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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Wayne Campbell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyson Clay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Campbell comes into the arena with Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody blaring out of the sound system. Wayne Campbell has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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147 lbs
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Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Wayne Campbell!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Tyson Clay!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Patrick Alders and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Campbell rushes Clay and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Clay goes for a takedown in the clinch but Campbell prevents it.
Campbell works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Clay has a couple of punches blocked by Campbell.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Clay.
Clay holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Campbell fails to land.
Clay misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Campbell is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Campbell tries a knee to the head but Clay blocks it.
Clay goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Campbell lands a nice uppercut.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Clay has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Clay avoiding damage.
Campbell is working Clay over against the cage.
Clay is struggling to control the position.
Clay blocks a body shot from Campbell.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clay is trying to stall.
Campbell using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Clay avoiding damage as Campbell throws knees to the body.
Clay blocking some punches.
Clay is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Campbell tries a body shot but Clay blocks it.
Campbell tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Clay lands a left hand.
Campbell pushes Clay back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Clay slows down the pace here.
Clay is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Campbell gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Wayne Campbell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tyson Clay.
Campbell lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Campbell blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Campbell tries to throw a body punch but Clay avoids it by throwing Campbell back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Campbell lands a body punch in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Campbell.
Campbell lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Clay throws a punch but it's blocked by Campbell.
Still in the clinch, Campbell scores with a nice short uppercut.
Clay lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Clay fails to land.
Clay stalls.
Clay misses with a punch on the inside.
Campbell can't find room to land a body shot as Clay controls the action.
Clay misses with a punch on the inside.
Clay looking for a takedown.
Campbell lands a right hand that snaps the head of Clay backwards.
Campbell lands a nice uppercut.
Campbell lands with a right to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clay throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Campbells head.
Clay stalling in the clinch.
Clay working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Campbell struggles to land a body shot inside as Clay controls his hands.
Clay blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Campbell breaks the clinch.
Campbell swinging wildly here.
Clay swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Campbell avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jab, jab by Clay - just one landing.
Clay fails with an attempt to clinch.
Campbell connects with a body shot that sends Clay's belly button to the back.
Clay wants to clinch.
Campbell fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Clay.
Campbell has closed the distance and engaged Clay in a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Campbell misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Clay.
Clay tries to stall but Campbell uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Campbell tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Campbell is looking to control Clay's arms but Clay gets an underhook and turns him. Now Campbell has his back to the cage.
Clay blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Clay managing to block the knees to the body from Campbell.
Campbell lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Clay is looking for a takedown.
Campbell tries a body shot but Clay blocks it.
Campbell swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Campbell wants to break free but Clay has control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice body punch from Campbell.
Clay trying to stall but Campbell improves his position.
Clay lands a left hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Campbell.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wayne Campbell dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Clay doesn't manage to clinch there - Campbell circles away.
Clay tries to clinch up
and Campbell cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Clay lands with a cross.
Campbell lands with a thumping leg kick.
Clay shoots in for a double leg but Campbell sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Campbell moves into range and clinches up with Clay.
Clay tries to stall but Campbell uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A shot in the inside from Campbell.
Clay is trying to drag Campbell to the mat but Campbell just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
A short right from Campbell on the inside.
Nice body punch from Campbell - that landed with a thud.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A shot in the inside from Campbell.
Campbell tries to throw a body punch but Clay avoids it by throwing Campbell back against the cage.
Campbell scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Campbell lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Clay swings wildly with an uppercut but Campbell uses good head movement to avoid it.
Campbell blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Campbell blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Campbell breaks from the clinch.
Campbell throws a nice looking combination but Clay bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Campbell throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Campbell ducks under a wild hook from Clay.
Clay tries to clinch up.
A combination from Clay does no damage.
Campbell throws a nice looking combination but Clay bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Campbell looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Campbell has closed the distance and engaged Clay in a clinch.
Campbell can't find room to land a body shot as Clay controls the action.
Clay holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Clay throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Campbells head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Clay takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Campbell working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Clay slows down the pace here.
Clay can't find room to land a body shot as Campbell controls the action.
Campbell can't find room to land a body shot as Clay controls the action.
Wayne Campbell has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Campbell is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Wayne Campbell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tyson Clay.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Campbell misses with a short punch on the inside.
Campbell lands with a right to the head.
Campbell unloads a knee to the mid-section. Clay lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Clay is trying to stall.
Campbell with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Campbell with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Clay is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Campbell gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Clay has a couple of punches blocked by Campbell.
Campbell doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Clay stalling in the clinch.
Campbell lands a hook that snaps the head of Clay backwards.
Campbell lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Clay has a couple of punches blocked by Campbell.
Campbell goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Campbell doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A knee to the head by Campbell.
Clay is rocked!
It looks like Tyson Clay has been cut.
Clay has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Campbell avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Clay is still on wobbly legs! Can Campbell finish him?
Clay drops down looking for an ankle pick but Campbell pulls his leg out and moves away.
A combination from Campbell does no damage.
Clay seems to have recovered his senses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Campbell cracks Clay with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Clay looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Campbell finish him?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Campbell and Clay are patiently standing in front of each other looking for an opening. Campbell throws a head kick. It's landed, knocking Clay into next week! Ooooh that was huge! Campbell knows it - he's on the cage flexing is biceps. That's a bit weird considering he won by kick but whatever.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Wayne Campbell!
Wayne Campbell retains his bantamweight title!
A very excited looking Wayne Campbell made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
The defeated Tyson Clay had this to say: 'I shit the bed.'.
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