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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harcore Prawn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Selby Campbell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Prawn comes to the cage accompanied by Rock Box - Run DMC. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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210 lbs
10 - 5 - 0 |
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186 cm
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192 lbs
19 - 12 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Harcore Prawn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Selby Campbell!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prawn throws a sloppy head kick and Campbell moves out of range easily.
We've been hearing reports that Prawn has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Campbell takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Selby Campbell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Campbell throws a nice looking combination but Prawn bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Campbell is defended easily by Prawn.
Campbell swinging wildly here.
Campbell fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Prawn moves into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Campbell.
Prawn can't find room to land a body shot as Campbell controls the action.
A nice left hand lands by Prawn.
Campbell fails to pull guard.
Prawn has Campbell pressed against the cage, preventing Campbell from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Campbell breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Campbell will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Campbell slips under a jab from Prawn.
Campbell misses with a few strikes there.
Campbell misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Prawn ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Campbell takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Campbell misses with a jab, cross combination.
Campbell misses with a series of wild punches.
Prawn takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Campbell lands with a nice combination. Prawn backs away looking to recover.
Prawn lands a head kick. Campbell smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Prawn throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Harcore Prawn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Campbell will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Prawn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Campbell.
Campbell takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Prawn throws a sloppy head kick and Campbell moves out of range easily.
Campbell walks forward, straight into a front kick from Prawn.
Prawn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Campbell.
Prawn throws an overhand right that lands on Campbell's shoulder, as Campbell tries to avoid the shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prawn connects with a right hand. Campbell shakes it off.
Campbell lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Prawn circles away quickly and effectively.
Prawn misses with a looping left.
Campbell misses with a series of wild punches.
Prawn lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Jab by Campbell.
Prawn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Campbell throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Prawn counter with a right hand.
Prawn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Campbell manages to avoid it.
Campbell is looking to clinch but Prawn is avoiding it.
Prawn throws a head kick but Campbell moves out of range.
Campbell throws a nice looking combination but Prawn bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Campbell with a poor takedown
and Prawn counters with a nice body kick.
Harcore Prawn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Selby Campbell.
Campbell avoids the body shot from Prawn.
Prawn lands with a nice body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prawn instigates a clinch.
Prawn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Prawn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Campbell was well out of range. Poor timing from Prawn.
Campbell lands with a nice combination. Prawn backs away looking to recover.
Prawn connects with a jab.
A combination from Campbell does no damage.
Campbell fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Prawn lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Campbell on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Prawn pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Prawn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Campbell will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Prawn throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Campbell.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Campbell takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Prawn bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Campbell's head backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Campbell's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Prawn scores with a nice hook to the head.
Campbell gets control of Prawn's arms and successfully pulls guard. Campbell will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Campbell is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Prawn is aware though and is defending well.
Prawn stopping the sweep attempt from Campbell.
Prawn trying to control but Campbell is working from the bottom.
Our spies down at at Main Event Gym inform us that Campbell has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Campbell pulls Prawn in to control the position.
Prawn works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Prawn lands a nice short elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Prawn lands with a punch from half guard.
Campbell wants to get back to full guard but Prawn has passed into side control.
Prawn trying to control the action but Campbell is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harcore Prawn dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Campbell takes a kick to the side of the head.
Campbell displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Selby Campbell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Campbell rushes Prawn and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Campbell is looking for a takedown.
Prawn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Prawn tries to work over Campbell's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Campbell has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Prawn after a bit of a struggle.
Campbell lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Prawn scores with a shot to the side of Campbell's head.
Prawn blocks an uppercut.
Prawn's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Campbell misses with the combination.
Harcore Prawn is winning the standup battle so far.
Campbell swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Prawn misses with a body shot.
Prawn lands a body shot.
Prawn throws a head kick that half lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Prawn fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Campbell, pushing him back against the cage.
Campbell lands with a light punch inside.
Campbell gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Prawn wants to get back to full guard.
Campbell is trying to work for a kimura but Prawn is defending well.
Campbell looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Prawn moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Campbell in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Prawn working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Campbell.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Campbell accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Campbell in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Prawn is on top in guard.
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 tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Prawn is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Campbell keeping moving, preventing Prawn from controlling successfully.
Campbell looking to control but Prawn passes into half guard.
Campbell is looking to improve his position.
Campbell is not content to let Prawn control the position.
Campbell looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Campbell wants to improve his position but Prawn is controlling well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Campbell has hold of Prawn's hands but Prawn slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Campbell is looking to improve his position.
Harcore Prawn overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Campbell taking some punishment here, with Prawn in his half guard.
Campbell is not content to let Prawn control the position.
Prawn working over Campbell with some ground and pound. Campbell looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Campbell is pressing down on Prawn's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Prawn postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Campbell is controlling Prawn's posture.
Prawn throws a big elbow that misses.
Campbell will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Campbell is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Campbell looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Campbell keeping moving, preventing Prawn from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prawn slips nicely into half guard.
Campbell trying to control here.
Campbell is trying to get back to full guard.
Prawn lands strikes from half guard.
Campbell trying to hold on to Prawn's head to control him but Prawn postures up.
Prawn throwing shots but Campbell is blocking nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Campbell wants to control but Prawn passes into side.
Prawn wants to control but Campbell is keeping him busy.
Prawn lands a few punches from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harcore Prawn dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Prawn lands with a thumping leg kick.
A head kick lands from Prawn that sends Campbell to the canvas. Campbell tries to scramble back to his feet but Prawn brings him back down into side control.
Campbell is rocked!
It looks like Selby Campbell has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Campbell takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Campbell is still in real trouble! Can Prawn finish him?
Prawn scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Campbell is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Prawn can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Harcore Prawn!
Harcore Prawn decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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