PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Abubakar Camara (ranked 408 p4p, 511 weight class) and Dennis Rader (ranked 55 p4p, 69 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Camara
vs
Rader

202 cm
28
265
17 - 2 - 0

225 cm
26
265
15 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Abubakar Camara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dennis Rader!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shigeki Sano and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Camara walks into a straight right hand from Rader.
Camara misses with a hook. Rader ducked under it nicely.
Rader throws out a counter right but Camara avoids it with no problem.
Rader misses with a hook.
Camara was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Rader throws out a loose jab but Camara uses good head movement to avoid it.
Camara throws a body kick that misses.
Camara showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rader.
Camara misses with an uppercut
and Rader counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rader scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Good standup being displayed there by Rader as he connects with a hook.
Rader misses the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rader lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Rader looks to throw the jab but Camara is out of range.
Rader misses with a hook. Camara ducked under it nicely.
Rader is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Camara throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rader throws a counter combo.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Rader misses with a hook
and Camara counters with an inside leg kick.
Rader throws an off balance right hand
and Camara counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rader thinking.
Camara takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Camara misses with a wild body shot.
Rader ducks under a wild hook from Camara.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Camara throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rader takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A low kick from Camara misses
and Rader connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Camara takes a swing at Rader's ribcage but misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rader scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Camara throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rader swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Camara throws a lazy body kick
and Rader counters with a stiff right hand.
Camara seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
A shot to the body from Camara misses
enabling Rader to counter with a crisp jab.
Camara throws a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rader lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Rader misses the jab.
Rader is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Camara had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Camara misses with a kick to the body

and Rader counters with a crisp right hand that drops Camara! Rader lets Camara back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Rader throws a body shot but no joy.
Camara throws a leg kick that is checked

and Rader counters with a nice right hand that sends Camara toppling to the canvas! Camara scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Rader finish him?!

Camara is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rader lands a jab and follows it up with a massive straight that knocks Camara out cold! Camara is crumpled in the corner, his head only propped up by the cage! That's one for the organiziational promos right there! Wow, what a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Dennis Rader!
Dennis Rader thanked the fans post fight for their support.