PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kenneth Townsend (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and matt campball (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Townsend comes to the cage accompanied by Walk by Pantera. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Townsend
vs
campball

199 cm
21
250 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

219 cm
22
280 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kenneth Townsend!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, matt campball!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Alec Ball and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Townsend has a takedown stuffed.
campball looking to land some kicks to the body here.
campball swings for the body but Townsend moves out of range.
Townsend shoots in and drives through. campball sprawls well.
campball tries to clinch up but Townsend circles away and keeps his distance.
campball misses with a head kick.

campball lands a head kick that stumbles Townsend and the fighters go to the mat.

Townsend is rocked!

It looks like Kenneth Townsend has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

campball stands and steps away. Townsend gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Oh Townsend is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
campball throws a right and a left that Townsend avoids nicely.
campball throws a body punch but Townsend moves out of range.

Townsend shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in campball's guard.
Townsend seems to have got his legs back now.
Townsend pushes down on campball's leg and manages to get into half guard.
campball is looking to control Townsend's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can campball avoid being mounted?

campball manages to escape and get back to his feet!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Townsend will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kenneth Townsend. That's going to take a lot out of him.
campball misses with a straight right.
A shot to de liver by Townsend. Beautiful body shot.
Nice cross by campball.
campball throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Townsend.
Townsend avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Townsend shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with campball but campball pushes him off and we're back to square one.

campball looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Townsend!
campball looks gassed!
Townsend is desperately trying to improve his position but campball has a good base and remains in mount.
campball scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Townsend?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Townsend is working to get back to half guard.
Townsend sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Townsend moves into full guard.

Townsend is looking for a triangle but campball pushes his legs off easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
campball won't allow Townsend to sweep him here.
Townsend manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. campball manages to get himself to full guard.
Townsend postures up.
Townsend prevents campball from getting back to his feet.
campball trying to strike off his back.

Townsend thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Townsend stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. campball swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Townsend might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
campball looking to control.
campball wants to sweep here but Townsend controlling him for the moment.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Townsend misses with a head kick.
campball is looking to clinch.
campball throws a push kick but Townsend slaps the foot to one side.
Townsend lands a two punch combo.
campball shoots in for a double leg but Townsend sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Townsend is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Townsend fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Townsend fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
campball looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
campball falls off balance throwing a combination
and Townsend counters with a stiff right hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
campball stuffs the takedown attempt from Townsend. Townsend gets slowly back to his feet.
campball comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

matt campball dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kenneth Townsend's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Townsend wants to clinch.

campball gets a takedown into half guard.
Townsend tries to roll over but campball keeps him under control.
campball works his way into full mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
campball looking to control but Townsend is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Townsend slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Townsend moves into full guard.
campball must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Townsend is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Townsend in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. campball tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Townsend!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Kenneth Townsend!
Kenneth Townsend is the new heavyweight champion!