PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jaco Camden (ranked 1230 p4p, 1398 weight class) and Hjalmar Raak (ranked 153 p4p, 173 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Camden
vs
Raak

185 cm
36
200
17 - 22 - 1

191 cm
30
197
11 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 22 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jaco Camden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Hjalmar Raak!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Ren Mimura and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Camden throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Raak wants to counter the offense by Camden and move into the clinch position.
Camden looks to throw the jab but Raak is out of range.
It seemed like Raak was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Raak misses with a looping left.
Camden looks to land a right hand but Raak moved out of range.
Camden throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Camden loads up on a big right hand but Raak slips the punch.
It seemed like Raak was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Camden scores with a sloppy right hand. Raak should have avoided that one.
Raak misses with a straight left.
Camden throws a poor cross that misses
and Camden takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Raak scores with a nice strike.
Camden wants to land a leg kick but Raak is out of range.
Camden looks to land a right hand but Raak moved out of range.
Camden misses with a right hand
and Camden takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

It looks like Jaco Camden has been cut.
Camden misses with an uppercut
and Raak counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Camden looks to land a combination but Raak avoids it well.
Raak on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Camden. Raak does a little dance to reset his feet.
Raak appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Camden cracks Raak with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Camden is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Raak.
Raak lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Raak walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Camden jabs at Raak's body.
An inside leg kick lands from Camden.
Camden connects with a body shot that sends Raak's belly button to the back.
Camden is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raak misses with a body shot.

Camden clinches up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Camden displaying some good clinch control by pressing Raak up against the cage.
Come on Raak - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Camden missing with knees to the body.
Camden lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Raak has Camden pushed against the cage.
Raak lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right from Raak.
Raak cracks Camden with a nice body shot.
Camden misses with the head strike.
Camden stalling in the clinch but Raak improves position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Raak.
Raak lands with a light punch inside.
Raak avoiding damage as Camden throws knees to the body.
Camden trying to control the position but instead, Raak has worked for underhooks and has pushed Camden into the cage.
Raak scores with a shoulder strike.
Come on Camden - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Camden throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Raak.
Camden pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Raak throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Raak tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Camden's elbow.
Camden letting Raak take a breather here.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Raak.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raak being controlled against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Camden.
Raak misses with a body punch.
Camden with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stalling in the clinch from Camden.
Our sources have told us that Camden has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Camden lands a damaging elbow.
Raak tries to throw a body punch but Camden avoids it by throwing Raak back against the cage.
Raak avoiding damage as Camden throws knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Camden.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Raak blocks an elbow strike.
Camden lands a nice uppercut.
Raak avoiding damage.
Raak is looking to break free of the clinch but Camden has double underhooks.
Raak taking a breather.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jaco Camden will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jaco Camden's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Camden is looking to score with low kicks.
A head kick misses from Camden.
Raak ducks under a wild hook from Camden.
Raak circles away from the clinch attempt
and Raak counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Camden fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Raak cracks Camden with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Camden swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Raak counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Camden scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Raak takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Raak defending well as Camden loads up on a big left hand.
Camden misses with a right hand
and Raak cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Camden has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Camden there as he acknowledges the shot.
Camden lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Raak takes one on the button.
Jaco Camden is winning the standup battle so far.
Camden lands with a hook. Raak tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Raak misses with a low kick.
Raak misses with a low kick.
Raak keeps the fight on the outside.
Raak now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Camden rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Raak counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Raak throws a right and a left that Camden avoids nicely.
A little feinted left hand from Camden on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Camden throws the left hand but Raak avoids the punch easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Raak! But no joy.
Raak moves away from the strike by Camden.
Raak connects with the punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Camden, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jaco Camden seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Camden catches Raak with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Camden misses with an uppercut
and Camden takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Raak slips a jab from Camden.
Raak shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Camden throws a lazy uppercut
and Raak counters with a stiff right hand.
Raak avoids a punch combination nicely.
A nice side step and Raak releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Nice defenses there by Raak.
Raak throws out a loose jab but Camden uses good head movement to avoid it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Camden stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raak is looking to break free of the clinch but Camden has double underhooks.
Raak taking a breather.
Raak pushes Camden back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Raak lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Camden.
Camden gets through Raak's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Camden lands a nice knee to the body.
Raak lands a right hand.
Camden tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Raak avoids it.
Raak scores with a hook to the body.
Raak blocks an elbow strike.
Raak is pushing Camden up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Camden creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Raak's defenses.
Jaco Camden has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raak gets through Camden's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Raak tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Raak misses with a body punch.
Camden lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Raak is struggling to control the position.
Camden throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Camden landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Raak is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Camden.
Camden misses with a punch to the body.
Camden throws an elbow that misses.
Raak pushes Camden back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Come on Raak - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Camden misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Hjalmar Raak will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Jaco Camden's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Camden throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A little jabbing left from Raak on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Decent striking displayed by Camden there.
Camden looks to throw the jab but Raak is out of range.
Camden throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Camden misses with a leg kick
and Raak counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Camden misses with an uppercut
and Camden takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Camden throws a nice head kick!
Camden rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Raak counters with a straight right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Raak missing with a left hand there. Camden was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Camden bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Raak's head backwards.
A clash of legs there as Raak blocks the low kick.
Camden misses with a leg kick
and Raak counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raak blocks a jab.
Camden throws a hook to the side of Raak's head but Raak sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Raak stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Camden.
Camden throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Raak counters with a body kick that stops Camden in his tracks momentarily.
Camden throws a poor cross that misses
and Raak counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Raak connects with a single shot there.
No joy there for Camden, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Raak avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Raak feints a counter leg kick.
Camden tries to clinch but Raak is having none of it.
Camden tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Raak manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A punch combination from Raak misses.
Camden misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raak ducks under a wild hook from Camden.
Raak circles away from the clinch attempt.
Raak let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Raak misses with a looping right.
Camden misses with a straight left.
Camden slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Raak lands with a left to the head.
A right hand to the body from Raak.
Camden holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Camden has a couple of punches blocked by Raak.
Raak swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Camden is trying to stall.
Raak fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Camden stalling in the clinch but Raak improves position.
Raak blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Camden unloads a knee to the mid-section. Raak lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Camden pushes Raak back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Camden swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Raak scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short uppercut from Raak.
Raak working some nice short punches in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Raak creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Camden.
Raak lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Camden backwards.

Raak jumps into guard, dragging Camden to the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Camden wants to stand but Raak is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Camden wants to stand and escape but instead Raak has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Camden trying to keep a closed guard but Raak is proving a slippery customer.
Raak stands and throws Camden's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Raak happy to just control the position for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hjalmar Raak comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Raak has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 29:29
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Hjalmar Raak!
Hjalmar Raak seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.