PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Justin Campbell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steven Bishop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bishop is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Undead. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Campbell
vs
Bishop

177 cm
20
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

177 cm
22
182 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Justin Campbell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steven Bishop!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, George Francis and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bishop keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Campbell throws a nice looking combination but Bishop bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Campbell throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Campbell shoots in and drives through. Bishop sprawls well.
Campbell misses with a two punch combination.
No joy there for Bishop, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Campbell tries to bum rush Bishop with a series of wild strikes but Bishop uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Bishop closes the distance and clinches.
Bishop tries to break the clinch but Campbell is controlling the position.

Campbell breaks the clinch.
Campbell fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Justin Campbell. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A clash of legs there as Campbell blocks the low kick.
Justin Campbell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body punch from Campbell.
Campbell scores with a kick to the body.
Campbell throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bishop.
Campbell falls off balance throwing a combination

and Bishop counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Campbell's guard now.
Bishop prevents Campbell from getting back to his feet.
Campbell is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bishop is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Bishop passes Campbell's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Campbell is trying to stand.
Bishop sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Campbell blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bishop.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bishop prevents Campbell from standing back up.
Bishop throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Bishop is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Bishop takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Bishop is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Bishop moves into full mount! Campbell won't be happy about that!

Bishop is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Bishop!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Steven Bishop!