PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cam Fleming (ranked 878 p4p, 703 weight class) and Petar Popara (ranked 113 p4p, 91 weight class). Fleming comes to the cage accompanied by Killa Cam - Cam'Ron. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Fleming
vs
Popara

182 cm
27
225
14 - 7 - 0

190 cm
29
212
13 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Great low kicks
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Heavy handed

Brooklyn Apothecary

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cam Fleming!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Petar Popara!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Albert Achterberg and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fleming takes one to the side of the head.

It looks like Cam Fleming has been cut.
Fleming shoots in for a takedown but Popara shows good takedown defense.
Fleming shoots and misses
and Popara cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fleming shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cam Fleming. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fleming looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Popara is fending him off so far but Fleming persists. Nope, Popara circles away and we're back to standing.
Fleming misses with a takedown attempt
and Popara counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Cam Fleming seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Popara misses with a body punch

and Fleming counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Fleming missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Popara wants to improve his position but Fleming is controlling well.
Fleming not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fleming throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Popara can do anything to dispel that myth.
Fleming throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Fleming wants to lay and pray for a moment but Popara keeps working.
Fleming slips a nice elbow through Popara's hands, connecting with Popara's forehead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fleming throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Popara really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Fleming. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Popara wants to improve his position but Fleming is controlling well.
Fleming not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fleming missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Fleming is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Popara defends it well.
Popara wants to control but Fleming is keeping busy.
Popara keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Fleming missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Fleming takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Fleming is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

Fleming is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Popara defends it well.
Fleming wants to control but Popara is keeping him busy.
Popara on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Fleming wants to take a breather but Popara is having none of it.
Fleming is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Popara is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

Fleming is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Popara sees it coming and defends easily.
Fleming missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fleming looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Popara with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Fleming thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Popara on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Popara has hold of Fleming's hands but Fleming slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Popara is looking for a sweep. Fleming is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Fleming not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Popara keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Fleming working the head and body with strikes.
Fleming scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Fleming controlling the action here.
Fleming throwing shots but Popara is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fleming looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Fleming slips a nice elbow through Popara's hands, connecting with Popara's forehead.
Fleming lands strikes from half guard.
Fleming trying to control from half guard but Popara is working away.
Popara on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Fleming lands with a punch from half guard.
Fleming looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fleming is keen to just control but Popara is a slippery customer.
Fleming scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Popara is refusing to be controlled, as Fleming sits in half guard.
Popara taking some punishment here, with Fleming in his half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Cam Fleming dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cam Fleming's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Fleming fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Popara avoids it really well and circles away.
Popara swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

Fleming shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Fleming showed some decent athleticism there.
Popara avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Fleming.
Fleming 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.
Popara trying to control from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fleming sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Popara defending well though.
Fleming lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Fleming controlling the pace.
Fleming works his way into full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fleming scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Fleming throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Popara because Fleming loaded up on that one.
Fleming wants to control the pace but Popara is squirming around nicely.
Fleming cracks Popara with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Fleming in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Fleming throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Fleming lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Popara hang on?
Fleming landing punches.
Fleming working the ground and pound effectively.

Popara is rocked!
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!
Fleming working the ground and pound effectively.
Popara is still in real trouble! Can Fleming finish him?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fleming landing punches.
Fleming is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Popara can do to turn this around?
Fleming lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Fleming lands a big elbow - Popara is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Popara is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Cam Fleming!
A very excited looking Cam Fleming rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.