PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hector Camacho (ranked 31 p4p, 6 weight class) and Max Barathian (ranked 337 p4p, 45 weight class). Barathian has chosen Anderswelt - Schandmaul as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Camacho
vs
Barathian

178 cm
37
162 lbs
44 - 18 - 0

173 cm
30
171 lbs
17 - 8 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 44 - 18 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hector Camacho!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Max Barathian!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Alec Ball and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Barathian.
Camacho scores with a nice right hand.
Camacho throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've been told by Camacho's head coaches at Crassus that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Barathian throws a lazy right hand but Camacho sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Camacho tries to clinch but Barathian moves out of range.
Barathian misses with a straight left.
Camacho ducks under a wild hook from Barathian.
A solid leg kick lands there for Camacho.
Camacho takes a shot to the body in his stride.

Barathian clinches.
Barathian lands a left hand that snaps the head of Camacho backwards.
Barathian creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Camacho's defenses.
Camacho misses with a punch on the inside.
Camacho blocks a body shot from Barathian.
Camacho swings wildly with an uppercut but Barathian uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Camacho.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barathian tries to stall but Camacho uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Camacho stalling in the clinch but Barathian improves position.
Barathian pressing his opponent against the cage.
Camacho tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Camacho holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Camacho blocking some punches.
Camacho lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Camacho fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barathian lands with a short shot to the head.
Camacho can't find room to land a body shot as Barathian controls the action.
Barathian throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Camacho blocks it with crossed arms.
Barathian tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barathian swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Barathian connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Hector Camacho has been cut.
Camacho lands a body shot.
Camacho tries to work over Barathian's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Camacho avoiding damage as Barathian throws knees to the body.
Camacho is trying to stall.

Camacho's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Camacho wants to clinch up but Barathian keeps it at a distance.
Hector Camacho seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barathian misses with the body kick
and Camacho counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Barathian takes one on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barathian tries to clinch but Camacho is having none of it.
Camacho is looking to counter the offense by Barathian and move into the clinch.
Barathian has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Camacho throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Camacho takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Camacho is looking to clinch.
Camacho lands a leg kick that knocks Barathian off balance momentarily.
Camacho tries to clinch up but Barathian circles away and keeps his distance.
Barathian looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Camacho tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Camacho scores with a body shot.
Barathian scores with a jab.
Barathian scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Barathian misses with a wild body shot.
Camacho works Barathian's body with a nice hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Camacho fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Barathian misses with a straight left.
Barathian takes one on the button.
Camacho throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Barathian takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Barathian changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Barathian scores with a push kick.
A big left from Barathian misses.
Barathian misses with a head kick.
Barathian lands a right hook to the body.
Barathian scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Camacho doesn't seem bothered though.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Camacho closes the distance looking to clinch
and Barathian counters with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Barathian has closed the distance and engaged Camacho in a clinch.
Barathian with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Barathian misses with some punches.
Barathian tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Camacho avoids it.
Barathian misses with a hook from the clinch.
Camacho stalling in the clinch but Barathian improves position.
Barathian tries to land a knee to the head but Camacho blocks with his arms.
Barathian makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Barathian keeps control of Camacho as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Barathian trying to stall but Camacho improves his position.
Barathian slows down the pace here.
Barathian tries to throw a body punch but Camacho avoids it by throwing Barathian back against the cage.
Barathian lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Barathian is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Camacho is keeping busy.
Barathian lands a body shot in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Max Barathian dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hector Camacho'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.

Barathian lands with a nice body punch.
Camacho misses with a leg kick
and Barathian counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Barathian misses with a body shot.
Camacho paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Camacho bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Camacho ducks under a wild hook from Barathian.
Camacho tries to counter with a takedown but Barathian is quick to defend against it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barathian. Camacho does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barathian misses with a straight left.
Camacho tried to counter with a leg kick but Barathian avoided it.
Barathian displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Camacho throws out the jab.
Camacho will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barathian throws a hook but Camacho blocks it.
Camacho throws a leg kick
and Barathian counters with a right hand to the body.
Barathian staying out of range there.
Barathian fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Camacho manages to avoid it.

Camacho fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Barathian sprawls well initially but Camacho persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Barathian pushes Camacho off and gets back to his feet.
Barathian shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Camacho thuds his right hand into Barathian's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Camacho looks to score with a jab to the body but Barathian is just out of range.
Camacho misses with an uppercut. Barathian saw that one coming.
Barathian swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Camacho half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Barathian there.

Camacho instigates a clinch.
Camacho avoiding damage as Barathian throws knees to the body.
Barathian misses with some punches.

Camacho's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A big right from Barathian misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barathian takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Barathian is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Camacho delivers a nice body kick.
Barathian throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Barathian scores with a head kick.
Max Barathian is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Barathian misses with a straight right.
Barathian connects with an inside leg kick.
Camacho looks to clinch
and Barathian counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Max Barathian seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Barathian takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Camacho moves away from the strike by Barathian.
Camacho misses the shot to the body.
Camacho scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Barathian doesn't seem bothered though.
Barathian lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Barathian has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Decent striking displayed by Barathian there.
Barathian throws a left and a right that both miss

and Camacho counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Barathian is breathing heavily.
Camacho drops an elbow to the side of Barathian's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Camacho looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Barathian with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Barathian is trying to maintain the position but Camacho is very close to passing his half guard.
Well, if Camacho is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Camacho thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Barathian's head.
Barathian trying to control from the bottom.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Camacho lands a nice short elbow.
Barathian manages to get to full guard.
Camacho throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Barathian works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barathian trying to keep a closed guard but Camacho is proving a slippery customer.
Barathian bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Camacho's guard.

Camacho throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Camacho controlling Barathian's posture.
Barathian wants to control from the top but Camacho keeps moving.
Barathian not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Max Barathian will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Hector Camacho's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Camacho shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Camacho bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Camacho was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Barathian uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Camacho.
Camacho thows a left - swing and a miss!
Barathian throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Camacho looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Barathian throws out a counter right but Camacho avoids it with no problem.
A slow jab from Camacho misses its intended target.
Barathian will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Camacho connects with a solid leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Camacho blocks a head kick by Barathian.
Camacho throws a combination that misses
and Barathian connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Camacho throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Barathian.
Barathian uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barathian takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Camacho moves out of range of the body kick from Barathian.
Camacho throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Barathian lands a nice shot that snaps Camacho's head back.
Barathian stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Camacho.
Camacho keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Camacho closes the distance and clinches up with Barathian, looking for a takedown. Camacho pushes Barathian against the cage but Barathian circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Barathian gets a clinch.
Camacho scores with a hook to the body.
Camacho has Barathian pressed against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Barathian.
Barathian is trying to stall.
Max Barathian seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Camacho lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Camacho working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barathian working aggressively here.

Camacho manages to break the clinch.
Camacho tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Camacho is looking to chop away at Barathian's legs.
Barathian throws a series of punches but Camacho moves out of range.
Camacho throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Barathian! But no joy.
Barathian throws a sloppy head kick
and Camacho counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice jab there from Barathian.
Barathian throws a lazy right hand but Camacho sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Barathian lands with a kick to the temple. Camacho shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Camacho bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Barathian's head backwards.
Camacho throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Barathian loads up on a big right hand but Camacho slips the punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Camacho misses with a kick to the body
and Barathian counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Camacho throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Camacho connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Camacho throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Barathian is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Camacho.

Barathian is rocked!
Camacho walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Barathian drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Camacho swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Barathian's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hector Camacho!
Hector Camacho retains his lightweight title!