PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rashad Campbell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacob Ford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ford has chosen Stand up - Ludacris as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Campbell
vs
Ford

215 cm
26
285 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

197 cm
26
255 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rashad Campbell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jacob Ford!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Campbell rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ford moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ford throws out a powerful jab.
Campbell ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Campbell lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Jacob Ford has been cut.
Ford throws a body punch but Campbell moves out of range.

Ford moves into range and clinches up with Campbell.
A nice left hand lands by Ford.
Campbell lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ford.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Campbell taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Campbell is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ford is keeping busy.
Campbell lands with a light punch inside.
Campbell tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ford's elbow.
Campbell lands with a short shot to the head.
Ford lands a body shot.
Campbell lands a nice uppercut.
Ford tries to work over Campbell's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ford tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Campbell blocking some punches.
Stalling in the clinch from Campbell.
Campbell is leaning against Ford and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ford.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Campbell lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ford backwards.
Campbell tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ford's elbow.
Campbell lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Campbell lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ford gets through Campbell's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ford throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Campbells head.
A head punch on the inside from Campbell fails to land.
A shot in the inside from Campbell.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short right from Ford.
Campbell lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Campbell tries to work over Ford's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Campbell misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ford misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ford swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Campbell lands with a short shot to the head.
Campbell tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ford can't find room to land a body shot as Campbell controls the action.
Campbell taking a breather.
Ford lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ford swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ford blocks a body shot from Campbell.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Campbell blocking some punches.
Ford fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Campbell is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Ford takes a shot to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Campbell.
Ford looks gassed!
A short uppercut from Campbell.
Ford's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Campbell misses with a hook to the ribs.
Campbell misses with a punch to the body.
Campbell taking a breather.
Ford blocks an uppercut.
Campbell blocks a body shot from Ford.
Campbell misses with a punch on the inside.
Ford throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short right from Campbell on the inside.
Campbell misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short left from Ford.
Campbell misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Campbell tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ford lands with a short shot to the head.
Ford blocks a body shot from Campbell.
Ford blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Campbell fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Campbell throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Campbell lands a left hand.
Ford throws a punch but it's blocked by Campbell.
Campbell tries a body shot but Ford blocks it.
Campbell stalling in the clinch but Ford improves position.
Campbell lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ford backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Campbell creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ford's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That has opened up Jacob Ford's cut even more.
Ford misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Campbell.
A right hook to the body lands for Campbell.
Campbell fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Campbell lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ford backwards.
A shot in the inside from Campbell.
A right hand to the body from Campbell.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Campbell.
Campbell lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ford.
Campbell tries a body shot but Ford blocks it.
Campbell pressing his opponent against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ford.
Campbell tries to work over Ford's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ford goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ford tries a body shot but Campbell blocks it.
Campbell lands a right hand.
A left hand lands to the body for Campbell.
Campbell lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Campbell lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ford backwards.
Campbell lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ford backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Campbell lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ford backwards.

The cut above Jacob Ford's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Campbell digs a right hand underneath Ford's ribcage. Ford let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A right handed body shot lands from Campbell.
Campbell misses with a body punch.
A short body shot lands from Campbell as the two fighters 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 Jacob Ford's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Campbell misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rashad Campbell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Campbell scores with a decent looking hook.
Ford misses with a wild body shot.
Ford throws out a loose jab but Campbell uses good head movement to avoid it.
Campbell is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ford can do to turn this around?
Campbell lands with a big right hook that stumbles Ford - he's out on his feet here! Campbell follows up with another monster hook that separates Ford from consciousness! Ford falls, almost in slow motion to the canvas! Campbell stands and admires his work as the crowd go wild.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Rashad Campbell!
After the fight, Rashad Campbell was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.