PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Cameron St James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arbnor Blerim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

St James
vs
Blerim

177 cm
22
145 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

172 cm
24
145 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cameron St James!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arbnor Blerim!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Daniel Franklin and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St James shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Blerim but Blerim pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Blerim misses with a kick to the body.
Blerim is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

It looks like Cameron St James has been cut.
Blerim just misses with a punch to the body.
Blerim throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Arbnor Blerim seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blerim swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
St James tries to bum rush Blerim with a series of wild strikes but Blerim uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Blerim lands with a shot to the body.
Blerim just misses with a punch to the body.
Blerim misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from St James.
Blerim takes a swing at St James's ribcage but misses.
Nice uppercut there from Blerim.
Blerim throws a body punch but St James moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blerim slips a straight right by St James.
A looping hook to the body misses from Blerim. St James does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blerim misses with the combination.
Blerim doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Arbnor Blerim is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
St James bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
St James moves out of range of the body kick.
St James blocks a jab.
A right-left combo lands from St James.
Blerim misses with a combination
and St James counters with a right hand to the body.
St James misses with a wild body shot.
St James misses with a jab to the body
and Blerim counters with a right hand to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lazy body kick from Blerim

and St James counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
St James wants to control from the top but Blerim keeps moving.
St James with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
St James scoring with punches to the head and body.
St James throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
St James scoring with punches to the head and body.
Blerim working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from St James.
St James controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
St James prevents Blerim from getting back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St James lands a couple of elbows.
St James stands up over Blerim, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Blerim wants to stand and escape but St James is having none of it.
St James wants to control from the top but Blerim keeps moving.
St James throws and elbow that misses. Blerim uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in St James's guard. Nice move by Blerim!
St James is controlling Blerim's posture.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Blerim wanted to stand there but St James had control of the position.
St James has his hands on Blerim's head, controlling the position.

Blerim stands up and waves to St James to follow him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Cameron St James will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Cameron St James's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Blerim misses with a hook to the body
and St James counters with a three punch combo that has Blerim backing up. Blerim nods at St James to acknowledge the strikes.
St James fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Blerim ducks down and throws a hook to the body but St James moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Blerim. St James does a little dance to reset his feet.
St James dodges the punch combination from Blerim.
Blerim looks to land a combination. St James sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
St James swinging wildly here.
Blerim is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down St James rather than just go for the knockout.
Blerim comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
St James throws a jab when Blerim was well out of range.

St James decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
St James working Blerim over with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blerim avoiding damage under a succession of punches from St James.
Blerim looks like he's trying to stand up.
Blerim has hold of St James's hands but St James slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Blerim pushes St James off looking to stand but St James dives back in and keeps control.
St James works his foot free and advances to mount.
Blerim is trying to stand up.
Blerim is breathing heavily.
St James misses with a head shot.

That's two 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.
Blerim is trying to stand up.
Blerim taking shots to the head.

Blerim is rocked!
Blerim really wants to buck St James off and get back to his feet.
St James putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Blerim is still in real trouble! Can St James finish him?
St James sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
St James postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Blerim in real trouble here! The ref calls for Blerim to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cameron St James!