PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nick Burnett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and josh campbell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Burnett
vs
campbell

180 cm
22
163 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

172 cm
25
155 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nick Burnett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, josh campbell!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Steve Montenegro and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
campbell moves out of range of the body kick from Burnett.
campbell takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
josh campbell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
campbell shoots for a double leg takedown but Burnett sprawls well. He's pushed campbell's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Burnett throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
campbell throws a head kick that half lands.
campbell has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

It looks like josh campbell has been cut.
Burnett checks a leg kick nicely.
Burnett scores with a punch to the head.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by campbell.

campbell clinches up against the cage.
campbell misses with a knee to the head.
campbell lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Nick Burnett has been cut.
campbell trying to land knees to the body.
Burnett is trying to break the clinch but campbell has him pressed against the cage.
campbell unloads a knee to the mid-section. Burnett lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Burnett is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
campbell tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Burnett avoids it.
campbell misses with a knee strike.
Burnett wants to break free but campbell has control.
Burnett avoiding damage as campbell throws knees to the body.
campbell tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Burnett tries to break the clinch but campbell is controlling the position.
Burnett has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
campbell scores with a knee to the head.
campbell trying to land knees to the body.
campbell with an attempt at a knee that misses.
campbell scores with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
campbell using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Burnett has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
campbell is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Burnett is defending well for now.
Burnett is trying to break free.
Burnett looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Burnett tries to break the clinch but campbell is controlling the position.
Burnett wants to break free but campbell has control.
Burnett tries to break free but campbell pushes him back against the cage.
Burnett can't break the clinch.
Burnett tries to break free but campbell pushes him back against the cage.
campbell tries to land knees in the clinch but Burnett avoids the damage to the body.
Burnett wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but campbell has him pressed against the cage.

Burnett escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Burnett throws a lazy right hand but campbell sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Burnett tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
campbell fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Burnett stuffs the takedown attempt from campbell. campbell gets slowly back to his feet.
Nick Burnett has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of josh campbell.
Burnett scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Burnett keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
campbell misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
campbell misses with a head kick.
Burnett throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Burnett throws a hook to the side of campbell's head but campbell sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
campbell misses with a leg kick.
Burnett pulls out of a head kick attempt.
campbell takes a jab right on the kisser.
campbell feints and then cracks Burnett's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Burnett down.
Burnett throws a head kick that misses.
Burnett moves out of range of the body kick.
campbell ducks right into an uppercut from Burnett.
Burnett pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
campbell is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
campbell throws a combination that misses
and Burnett counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. campbell is lucky that one didn't land flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burnett throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
campbell wants to clinch up but Burnett keeps it at a distance.
Burnett throws a head kick but campbell moves out of range.
campbell throws a head kick that misses
and Burnett counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

campbell has closed the distance and engaged Burnett in a clinch.
Burnett wants to break the clinch but can't.
Burnett is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Burnett wants to get back to striking at distance but campbell won't allow it.
Burnett can't break the clinch.
campbell using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Burnett has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
campbell missing with knees to the body.
Burnett wants to break free but campbell has control.
campbell lands a nice knee to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Burnett's face as he tries to break the clinch.
campbell tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Burnett avoids it.
campbell tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Burnett avoids it.
Burnett wants to break free but campbell has control.
Burnett is looking to break free of the clinch but campbell has double underhooks.
Burnett looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
campbell with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
campbell with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
campbell misses with a knee strike.
campbell trying to land knees to the body.

That's four 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 tries to land a knee to the head but Burnett blocks with his arms.
Burnett tries to break the clinch but campbell is controlling the position.
campbell misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Burnett.
campbell looking to throw knees to the head but Burnett is blocking nicely.
campbell throws a knee to the head but misses.
campbell prevents Burnett from breaking the clinch.
Burnett tries to circle away but campbell has him pinned against the cage.
campbell misses with a knee to the head.
campbell throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Burnett blocks it with crossed arms.
campbell looking to throw knees to the head but Burnett is blocking nicely.
campbell keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Burnett's efforts to push away.
campbell misses with a knee strike.
campbell keeps control of Burnett as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Burnett is trying to break the clinch but campbell has him pressed against the cage.
campbell trying to land knees to the body.
Burnett is trying to break the clinch but campbell is controlling him.
Burnett on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
campbell utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Burnett wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
campbell using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Burnett has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
campbell tries a knee to the head but Burnett blocks it.
campbell keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Burnett's efforts to push away.
Burnett blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

