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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luiz Campos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joff Muay Thai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Muay Thai has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Luiz Campos has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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201 lbs
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200 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Luiz Campos! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joff Muay Thai ! The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Robert Twigg and Chris Downing.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Campos misses with a series of wild punches.
Campos throws a right and a left that Muay Thai avoids nicely. Campos throws a right and a left that both miss. Muay Thai tries to clinch up but Campos circles away and keeps his distance. Muay Thai tries to close the distance and clinch up but Campos swats him away and circles back towards the center. Campos misses with the combination.
Campos misses with a few strikes there.
Muay Thai tries to close the distance and clinch but Campos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Muay Thai tries to clinch but Campos is having none of it. Muay Thai is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Campos throws a nice looking combination but Muay Thai bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. Some wild striking there from Campos.
Muay Thai doesn't manage to clinch there - Campos circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Campos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Campos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Luiz Campos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Campos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Muay Thai moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Campos fails to land with a series of punches.
Campos is breathing heavily. Muay Thai tries to clinch but Campos is having none of it.
Muay Thai clinches up with Campos and pushes him back against the cage.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Campos wants to get back to striking at distance but Muay Thai won't allow it.
Campos has had enough of the clinch but Muay Thai keeps him there for the moment. Campos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Campos avoiding damage as Muay Thai throws knees to the body.
Campos wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. Campos working hard to break the clinch. Campos wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Campos takes an elbow to the temple. Campos is trying to force a seperation but Muay Thai has the dominant position. Muay Thai tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A frustrated look appears on Campos's face as he tries to break the clinch. Campos has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate. Campos takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Luiz Campos has been cut. Muay Thai creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Campos's defenses. Muay Thai misses with a knee to the head. Muay Thai lands an elbow inside. Muay Thai creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Campos's defenses.
Muay Thai pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Campos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Muay Thai moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Muay Thai tries to clinch up but Campos circles away and keeps his distance.
Muay Thai clinches.
Muay Thai breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Muay Thai is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Muay Thai has closed the distance and engaged Campos in a clinch.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Muay Thai lands an elbow that stopped Campos in his tracks for a moment. Campos wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Muay Thai breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Muay Thai instigates a clinch. Muay Thai lands an elbow that stopped Campos in his tracks for a moment. Muay Thai trying to land knees to the body.
Muay Thai is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace. Muay Thai lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Muay Thai lands an elbow inside that Campos shrugs off. Campos has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate. Campos working hard to break the clinch. Campos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Muay Thai lands an elbow that stopped Campos in his tracks for a moment. Muay Thai landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Campos wants to get back to striking at distance but Muay Thai won't allow it.
Muay Thai lands a nice knee to the body. Campos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. Muay Thai throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Campos blocks it with crossed arms. Muay Thai lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. Campos tries to break the clinch but Muay Thai is controlling the position. Campos tries to break the clinch but Muay Thai is controlling the position. Nice elbow from Muay Thai .
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Campos is trying to force a seperation but Muay Thai has the dominant position. Campos has had enough of the clinch but Muay Thai keeps him there for the moment. Campos wants to get back to striking at distance but Muay Thai won't allow it.
Muay Thai tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Muay Thai pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Campos misses with a two punch combination.
Muay Thai tries to close the distance and clinch but Campos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight moves into the clinch position. Campos wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Campos tries to circle away but Muay Thai has him pinned against the cage. Nice elbow from Muay Thai . Muay Thai comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. Campos tries to break free but Muay Thai pushes him back against the cage. Campos takes an elbow to the temple. Campos wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Muay Thai has him pressed against the cage. Campos managing to block the knees to the body from Muay Thai .
Campos wants to break the clinch but can't.
Muay Thai lands an elbow inside that Campos shrugs off. Muay Thai prevents Campos from breaking the clinch. Campos is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. Muay Thai creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Campos's defenses.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action. Muay Thai keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Campos's efforts to push away. Muay Thai lands an elbow that stopped Campos in his tracks for a moment. Campos tries to circle away but Muay Thai has him pinned against the cage. Muay Thai creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Campos's defenses. Muay Thai with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Campos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Muay Thai has Campos pressed against the cage.
