PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jorge Santa Perez (ranked 2028 p4p, 1865 weight class) and Anthony Camacho (ranked 239 p4p, 229 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Santa Perez
vs
Camacho

180 cm
28
174
13 - 9 - 0

182 cm
33
187
15 - 9 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

UNDEFEATED

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 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jorge Santa Perez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Anthony Camacho!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Roosa Järviläinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santa Perez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Camacho manages to avoid it.
Camacho tries to clinch but Santa Perez is having none of it.
Santa Perez takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Santa Perez throws a nice inside leg kick.

Camacho forces Santa Perez back against the cage and clinches.
Camacho tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Camacho manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Camacho is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Camacho looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Santa Perez passes into half guard.
Santa Perez wants to pass the guard but Camacho is defending well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santa Perez trying to control from half guard but Camacho is working away.

Camacho looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Camacho trying to control here.

Santa Perez seems to be looking for submissions.
Santa Perez is looking to advance position but Camacho won't allow it.
Camacho trying to control here.
Camacho is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Santa Perez jumps into side control!
Santa Perez trying to control the action but Camacho is working from the bottom.
You can see the frustration on Camacho's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Camacho is looking for a sweep.
Santa Perez gets to mount! Camacho was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Santa Perez avoids the attempt from Camacho to control.
Camacho is working to get back to half guard.
Santa Perez wants to take Camacho's back here but Camacho is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
Santa Perez looking to control but Camacho is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Camacho is trying to escape the mount.
Santa Perez can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Camacho is looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Camacho tries to hold on but Santa Perez pushes him away.
Camacho is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

Santa Perez looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Camacho wants to control but Santa Perez is having none of it.
Santa Perez can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Camacho is looking to escape.
Santa Perez seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Camacho is holding on tight.

That's four 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.
Camacho is working to get back to half guard.
Santa Perez can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Camacho is looking to escape.
Camacho tries to hold on but Santa Perez postures up.
Santa Perez controlling from the full mount.
Santa Perez prevents Camacho from getting the reversal.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Camacho sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Camacho slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Santa Perez controls from within his opponent's guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jorge Santa Perez dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Camacho throws a hook to the side of Santa Perez's head but Santa Perez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Santa Perez looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Camacho throws a front kick aimed at Santa Perez's knee but Santa Perez avoids it well.
Camacho works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Camacho tries to close the distance and clinch but Santa Perez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
An attempted straight right counter from Santa Perez misses the target.
Camacho tries to clinch up.
Santa Perez is looking to slow Camacho down with leg kicks.

Camacho closes the distance and pushes Santa Perez back into the cage.

Santa Perez pulls guard effortlessly.
Santa Perez is controlling Camacho's posture.
Santa Perez is trying to control the position from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santa Perez keeping moving, preventing Camacho from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Camacho tries to free his leg and advance position but Santa Perez is retaining full guard.

Camacho is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Camacho tries to free his leg and advance position but Santa Perez is retaining full guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Camacho rushes Santa Perez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Santa Perez jumps into guard, dragging Camacho to the mat.
Jorge Santa Perez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Camacho pushes down on Santa Perez's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Camacho is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Santa Perez doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Camacho.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Camacho performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Camacho trying to control from Santa Perez's half guard. Santa Perez has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Camacho is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Santa Perez is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Camacho forces his way into half guard.
Santa Perez is controlling Camacho's trapped leg to prevent Camacho from advancing to side control.

Camacho looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Camacho is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Camacho is pressing down on Santa Perez's thigh, looking to free his foot. Santa Perez is holding on for now.
Santa Perez trying to hold on to Camacho's head to control him but Camacho postures up.
Camacho passes to side control.
Santa Perez is looking for a sweep.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Camacho wants to lay and pray for a moment but Santa Perez keeps working.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Camacho showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Camacho doesn't manage to clinch there - Santa Perez circles away.

Camacho forces Santa Perez back against the cage and clinches.

Camacho successfully pulls guard.
Santa Perez looking to pass the guard.

Santa Perez got a little sloppy there for a moment and Camacho has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Santa Perez has managed to get both his arms back between Camacho's legs - danger averted.

Camacho has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Santa Perez can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Camacho is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Santa Perez is aware though and is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Camacho has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Santa Perez can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Camacho isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Santa Perez stacks Camacho on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Santa Perez!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santa Perez works to advance to full mount. Camacho defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Santa Perez looking to control but Camacho is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Camacho prevents any damage by holding on tight.
Camacho tries to hold on but Santa Perez pushes him away.
Camacho is squirming around, avoiding Santa Perez's attempts to control the action.
Camacho is trying desperately to improve position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Camacho is hanging on here. He's in a desperate position.
Camacho is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Camacho is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Camacho is working to get back to half guard.
Camacho is still trying to improve position.
Santa Perez looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Camacho is working to get back to half guard.
Santa Perez tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Camacho wants to hold on but Santa Perez pushes him away.
Camacho is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Camacho tries to lock up and control but Santa Perez gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Santa Perez tries to control but Camacho wriggling away.
Camacho is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Camacho has given up his back here.
Santa Perez has the hooks in. Camacho is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Santa Perez controlling from the back.
Camacho looking very determined here, making life difficult for Santa Perez.
I really don't envy Camacho right now.

Santa Perez tightening his grip on Camacho, looking for the choke.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Santa Perez tries to keep control of the position but Camacho is staying busy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jorge Santa Perez showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Santa Perez has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 29:28
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jorge Santa Perez!
After winning the bout, Jorge Santa Perez thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.