josh campbell dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

campbell throws a leg kick
and Burnett counters with a straight right hand.
Burnett fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt campbell.
campbell doesn't manage to clinch there - Burnett circles away.
campbell throws a sloppy head kick and Burnett moves out of range easily.
campbell misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Burnett scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
campbell moves out of range of the strikes.

campbell has managed to clinch.
Burnett is trying to force a seperation but campbell has the dominant position.
campbell is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Burnett is defending well for now.
Burnett managing to block the knees to the body from campbell.

Burnett pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
campbell takes one on the button.
Burnett listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Burnett throws a sloppy head kick and campbell moves out of range easily.
A punch lands to the side of campbell 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Burnett avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burnett cracks campbell with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
campbell tries to clinch but Burnett moves out of range.
campbell throws a head kick that misses
enabling Burnett to counter with a crisp jab.
campbell tries to clinch but Burnett moves out of range.
campbell swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Burnett's corner calls for a 1-2. Burnett obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Burnett is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A head kick by campbell misses
enabling Burnett to counter with a crisp jab.
Burnett throws a right hand that campbell ducks under and follows up with a left that campbell also avoids with ease.
josh campbell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
campbell scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
campbell throws a leg kick but Burnett moved away.
campbell fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
campbell tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Burnett moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Burnett throws a head kick but campbell moves out of range.
campbell misses with a leg kick
and Burnett counters with a head kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - campbell looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Burnett blocks a head kick by campbell.
Burnett throws a combination but it was largely blocked by campbell.
campbell throws a wild body kick that Burnett sees coming a mile off.
Burnett tries to bum rush campbell with a series of wild strikes but campbell uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Burnett tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Burnett lands a lovely overhand right.
campbell lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by campbell.
Burnett thows a left - swing and a miss!
Burnett keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Burnett fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burnett dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
campbell swinging wilding here.
campbell throws a head kick that Burnett semi-blocks.
campbell avoids the head kick by Burnett.
campbell throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A lazy body kick from campbell
and Burnett connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
campbell walks into a stiff left hand from Burnett.
Nick Burnett is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
campbell tries to clinch but Burnett is having none of it.
Burnett takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Burnett misses with an uppercut. campbell saw that one coming.
A head kick misses from Burnett.
campbell misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Nick Burnett has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of josh campbell.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
campbell lands with a kick to the ribs.
campbell looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
campbell fails with an attempt to clinch.
campbell avoids the head kick by Burnett.
campbell misses with a head kick.
campbell wants to slow Burnett down by chopping away at his legs.
Burnett is looking to land body kicks.
campbell closes the distance and clinches up with Burnett, looking for a takedown. campbell pushes Burnett against the cage but Burnett circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

campbell moves into the clinch.
campbell throws a knee to the head but misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
campbell keeps control of Burnett as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
campbell has Burnett pressed against the cage, preventing Burnett from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Burnett wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but campbell has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Burnett's face as he tries to break the clinch.
campbell missing with knees to the body.
campbell misses with a knee strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Burnett dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

campbell ducks under a wild hook from Burnett.
Burnett throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

