PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Castle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Campion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thomas Campion has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Castle
vs
Campion

185 cm
25
205 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
210 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frank Castle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Thomas Campion!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Alyssa Summers and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Castle fails with an attempt to clinch.
Castle definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Castle scores with a nice right hand.
Campion throws a series of punches but Castle avoids them all with ease.
Castle throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Castle feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Campions jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

It looks like Thomas Campion has been cut.
Campion misses with a body shot.
Castle throws a shot to the body.

Castle closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Campion is struggling to control the position.

Campion 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.

Campion rushes Castle and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Campion turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Campion is putting a hurting on Castle here, landing some big shots from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Campion misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Campion wants to lay and pray for a moment but Castle keeps working.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Check out the look on Campion's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Campion in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Campion has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Castle is breathing heavily.
Campion scores with a couple of good head shots there.
A nice elbow there by Campion.
Campion landing strikes from the mount and Castle is in trouble!
Campion cracks Castle with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Campion working Castle over with strikes here.
Campion landing strikes from the mount and Castle is in trouble!
Campion lands a heavy elbow.
Campion lands a big elbow.
Campion landing strikes from the mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Campion controlling from the full mount.
Castle is in a horrible position here. Campion smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Campion fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Campion lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Campion looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Campion scoring with strikes but Castle is staying in there.
Campion raining down hammerfists from mount.
Campion landing strikes from the mount.
A nice elbow there by Campion.

Castle is rocked!

Campion quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Campion but it's paid off an Castle is forced to tap! Nice work by Campion.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Thomas Campion!
During a confident post fight interview, Thomas Campion thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.