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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Randy Campbell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Coutinho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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200 cm
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195 lbs
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187 cm
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195 lbs
1 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined |
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Randy Campbell! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Antonio Coutinho! The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Aleksandr Martynov and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Campbell scores with a nice right hand.
Campbell fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Coutinho looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath. Campbell throws a body punch but Coutinho moves out of range. Campbell tries to clinch but Coutinho is having none of it. Coutinho throws a head kick that misses. Coutinho will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Coutinho throws a nice looking combination but Campbell bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. Campbell misses with a straight right. Campbell drives through with a takedown into guard. Campbell stopping the sweep attempt from Coutinho. Campbell makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Coutinho is rocked! Coutinho wants to stand and escape but Campbell is having none of it. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Campbell chips away with some ground and pound. Campbell trying to control the position from guard on top but Coutinho is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Campbell landing some decent shots from guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Campbell connects with a couple of short punches. Coutinho is still in real trouble! Can Campbell finish him? Coutinho throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Coutinho seems to have recovered his senses. Campbell forces his way into half guard. Coutinho on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound. Campbell is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound. Campbell is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Coutinho has managed to free his arm - good work. Campbell looks to score some points with some ground and pound. Campbell perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there. Campbell lands strikes from half guard. Coutinho really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Campbell. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Campbell wants to control but Coutinho is keeping him busy. Coutinho missing with punches from the bottom.
Campbell works his way into full mount! Coutinho tries to reverse the position but Campbell maintains control.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Campbell cracks Coutinho with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
A nice elbow there by Campbell. Campbell lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here! Campbell has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Coutinho's face.
Campbell has hold of Coutinho's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Coutinho manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Campbell is breathing heavily. 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! Coutinho in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head. Campbell avoids the attempt from Coutinho to control. Campbell jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Coutinho manages to avoid the submission attempt. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Coutinho is trying to buck Campbell off. Campbell tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Campbell has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Coutinho throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done! Coutinho throws a nice looking combination but Campbell bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. Coutinho staying out of range there. Campbell closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard. Campbell controlling the action here. Campbell seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime. Campbell works his foot free and advances to mount. Campbell pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Campbell working the ground and pound effectively.
Campbell lands a nice shot to the head. Campbell landing punches. Coutinho is in a horrible position here. Campbell smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Campbell landing strikes from the mount and Coutinho is in trouble! Campbell cracks Coutinho with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Campbell lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Campbell landing shots from mount. Campbell raining down shots from the mount! As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Coutinho is trying to stand. Coutinho takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Randy Campbell dominated that round. That's time! Back to the action!
Coutinho misses with a two punch combination.
Campbell throws the kick towards the body but Coutinho avoids it. Randy Campbell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Campbell shoots in and bounces Coutinho off the cage to secure the takedown into guard. Campbell will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions. Campbell prevents Coutinho from getting back to his feet. Campbell working some strikes from top position. Campbell thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position. Campbell landing with the ground and pound. Coutinho is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far. Campbell trying to control the position from guard on top but Coutinho is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Campbell advances to half guard. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round. Coutinho is looking to escape. Campbell uses his free foot to push down on Coutinho's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Coutinho. Campbell lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Coutinho hang on? Campbell landing strikes, looking to finish! Campbell trying to control but Coutinho is having none of it. Campbell is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Coutinho can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Campbell content just to control the position here. Randy Campbell overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far. Campbell is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Coutinho is forced to tap! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Randy Campbell!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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