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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kron Kai (ranked 614 p4p, 83 weight class) and Stephen Campbell (ranked 581 p4p, 78 weight class). Kron Kai could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Stephen Campbell's chin.
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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
17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kron Kai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 10 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stephen Campbell!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Wagner Zegers and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Campbell misses with a lunging right hand
and Kai counters with a straight right hand.
Kai on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Campbell motions for Kai to come forward. Campbell throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A little feinted left hand from Kai on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Kai moves out of range of the strikes.
Campbell lunges at Kai with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kai's hand.
Kai throws an overhand right that lands on Campbell's shoulder, as Campbell tries to avoid the shot.
Campbell ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Campbell looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Campbell shoots for a takedown but Kai saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Campbell looks to land a right hand but Kai moved out of range.
Campbell fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kai has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Campbell throws a good cross that connects.
Kai keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Kai throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Campbell on the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Campbell uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kai.
Campbell misses the shot to the body.
Campbell throws an off balance right hand
and Kai counters with a stiff right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Campbell throws a solid leg kick but Kai takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Campbell.
Campbell jabs at Kai's body.
Kai throws a hook but Campbell blocks it.
Kai tries to sprawl but Campbell drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Campbell landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Kai won't allow Campbell to pass to mount.
Kai preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Campbell sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Kai defending well though.
Kai trying to hold on to Campbell's head to control him but Campbell postures up.
Campbell prevents Kai from improving his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Campbell trying to control from half guard but Kai is working away.
Campbell not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Kai blocking the ground and pound attempt from Campbell.
Kai trying to control but Campbell postures up.
Kai keeping hold of Campbell's head, controlling as best he can.
Campbell landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Kai is trying to control but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Campbell drops an elbow to the side of Kai's head.
Kai trying to control from the bottom.
Campbell is taking a breather. Kai says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Campbell missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Campbell is keen to just control but Kai is a slippery customer.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Kai looks to land a left hand but Campbell moved out of range nicely.
Campbell takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Campbell swings for the body but Kai moves out of range.
Kai avoids the body shot from Campbell.
Decent striking displayed by Kai there.
Campbell scores with a decent looking hook.
Kai on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Campbell. Campbell obviously looking to wear him down.
Kai looks to score with a jab to the body but Campbell is just out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kai throws a lazy right hand but Campbell sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Campbell swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kai keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kai fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kron Kai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Campbell takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Campbell motions for Kai to come forward. Campbell throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kai throws a shot from downtown. Campbell moves away and avoids it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Campbell lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Kai has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kai and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Kai drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Campbell throws a jab when Kai was well out of range.
Kai is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Kai throws a body shot but no joy.
Campbell scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Campbell scoring well with a low kick there.
Kai connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A swing and a miss from Campbell.
Kai fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Campbell.
Kron Kai is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kai throws a hook to the side of Campbell's head but Campbell sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stephen Campbell dominated that round.
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.
Campbell shoots in but Kai avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Campbell shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Campbell was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Campbell throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Kai is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Ice Cream Parlour, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Campbell misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
An elbow from Campbell crashes against the mat.
A lull in the action here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Campbell cracks Kai with a big right hand but Kai just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Campbell trying to control the action but Kai is working from the bottom.
Campbell has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Campbell throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Kai works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Campbell not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Kai on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Campbell slows the pace down in half guard.
Campbell is thwarting Kai's attempts to control the position.
Campbell throwing shots but Kai is blocking nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Campbell missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Campbell not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Kai slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Campbell trying to control the position from guard on top but Kai is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kai seems keen to control Campbell's posture.
Campbell trying to control the position from guard on top but Kai is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Campbell controls from within his opponent's guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Campbell lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kai circles away quickly and effectively.
A jab from Campbell misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kai lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Campbell backs up against the cage.
Campbell shoots in and drives through. Kai sprawls well.
Kai misses with a looping left.
Kai throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Campbell digs a good hook to Kai's body.
Campbell thuds his shin into the meat of Kai's side.
Campbell has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Campbell ducks right into an uppercut from Kai.
Kai connects with an inside leg kick.
Campbell is looking to score with low kicks.
Kai misses with a wild body shot.
Campbell looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Nice sprawl there from Kai as Campbell shoots in.
Kron Kai has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Stephen Campbell.
Kai smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Campbell takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kai lands a nice leg kick that just misses Campbell's sensitive parts.
A looping hook to the body misses from Campbell. Kai does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Campbell looks to land a left hand but Kai moved out of range nicely.
Kai throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Kai scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Campbell doesn't seem bothered though.
Campbell moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kai throws a leg kick
and Campbell counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kai connects with the punch.
Kai takes a swing at Campbell's ribcage but misses.
Campbell feints a counter leg kick.
Kai checks a low kick from Campbell.
Campbell scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Kai lands a nice leg kick that just misses Campbell's sensitive parts.
Good work by Campbell as he checks the leg kick.
Kai throws a solid leg kick but Campbell takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kai.
Campbell uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kai.
Kai scores with a jab. Campbell acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Kai with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Campbell closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Kron Kai will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Kai with a nice cross.
Campbell moves out of range as Kai strikes.
Kai ducks under a wild hook from Campbell.
Good leg kick by Kai there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kai bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A leg kick checked by Kai.
Campbell avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Campbell scores with a jab to the jaw.
Kai looks to land a right hand but Campbell moved out of range.
Campbell lands a front kick.
Kai swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Campbell. Kai does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kai tried to counter with a leg kick but Campbell avoided it.
Kai looks to land a left hand but Campbell moved out of range nicely.
Kai swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Campbell makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kai looks to land a right hand but Campbell moved out of range.
Campbell uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kai.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kai throws a body punch but Campbell moves out of range.
Campbell looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kai avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Campbell is looking to land body kicks.
Kai appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Campbell thows a leg kick but Kai checks it
and Campbell takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kai throws a lazy uppercut
and Campbell counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Campbell makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Stephen Campbell has got the better of the ground game so far.
Campbell missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Kai keeping moving, preventing Campbell from controlling successfully.
Campbell pushing down on Kai's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Campbell wants to control but Kai is keeping him busy.
Campbell throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Campbell misses with a head shot. Kai uses the momentum to regain guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Campbell is looking to work some ground and pound but Kai has wrist control.
Campbell lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Kai is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Campbell connects with a couple of short punches.
Kai trying to control the position.
Kai utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Campbell is stalling in the full guard.
Kai preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kai working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Campbell.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Campbell thows a left - swing and a miss!
Campbell lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Campbell gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Kai pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kai is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Kai keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Campbell.
Kai doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Campbell throws a leg kick but Kai sees it coming and moves out of range.
Campbell throws the left hand but Kai avoids the punch easily.
Kron Kai is winning the standup battle so far.
Campbell cracks Kai with a good jab.
Campbell dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kai. That did some damage!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kai slips a jab from Campbell.
Campbell dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Campbell bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Campbell lands an overhand right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Campbell throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kai counters with a nice uppercut.
Kai jabs Campbell right on the nose. Campbell blinks but takes it well.
Kai lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Campbell shoots in but no luck this time.
Campbell slips a straight right by Kai.
Kai misses with a wild body shot.
Kai defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Campbell.
Kai swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Kai misses the body punch
and Campbell counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Good work by Kai as he checks the leg kick.
Campbell misses with a straight left.
Kai swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Kai loads up on a big right hand but Campbell slips the punch.
A nice side step and Campbell releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
And that's the end of the fight!
Stephen Campbell comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Campbell 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stephen Campbell!
A very excited looking Stephen Campbell rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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hype
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