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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Preston Christian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sol Campbell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sol Campbell has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Preston Christian's chin.
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161 lbs
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155 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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Solid Muay Thai
Tends to cut |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Preston Christian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Sol Campbell!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Chris Edwards and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Christian fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Campbell, pushing him back against the cage.
Campbell looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Campbell breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Christian tries to bum rush Campbell with a series of wild strikes but Campbell uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Campbell thows a leg kick but Christian checks it
and Christian counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Campbell has hold of Christian's hands but Christian slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Christian decides to stand up.
Campbell throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Campbell throws a sloppy head kick and Christian moves out of range easily.
Christian misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Campbell tries to keep at a distance but Christian has taken the fight into the clinch.
Christian breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Christian gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Christian's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Christian.
Campbell is letting Christian control him for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Christian working the ground and pound.
Christian is chipping away with strikes.
Christian controlling the position from side mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Christian landing a few strikes.
Christian controlling from side mount.
Christian has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Christian stands up.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Christian breaks the clinch.
Christian takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Campbell tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Christian swivels and escapes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christian dives in and scores a takedown into Campbell's guard.
Christian controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Christian stands and steps away. Campbell gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Christian drives through and clinches with Campbell against the cage.
Christian content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Christian.
Christian breaks the clinch.
Christian fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Campbell, pushing him back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christian stalling in the clinch.
Christian's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Christian clinches with his opponent.
Christian pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Christian rushes Campbell and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Christian escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Campbell throws a head kick but Christian moves out of range.
Christian is looking for a counter combo.
Christian fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Christian clinches.
Campbell escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Christian bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The referee asks Christian politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Christian prefers to stall for the moment though.
Christian looks up at the clock and then as Campbell takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Christian smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Christian decides to stand back up. Christian steps back and let's Campbell get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Preston Christian dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Christian gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Christian breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Campbell lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Christian circles away quickly and effectively.
Campbell gets caught napping as Christian dives in and scores a takedown. Campbell manages to retain guard.
Christian gets to his feet - Campbell follows without any prompting.
Christian is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Campbell can do to turn this around?
Christian rushes Campbell and presses him up against the cage.
Christian breaks from the clinch.
Christian shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Christian controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Campbell is breathing heavily.
Christian has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Christian gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Christian shoots in looking for a takedown but Campbell manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Christian's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Campbell scores with a push kick.
Christian tries to close the distance and clinch but Campbell swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Christian moves into the clinch.
Christian breaks from the clinch.
Christian could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Christian uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Campbell.
Christian moves in looking to clinch but Campbell pushes him off.
Campbell tries a head kick but it misses.
Christian looking to score a takedown here. Campbell is defending well but Christian drives through and ends up in Campbell's guard.
Christian is stalling in the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Christian keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Campbell's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christian lands a couple of digs.
Preston Christian overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Campbell is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Christian dives into side control.
Campbell taking a bit of punishment here - Christian scoring with strikes.
Christian takes a little break here. Campbell wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Christian seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Campbell for as long as he can get away with.
Christian decides to stand up, so the ref orders Campbell to his feet.
Christian gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christian's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Christian moves into range and clinches up with Campbell.
Campbell wants to break the clinch but can't.
Preston Christian has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Christian will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Campbell up against the cage.
Christian lands a hook that snaps the head of Campbell backwards.
Christian will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Campbell up against the cage.
Campbell has had enough of the clinch but Christian keeps him there for the moment.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Christian pulls Campbell into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Christian wants to sweep here but Campbell controlling him for the moment.
Christian is working hard here to advance position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Preston Christian dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!
Christian tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Campbell manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Campbell unleashes a big counter combination but Christian bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Christian checks a leg kick.
Campbell throws a lazy head kick
and Christian counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Christian.
Christian with a nice head shot there.
Christian seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Christian lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Christian not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Christian stands up from Campbell's guard - Christian perhaps looking for a knockout.
Campbell takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Christian bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Campbell is looking to get back to his feet here but Christian is keeping cool and he's managed to take Campbell's back.
Christian has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Campbell has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Christian controlling the position well here. Campbell rolled but Christian kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Christian looking for the RNC.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christian lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Christian just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Campbell trying to get back to his feet but Christian is in full control for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christian slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Campbell tries to escape the position.
Christian is landing with strikes. Campbell can't take much more of this.
Christian is punishing Campbell with strikes - can he finish him?!
Christian scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
What can Campbell do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christian has Campbell flattened out and is raining down punches.
Christian has Campbell flattened out and is raining down punches.
Campbell wants to get back to his feet.
Christian scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Campbell is looking for a way out.
Christian has good solid back control here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that's the end of the fight!
Preston Christian showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Christian has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Preston Christian!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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