PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Trevor Sweeney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Greg Campos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trevor Sweeney has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Sweeney
vs
Campos

168 cm
19
161 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

178 cm
18
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Trevor Sweeney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Greg Campos!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Johanna Lukiainen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sweeney wants to clinch.
Sweeney fails with an attempt to clinch.

Campos gets tackled into the cage by Sweeney. Sweeney maintains the clinch.
Sweeney keeps control of Campos as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Sweeney escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Campos fails with an attempt to clinch.

Sweeney gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Sweeney doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Sweeney 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.
Sweeney wants to stand and escape but Campos is having none of it.
Campos looking to pass the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sweeney has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Campos off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Sweeney enables Campos to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Sweeney manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Campos wants to control from the top but Sweeney keeps moving.
Campos stopping the sweep attempt from Sweeney.
Sweeney wants to stand and escape but Campos is having none of it.

Sweeney scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Campos tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sweeney manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Campos shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Campos showed some decent athleticism there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Campos perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Sweeney regains full guard. Nicely done.
Campos stopping the sweep attempt from Sweeney.
Sweeney bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Campos's guard.
Campos wants to hit a switch here but Sweeney passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Campos there!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sweeney unloading with bombs!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Campos slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Campos scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Sweeney manages to mount him!
Campos tries to lock up and control but Sweeney gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sweeney lands with some strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sweeney avoids the attempt from Campos to control.

Sweeney looking for a guillotine from mount but Campos is having none of it.
Campos wants to control but Sweeney is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sweeney working Campos over with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Trevor Sweeney will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Campos throws a solid leg kick but Sweeney takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Campos.
Campos misses the shot to the body.
Campos keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Campos shoots in and bounces Sweeney off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Campos won't allow Sweeney to get back to his feet.
Campos won't allow Sweeney to sweep him here.
Campos wants to control from the top but Sweeney keeps moving.
Campos stops Sweeney from standing up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Campos wants to control from the top but Sweeney keeps moving.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Greg Campos hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

Campos looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Sweeney!
Campos trying to control the action but Sweeney is working from the bottom.
Sweeney tries to escape but Campos is in control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sweeney throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Campos in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Greg Campos has got the better of the ground game so far.
Campos wants to stand but Sweeney has his arm trapped.
Sweeney sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Sweeney moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Campos wants to control from the top but Sweeney keeps moving.

Sweeney scrambles and gets back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Campos closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Sweeney to the mat! Sweeney manages to get full guard.
Campos really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sweeney. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sweeney looking to hit a scissor sweep but Campos is one step ahead there.
Sweeney keeping moving, preventing Campos from controlling successfully.

Sweeney has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Campos has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.

Campos jumps guard and drags Sweeney to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Sweeney throwing strikes but missing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Campos wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Sweeney manages to pass to side control.
Nice strikes from Sweeney there.
Campos trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sweeney prevents Campos from getting the reversal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Greg Campos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!

Campos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Campos looks to land a body kick but Sweeney moved away.

Campos scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Sweeney wants to get back to his feet.
Campos is looking to pass Sweeney's guard but actually Sweeney recovers to full guard.
Sweeney is looking to stand up but Campos isn't so interested in that idea.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Campos is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Campos prevents Sweeney from getting back to his feet.
Sweeney being controlled here, momentarily.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Greg Campos hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

Sweeney 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Campos is adopting a defensive guard.
Sweeney throwing strikes from guard but Campos blocks nicely.
Campos looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Sweeney puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Campos is trying to control but Sweeney passes into side control!
The strikes coming from Sweeney are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Campos tries to control but Sweeney manages to take his back.
Sweeney is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Sweeney gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Sweeney gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Sweeney apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Sweeney tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Campos manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Campos shoots in and gets a takedown into Sweeney's guard.
Campos is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Campos's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Campos wants to stand and escape but instead Sweeney has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Campos working a defensive guard but Sweeney passes into half guard.
Sweeney thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Campos's head.
Sweeney throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sweeney not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Campos trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Greg Campos.
I think Campos has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 28:29
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Greg Campos!