PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nanni Campion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sterling Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Campion
vs
Thomas

168 cm
25
147 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

176 cm
25
152 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nanni Campion!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sterling Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Alexandre Firmino and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Campion tries to bum rush Thomas with a series of wild strikes but Thomas uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Thomas shoots in for a takedown but Campion shows good takedown defense.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Campion!
Campion fails to land with a series of punches.
Campion fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Campion keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Campion throws a one two combo.
Campion swinging wildly here.
No joy there for Campion, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Campion lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Thomas circles away quickly and effectively.
Campion throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Campion misses with a few strikes there.
Thomas shoots in and drives through. Campion sprawls well.
Nanni Campion has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sterling Thomas.
Campion tries to bum rush Thomas with a series of wild strikes but Thomas uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nanni Campion seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Thomas has managed to clinch.
Campion can't break the clinch.

Campion breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Campion throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Campion fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
No joy there for Campion, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Thomas shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Campion manages to escape and get back to his feet!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas tries to score a power double leg takedown but Campion sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Thomas somewhat.
Campion throws a nice looking combination but Thomas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Thomas showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Campion.
Left hook, right uppercut from Campion.
Thomas is trying hard to land a takedown here. Campion sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Nanni Campion is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Thomas showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Campion.
Thomas shoots in but Campion avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Thomas fails with an attempt to clinch.
Campion lands a jab-cross combination.
Campion throws a nice looking combination but Thomas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Campion misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Campion throws a one two combo.
Campion is working the combinations to good effect here.

Thomas rushes Campion and presses him up against the cage.
Thomas struggles to land a body shot inside as Campion controls his hands.
Thomas keeps control of Campion as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Campion has had enough of the clinch but Thomas keeps him there for the moment.
Campion has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Campion wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Thomas has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Campion is trying to break the clinch but Thomas is controlling him.
Campion wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Campion is trying to force a seperation but Thomas has the dominant position.
With the fighters up against the cage, Thomas throws an elbow but misses.
Campion is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Thomas has picked Campion up - he's going for a ride! Thomas dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Campion looks like he's trying to stand up.
Still in half guard, Thomas seems content to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Campion wants to get back to his feet.
Campion is breathing heavily.
Thomas takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Campion is trying to stand.
Thomas controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Sterling Thomas.
Thomas fails to land with a series of punches.
Thomas showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Campion.
Campion misses with a few strikes there.
Thomas showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Campion.
Thomas closes this distance looking for a takedown but Campion circles away.
Thomas looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Campion scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Campion misses with a few strikes there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Campion misses with a two punch combination.
Thomas fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Campion misses with the combination.
Thomas takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Campion throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Thomas.
Some wild striking there from Campion.
Campion scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Thomas fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Thomas takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Thomas shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Campion as he jumps to the side.
A left and a right from Campion both land. Nice combination.
Campion throws a series of strikes that have Thomas backpedaling.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Campion tries to bum rush Thomas with a series of wild strikes but Thomas uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Thomas tries to clinch but Campion is having none of it.
Thomas shoots in for a takedown but Campion shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Campion scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Thomas takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nanni Campion dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Campion!
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch but Campion swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Thomas fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Campion throws a series of punches but Thomas moves out of range.
Campion throws a one two combo.
Campion will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Thomas is looking to clinch but Campion is avoiding it.
Thomas wants to clinch.
Campion scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Campion throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nanni Campion is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Campion falls off balance throwing a combination

and Thomas counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Thomas.
Campion on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Campion tries to get out of the position.
Campion is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Thomas is controlling him.
Thomas looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Thomas is working Campion over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Campion wants to get back to his feet but Thomas is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Thomas controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Campion is looking to stand up but Thomas isn't so interested in that idea.
Thomas is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Thomas passes easily into side control. Nice work.

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.
Campion is trying to buck Thomas off.
Campion is being controlled here.
Campion is working to avoid the ground and pound but Thomas connects with a decent elbow.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.

Thomas thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Thomas scores with a couple of short elbows.
Thomas advances to full mount.

Thomas with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Campion really wants to buck Thomas off and get back to his feet.
Campion is bucking up trying to escape but Thomas cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas lands a big elbow.
Thomas controlling the position easily from mount.
Campion wants to get back to his feet.
Thomas controlling the position easily from mount.
Campion trying desperately to get to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Thomas is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Thomas extends the arm and Campion is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Sterling Thomas!