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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Campion (ranked 1865 p4p, 254 weight class) and Zsiga Venczel (ranked 2579 p4p, 344 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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210 lbs
19 - 11 - 0 |
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220 lbs
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Good wrestling
Decent elbows
Granite chin |
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Decent boxing
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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
19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Thomas Campion!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Zsiga Venczel!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Campion finds it's way through Venczel's defenses.
Venczel fails with an attempt to clinch.
Venczel avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Venczel will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Campion appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Campion looks to throw the jab but Venczel is out of range.
A jab from Venczel misses.
Venczel clinches up with Campion and pushes him back against the cage.
Campion decides to pull guard.
Venczel with a flurry of punches that miss.
Venczel is working Campion over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Venczel has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Campion wants to sweep but no luck.
Venczel postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Venczel throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Campion works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Venczel is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Campion utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Venczel trying to control the position from guard on top but Campion is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Venczel looking to pass the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Venczel trying to control but Campion is working from the bottom.
Venczel lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Venczel throwing strikes but missing.
Venczel throwing strikes but missing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Venczel distracts Campion with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Venczel throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Campion has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Venczel trying to control but Campion is working from the bottom.
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.
Venczel got a little sloppy there for a moment and Campion has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Venczel has managed to get both his arms back between Campion's legs - danger averted.
Venczel trying to control but Campion is working from the bottom.
Venczel stopping the sweep attempt from Campion.
Venczel postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Campion avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Venczel accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Venczel keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Campion's head.
Campion is trying to control the position but Venczel postures up.
Venczel trying to control the position from guard on top but Campion is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Venczel is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Campion working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Venczel.
Campion trying to strike off his back.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Venczel throws a jab when Campion was well out of range.
Campion wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Campion bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Venczel throws a jab but it's blocked by Campion.
Campion walks into a left hand.
Campion fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Venczel looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The fight stays on the outside here - Campion looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Venczel misses with a body shot.
Campion throws a combination. Venczel tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Venczel throws a lazy right hand but Campion sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Campion gets a takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Campion thows an elbow strike that misses. Venczel gets hold of full guard and has managed to get a loose guillotine attempt. Campion doesn't seem too bothered but Venczel quickly shifts his position and has tightened the hold! Campion is in big trouble now - he's going a funny colour - he's tapping out! Nice finish there! Campion really should have spotted the danger earlier though... either incompetence or over-confidence has resulted in a big L on his record.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Zsiga Venczel!
During a confident post fight interview, Zsiga Venczel thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
In defeat, Thomas Campion stepped up to the mic, saying 'Congratulations to my opponent. He was the better man today. Now I go back to training to make sure that I'm the better man tomorrow. Thanks to the fans for all of their support.'.
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hype
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RATING
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