PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Octavio Camacho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tristan Robinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tristan Robinson will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Camacho
vs
Robinson

194 cm
24
194 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

189 cm
24
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Octavio Camacho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tristan Robinson!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Frank Dennis and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Camacho shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Robinson defends it nicely.
Camacho dives in and grabs Robinson's left leg, looking for a takedown. Robinson pushes down on Camacho's head and hops out.

Robinson moves into range and clinches up with Camacho.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Camacho has had enough of the clinch but Robinson keeps him there for the moment.
Camacho taking a breather.
Camacho pushes Robinson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Come on Robinson - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

Camacho breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Robinson instigates a clinch.
Robinson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Camacho's efforts to push away.
Robinson blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Robinson has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Camacho regains guard immediately.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

Camacho looking for a guillotine here but Robinson defends easily.
Camacho is trying to control the position but Robinson postures up.
Robinson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Robinson trying to control the position from guard on top but Camacho is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Robinson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Camacho's head.
Robinson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Robinson's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robinson wants to control from the top but Camacho keeps moving.
Robinson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Robinson is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Robinson trying to control the position from guard on top but Camacho is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Tristan Robinson wasn't active enough on the ground.
Robinson swinging wildly here.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Camacho.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Octavio Camacho. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Robinson bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Camacho is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Robinson's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robinson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Robinson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Robinson looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Robinson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Camacho keeps working.
Camacho tries to get to full guard but Robinson has control of the leg.
Camacho regains full guard. Nicely done.
Robinson controlling from the top position.
Robinson wants to pass the guard but Camacho is keeping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Tristan Robinson wasn't active enough on the ground.

Robinson moves into the clinch successfully.
Camacho working aggressively here.
Camacho is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Camacho gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Camacho misses with a short punch on the inside.
Robinson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Camacho avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Robinson taking a breather.
Camacho misses with a short punch on the inside.
Camacho is trying to break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tristan Robinson 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.

Robinson throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Camacho counter with a right hand.

Camacho looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Robinson felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Robinson is trying to stand.
Camacho lands with a punch from half guard.
Robinson tries to get to full guard but Camacho has control of the leg.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Robinson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Camacho.
Robinson is pressing down on Camacho's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Robinson wants to stand but Camacho is controlling the position.
Camacho trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Camacho stopping the sweep attempt from Robinson.
Robinson wants to stand but Camacho is controlling the position.
Camacho is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Robinson working a defensive guard but Camacho passes into half guard.

Camacho is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Robinson doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Camacho.
Robinson is trying to stand back up but Camacho is controlling him

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Camacho takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Camacho sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Robinson defending well though.

Camacho is looking for a kimura here.
Robinson is trying to maintain the position but Camacho is very close to passing his half guard.

Camacho is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Robinson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Camacho prevents Robinson from standing back up.

Camacho is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Robinson sees it coming and defends easily.

Camacho is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Robinson is trying to escape back to his feet but Camacho uses the scramble to pass into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robinson wants to control but Camacho postures up.
Tristan Robinson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Camacho slows the pace down.

Camacho decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Tristan Robinson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Camacho shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Robinson sprawls well. Robinson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Camacho gets slowly back to his feet.
Tristan Robinson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Robinson clinches with his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Octavio Camacho dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Camacho has closed the distance and engaged Robinson in a clinch.
Camacho misses with the head strike.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Camacho takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Camacho is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Robinson breaks from the clinch.
Robinson throws a hook to the side of Camacho's head but Camacho sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Robinson has closed the distance and engaged Camacho in a clinch.
Robinson fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Robinson tries for a takedown but Camacho manages to get underhooks.
Camacho is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Camacho is looking to break free of the clinch but Robinson has double underhooks.
Camacho looking to stall.
A short right from Camacho.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Camacho wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Robinson looking to slow down the pace here.
Robinson seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Camacho is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Robinson is keeping busy.
Camacho lands a left hand that snaps the head of Robinson backwards.
Camacho is trying to force a seperation but Robinson has the dominant position.
Camacho dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Camacho working hard to break the clinch.

Camacho pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Robinson closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Camacho quickly recovers to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Robinson is looking for a kimura but Camacho is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Robinson to get the leverage.
Robinson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Camacho keeps working.
Robinson controlling the action here.
Camacho wants to control the action here but instead Robinson manages to pass to full mount!
Robinson trying to control but Camacho is having none of it.
Robinson raining down hammerfists from mount.
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!
Camacho is wriggling around trying to escape.
Robinson tries to push Camacho's head away but Camacho is holding on tight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Camacho is in all sorts of trouble here.
Robinson working the ground and pound effectively.
Robinson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Camacho is squirming around, avoiding Robinson's attempts to control the action.
Robinson controlling the position easily from mount.
Robinson looking to ground and pound but Camacho is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Robinson has hold of Camacho's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Camacho manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Robinson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Camacho is in all sorts of trouble here.
Robinson avoids the attempt from Camacho to control.
Robinson trying to control but Camacho is having none of it.
Robinson throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Camacho can't escape the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tristan Robinson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Robinson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tristan Robinson!