PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Donnie Man (ranked 6358 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hector Camacho (ranked 8800 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Man
vs
Camacho

167 cm
25
130 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

180 cm
20
147 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Donnie Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Hector Camacho!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Donald Grub and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Camacho lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Man circles away quickly and effectively.

Camacho takes the fight into the clinch.
Man is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Camacho is keeping busy.
Camacho lands a nice uppercut.
Camacho tries to pull guard but Man holds him up against the cage and eventually Camacho drops back down to his feet.
Man is trying to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Camacho pulls guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Camacho is working an open guard so Man takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Camacho scores with a three punch combo!
Camacho misses with a combination
and Man counters with a leg kick.

Camacho moves into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Man.
Man misses with a short punch on the inside.
Man throws an elbow but it misses.

Camacho is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Man can't fight it off and eventually Camacho manages to take the fight to the floor. Man looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Man can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Camacho controls the pace.

Camacho decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Man, up you get!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Camacho doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Man counters with a two punch combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Camacho fails with the takedown.
Man is looking for a counter combo.
Donnie Man has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hector Camacho.
Some bone on bone action there as Man checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

Man tries to keep at a distance but Camacho has taken the fight into the clinch.
Man tries to break free but Camacho pushes him back against the cage.
Man scores with a knee to the head.
Camacho lands a hook that snaps the head of Man backwards.

Camacho breaks from the clinch.
Hector Camacho seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Camacho drives through with a takedown into Man's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Camacho decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Man, up you get!
Camacho tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Man counters with a body kick.
Some wild striking there from Camacho.
Man looks to land a combination but Camacho avoids it well.
Camacho is looking to score with low kicks.
Camacho takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Camacho escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Some wild striking there from Camacho.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

Man tries to sprawl but Camacho drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Camacho stands up and beckons Man to join him on the feet.

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

Camacho's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Camacho misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
As Camacho tries to get set, Man tries to push him back and clinch up but Camacho manages to avoid the attempt.
Camacho fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Camacho scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Man defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Camacho.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hector Camacho dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Man moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Camacho closes the distance and clinches.

Camacho manages to break the clinch.

Camacho clinches up against the cage.
Man throws a knee to the head but misses.

Camacho manages to break the clinch.
Camacho misses with the combination.
Man seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Camacho feints a jab promting Man to slip. Camacho then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Man slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Man digs a good body shot into Camacho's ribs.
Camacho is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Camacho. Beautiful body shot.

Man gets tackled into the cage by Camacho. Camacho maintains the clinch.
Camacho lands a nice shot to the body.
Hector Camacho seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Camacho jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Man walks away with a smile on his face. Camacho gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Camacho misses with a jab to the body
and Man finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Man is looking to clinch.
Despite the aggression on Camacho's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
A punch combination from Camacho misses.
Camacho shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Camacho shoots for a takedown but Man saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Camacho throws a right hand that Man ducks under and follows up with a left that Man also avoids with ease.
Camacho shoots for a takedown but Man saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Donnie Man has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hector Camacho.
Man has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Camacho scores with a jab to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Man lands with a kick to the ribs.

Camacho clinches up with Man and pushes him back against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Camacho as Man tries to tie him up.

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

Camacho fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Man to the ground. Camacho is now in Man's guard.
Camacho has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Camacho stops Man from standing up.
Man might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Man being controlled here, momentarily.

Camacho gets to his feet - Man follows without any prompting.
Donnie Man is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Man fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Camacho gets a clinch.
Camacho prevents a body shot from Man.
Man tries a knee to the head but Camacho blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Man.
Camacho scores with a nice hook to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Man throws an elbow but misses.
Man is trying to break free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man working hard to break the clinch.
Man pushes off an throws an elbow but Camacho leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Camacho tries to pull guard but Man forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Camacho jumps guard but Man stands there with Camacho around his waist. Camacho gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Man lands an elbow just above Camacho 's eye.

Camacho breaks the clinch.

Camacho takes the fight into the clinch.

Camacho manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hector 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. This is the final round!

Camacho shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Man counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Camacho dives in for a single leg takedown but Man sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Camacho is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hector Camacho seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Camacho fails with the takedown
and Man makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Donnie Man has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hector Camacho.
Man throws a sloppy head kick and Camacho moves out of range easily.
Camacho is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Man tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Camacho manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Camacho throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Man gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Man walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Man looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Camacho is defended easily by Man.
Man showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Camacho.
Camacho shoots for a takedown but Man saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Camacho misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A left lands for Man.
Man connects with a crisp jab.
Nice takedown defense from Man. No joy for Camacho on that attempt.
Man thuds his shin into the meat of Camacho's side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Camacho shoots in but Man avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Camacho takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Camacho tried to score with a low kick but Man checks it.
Camacho tries to score a power double leg takedown but Man sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Camacho somewhat.
Camacho shoots in but Man avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Camacho throws a nice looking combination but Man bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Man throws a sloppy head kick and Camacho moves out of range easily.

Camacho fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Man, pushing him back against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Man looking to throw knees to the head but Camacho is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man tries to circle away but Camacho has him pinned against the cage.
Camacho tries to throw a body punch but Man avoids it by throwing Camacho back against the cage.

Camacho's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Man showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Camacho.
Camacho swinging wildly here.
Camacho misses with a takedown attempt - Man sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Camacho throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Man counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Man throws a nice inside leg kick.
Man lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Camacho circles away quickly and effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Camacho looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Man!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Camacho works to advance to full mount. Man defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Camacho controlling the pace for now.
Man wants to get back to his feet.
Camacho looking to control and managing it successfully.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Let's hope that Camacho has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Donnie Man has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hector Camacho is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Donnie Man.
I think Camacho 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hector Camacho!