Campos is trying to break free. A frustrated look appears on Campos's face as he tries to break the clinch. Campos wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. Campos is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. Muay Thai tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Campos avoids it. Campos is trying to break the clinch but Muay Thai has him pressed against the cage. Muay Thai keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Campos's efforts to push away. Muay Thai lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out! Campos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Muay Thai controlling the action here for a moment.
Campos takes an elbow to the forehead. Muay Thai misses with an elbow strike.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
Joff Muay Thai dominated that round. The cut man is working on Luiz Campos's cut. That's time! Campos's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Campos misses with a wild combination.
Muay Thai is looking to clinch but Campos is avoiding it.
Campos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Muay Thai . Campos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Muay Thai moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Campos looks to land a combination but Muay Thai avoids it well. Muay Thai tries to clinch but Campos moves out of range. Muay Thai tries to clinch up. Muay Thai tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Campos paws at him with a jab and circles away. Muay Thai tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Campos paws at him with a jab and circles away. Muay Thai throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Campos's head. Luiz Campos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Muay Thai tries to close the distance and clinch but Campos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Muay Thai is looking to clinch. Campos misses with a few strikes there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Muay Thai tries to close the distance and clinch up but Campos swats him away and circles back towards the center. Muay Thai fails in his attempt to clinch. Campos throws a right and a left that Muay Thai avoids nicely. Campos has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ. Campos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Muay Thai fails with an attempt to clinch.
Muay Thai tries to clinch up. Campos misses with a two punch combination.
Muay Thai tries to close the distance and clinch but Campos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Campos misses with a two punch combination.
Campos misses with a double jab.
Muay Thai fails in his attempt to clinch. Campos tries to bum rush Muay Thai with a series of wild strikes but Muay Thai uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Muay Thai avoids a punch combination nicely.
Muay Thai moves in looking to clinch but Campos pushes him off. A punch combination from Campos misses. Muay Thai tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Campos paws at him with a jab and circles away. Campos throws a right hand that Muay Thai ducks under and follows up with a left that Muay Thai also avoids with ease. Campos throws a right and a left that Muay Thai avoids nicely. Campos misses with a double jab.
Campos swinging wildly here.
Muay Thai tries to close the distance and clinch up but Campos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
 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. Campos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Muay Thai is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Muay Thai closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage. Campos is trying to break free. Campos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Campos can't break the clinch.
Campos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Muay Thai tries to land knees in the clinch but Campos avoids the damage to the body. Nice elbow from Muay Thai . Muay Thai lands an elbow just above Campos 's eye. Campos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Campos wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Campos working hard to break the clinch. Campos wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Muay Thai has him pressed against the cage. Muay Thai can't break the clinch.
Campos breaks the clinch.
Muay Thai moves in looking to clinch but Campos pushes him off. Campos throws a nice looking combination but Muay Thai bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. The fight stays on the outside here - Muay Thai looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Muay Thai tries to clinch but Campos is having none of it. Campos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Muay Thai jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Campos fails to land with a series of punches.
Muay Thai tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Campos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Campos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Muay Thai . Muay Thai tries to close the distance and clinch up but Campos swats him away and circles back towards the center. Muay Thai doesn't manage to clinch there - Campos circles away.
Muay Thai tries to close the distance and clinch up but Campos swats him away and circles back towards the center. A punch combination from Campos misses. Muay Thai is looking to clinch but Campos is avoiding it.
Campos displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination. Campos misses with a few strikes there.
Campos throws a nice looking combination but Muay Thai bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
 That's four 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. Some wild striking there from Campos.
Campos swats away the attempt to clinch by Muay Thai .
Muay Thai has closed the distance and engaged Campos in a clinch.
Campos working hard to break the clinch. Campos is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. Muay Thai tries to land knees in the clinch but Campos avoids the damage to the body. Campos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Campos is trying to break free. Muay Thai with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Campos is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. Muay Thai putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Campos in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body. Muay Thai comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Campos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. A head kick misses from Muay Thai . Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out! Campos swinging wildly here.
Muay Thai is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Campos misses with a wild combination.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
Joff Muay Thai showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. The cut man is working on Luiz Campos's cut. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Muay Thai avoids a punch combination nicely.
