PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Richard Campbell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edgar Davids (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Davids has chosen Satisfaction as his entrance music. Edgar Davids is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Campbell
vs
Davids

170 cm
22
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
18
160 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Basic striking
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup

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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 Los Angeles, Richard Campbell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Edgar Davids!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davids throws an overhand right that lands on Campbell's shoulder, as Campbell tries to avoid the shot.
Some wild striking there from Davids.
No joy there for Davids, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Davids looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Campbell gets a takedown into half guard.
Davids tries to kick Campbell off but Campbell keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Davids tries to get to full guard but Campbell has control of the leg.
Campbell frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Campbell pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Campbell looking to control and managing it successfully.
Campbell working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Davids regains half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davids wants to get back to his feet.
Still in half guard, Campbell seems content to control.
Davids wants to get back to full guard.
Campbell is taking a breather. Davids 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 scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Davids punching from the bottom.
Campbell winds up and cracks Davids with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Campbell lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Campbell looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
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.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Campbell stops Davids from getting back to his feet.
Campbell working over Davids with some ground and pound. Davids looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Well, if Campbell is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Nice strikes from Campbell there.
Davids wants to control but Campbell is keeping busy.
Campbell blocks the strikes from Davids.
Campbell is nestled in close to Davids, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Campbell lands a nice short elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Campbell seems to be working for a kimura but Davids defends the submission attempt.
Davids wants to improve his position but Campbell is controlling well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davids wants to control but Campbell is keeping busy.
Davids is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Nice takedown defense from Davids. No joy for Campbell on that attempt.
Davids scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Davids misses with a series of wild punches.
Campbell fails to land the takedown.
Campbell is breathing heavily.
Campbell misses the shot to the body.
Campbell takes one to the chin there.
Davids misses with the combination.
Davids misses with a wild combination.

Campbell gets a takedown into half guard.
Campbell trying to control the action but Davids is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davids is looking to improve his position.
Campbell prevents Davids from standing back up.
Campbell takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Campbell seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Davids has a hand on Campbell's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Campbell takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Davids tries to reverse the position but Campbell maintains control.
Campbell 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.

Campbell looking to secure an arm triangle but Davids defends it well.
Campbell prevents Davids from getting the reversal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Campbell dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Davids throws a series of punches but Campbell avoids them all with ease.
Davids scores with a three punch combo!
Campbell fails with the takedown.
Davids misses the shot to the body.
Davids throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Davids rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Campbell moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Campbell bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Davids tries to improve position but can't.
Davids tries to escape but Campbell is in control.
Campbell lands a decent elbow from side control.
Davids tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Campbell wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Davids is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Davids taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davids is looking for a sweep.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Davids throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Campbell takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Campbell tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Davids swivels and escapes.
Campbell throws a right hand that Davids ducks under and follows up with a left that Davids also avoids with ease.

Campbell scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Davids looks like he's trying to stand up.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Campbell in particular looking to stall.
Campbell thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Davids's head.
Davids trying to hold on to Campbell's head to control him but Campbell postures up.
Nice strikes from Campbell there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davids wants to get back to full guard.
Campbell prevents Davids from standing back up.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Davids misses with a jab, cross combination.
Davids misses with a double jab.

Campbell 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.
Davids has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Campbell has passed into side control.
Campbell in side control lands a decent elbow.
Campbell trying to control the position but Davids is working away.
Davids struggling a bit here.
Richard Campbell overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Campbell trying to control the position but Davids is working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davids manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Davids manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Campbell postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Campbell won't allow Davids to sweep him here.
Davids throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Davids trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Davids seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Campbell keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Davids's head.
Campbell throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Davids works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Davids is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Davids throws an overhand right that lands on Campbell's shoulder, as Campbell tries to avoid the shot.
Campbell has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Campbell there as he acknowledges the shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davids misses with a jab, cross combination.

Campbell scores with a takedown into Davids's guard.
Campbell with a nice head shot there.
Davids is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Campbell is controlling him.
Davids wants to sweep here but Campbell controlling him for the moment.
Campbell pushing down on Davids's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Davids tries to roll over but Campbell keeps him under control.
Campbell slips a nice elbow through Davids's hands, connecting with Davids's forehead.
Campbell looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Davids makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Davids.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Davids wants to stand but Campbell is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Edgar Davids will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Campbell throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Davids misses with a few strikes there.
A nice combination there by Davids.

Campbell shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Campbell was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Campbell scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Davids?
Davids is in all sorts of trouble here.

Campbell is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Davids has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Davids really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Davids gets back to half guard.
Davids is trying to stand back up but Campbell is controlling him
Campbell is trying to control the action in half guard but Davids is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Campbell thows a huge punch but Davids dodges it nicely.
Davids works his way to full guard. Good work.
Campbell throws a big right hand that misses.
Campbell postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Davids looking for a sweep. Not yet Davids, not yet.
Davids is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Davids fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Davids catches Campbell with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Campbell slips a jab and a cross from Davids.

Campbell scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Davids is trying to stand up here but Campbell is controlling him well.
Campbell trying to control from half guard but Davids is working away.
Campbell is looking to advance position but Davids won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Campbell seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Davids does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Campbell working Davids over with strikes.
Campbell looks to land a strike but Davids avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Davids tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Davids lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Davids scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Davids goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Davids works Campbell's body with a nice hook.
Davids fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Davids throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Campbell.
Richard Campbell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Campbell scores with a takedown into Davids's guard.
Campbell scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Campbell postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davids looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Campbell lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Davids controls Campbell momentarily but Campbell frees himself.
Campbell postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Campbell loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Davids looking to hit a scissor sweep but Campbell is one step ahead there.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Horrible takedown by Campbell or perhaps it was just good defense by Davids which made him look bad.
Davids throws a right and a left that both miss.

Campbell fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Davids sprawls well initially but Campbell persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Campbell is trying to control. Davids wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Campbell landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Campbell moves nicely into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davids tries to improve position but can't.
Davids on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Campbell wants to control but Davids is keeping him busy.
Davids is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Campbell lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Davids down.
Davids dodges the ground and pound from Campbell.
Davids is looking to get back to his feet here but Campbell is keeping cool and he's managed to take Davids's back.
Davids tries to escape but Campbell has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Campbell has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Davids.

And that's the end of the fight!
Richard Campbell showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Campbell has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Richard Campbell!