PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Campos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and DJ Dillishaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Campos comes to the cage accompanied by I'm The Man - Aloe Blacc. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Campos
vs
Dillishaw

180 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

189 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
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 Montreal, Ivan Campos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, DJ Dillishaw!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Steve Smith and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dillishaw tries to close the distance and clinch up but Campos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dillishaw scores with a jab.
Dillishaw throws a right and a left that both miss.
Campos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dillishaw moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dillishaw slaps away a takedown attempt from Campos, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Dillishaw throws a series of punches but Campos avoids them all with ease.
A combination from Campos does no damage.
Campos dives in for a single leg takedown but Dillishaw sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Dillishaw is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Campos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice takedown defense from Dillishaw. No joy for Campos on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ivan Campos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dillishaw tries to clinch but Campos is having none of it.
A jab from Campos misses.
Dillishaw fails with an attempt to clinch.
Campos misses with a two punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Campos shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Dillishaw but Dillishaw pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Campos circles away from the clinch attempt.
Campos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dillishaw showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Campos.
Campos misses with a straight right.
Campos ducks under a wild hook from Dillishaw.
Campos throws a combination that misses
and Dillishaw makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Campos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Campos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dillishaw.
Campos throws a nice looking combination but Dillishaw bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Campos drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A combination from Dillishaw does no damage.
Campos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dillishaw circles away quickly and effectively.
Dillishaw works over Campos's head and body with a nice combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Campos lands a two punch combo.
Dillishaw moves in looking to clinch but Campos pushes him off.

Campos gets tackled into the cage by Dillishaw. Dillishaw maintains the clinch.
Dillishaw working hard to break the clinch.
Dillishaw is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dillishaw goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dillishaw misses with a knee strike.
Campos has been working on his balance at , so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Dillishaw.

Campos manages to break the clinch.
DJ Dillishaw is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Campos throws a series of punches but Dillishaw avoids them all with ease.
Dillishaw rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Campos counters with a nice leg kick.
Campos misses with a wild combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dillishaw takes the fight into the clinch.
Dillishaw working hard to break the clinch.

Dillishaw breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dillishaw misses with a few strikes there.
Dillishaw tries to bum rush Campos with a series of wild strikes but Campos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dillishaw throws a shot to the body.
Campos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Campos shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Dillishaw eats them both and turns towards Campos to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Dillishaw misses with a wild body shot.
Campos needs to keep his hands up - Dillishaw had a free shot at his head there.
Dillishaw tries to clinch but Campos is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dillishaw tries to close the distance and clinch up but Campos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Campos misses with a series of wild punches.
Ivan Campos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Campos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dillishaw.
Campos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dillishaw tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Campos manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dillishaw dodges the punch combination from Campos.
Dillishaw takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Campos falls off balance throwing a combination
and Dillishaw counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Campos throws a leg kick but Dillishaw sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Dillishaw moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Dillishaw takes the fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ivan Campos will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Dillishaw dodges the punch combination from Campos.
Dillishaw tries to close the distance and clinch but Campos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dillishaw ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Campos moves away.
Dillishaw misses with a series of wild punches.
Campos throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Dillishaw's waist but Dillishaw gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Campos off to one side.
Campos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A big right from Dillishaw misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dillishaw fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Campos manages to avoid it.
Dillishaw misses with a series of wild punches.
Dillishaw tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Campos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dillishaw fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Campos closes the distance and clinches up with Dillishaw, looking for a takedown. Campos pushes Dillishaw against the cage but Dillishaw circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Campos moves into range and connects with a jab.
Ivan Campos is winning the standup battle so far.
Dillishaw will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dillishaw moves in looking to clinch but Campos pushes him off.
Campos throws a leg kick but Dillishaw sees it coming and moves out of range.
Ivan Campos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dillishaw tries to clinch

and Campos counters by moving into the clinch.
Campos wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ivan Campos. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Dillishaw breaks from the clinch.
Dillishaw is looking to clinch but Campos is avoiding it.
Campos fails to land with a series of punches.
Dillishaw lands the left hand.
Campos throws a hook but Dillishaw avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Campos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Campos throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Campos throws a left and a right that both miss
and Dillishaw counters with a left and a right that stings Campos.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Campos shoots in looking for a takedown. Dillishaw tries to sprawl out of it but Campos keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Dillishaw manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dillishaw throws a body punch but Campos moves out of range.
Campos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Campos looks to land a combination but Dillishaw avoids it well.
Dillishaw scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Dillishaw closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Dillishaw misses with a knee strike.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dillishaw tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dillishaw swinging wildly here.
Campos tries to bum rush Dillishaw with a series of wild strikes but Dillishaw uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dillishaw tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Campos to counter with a crisp jab.
Dillishaw misses with a wild combination.
Campos lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Dillishaw getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Campos lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Campos.
Campos throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends Dillishaw stumbling backwards into the cage! Dillishaw bounces back off the cage towards Campos, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Campos lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Campos celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Ivan Campos!
Our winner, Ivan Campos, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.