PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Parker Campbell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Crawford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Parker Campbell has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Campbell
vs
Crawford

190 cm
22
161 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
19
160 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Parker Campbell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brian Crawford!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Dean Styles and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Campbell scores with a jab to the body.

Campbell clinches with his opponent.
Campbell really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Crawford working aggressively here.
Campbell is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Crawford swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Campbell wants to get back to striking at distance but Crawford won't allow it.
Campbell wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Campbell wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Campbell is trying to break free.
Campbell tries to break free but Crawford pushes him back against the cage.
Campbell wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Crawford has him pressed against the cage.
Campbell wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Crawford has him pressed against the cage.
Campbell is trying to break the clinch but Crawford is controlling him.

Crawford's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Campbell moves out of range of the strikes.
Campbell swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Crawford thows a left - swing and a miss!
Campbell scores with a jab to the head.
Campbell scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Brian Crawford has been cut.
Campbell swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Campbell closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Campbell is trying to break the clinch but Crawford has him pressed against the cage.

Crawford pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Parker Campbell is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Campbell throws a one two combo.
Campbell keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Crawford has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Crawford looks gassed!
Crawford fails with a takedown attempt.
Campbell throws a series of punches but Crawford moves out of range.

Campbell has taken the fight to the clinch.
Campbell wants to break free but Crawford has control.
Crawford prevents Campbell from breaking the clinch.
Crawford is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Campbell breaks from the clinch.

Crawford tries to keep at a distance but Campbell has taken the fight into the clinch.
Campbell wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Crawford is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Campbell is trying to break the clinch but Crawford is controlling him.
Campbell wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Campbell pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Campbell darts in and clinches Crawford up against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crawford misses with the head strike.
Campbell can't break the clinch.
Campbell working hard to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Campbell's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Campbell wants to break free but Crawford has control.
Crawford swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Campbell has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Campbell wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Campbell blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Crawford on the inside.
Campbell is looking to break free of the clinch but Crawford has double underhooks.
Campbell wants to break the clinch but can't.
Campbell has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Campbell is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Crawford has had enough of the clinch but Campbell keeps him there for the moment.

Campbell manages to break the clinch.
Campbell throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Crawford.
Campbell fails with an attempt to clinch.
Crawford fails with a takedown attempt.
Parker Campbell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brian Crawford.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Campbell throws out a leg kick but Crawford moves out of range and Campbell only half commits.
Campbell misses with a jab, cross combination.
Campbell connects with a single shot there.
Campbell defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Crawford.
A shot to de liver by Campbell. Beautiful body shot.
Campbell scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Campbell throws a right and a left that Crawford avoids nicely.
Crawford is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Campbell.
Campbell throws a body kick that misses.

Campbell gets a clinch.
Campbell can't break the clinch.
Campbell wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Crawford has him pressed against the cage.

Campbell breaks from the clinch.
Campbell lands with a nice body punch.
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 closes the distance and clinches.
Crawford is trying desperately to land a takedown but Campbell is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Crawford.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crawford keeps control of Campbell as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Campbell wants to break free but Crawford has control.
Campbell is trying to break the clinch but Crawford is controlling him.
Campbell tries to break the clinch but Crawford is controlling the position.
Campbell tries to break the clinch but Crawford is controlling the position.
Crawford wants to break free but Campbell has control.
Crawford looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Campbell wants to break free but Crawford has control.
Campbell looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Campbell is trying to force a seperation but Crawford has the dominant position.
Campbell keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Crawford's efforts to push away.
Campbell wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Crawford has him pressed against the cage.

Campbell escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Good standup being displayed there by Campbell as he connects with a hook.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Campbell clinches up against the cage.
Campbell is trying to force a seperation but Crawford has the dominant position.
Campbell is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Crawford prevents Campbell from breaking the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Parker Campbell dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brian Crawford's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Campbell looks to land a combination but Crawford avoids it well.
Campbell throws a one two combo.
Crawford takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Campbell scores with a hook.
Campbell tries to bum rush Crawford with a series of wild strikes but Crawford uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Campbell scores with a jab to the head.
Crawford moves out of range as Campbell throws a body kick.
Campbell is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Campbell misses with a few strikes there.

Campbell clinches up with Crawford and pushes him back against the cage.
Crawford prevents Campbell from breaking the clinch.
Campbell is trying to break free.
Campbell has had enough of the clinch but Crawford keeps him there for the moment.
Crawford wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Crawford wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Campbell has him pressed against the cage.
Campbell is trying to break free.
Campbell is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Crawford can do to turn this around?
Crawford is breathing heavily.
Campbell wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Crawford has him pressed against the cage.
Campbell is trying to break the clinch but Crawford has him pressed against the cage.
Crawford tries to break free but Campbell pushes him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crawford fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Campbell wants to break free but Crawford has control.
Campbell wants to break the clinch but can't.
Campbell has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Campbell is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Campbell working hard to break the clinch.
Crawford prevents Campbell from breaking the clinch.
Campbell tries to break the clinch but Crawford is controlling the position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Campbell tries to break free but Crawford pushes him back against the cage.
Crawford has had enough of the clinch but Campbell keeps him there for the moment.
Campbell has Crawford pressed against the cage, preventing Crawford from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Campbell can't break the clinch.
Campbell looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Campbell blocks an uppercut.
Campbell is trying to break the clinch but Crawford is controlling him.
Campbell looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Campbell tries to circle away but Crawford has him pinned against the cage.
Campbell has had enough of the clinch but Crawford keeps him there for the moment.
Campbell blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Crawford working aggressively here.
Crawford lands with a left to the head.
Crawford is trying to break free.

