PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Blaine Fry (ranked 24187 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yancy Camacho (ranked 4679 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Fry
vs
Camacho

154 cm
21
177 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

183 cm
22
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Good in bed

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Can Moonwalk

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Blaine Fry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yancy Camacho!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Fry drives through with a takedown into guard.

Camacho is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Fry is aware though and is defending well.
Camacho thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Fry might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Camacho is on top in guard.

Camacho wants to stand and escape but instead Fry has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Fry wants to control from the top but Camacho keeps moving.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Camacho can do anything to dispel that myth.
Fry tries to stand but Camacho is controlling from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Camacho tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Camacho wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Camacho is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Camacho is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Camacho working for submissions but it's allowed Fry to get to half guard.
Camacho is trying to escape back to his feet but Fry uses the scramble to pass into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Fry in the domination position with Camacho hanging on.
Camacho regains half guard.
Fry prevents Camacho from improving his position.
Camacho makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Camacho.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Camacho wants to sweep here but Fry controlling him for the moment.
Fry knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Camacho on the ground.

Camacho had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Fry defends it easily.

Camacho throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Fry escapes and throws Camacho's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Fry throws a strike aimed at the side of Camacho's head but Camacho avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Camacho is looking to regain half guard here but Fry keeps moving and retains side control.
Camacho wants to control but Fry postures up.
Fry working the ground and pound but Camacho is defending the strikes.
Camacho avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Fry.
Fry really is a fat lump.
Camacho is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Fry is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Fry throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Camacho is trying desperately to improve position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Blaine Fry dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Camacho keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Camacho drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Fry defends it well.
Fry 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.
Blaine Fry is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Camacho shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Camacho showed some decent athleticism there.
Fry tries to kick Camacho off in order to stand up. Camacho Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blaine Fry overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Camacho just content to control the position.
Fry is trying to get back to half guard.
The referee asks Camacho politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Camacho prefers to stall for the moment though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fry is looking to reverse the position.
Camacho tries to stand but Fry is controlling his head.
Fry is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Camacho is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Fry's shoulder. That is not cool.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Camacho working the ground and pound.
Camacho staying calm.
Camacho scoring with punches from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fry is working to avoid the ground and pound but Camacho connects with a decent elbow.
Fry regains half guard.
Camacho moves nicely into side control.
Camacho scoring with punches from side control.
Camacho controlling the position from side mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fry on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

Camacho is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Fry knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Camacho controls the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yancy 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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Fry shoots for a double leg takedown but Camacho sprawls well. He's pushed Fry's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Camacho steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Fry.
Fry shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Camacho but Camacho pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Camacho gets a double leg takedown into Fry's guard.
Camacho chips away with some ground and pound.
Camacho is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Camacho wants to stand and escape but instead Fry has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fry trying to control the position from guard on top but Camacho is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Camacho manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Fry manages to get himself to full guard.

Camacho controls from within his opponent's guard.
Fry tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Camacho passes easily into side control. Nice work.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Camacho has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fry tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.

Camacho is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Fry is defending well though. Camacho let's go of the attempt for now.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Camacho is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Camacho is continuing to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Camacho lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.

Camacho is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Fry defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Camacho is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Camacho lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Fry is in bad spot here.
Camacho biding his time, controlling Fry.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

And that's the end of the fight!
Yancy Camacho comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Camacho has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 28:29

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