Muay Thai tries to clinch up but Campos circles away and keeps his distance. Campos throws a right hand that Muay Thai ducks under and follows up with a left that Muay Thai also avoids with ease. Campos throws a wild combination but nothing lands. The fight stays on the outside here - Muay Thai looks like he's thinking about clinching though. The fight stays on the outside here - Muay Thai looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Muay Thai fails in his attempt to clinch. Muay Thai tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Muay Thai fails in his attempt to clinch. Campos throws a series of punches but Muay Thai moves out of range. Muay Thai tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Campos misses with the combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily. Muay Thai tries to clinch up but Campos circles away and keeps his distance.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Muay Thai tries to clinch there but Campos circles away.
Muay Thai tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Campos paws at him with a jab and circles away. Muay Thai fails with an attempt to clinch.
Muay Thai is looking to clinch. Campos misses with a series of wild punches.
A combination from Campos does no damage. Campos misses with the combination.
Campos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Muay Thai moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Campos misses with a wild combination.
Muay Thai tries to clinch up.
Muay Thai gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here. Muay Thai has Campos pressed against the cage, preventing Campos from circling away and getting back to striking at range. Muay Thai tries to land knees in the clinch but Campos avoids the damage to the body. Muay Thai is trying to maintain a safe position but Campos gets an underhook and turns Muay Thai into the cage. Campos tries to break free but Muay Thai pushes him back against the cage. Campos is trying to break the clinch but Muay Thai is controlling him.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so. Muay Thai prevents Campos from breaking the clinch. Muay Thai lands an elbow that stopped Campos in his tracks for a moment. Campos has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate. Muay Thai lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Campos is trying to break the clinch but Muay Thai is controlling him. Campos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Campos wants to break free but Muay Thai has control.
Campos wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Muay Thai has him pressed against the cage. Campos is trying to break the clinch but Muay Thai has him pressed against the cage. Muay Thai lands an elbow inside that Campos shrugs off. Campos has had enough of the clinch but Muay Thai keeps him there for the moment. A frustrated look appears on Campos's face as he tries to break the clinch. Muay Thai has Campos pressed against the cage, preventing Campos from circling away and getting back to striking at range. Campos is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. Campos is trying to break free. Campos is trying to break the clinch but Muay Thai has him pressed against the cage. Campos tries to circle away but Muay Thai has him pinned against the cage. Campos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Muay Thai breaks from the clinch.
Campos swinging wildly here.
Campos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Muay Thai avoids a punch combination nicely.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Campos misses with a double jab.
Campos fails to land with a series of punches.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Muay Thai . Campos misses with a double jab.
Campos fails to land with a series of punches.
Muay Thai tries to clinch but Campos is having none of it. Campos fails to land with a series of punches.
Muay Thai tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Campos misses with a wild combination.
Campos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Campos misses with a two punch combination.
Muay Thai fails in his attempt to clinch. Campos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Muay Thai .
Campos throws a left and a right that both miss
and Muay Thai counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Campos is lucky that one didn't land flush. Campos throws a combination that misses
and Muay Thai moves into the clinch. Campos takes an elbow to the temple.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer. Campos tries to break free but Muay Thai pushes him back against the cage. Campos wants to break the clinch but can't.
Campos wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. Campos is trying to break the clinch but Muay Thai has him pressed against the cage. Muay Thai trying to land knees to the body.
Campos wants to break the clinch but can't.
Muay Thai lands a nice elbow. Campos is trying to break free. Campos can't break the clinch.
Campos is trying to force a seperation but Muay Thai has the dominant position. Campos is trying to break free. A frustrated look appears on Campos's face as he tries to break the clinch. Muay Thai comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. Muay Thai has Campos pressed against the cage, preventing Campos from circling away and getting back to striking at range. Muay Thai lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Campos tries to break free but Muay Thai pushes him back against the cage. Joff Muay Thai is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach. Muay Thai prevents Campos from breaking the clinch.
Muay Thai pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out! Campos throws a combination that misses
and Muay Thai counters into the clinch. Nicely done. Campos tries to break the clinch but Muay Thai is controlling the position. A frustrated look appears on Campos's face as he tries to break the clinch. Luiz Campos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Campos tries to circle away but Muay Thai has him pinned against the cage. Campos wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that's the end of the fight! Joff Muay Thai comfortably won the final round on my scorecard. Well Muay Thai has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30 Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30 Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joff Muay Thai !
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