PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Abubakar Camara (ranked 206 p4p, 817 weight class) and Johnny Santos (ranked 34 p4p, 100 weight class). Santos comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Nazareth- Let Me Be Your Leader kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Johnny Santos enters the cage!

Camara
vs
Santos

202 cm
25
250
12 - 0 - 0

193 cm
29
244
11 - 7 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Conquer
Altitude Clothing

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Abubakar Camara!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Johnny Santos!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Saam Ante and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Camara swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Santos connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The fighters circling - Camara throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Santos misses with the combination.
Camara misses with a body shot
and Santos counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Camara throws a body shot but no joy.
Santos is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Nice body punch from Camara.
Santos has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Santos takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

It looks like Johnny Santos has been cut.
Camara throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Santos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Santos slips a jab from Camara.
Santos swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Santos fails to land with a series of punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Camara digs a good hook to Santos's body.
Camara throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Santos is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Camara moves into range and throws a big uppercut. OH! Santos goes down! Can Camara finish him!?
Camara sitting in guard here, content to control.
Camara passes Santos's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Camara trying to mount his opponent but Santos defends it.
Santos looks like he's trying to stand up.

Camara is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Santos doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Camara.
Santos has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Camara is working away from the top position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Camara is trying to control. Santos wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Camara is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Santos sees it coming and defends easily.
Santos manages to get to full guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Camara is pushing down on Santos's leg trying to pass to half guard. Santos is fighting to maintain full guard but Camara has managed to sneak the leg through.
Camara passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Santos!
Camara is trying to take his opponent's back.

Camara is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Santos has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Santos is squirming around, avoiding Camara's attempts to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Camara looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Santos is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

Camara is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Santos is surviving well by controlling Camara's body position as best he can.
Camara trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Camara jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Santos manages to avoid the submission attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Camara wants to lay and pray for a moment but Santos keeps working.

Camara is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Santos has escaped the position, nice work there.
Santos is trying to improve his position.
Camara controlling the position from side mount.

Camara is trying to get an arm triangle but Santos is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Santos wants to control but Camara postures up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Abubakar Camara dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Johnny Santos's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Camara throws out a loose jab but Santos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Camara throws a poor cross that misses
and Santos counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Camara throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Camara misses the shot to the body.
Jab from Camara.
Santos fails to land with a series of punches.
Camara is looking to counter punch.
Santos walks into a picture perfect straight right hand from Camara! He's gone down face first to the canvas, unconscious before he even hit the floor! Ohhhh. My. Goodness! That boys and girls was a beautiful knockout! Give that man a biscuit!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Abubakar Camara!
Abubakar Camara retains his heavyweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Abubakar Camara thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.