PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mike Camble (ranked 205 p4p, 479 weight class) and Baldomir Barbosa (ranked 25 p4p, 57 weight class). Barbosa is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Unfaithful. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Camble
vs
Barbosa

184 cm
26
180
15 - 5 - 0

185 cm
30
186
21 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

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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 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Camble!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Baldomir Barbosa!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Ackerman and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Camble.
Camble looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Barbosa looks to score with a jab to the body but Camble is just out of range.
The fighters circling - Barbosa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Barbosa misses with a body punch
enabling Camble to counter with a crisp jab.
Camble ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A low kick lands for Camble.
Barbosa throws a shot from downtown. Camble moves away and avoids it.
Barbosa throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Camble stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Camble throws a shot from downtown. Barbosa moves away and avoids it.
Barbosa lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Camble moves into range and connects with a jab.
Barbosa takes a swing at Camble's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Camble fails with the takedown
and Barbosa counters with a nice uppercut.
Barbosa on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Barbosa moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Camble scores with a jab.
Camble wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Barbosa looks to score with a jab to the body but Camble is just out of range.
Barbosa throws the left hand but Camble avoids the punch easily.
Camble lands a really nice looking cross but Barbosa seems unphased.
We've been informed that Barbosa has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Barbosa connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Barbosa misses the shot to the body.
Camble swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Jab from Camble.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barbosa walks into a left hand.
Barbosa blocks a jab.
Nice body punch from Camble.
Barbosa blocks a jab.
Barbosa looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Camble throws a hook but Barbosa blocks it.
Barbosa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barbosa throws a jab but it's blocked by Camble.
The fighters circling - Camble throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Camble misses the shot to the body.
Barbosa throws a jab but it's blocked by Camble.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Camble, as that shot connected.
Camble scores with a hook to the body. Barbosa takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Mike Camble seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Camble scores with a punch to the head.
Barbosa throws a hook to the side of Camble's head but Camble sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Camble digs a good hook to Barbosa's body.
Camble misses with a looping right.
Camble loads up on a big right hand but Barbosa slips the punch.
Camble on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Donk. Camble catches Barbosa right on the button with a cross.
Barbosa misses with a straight left.
Camble misses with a hook
and Barbosa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Camble works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Left hook, right uppercut from Camble.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barbosa walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Camble is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Camble throws a right hand that misses
and Camble takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A big right from Camble misses.
Barbosa ducks under a wild hook from Camble.
Camble throws an overhand right that lands on Barbosa's shoulder, as Barbosa tries to avoid the shot.
Barbosa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Camble throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barbosa works Camble's body with a nice hook.
Barbosa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Camble throws out the jab.
Barbosa takes a swing at Camble's ribcage but misses.
Camble throws out a loose jab but Barbosa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barbosa ducks under a wild hook from Camble.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Camble dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Barbosa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Camble.
Camble connects with a jab.
Camble looks to score with a jab to the body but Barbosa is just out of range.
Camble throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Barbosa takes a swing at Camble's ribcage but misses.
Barbosa throws a shot from downtown. Camble moves away and avoids it.
Camble moves into range and connects with a jab.
Camble uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barbosa.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barbosa. Camble does a little dance to reset his feet.
Camble scores with the left hand. Barbosa knows he should have avoided that one.
Camble throws an off balance right hand
and Barbosa connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Camble throws a poor cross that misses
letting Barbosa counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Camble misses with an uppercut. Barbosa saw that one coming.

Camble shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Camble wants to take a breather but Barbosa is having none of it.
Barbosa is trying to stand.
Camble thows a huge punch but Barbosa dodges it nicely.
Camble looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Camble has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Camble is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Barbosa can do to turn this around?
Camble thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Camble drops an elbow to the side of Barbosa's head.

Camble looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Camble working Barbosa over with strikes.
Camble is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Barbosa reverses the position - he's now on top in Camble's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Camble trying to control the position here.
Camble has a closed guard, preventing Barbosa from standing up.
Camble pulls Barbosa in close to his closed guard and prevents Barbosa from doing any damage or advancing position.
Barbosa wanted to stand there but Camble had control of the position.
Barbosa slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Barbosa postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Camble is pulling down on Barbosa's head to control his posture.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Camble escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Barbosa gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Camble keeping full guard, as Barbosa tries to pass.
Barbosa is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Camble uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Barbosa.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Camble looks to throw the jab but Barbosa is out of range.
Camble misses with a hook
and Barbosa counters with a stiff right hand.
Camble connects with a solid leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Mike Camble will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Nice defenses there by Camble.
Camble looks to throw the jab but Barbosa is out of range.
No joy there for Camble, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Barbosa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Camble moves away.
Barbosa moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Camble chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Barbosa moves out of range as Camble strikes.
Barbosa looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Camble shoots and misses
and Barbosa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barbosa on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Barbosa connects with a body shot.
Camble lands a glancing blow to the side of Barbosa's head.
Camble uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Barbosa.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Camble connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Barbosa momentarily.
Baldomir Barbosa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Camble misses with a body shot.
A nice side step and Barbosa releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Camble throws a body punch but Barbosa moves out of range.
Camble works the jab nicely.
Mike Camble is winning the standup battle so far.
Barbosa misses the shot to the body.
Some wild striking there from Barbosa.
Camble changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Camble scores with a hook to the body. Barbosa takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nice defenses there by Camble.
Camble throws a leg kick
and Barbosa counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Camble thinking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa looks to score with a jab to the body but Camble is just out of range.
Barbosa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Camble.
Barbosa jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Barbosa takes a swing at Camble's ribcage but misses.
Barbosa misses with a straight right.
Barbosa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Camble tried to score with a low kick but Barbosa checks it.
Good shot there by Camble.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Camble throws a hook to the side of Barbosa's head but Barbosa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Barbosa scores with the left hand. Camble knows he should have avoided that one.
A telegraphed right hand from Camble misses the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Camble swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Barbosa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Camble throws out the jab.
Camble shoots for a takedown but Barbosa saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Barbosa misses with a hook
and Camble counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Barbosa misses with a wild body shot.
Mike Camble is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Camble fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Camble. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A big right from Camble misses.
Barbosa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A big left from Camble misses.
Barbosa swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Camble throws the left hand but Barbosa avoids the punch easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Camble connects with a jab.
Camble ducks under a wild hook from Barbosa.
Barbosa has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Camble takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Barbosa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Camble.
Camble misses with a jab to the body
and Barbosa connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Barbosa throws a hook but Camble blocks it.
Camble scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Barbosa doesn't seem bothered though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Camble tests Barbosa's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Baldomir Barbosa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Barbosa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Camble uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Barbosa.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Mike Camble.
Well Camble has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Mike Camble!
Mike Camble got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'