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 36 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Corwin Anstey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 16 - 0, fighting out of London, Ethan Campbell!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Dillan Fox and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Anstey feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Campbell trying to control the position.
Anstey stands up over Campbell, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Anstey working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Campbell's head.

Anstey drops back looking for a leg! Campbell is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Campbell manages to kick Anstey off! Anstey jumps back into Campbell's guard.
Anstey controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anstey connects with a couple of short punches.
Anstey engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Anstey lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anstey scoring with punches to the head and body.
Anstey sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Anstey working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Anstey postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Anstey advances to half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Anstey lands a nice short elbow.
Campbell has hold of Anstey's hands but Anstey slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Anstey is nestled in close to Campbell, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anstey moves into full mount! Campbell won't be happy about that!
Anstey putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Anstey putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Anstey looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Campbell in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Campbell is rocked!
Campbell working to try and regain half guard.
Anstey has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Anstey lands a heavy shot. That's hurt Campbell! Anstey sees the opportunity and turns up the heat - strike after strike land to the defenseless Campbell and the ref dives in to save him! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Corwin Anstey!
Corwin Anstey took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'That's how it's done, I want to go again asap.'.