PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Camacho (ranked 1966 p4p, 2309 weight class) and Thufir Hawat (ranked 258 p4p, 306 weight class). Anthony Camacho had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 171.1lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Thufir Hawat acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Camacho
vs
Hawat

182 cm
31
187
12 - 6 - 1

185 cm
28
178
15 - 18 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Anthony Camacho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thufir Hawat!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Matti Vanhoillinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hawat scores with a nice right hand.
Hawat's corner calls for a 1-2. Hawat obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Both fighters circling a little - Hawat finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Hawat fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Camacho.
Hawat misses with a lunging right hand
and Camacho counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

It looks like Thufir Hawat has been cut.
Hawat jabs Camacho right on the nose. Camacho blinks but takes it well.
Hawat connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Camacho's hands.
A lazy left from Hawat finds it's target.
Hawat looks to land a body kick but Camacho moved away.
Camacho throwing a counter right hand but Hawat manages to avoid it.
Camacho takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hawat fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Hawat throws the kick towards the body but Camacho avoids it.
Camacho was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Hawat pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hawat smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Hawat misses the target.
Hawat scores with a punch to the head.
Camacho takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Thufir Hawat seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hawat uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Camacho has time to react.
Hawat swings away with a body shot that misses
and Camacho counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hawat thinking.
Hawat uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Camacho.
Hawat throws a body shot but no joy.
Hawat tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Camacho was well out of range. Poor timing from Hawat.
An attempted straight right counter from Camacho misses the target.
Camacho fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Hawat misses the target.
Camacho seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Hawat thumps Camacho with a low kick.
Hawat lands a nice looking body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Camacho. Hawat does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hawat.
Camacho checks a leg kick.
Hawat scores with a nice head shot.
Hawat delivers a nice body kick.
Hawat looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A low kick lands for Hawat.
Hawat has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Camacho finds it's way round the side to connect with Hawat's head.
Hawat fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Camacho.
Camacho stuns Hawat with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hawat takes a swing at Camacho's ribcage but misses.
Hawat is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Camacho had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawat looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Camacho throwing a counter right hand but Hawat manages to avoid it.
Hawat swings widly with a right hand
and Camacho counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hawat thinking.
Camacho throws a jab but it's blocked by Hawat.
Hawat throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Camacho blocks a leg kick.
Hawat throws out a loose jab but Camacho uses good head movement to avoid it.
A counter left hand to the body from Camacho misses its target.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hawat, as that shot connected.
Hawat smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A good leg kick by Hawat.
Hawat looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Camacho swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hawat.
Hawat scores with a head kick. Camacho tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawat throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hawat lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Hawat scores with a one two! Camacho had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Camacho fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hawat manages to avoid it.
Camacho takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hawat misses with a looping left.
Hawat throws a predictable looking body shot
and Camacho counters with a left to the body.
Hawat delivers a nice body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hawat throws a nice looking combination but Camacho bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hawat. Camacho does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hawat lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Thufir Hawat dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Thufir Hawat's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Hawat swings widly with a right hand
and Camacho counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hawat swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Camacho blocks the body kick.
Hawat throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Camacho to counter with a crisp jab.
Hawat sizes up Camacho with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Camacho tries to move into range but Hawat moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hawat connects with a leg kick.
Camacho ducks right into an uppercut from Hawat.
Camacho is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hawat wants to slow Camacho down by chopping away at his legs.
Camacho swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Hawat tests Camacho's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Camacho throws an overhand right that lands on Hawat's shoulder, as Hawat tries to avoid the shot.
Thufir Hawat seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Camacho has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Hawat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Camacho misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Hawat counters with a thumping low kick.
Camacho looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Hawat listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Camacho might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
A jab from Hawat misses.
It looked like Camacho was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Hawat.
Hawat punishes Camacho's body with a nice straight punch.
Camacho tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hawat scores with a body shot.
Hawat misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Camacho.
Camacho throwing a counter right hand but Hawat manages to avoid it.
Hawat throws a body kick that misses
and Camacho counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Camacho uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hawat.
Hawat ducks under a wild hook from Camacho.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hawat darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawat throws the kick towards the body but Camacho avoids it.
Hawat jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hawat lands a head kick. Camacho smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Camacho uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hawat.
Hawat scores with a jab. Camacho acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Hawat throws a half hearted mid kick.
It looked like Camacho was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Hawat.
Hawat lands a high kick!
A nice combination there by Hawat.
Hawat jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Camacho misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hawat.
Hawat throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Camacho sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawat looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Camacho loads up on a big right hand but Hawat slips the punch.
Camacho slips a straight right by Hawat.
Camacho moves out of range of the body kick.
Camacho went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Hawat throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Camacho on the side of the head.
Hawat looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Camacho checks the leg kick nicely there.
A jab lands there for Hawat.
Hawat lands with a shot to the body.
Camacho's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Hawat connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Camacho scrambles back to his feet.
Camacho is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Hawat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawat lands with a cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hawat swinging wildly here.
Hawat misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Camacho counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hawat misses with a body shot.
Hawat throws a wild body kick that Camacho sees coming a mile off.
Camacho moves out of range of the body kick.
Camacho was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Camacho ducks under a wild hook from Hawat.
Hawat misses the jab.
Camacho seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Camacho uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hawat.
Camacho throws a big counter combination but Hawat scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Hawat is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Camacho.
Hawat lands with a shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Thufir Hawat showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Thufir Hawat's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Camacho bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Camacho ducks right into an uppercut from Hawat.
Camacho avoids the body shot from Hawat.
Hawat throws a sloppy head kick
and Camacho counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Camacho connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hawat. Hawat circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Hawat waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Camacho.
A little feinted left hand from Camacho on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Hawat lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hawat lands with a nice body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hawat dips to his left and cracks Camacho with an uppercut!
Camacho gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hawat avoids the body shot from Camacho.
Hawat swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawat jabs at Camacho's body.
Hawat misses with a wild combination.
Camacho swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Nice shot lands for Hawat.
A head kick misses from Hawat.
Hawat drops his hands momentarily and Camacho takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

