PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Julius Kaepernick (ranked 1835 p4p, 2856 weight class) and Joe Kamaka (ranked 244 p4p, 338 weight class). Kamaka has chosen Carcass - Heartwork as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Kaepernick
vs
Kamaka

178 cm
26
168
6 - 3 - 0

178 cm
26
156
4 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Julius Kaepernick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Joe Kamaka!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Alec Ball and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kamaka lands with a nice combination. Kaepernick backs away looking to recover.

Kaepernick scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Kamaka wants to improve his position but Kaepernick is controlling well.
Kaepernick passes to full mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kaepernick sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Kaepernick looking to finish Kamaka with some ground and pound. This is bad for Kamaka!
Kaepernick sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kaepernick raining down shots from the mount!
Kaepernick is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Kaepernick with the ground and pound from mount.

Kamaka is rocked!
Kaepernick lands a big shot to the head and Kamaka winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Julius Kaepernick!
Julius Kaepernick seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
In defeat, Joe Kamaka stepped up to the mic, saying 'Thank you to my opponent and all the fans, my coaches and sponsors.'.