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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rashad Campbell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joshua Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Drake has chosen Εξομολογεισθ as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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285 lbs
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260 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rashad Campbell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Joshua Drake!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Campbell fakes the leg kick and cracks Drake in the body.
Campbell lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Drake circles away quickly and effectively.
Campbell misses with a low kick.
Campbell tries to clinch up.
Campbell dips to his left and cracks Drake with an uppercut!
Campbell throws a leg kick but Drake moved away.
Campbell connects with a body shot that sends Drake's belly button to the back.
A solid body kick from Campbell.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A telegraphed right hand from Drake misses the target.
Drake blocks a head kick by Campbell.
Campbell clobbers Drake with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
It looks like Joshua Drake has been cut.
Drake with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Campbell.
A bone on bone clash there as Drake blocks the leg kick.
A low kick from Campbell is predictable there
and Drake counters with a left and a right that stings Campbell.
Drake throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Campbell.
Drake avoids the head kick by Campbell.
A head kick misses from Campbell.
Drake defending well as Campbell loads up on a big left hand.
Drake throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Campbell moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake lands an overhand right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Campbell jabs at Drake's body.
Campbell changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Campbell misses the target.
Campbell darts in and clinches Drake up against the cage.
Campbell tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Drake doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Campbell lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Drake looking to slow down the pace here.
Campbell just leaning against Drake, taking a breather.
Campbell struggles to land a body shot inside as Drake controls his hands.
Drake swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Campbell misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Campbell throws a head punch that misses.
Campbell tries a body shot but Drake blocks it.
Campbell struggles to land a body shot inside as Drake controls his hands.
Campbell's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Campbell lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Drake prevents a body shot from Campbell.
Drake lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Drake wants to break the clinch but can't.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Campbell.
Campbell has Drake pressed against the cage, preventing Drake from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Drake blocking some punches.
Campbell lands a right hand that snaps the head of Drake backwards.
Campbell digs a right hand underneath Drake's ribcage. Drake let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Campbell keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Drake's efforts to push away.
Come on Campbell - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Campbell has Drake pressed against the cage, preventing Drake from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drake blocks a body shot from Campbell.
Campbell throws a head punch that misses.
Campbell stalling the fight.
Drake swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Campbell misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short left from Campbell.
Campbell misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short uppercut from Campbell.
A hook to the body from Campbell.
Drake looks gassed!
Campbell gets through Drake's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Drake looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Drake being controlled against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Campbell throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Campbell lands with a short punch from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rashad Campbell dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joshua Drake's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Campbell tries a head kick but it misses.
Campbell misses the body punch
and Drake counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Drake throws a looping overhand right but Campbell ducks down to avoid it.
Campbell misses the body punch
and Drake counters with a nice uppercut.
Campbell drives through and clinches with Drake against the cage.
Drake has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Campbell misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Campbell lands a left hand.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Campbell.
Drake's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Campbell lands a slapping body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Campbell's jab looks to have found its range, popping Drake under the eye.
Drake takes one on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Campbell lands a head shot.
Campbell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Campbell tries to close the distance and clinch up but Drake swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Campbell connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Drake walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Drake connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Campbell tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rashad Campbell is winning the standup battle so far.
Good shot there by Campbell.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drake throws a hook but Campbell blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Campbell fails in his attempt to clinch.
Campbell comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Jab from Campbell.
Campbell looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Campbell is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Drake walks into a stiff left hand from Campbell.
Drake on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Drake is breathing heavily.
Campbell listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That has opened up Joshua Drake's cut even more.
Drake takes a kick to the side of the head.
A big right from Campbell misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Campbell tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Drake counters with a series of strikes. Campbell will be more careful next time no doubt.
Campbell is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Campbell scores with a hook to the body. Drake takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Drake ducks right into an uppercut from Campbell.
The cut above Joshua Drake's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Campbell scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Campbell looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Campbell connects with an inside leg kick.
Campbell is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Drake can do to turn this around?
A good leg kick by Campbell.
Drake has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Campbell.
Campbell tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Drake was well out of range. Poor timing from Campbell.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Campbell lands a head kick!
Campbell lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Campbell throws a body punch but Drake moves out of range.
Drake takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Drake's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Campbell connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Drake scrambles back to his feet.
Joshua Drake's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Joshua Drake is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Campbell feints and then cracks Drake's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Drake down.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Campbell lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Joshua Drake's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Rashad Campbell!
A very excited looking Rashad 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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