PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ali Mouba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luke Campion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luke Campion has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Ali Mouba's chin.

Mouba
vs
Campion

190 cm
20
245 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

190 cm
18
235 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ali Mouba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Luke Campion!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, David Hoff and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Mouba drives through with a takedown into Campion's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Campion is trying to keep Mouba in close.
We've been hearing that Mouba has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mouba working some strikes from top position.
Mouba landing with the ground and pound.
Mouba 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.
Mouba is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Mouba is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mouba lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Mouba scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Mouba is working Campion over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Mouba controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mouba slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Mouba cracks Campion with a big right hand but Campion just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Mouba slows the pace down.
Campion is working to avoid the ground and pound but Mouba connects with a decent elbow.
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.

Mouba thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Mouba taking a breather here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mouba lands a few punches from side control.
A lull in the action here.
Mouba landing strikes.
Mouba cracks Campion with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Campion takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Mouba working the ground and pound from side control.

Campion is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mouba taking a breather here.

Mouba is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Campion has escaped the position, nice work there.
Mouba is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Campion's shoulder. That is not cool.
Check out the look on Mouba's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Mouba in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Campion taking punishment in the form of punches.
Campion is still in real trouble! Can Mouba finish him?
We've been informed that Campion has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Mouba taking a breather here.
Campion seems to have recovered his senses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mouba advances nicely into full mount.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Mouba! Campion is hurt baaadly! Mouba is firing away with more strikes - Campion is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ali Mouba!
Ali Mouba decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
In defeat, Luke Campion stepped up to the mic, saying 'Congratulations to my opponent. He was the better man today. Now I go back to training to make sure that I'm the better man tomorrow. Thanks to the fans for all of their support.'.