That has opened up Thufir Hawat's cut even more.
Hawat looks for the body kick but Camacho saw that one coming.
An attempted straight right counter from Camacho misses the target.
Hawat is looking to slow Camacho down with leg kicks.
Hawat throws a head kick that misses.
Hawat throws a right hand that Camacho ducks under and follows up with a left that Camacho also avoids with ease.
Thufir Hawat is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Camacho lands.
Hawat connects with a body shot.
Hawat listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hawat throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Camacho counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hawat throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
It looked like Camacho was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Nice body kick from Hawat.
Camacho moves into range and connects with a jab.
Hawat scores with a nice right hand.
Hawat fails to land with a series of punches.
Camacho swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Hawat lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hawat fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawat scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hawat throws a head kick that Camacho semi-blocks.
Camacho will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Hawat throws a hook but Camacho blocks it.
Camacho throwing a counter right hand but Hawat manages to avoid it.
Hawat stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Camacho slips a jab from Hawat.
Camacho defending well as Hawat loads up on a big left hand.
Hawat has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hawat.
Hawat scores with a nice strike.
Camacho moves out of range of the body kick.
Hawat with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hawat misses with a lunging right hand
letting Camacho counter with a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawat wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Camacho blocks the body kick.
Camacho tried to counter with a leg kick but Hawat avoided it.
Hawat darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Camacho blocks the body kick.
Camacho was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Hawat lets loose with a powerful body kick. Camacho will feel that in the morning.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hawat. Camacho does a little dance to reset his feet.
Camacho was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A swing and a miss from Hawat.
Camacho ducks under a wild hook from Hawat.
Camacho throwing a counter right hand but Hawat manages to avoid it.
Hawat connects with a good right hand that stumbles Camacho. Camacho circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Hawat throws a hook to the side of Camacho's head but Camacho sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Anthony Camacho has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Camacho on the wrong end of a nice hook.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thufir Hawat comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hawat 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thufir Hawat!
In his post fight interview, Thufir Hawat started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.