PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Happy Camper (ranked 6624 p4p, 312 weight class) and Jack Dawson Jr (ranked 6039 p4p, 284 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Camper
vs
Dawson Jr

176 cm
18
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

150 cm
18
130 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Bank of noobs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Happy Camper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jack Dawson Jr!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Hirohito Nitta and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dawson Jr misses with a few strikes there.
Camper avoids a punch combination nicely.
Camper lands a jab.
Dawson Jr throws a sloppy body shot
and Dawson Jr takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dawson Jr throws out a loose jab but Camper uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Dawson Jr throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
It looked like Camper was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Dawson Jr.
Jack Dawson Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dawson Jr throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Camper sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Camper keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Camper ducks under a wild hook from Dawson Jr.
It looked like Camper was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Dawson Jr.
Dawson Jr throws a nice looking combination but Camper bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A combination from Dawson Jr does no damage.
Dawson Jr throws a jab but it's blocked by Camper.
Dawson Jr throws the left hand but Camper avoids the punch easily.
As Dawson Jr looks to move away, Camper throws a big counter combo but Dawson Jr just gets out of the way.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Camper scores with the left hand. Dawson Jr knows he should have avoided that one.
Dawson Jr throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
It looked like Camper wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Camper lands a jab.
Dawson Jr throws a hook but Camper avoids it easily.
Camper lands a lovely overhand right.
Dawson Jr misses with a left hand
and Dawson Jr takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Camper is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Dawson Jr misses with the combination.
It looked like Camper wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Camper avoids a punch combination nicely.
Camper ducks under a wild hook from Dawson Jr.
Camper looks to score with a jab to the body but Dawson Jr is just out of range.
Dawson Jr throws a jab but it's blocked by Camper.
Camper was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Dawson Jr misses with a right hand
and Camper connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Camper getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Camper ducks under a wild hook from Dawson Jr.
Camper is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Dawson Jr takes a swing at Camper's ribcage but misses.
Camper misses with an uppercut. Dawson Jr saw that one coming.
Despite the aggression on Dawson Jr's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Camper slips under a jab.
Dawson Jr fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Camper manages to avoid it.
Dawson Jr misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Camper.
Camper throwing a counter right hand but Dawson Jr manages to avoid it.
Dawson Jr is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Camper ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
An attempted straight right counter from Camper misses the target.
Dawson Jr misses with a few strikes there.
Dawson Jr jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The crowd cheers as Dawson Jr lands an impressive looking overhand right. Camper doesn't seem phased though.
Dawson Jr misses with a few strikes there.
Camper is looking to counter the offense by Dawson Jr and move into the clinch.
Dawson Jr swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Camper looks to score with a jab to the body but Dawson Jr is just out of range.
Dawson Jr misses with a combination
and Camper counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dawson Jr thinking.
Camper jabs Dawson Jr to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Camper slips a jab and a cross from Dawson Jr.
Camper moves out of range as Dawson Jr strikes.
Camper appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Camper avoids the body shot from Dawson Jr.
Camper was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Camper throws out a powerful jab.
A swing and a miss from Dawson Jr.
Dawson Jr pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Camper swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Dawson Jr on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Dawson Jr throws a right hand that misses
and Camper counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Dawson Jr is rocked!
Dawson Jr ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Camper lands with a shot to the body.
Camper is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Dawson Jr fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dawson Jr misses with a hook to the body

and Camper counters with a nice right hand that sends Dawson Jr toppling to the canvas! Dawson Jr scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Camper finish him?!
Dawson Jr is still on wobbly legs! Can Camper finish him?
Dawson Jr throws a right and a left that both miss.
Camper wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.

Camper bobbing and weaving well here. And he's unloaded with a massive right hand that drops Dawson Jr! He dives into his guard looking to finish!
Camper sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Dawson Jr seems to have recovered his senses.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Camper continues to stall.
Dawson Jr looking to control.
Camper is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Camper with a hook.
A swing and a miss from Dawson Jr.
Camper is looking to counter the offense by Dawson Jr and move into the clinch.
Dawson Jr misses with a double jab

and Camper counters with a crisp right hand that drops Dawson Jr! Camper lets Dawson Jr back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Camper uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dawson Jr.
Dawson Jr misses with a looping right.
Camper uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dawson Jr.
Camper walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Dawson Jr drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Camper swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Dawson Jr's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Happy Camper!