PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jack Campbell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lionel Cascara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Campbell
vs
Cascara

184 cm
22
178 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

182 cm
29
177 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack Campbell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lionel Cascara!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Anni Minnemäki and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cascara takes one on the button.
Campbell thuds his shin into the meat of Cascara's side.
Campbell throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

It looks like Lionel Cascara has been cut.
Cascara fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Campbell connects with a body shot.
Cascara sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Campbell goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice takedown defense from Campbell. No joy for Cascara on that attempt.
Campbell swats away the attempt to clinch by Cascara.
Campbell throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Campbell tries to work over Cascara's front leg with a kick but Cascara checks it.
Cascara tries to clinch
and Campbell counters with a nice kick to the body.
Campbell takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Campbell will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Campbell throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jack Campbell is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Campbell closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Campbell displaying some good clinch control by pressing Cascara up against the cage.
Cascara wants to stall.
Cascara looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Campbell digs a right hand underneath Cascara's ribcage. Cascara let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Campbell is stalling here.
Campbell landing knees to the head.
Cascara tries to stall but Campbell uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Campbell connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cascara's face.
Campbell missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Campbell tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cascara taking a breather.
Campbell lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cascara backwards.
Campbell with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Campbell tries to work over Cascara's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Campbell putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Cascara in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Campbell using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cascara has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cascara takes a knee to the side of the body.
Campbell lands a good knee to the midsection. Cascara won't want to take too many of those.
Cascara stalling.
Campbell tries to land knees in the clinch but Cascara avoids the damage to the body.
Campbell trying to land knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Campbell creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Campbell lands a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cascara is trying to break the clinch but Campbell has him pressed against the cage.
Cascara is looking to take this one to the mat.
Cascara fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Campbell lands a body punch.
Cascara misses with a body punch.
Campbell lands with a right to the head.
Campbell tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Campbell connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cascara's face.
Campbell scores with a hook to the body.
Campbell with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A bit of stalling here from Campbell.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Campbell misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cascara.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cascara on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Campbell lands a knee to the head.
Cascara is looking to break free of the clinch but Campbell has double underhooks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cascara takes a knee right on the jaw!

Cascara breaks from the clinch.
Cascara wants to clinch

and Campbell counters with a head kick that drops Cascara to the mat! Cascara scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Cascara is rocked!
Campbell swats away the attempt to clinch by Cascara.
A chopping leg kick lands by Campbell.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Campbell keeps the fight on the outside.

Campbell closes the distance and clinches.
Campbell is stalling here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Campbell dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lionel Cascara's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Cascara will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Cascara tries to close the distance and clinch but Campbell swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cascara tries to clinch there but Campbell circles away.
A nice inside leg kick there by Campbell. That's going to slow Cascara down.
Cascara tries to clinch
and Campbell counters with a low kick, right behind Cascara 's knee.
Cascara takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Campbell avoids the body shot from Cascara.
Cascara misses with a wild combination.
Campbell lands a nice looking body shot.
Campbell lands a jab.
Cascara throws out a loose jab but Campbell uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Cascara. Those never looked like landing.
Campbell thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Cascara if he has to take too many more of those.
Campbell scores with a head kick.
Cascara is still on wobbly legs! Can Campbell finish him?
Campbell throws a head kick that Cascara semi-blocks.

Campbell closes the distance and pushes Cascara back into the cage.
Cascara avoiding damage as Campbell throws knees to the body.
Cascara is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Cascara seems to have recovered his senses.
Campbell lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cascara creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Campbell unloads a knee to the mid-section.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Cascara takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Campbell trying to land knees to the body.
Campbell blocking some punches.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Campbell obliges.
Cascara takes a knee to the side of the body.
Cascara is breathing heavily.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Campbell as Cascara tries to tie him up.
Campbell digs a right hand into Cascara's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Cascara's gas tank.
Cascara trying to control the position but instead, Campbell has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cascara into the cage.
Campbell lands a shoulder strike.
Campbell tries a knee to the head but Cascara blocks it.
Cascara is trying to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Campbell.
A left hand lands to the body for Campbell.
Campbell with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That has opened up Lionel Cascara's cut even more.
Knees in the clinch landing for Campbell.
A shot in the inside from Campbell.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A knee to the head by Campbell.
Campbell lands a left hand.
Campbell is struggling to control the position.
Campbell landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Campbell manages to break the clinch.
Campbell turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Jack Campbell is winning the standup battle so far.
Campbell cracks the inside of Cascara's front leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cascara on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Campbell throws a front kick that sends Cascara stumbling back into the cage.
Lionel Cascara is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Campbell - that will leave a mark!
Campbell looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Cascara walks into a straight right hand from Campbell.
Campbell connects with a body shot that sends Cascara's belly button to the back.
Campbell throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Cascara.
Nice body kick there by Campbell.
Campbell lands with a thumping leg kick.
Cascara 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.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Campbell has Cascara up against the cage in a clinch.
Cascara just leaning against Campbell, taking a breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Campbell dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Lionel Cascara's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Campbell closes the distance and clinches.
Campbell throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Campbell using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cascara has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Campbell unloads a knee to the mid-section.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Campbell creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Campbell breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Campbell lands a big head kick that sends Cascara tumbling to the mat! Campbell takes a step backwards and waves Cascara back to his feet - he wants the finish!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cascara avoids the head kick by Campbell.
Cascara moves in looking to clinch but Campbell pushes him off.
Campbell fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Cascara to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Cascara looks to clinch but Campbell throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Cascara taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Jack Campbell!
A victorious Jack Campbell thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.