PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Scott Campos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Porter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Campos
vs
Porter

183 cm
18
193 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

183 cm
25
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Likes comics

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Scott Campos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johnny Porter!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Anthony Taglia and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Campos looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Porter scores with a nice right hand.
Campos gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Good exchange - Porter coming out on top.
Porter connects with a body shot.
Porter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Campos moves away.
Porter cracks a nice hook into Campos's ribs.
A combination from Porter does no damage.
Porter displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Campos.
Campos doesn't manage to clinch there - Porter circles away.
Campos shoots in but Porter avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Scott Campos. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Porter feints a jab promting Campos to slip. Porter then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Campos slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Campos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Porter.
Campos takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Porter misses with a few strikes there.
Porter rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Campos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Porter fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Porter misses with a wild combination.
Porter thows a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Campos moves out of range of the strikes.
Porter misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Porter connects with a single shot there.
Campos dives in and grabs Porter's left leg, looking for a takedown. Porter pushes down on Campos's head and hops out.
Porter cracks Campos with an open hand slap.
A nice combination there by Porter.
Campos avoids a punch combination nicely.
Porter looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Campos tries to score a power double leg takedown but Porter sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Campos somewhat.
Porter misses with a wild combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Campos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Porter.
Porter throws a jab but it's blocked by Campos.

Campos closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Porter is trying to break the clinch but Campos is controlling him.
Campos jumps guard but Porter turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

Porter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Porter swings for the body but Campos moves out of range.
A punch combination from Porter misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Porter lands with a straight right. Campos didn't see that one coming.
Porter throws an overhand right that lands on Campos's shoulder, as Campos tries to avoid the shot.
Porter lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Campos at a distance.
Porter swings for the body but Campos moves out of range.
Porter throws an overhand right that lands on Campos's shoulder, as Campos tries to avoid the shot.
Porter scores with a jab to the jaw.

Campos closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Porter's guard.
Porter trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Campos gets to his feet. Porter looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Porter clobbers Campos with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Good exchange - Porter coming out on top.
Porter fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Porter dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Campos tries to clinch up.
Johnny Porter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Porter misses with a double jab.
Porter shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Campos eats them both and turns towards Porter to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Some wild striking there from Porter.
Campos fails to land with a series of punches.
Campos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Porter swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Campos drops his hands momentarily and Porter takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Porter misses with a jab, cross combination.
Campos takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Campos slips a jab and a cross from Porter.
Johnny Porter is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Porter misses with a few strikes there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Porter fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Campos manages to avoid it.
No joy there for Porter, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Campos tries to clinch up.
Campos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Porter.
Porter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Horrible takedown by Campos or perhaps it was just good defense by Porter which made him look bad.
Porter moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
A jab from Porter misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Porter as Campos shoots in.
Porter keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Porter scores with a jab to the jaw.
Campos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Porter.
Campos takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Campos shoots in looking for a takedown. Porter tries to sprawl out of it but Campos keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Porter manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Scott Campos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Porter lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Good exchange - Porter coming out on top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Porter swings for the body but Campos moves out of range.
Porter throws a series of punches but Campos moves out of range.
Porter punishes Campos's body with a nice straight punch.
Porter throws a right hand that Campos ducks under and follows up with a left that Campos also avoids with ease.
No joy there for Porter, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Campos takes one to the side of the head.
Porter lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Campos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Porter.
Porter lands with a straight right. Campos didn't see that one coming.
Campos dodges the punch combination from Porter.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Campos shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Porter as he jumps to the side.
Campos shoots in for a takedown but Porter shows good takedown defense.
Porter comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Campos slips a jab and a cross from Porter.
Porter throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Porter throws a series of punches but Campos avoids them all with ease.
Campos shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Porter but Porter pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Campos is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Porter showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Porter throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jab by Porter.
Porter lands with a nice body punch.
Porter swats away the attempt to clinch by Campos.
Porter misses with a double jab.
Campos drops his hands momentarily and Porter takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Porter misses with a two punch combination.
Porter swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Campos.
Johnny Porter seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Campos tries to clinch up.
Porter throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Campos has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Porter lands with a nice body punch.
Porter misses with the combination.
Porter missing with a left hand there. Campos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Porter throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Campos avoids a punch combination nicely.
Porter takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Campos tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Porter defends well and Campos ends up having to push Porter into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Campos is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Porter lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Campos.
Johnny Porter is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Campos breaks the clinch.
Porter works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Porter looks to land a right hand but Campos moved out of range.
Porter misses with a straight left.
Campos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Porter.
Porter looks to land a right hand but Campos moved out of range.
Porter lands with an overhand left.
Campos tries to clinch but Porter is having none of it.
Porter throws a combination. Campos tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Campos takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Porter closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Porter fails to land with a series of punches.
Campos looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Campos darts in looking for a takedown but Porter gets double underhooks and turns Campos into the cage.
Campos stalling in the clinch but Porter improves position.
Campos fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Scott Campos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Campos tries to work over Porter's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Campos is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Porter has Campos pushed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Porter as Campos tries to tie him up.
Porter avoiding damage as Campos throws knees to the body.
Campos is trying to pull guard but Porter turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Campos trying to land knees to the body.
Porter is trying to break the clinch but Campos has him pressed against the cage.
Porter on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Campos is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Porter to keep the fight standing.
Scott Campos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Campos misses with a hook from the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny Porter comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Porter winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Porter!
Johnny Porter was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.