PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Campbell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rage Ho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Campbell
vs
Ho

196 cm
22
300 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

200 cm
18
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jack Campbell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rage Ho!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Campbell throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ho tries for a takedown but Campbell sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Campbell misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ho shoots for a double leg takedown but Campbell sprawls well. He's pushed Ho's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Ho missing with a left hand there. Campbell was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ho tries to clinch there but Campbell circles away.

Campbell rushes Ho and presses him up against the cage.
Campbell lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Campbell connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ho's face.

It looks like Rage Ho has been cut.
A right hand to the body from Ho.
Campbell landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ho looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Campbell connects with a knee to the head.
Campbell using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ho takes an elbow to the temple.
Campbell lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ho takes an elbow to the temple.
Campbell comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Campbell lands a damaging elbow.
Campbell lands a knee to the body.
Campbell comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ho takes a knee right on the jaw!
Campbell using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Campbell unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ho lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Campbell landing knees to the head.
Campbell connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ho's face.
Campbell lands an elbow inside that Ho shrugs off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Campbell scores a nice knee to the body.
Ho takes an elbow to the temple.
Campbell connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ho's face.
Campbell lands a damaging elbow.
Campbell landing knees to the head.
Ho is looking to break free of the clinch but Campbell has double underhooks.
Campbell creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ho's defenses.
Campbell lands an elbow inside.
Ho takes an elbow to the forehead.
Campbell scores with a knee to the head.
Ho tries to pull guard but Campbell won't allow it.
Jack Campbell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rage Ho.
Campbell connects with a knee to the head.
Campbell creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ho's defenses.
Campbell comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Campbell landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ho wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Campbell prevents the takedown attempt.
Campbell creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ho's defenses.
Ho has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Campbell is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Campbell using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Campbell connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ho's face.
Campbell landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ho.
Campbell using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ho goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Campbell lands a damaging elbow.
Campbell with a knee to the head.
Campbell gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Campbell scores with a knee to the head.
Campbell lands an elbow inside that Ho shrugs off.
Ho has had enough of the clinch but Campbell keeps him there for the moment.
Knees to the body from Campbell.
Knees in the clinch landing for Campbell.
Ho takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ho goes for a takedown in the clinch but Campbell prevents it.
Campbell unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ho lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ho wants to break free but Campbell has control.
Campbell connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ho's face.
Campbell connects with a knee to the head.
Campbell lands an elbow just above Ho 's eye.
Campbell with a knee to the head.
Campbell lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Campbell dodges an elbow strike from Ho.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Campbell lands a knee to the body.
Campbell lands a damaging elbow.
Campbell gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Campbell landing knees to the head.
Ho stalling in the clinch but Campbell improves position.
Ho drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ho tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Campbell smiles and moves away.
Campbell plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

Campbell drives through and clinches with Ho against the cage.
Campbell unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ho lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nice elbow from Campbell.
Knees to the body from Campbell.
Ho takes an elbow to the forehead.
Campbell lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Campbell lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ho takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Campbell gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Campbell lands an elbow inside.
Campbell unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ho lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ho lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Campbell lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Campbell landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Campbell scores a nice knee to the body.
Campbell comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Campbell creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ho's defenses.
Ho drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Knees to the body from Campbell.
Campbell lands a nice elbow.
Campbell unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ho lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Campbell landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ho is struggling to control the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knees in the clinch landing for Campbell.
Campbell with a knee to the head.
Ho goes for a takedown attempt but Campbell pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Campbell gets in close and instigates a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Campbell dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rage Ho's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Nice body kick from Campbell.
Campbell fakes the leg kick and cracks Ho in the body.

