PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Campos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Daaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Daaz comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Meshuggah - Mind's Mirror kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Nick Daaz told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Campos
vs
Daaz

197 cm
25
215 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

188 cm
23
215 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Daniel Campos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nick Daaz!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Felipe Paraventi and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Daaz tries to clinch there but Campos circles away.
A jab from Daaz finds it's way through Campos's defenses.
Campos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Daaz was well out of range. Poor timing from Campos.
Daaz thows a body shot but no joy.
Daaz connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Campos misses with a series of wild punches.
Campos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Daaz connects with a body shot.
Campos throws a body punch but Daaz moves out of range.
Daaz misses with the combination.
Daaz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Daaz throws a good cross that connects.
Daaz looks to land a left hand but Campos moved out of range nicely.
A big right from Campos misses.
Daaz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Daaz misses the body punch
and Campos counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Campos throws a combination that misses
and Daaz counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Campos misses with a looping left.
Campos throws a nice looking combination but Daaz bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Campos throws a combination that misses
and Daaz makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Daaz throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Campos throws out a loose jab but Daaz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Campos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Daaz lands a nice shot to the body.
Campos misses with a series of wild punches.
Campos is breathing heavily.
Campos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Daaz circles away quickly and effectively.
Campos misses with a wild body shot.
Daaz scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Daaz takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Campos throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Daaz counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Campos takes a jab right on the kisser.
Campos walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Campos throws a jab but it's blocked by Daaz.
Daaz lands an overhand right.
Campos takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Daaz lands a jab to Campos's midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daaz lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Campos at a distance.
Daaz lands a nice looking body shot.
Campos throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Daaz cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Daaz scores with a sloppy right hand. Campos should have avoided that one.
Campos on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Daaz throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Campos stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Campos doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Daaz keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Campos is rocked!
Nick Daaz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Daaz drops Campos with a naaaaasty hook - Campos is in real trouble here! Daaz dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nick Daaz!