campbell has Burnett up against the cage in a clinch.
campbell tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
campbell using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Burnett has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Burnett is trying to break the clinch but campbell is controlling him.
Burnett tries to break the clinch but campbell is controlling the position.
campbell missing with knees to the body.
campbell keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Burnett's efforts to push away.
Burnett tries to break the clinch but campbell is controlling the position.
campbell with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
campbell tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Burnett looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Burnett tries to break free but campbell pushes him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A frustrated look appears on Burnett's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Burnett is trying to force a seperation but campbell has the dominant position.
campbell looking to throw knees to the head but Burnett is blocking nicely.
campbell keeps control of Burnett as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Burnett can't break the clinch.
campbell misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Burnett.
Burnett blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Burnett avoiding damage as campbell throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
campbell misses with a knee strike.
Burnett managing to block the knees to the body from campbell.
Burnett avoiding damage as campbell throws knees to the body.
campbell tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Burnett avoids it.
Burnett tries to break free but campbell pushes him back against the cage.
Burnett wants to break free but campbell has control.
Burnett wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Burnett is trying to break free.
campbell keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Burnett's efforts to push away.
campbell is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Burnett wants to get back to striking at distance but campbell won't allow it.
Burnett wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
campbell has Burnett pressed against the cage, preventing Burnett from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Burnett is trying to force a seperation but campbell has the dominant position.
Burnett managing to block the knees to the body from campbell.
Burnett looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Burnett wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Burnett looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Burnett is looking to break free of the clinch but campbell has double underhooks.
campbell tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Burnett wants to break free but campbell has control.
campbell missing with knees to the body.
Burnett blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Burnett managing to block the knees to the body from campbell.
campbell using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

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 has Burnett pressed against the cage, preventing Burnett from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Burnett blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Burnett wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
campbell keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Burnett's efforts to push away.
Burnett is trying to break the clinch but campbell is controlling him.
campbell tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
campbell tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
campbell tries to land a knee to the head but Burnett blocks with his arms.
Burnett is trying to break the clinch but campbell is controlling him.
Burnett has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Burnett wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but campbell has him pressed against the cage.
campbell tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Burnett avoids it.
Burnett looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Burnett avoiding damage as campbell throws knees to the body.
campbell working Burnett over with knees to the body.
Burnett blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Burnett has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
campbell tries to land a knee to the head but Burnett blocks with his arms.
campbell keeps control of Burnett as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Burnett tries to circle away but campbell has him pinned against the cage.
campbell with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
campbell tries to land a knee to the head but Burnett blocks with his arms.
campbell lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
campbell looking to throw knees to the head but Burnett is blocking nicely.
Burnett managing to block the knees to the body from campbell.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
campbell tries a knee to the head but Burnett blocks it.
campbell tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Burnett avoids it.
Burnett wants to get back to striking at distance but campbell won't allow it.
campbell using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Burnett has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
campbell tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Burnett managing to block the knees to the body from campbell.
Burnett managing to block the knees to the body from campbell.
campbell tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Burnett looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Burnett tries to break free but campbell pushes him back against the cage.
campbell missing with knees to the body.
campbell keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Burnett's efforts to push away.
Burnett wants to break the clinch but can't.
campbell lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Burnett is looking to break free of the clinch but campbell has double underhooks.
Burnett wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Burnett has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
campbell trying to land knees to the body.
campbell lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
campbell tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
campbell misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Burnett.
campbell tries a knee to the head but Burnett blocks it.
campbell with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
campbell tries to land knees in the clinch but Burnett avoids the damage to the body.
campbell tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Burnett avoids it.

That's four 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.
Burnett wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but campbell has him pressed against the cage.
campbell landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Burnett can't break the clinch.
campbell scores with a knee to the head.
Burnett looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
campbell misses with a knee strike.
campbell lands a good knee to the midsection. Burnett won't want to take too many of those.
Burnett working hard to break the clinch.
Burnett wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
campbell lands a knee to the head.
Burnett is looking to break free of the clinch but campbell has double underhooks.
campbell misses with a knee strike.
campbell tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Burnett avoids it.
Burnett working hard to break the clinch.
campbell tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
campbell tries a knee to the head but Burnett blocks it.
Burnett wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
campbell tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Burnett avoids it.
Burnett tries to circle away but campbell has him pinned against the cage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
campbell throws a knee to the head but misses.
Burnett tries to break free but campbell pushes him back against the cage.
Burnett managing to block the knees to the body from campbell.
Burnett wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but campbell has him pressed against the cage.
campbell has Burnett pressed against the cage, preventing Burnett from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
campbell misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Burnett.

And that's the end of the fight!
josh 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 28:29
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... josh campbell!