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.
Crawford scores with a shot to the side of Campbell's head.
Crawford working aggressively here.

Campbell's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Campbell rushes Crawford and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Campbell's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Campbell tries to circle away but Crawford has him pinned against the cage.
Campbell wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Campbell is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Campbell tries to break the clinch but Crawford is controlling the position.
Campbell tries to break the clinch but Crawford is controlling the position.

Crawford breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Campbell closes the distance and clinches.
Campbell blocks an uppercut.
Campbell is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Crawford keeps control of Campbell as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Crawford misses with the head strike.
Campbell wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Campbell wants to break free but Crawford has control.
Campbell wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Campbell has Crawford pressed against the cage, preventing Crawford from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Crawford throws a head punch that misses.
Crawford misses with some punches.
Campbell wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Crawford keeps control of Campbell as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Crawford working aggressively here.
Campbell is trying to break the clinch but Crawford is controlling him.

Crawford breaks the clinch.
Crawford has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Campbell finds it's way round the side to connect with Crawford's head.
Campbell lands a slapping body shot.
Campbell looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Campbell lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Campbell drives through and clinches with Crawford against the cage.
Campbell wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Crawford.
Campbell has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Crawford is trying to break the clinch but Campbell is controlling him.
Campbell blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crawford prevents Campbell from breaking the clinch.
Campbell wants to break the clinch but can't.
Crawford fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Campbell breaks the clinch.
Campbell tries to bum rush Crawford with a series of wild strikes but Crawford uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Crawford fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Parker Campbell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Campbell scores with a three punch combo!
Campbell misses with a few strikes there.
Crawford dodges the punch combination from Campbell.
Crawford fails to land the takedown.
Campbell swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Campbell misses with the combination.
Crawford swats away the attempt to clinch by Campbell.
Crawford shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Campbell sprawls well. Campbell wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Crawford gets slowly back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Parker Campbell dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Brian Crawford's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Campbell cracks Crawford with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

Campbell closes the distance and clinches.

Campbell breaks from the clinch.
Campbell throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Campbell is looking to land body kicks.
Crawford is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Campbell.
No joy there for Campbell, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Campbell throws a body kick that misses.
Danga de danga de dang - Campbell scores with a four punch combination!
Crawford blocks the body kick.
Campbell ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Crawford takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Campbell closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Campbell wants to get back to striking at distance but Crawford won't allow it.
Campbell wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Campbell is trying to force a seperation but Crawford has the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Campbell wants to get back to striking at distance but Crawford won't allow it.
Campbell wants to get back to striking at distance but Crawford won't allow it.
Crawford prevents Campbell from breaking the clinch.
Campbell tries to break free but Crawford pushes him back against the cage.
Crawford prevents Campbell from breaking the clinch.

Crawford escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Campbell is looking to clinch.

Campbell takes the fight into the clinch.
Campbell wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Crawford has him pressed against the cage.
Crawford has Campbell pressed against the cage, preventing Campbell from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Campbell is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Crawford has Campbell pressed against the cage, preventing Campbell from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Campbell has had enough of the clinch but Crawford keeps him there for the moment.
Crawford keeps control of Campbell as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Campbell can't break the clinch.
Crawford is trying to break the clinch but Campbell has him pressed against the cage.
Campbell can't break the clinch.
Crawford tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Campbell wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Campbell breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jab, jab by Campbell - just one landing.
Campbell digs a good hook to Crawford's body.
Crawford looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Campbell tests Crawford's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Campbell throws a head kick but Crawford moves out of range.
Campbell scores with a three punch combo!
Campbell tries to close the distance and clinch but Crawford swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Campbell lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Crawford shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Campbell tried to score with a low kick but Crawford checks it.
A combination from Campbell does no damage.
Campbell lands a jab to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Campbell fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Crawford, pushing him back against the cage.
Crawford tries to break the clinch but Campbell is controlling the position.
Crawford has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Campbell tries to break the clinch but Crawford is controlling the position.
Campbell working hard to break the clinch.
Campbell is trying to break the clinch but Crawford is controlling him.
Campbell tries to break free but Crawford pushes him back against the cage.
Crawford prevents Campbell from breaking the clinch.
Campbell is trying to break the clinch but Crawford has him pressed against the cage.

Campbell's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Campbell tries to clinch but Crawford moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Campbell.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Crawford.
Crawford shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Campbell throws a series of punches but Crawford avoids them all with ease.
Campbell swinging wilding here.
Crawford fails with a takedown attempt.
Parker Campbell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brian Crawford.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Campbell lands a jab-cross combination.
Campbell fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Campbell closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Campbell lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Crawford tries to keep at a distance but Campbell has taken the fight into the clinch.
Campbell tries to break free but Crawford pushes him back against the cage.
Crawford has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Campbell is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Campbell wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Brian Crawford has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Campbell wants to break free but Crawford has control.
Crawford keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Campbell's efforts to push away.

Crawford pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Parker Campbell is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Campbell throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Crawford.

And that's the end of the fight!
Parker Campbell showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Campbell has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:24
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:25
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Parker Campbell!