Campbell gets a clinch.
Campbell lands an elbow just above Ho 's eye.
Campbell is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ho can do to turn this around?
Ho takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ho takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice elbow from Campbell.
Campbell with a knee to the head.
Campbell lands a nice elbow.
Campbell creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ho's defenses.
Campbell lands an elbow inside.
Campbell lands a nice elbow.
Campbell landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Campbell creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ho's defenses.
Campbell lands a knee to the head.
Campbell unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ho lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ho drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Campbell gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Campbell with a knee to the head.
Ho tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ho takes an elbow to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ho wants to get back to striking at distance but Campbell won't allow it.
Campbell connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ho's face.
Campbell lands a damaging elbow.
Campbell prevents a takedown attempt there.
Jack Campbell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rage Ho.
Ho takes an elbow to the temple.
Campbell landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Campbell landing knees to the body.
Campbell lands an elbow inside.
Ho tries to pull guard but Campbell holds him up against the cage and eventually Ho drops back down to his feet.
Knees in the clinch landing for Campbell.
Campbell comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ho takes a knee right on the jaw!
Campbell comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Campbell throws a knee to the head but misses.
Campbell tries to land a knee to the head but Ho blocks with his arms.
Campbell scores a nice knee to the body.
Campbell landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Campbell.
Jack Campbell has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ho misses with a hook to the ribs.
Campbell unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ho lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Campbell landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Campbell with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Campbell connects with a knee to the head.
Ho blocks an elbow strike.
Ho wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Knees to the body from Campbell.
Knees in the clinch landing for Campbell.
Campbell lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ho is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Campbell is keeping busy.
Campbell lands a damaging elbow.
Ho wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Campbell unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ho lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Campbell scores with a knee to the head.
Campbell lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ho tries to pull guard but Campbell holds him up against the cage and eventually Ho drops back down to his feet.
Campbell lands an elbow that stopped Ho in his tracks for a moment.
Campbell lands a nice knee to the body.
Ho takes an elbow to the forehead.
Campbell lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Campbell lands a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Campbell with a knee to the head.
Campbell creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ho's defenses.
Campbell lands an elbow inside.
Campbell lands a nice elbow.
Campbell with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ho looking to slow down the pace here.
Knees to the body from Campbell.
Campbell gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Campbell landing knees to the body.
Campbell lands an elbow inside.
Campbell using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ho tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Campbell lands an elbow inside that Ho shrugs off.
Ho is looking to control Campbell's arms but Campbell gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ho has his back to the cage.
Campbell connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ho's face.
Ho is looking to break free of the clinch but Campbell has double underhooks.
Campbell lands a knee to the head.
Campbell scores with a knee to the head.
Campbell lands an elbow just above Ho 's eye.
Ho can't get the takedown.
Campbell comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Campbell lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ho wants to break free but Campbell has control.
Campbell lands a knee to the body.
Campbell lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Campbell lands a knee to the head.
Ho is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ho is looking to break free of the clinch but Campbell has double underhooks.
Ho takes an elbow to the forehead.
Knees to the body from Campbell.
Ho takes an elbow to the temple.
Campbell lands an elbow that stopped Ho in his tracks for a moment.
Campbell using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ho jumps guard but Campbell stands there with Ho around his waist. Ho gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Campbell creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ho's defenses.
Campbell unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ho lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Campbell gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Ho.
Campbell landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ho tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Campbell smiles and moves away.
Campbell lands with a slapping head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Campbell dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rage Ho's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Campbell gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Nice elbow from Campbell.
Campbell lands a nice elbow.
Knees to the body from Campbell.
Campbell lands an elbow just above Ho 's eye.
Campbell with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Campbell landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Campbell gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Campbell comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ho with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ho tries to break the clinch but Campbell is controlling the position.
Knees to the body from Campbell.
Campbell connects with a knee to the head.
Campbell lands a knee to the head.
Ho tries for a takedown but Campbell manages to get underhooks.
Campbell lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Campbell lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Campbell lands an elbow inside that Ho shrugs off.
Ho tries to pull guard but Campbell won't allow it.
Campbell stops a takedown attempt from Ho.
Jack Campbell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rage Ho.
Campbell landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Campbell scores a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Campbell landing knees to the head.
Campbell lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ho has had enough of the clinch but Campbell keeps him there for the moment.
Knees in the clinch landing for Campbell.
Campbell with a knee to the head.
Ho takes an elbow to the temple.
Campbell crunches a lovely knee into Ho's ribcage.
Campbell landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Campbell landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Campbell lands a nice elbow.
Ho takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ho misses with a body punch.
Campbell lands a damaging elbow.
Campbell landing knees to the head.
Campbell lands an elbow that stopped Ho in his tracks for a moment.
Campbell with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ho tries to pull guard but Campbell holds him up against the cage and eventually Ho drops back down to his feet.
Ho takes an elbow to the temple.
Campbell scores with a knee to the head.
Campbell connects with a knee to the head.
Campbell lands an elbow inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Ho fails to pull guard.
Campbell unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ho lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Campbell managing to block the knees to the body from Ho.
Knees in the clinch landing for Campbell.
Campbell scores a nice knee to the body.
Campbell landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Campbell landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Campbell.
Campbell landing knees to the head.
Campbell landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Campbell.
Campbell lands a knee to the head.
Campbell lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Campbell lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Campbell.
Campbell creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ho's defenses.
Campbell lands a nice knee to the body.
Campbell landing knees to the body.
Campbell lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Campbell lands a knee to the body.
Campbell lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Campbell.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ho takes an elbow to the forehead.
Knees to the body from Campbell.
Ho takes an elbow to the forehead.
Campbell lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Campbell unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ho lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Campbell lands an elbow inside.
Campbell landing knees to the head.
Campbell unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ho lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Come on Ho - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Campbell lands a nice elbow.
Ho goes for a takedown attempt but Campbell pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Campbell scores with a kick to the body.
A big left from Campbell misses.
A head kick misses from Ho.

Campbell closes the distance and pushes Ho back into the cage.
Campbell lands a knee to the head.
Ho tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Campbell gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Campbell scores a nice knee to the body.
Campbell lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ho goes for a takedown attempt but Campbell pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Campbell.

Campbell rushes Ho and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Campbell lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Campbell lands a nice elbow.
Campbell crunches a lovely knee into Ho's ribcage.
Ho drops down looking for an ankle pick but Campbell pulls his leg out and moves away.
Ho shoots in for a double leg but Campbell sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Ho takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Campbell cracks the inside of Ho's front leg.
Rage Ho has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jack Campbell is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Campbell clinches up with Ho and pushes him back against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Campbell landing knees to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Campbell showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Campbell 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:25
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:24
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Campbell!