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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rylan Gardner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocco Campana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gardner comes to the cage accompanied by Goodtimes. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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265 lbs
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265 lbs
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Good wrestling
Good knees
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
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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
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rylan Gardner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Rocco Campana!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Stewart Dunkirk and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Campana lands with a shot to the body.
Campana scores with a jab.
Gardner goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
It looks like Rocco Campana has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Campana avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice shot by Gardner.
Rylan Gardner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Campana keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Campana lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Campana steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gardner.
Campana tries a low kick but Gardner avoids it.
Gardner just misses with a punch to the body.
Campana slips under a jab from Gardner.
Campana throws a low kick, looking for Gardner's leg but Gardner calmly moves out of range.
A punch combination from Gardner misses.
Gardner gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Campana misses with a short punch on the inside.
Campana blocks an elbow strike.
Campana managing to block the knees to the body from Gardner.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Campana misses with the head strike.
Campana drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Campana is trying to break the clinch but Gardner has him pressed against the cage.
Campana is trying to stall.
Gardner drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Campana gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Gardner lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short left from Gardner.
Campana throws a head punch that misses.
Gardner scores with a shot to the side of Campana's head.
Gardner is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Gardner holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Gardner lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gardner.
Gardner is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Rylan Gardner has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rocco Campana.
Gardner has Campana pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Campana manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Gardner misses with a punch to the body.
Gardner controlling the action here for a moment.
Gardner looking to stall.
Gardner stops a takedown attempt from Campana.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gardner is trying to stall.
Gardner misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Campana.
Campana has Gardner pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Gardner manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Gardner just leaning against Campana, taking a breather.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gardner lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gardner lands a good knee to the midsection. Campana won't want to take too many of those.
A short right from Gardner on the inside.
Campana has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Gardner is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Campana has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Gardner after a bit of a struggle.
Campana drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Gardner gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Gardner lands an elbow inside that Campana shrugs off.
Campana looks gassed!
Gardner is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Campana throws a punch but it's blocked by Gardner.
Gardner stalling.
Gardner tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Campana tries a body shot but Gardner blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Campana is trying to force a seperation but Gardner has the dominant position.
Gardner tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Campana avoids it.
Gardner controlling the action here for a moment.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gardner lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Gardner is trying to control the action in half guard but Campana is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Campana is pressing down on Gardner's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gardner sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Gardner scoring with punches to the head and body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gardner trying to control but Campana is working from the bottom.
Campana controls Gardner momentarily but Gardner frees himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rylan Gardner dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rocco Campana's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Campana blocks a jab.
Rylan Gardner is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gardner avoids the body shot from Campana.
Gardner takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Rylan Gardner is winning the standup battle so far.
Gardner moves out of range as Campana throws a body kick.
Gardner checks a low kick from Campana.
Gardner lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Gardner takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Gardner clinches up with Campana and pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Campana fails to land.
Campana pushes Gardner back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Campana misses with some punches.
Campana has a couple of punches blocked by Gardner.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gardner.
Gardner is trying to trip Campana. He has hold of a leg but Campana is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Gardner persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Gardner tries to free his leg and advance position but Campana is retaining full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gardner content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Gardner trying to control the position from guard on top but Campana is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gardner showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Gardner looking to sit in guard and control but Campana gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Gardner keeping moving, preventing Campana from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Campana slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
We're going to have a standup here because Rylan Gardner wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Gardner throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gardner tries to bum rush Campana with a series of wild strikes but Campana uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Campana thuds his right hand into Gardner's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Campana throws out a powerful jab.
Campana uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gardner.
Gardner throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Campana stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gardner tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Campana paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gardner throws a series of punches but Campana avoids them all with ease.
Gardner tries to clinch up but Campana circles away and keeps his distance.
Gardner rushes Campana and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Campana is looking to control Gardner's arms but Gardner gets an underhook and turns him. Now Campana has his back to the cage.
Gardner softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Gardner prevents a takedown attempt there.
Gardner lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Campana tries to pull guard but Gardner holds him up against the cage and eventually Campana drops back down to his feet.
Gardner lands a nice knee to the body.
Campana is breathing heavily.
Campana looking to stall.
A right hand to the body from Gardner.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gardner connects with a nasty looking knee right to Campana's face.
Campana takes a shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gardner is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Campana is defending well for now.
A left hand lands to the body for Gardner.
Gardner avoiding damage.
Gardner lands a damaging elbow.
Gardner lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A hook to the body from Gardner.
Gardner landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gardner is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Gardner lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Campana or not.
Gardner displaying some good clinch control by pressing Campana up against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gardner lands a knee to the head.
Gardner lands a right hand that snaps the head of Campana backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rylan Gardner dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rocco Campana's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Gardner jabs at Campana's body.
Gardner tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Campana paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gardner tries to close the distance and clinch but Campana swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gardner with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A decent looking cross lands there for Gardner.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gardner clinches up against the cage.
Gardner connects with a knee to the head.
Nice body punch from Gardner.
Gardner lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gardner dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Campana is trying to drag Gardner to the mat but Gardner just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Campana takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gardner slowing the pace effectively.
Gardner pushes Campana back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Gardner takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Gardner as Campana tries to tie him up.
Campana has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Gardner is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Gardner tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nice body punch from Gardner - that landed with a thud.
Rylan Gardner has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Campana tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Gardner smiles and moves away.
Rylan Gardner has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rocco Campana.
Campana uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gardner.
Gardner lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Gardner with a nice cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Campana just misses with a punch to the body.
Gardner scores with a jab to the head.
Rocco Campana has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gardner swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gardner wants to clinch.
Gardner closes the distance and clinches.
Campana is looking to control Gardner's arms but Gardner gets an underhook and turns him. Now Campana has his back to the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Gardner - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Gardner tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gardner just leaning against Campana, taking a breather.
Gardner misses with a hook to the ribs.
Campana misses with the head strike.
Campana misses with a punch to the body.
Gardner utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gardner lands a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gardner lands with a left to the head.
Gardner is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Campana can do to turn this around?
Gardner will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Campana up against the cage.
Gardner manages to break the clinch.
Gardner steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Campana.
Campana shoots for a takedown but Gardner saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Gardner shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Campana eats them both and turns towards Gardner to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gardner. Campana does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gardner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Campana takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gardner rushes Campana and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Gardner lands a nice knee to the body.
A short right from Gardner.
Campana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Campana swings wildly with an uppercut but Gardner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gardner stalling in the clinch.
Gardner using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Campana has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Campana misses with the head strike.
Gardner misses with a punch to the body.
Gardner lands a nice knee to the body.
Rylan Gardner is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gardner wants to stall.
Gardner with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gardner works on Campana's body with a couple of short punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rylan Gardner showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gardner has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:26
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:26
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rylan Gardner!
Rylan Gardner managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Steel Terror-Trition: Video Proven 160Q, into his post fight interview.
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