PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lugh Blackburn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Camozi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Blackburn
vs
Camozi

187 cm
19
200 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

188 cm
20
199 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Lugh Blackburn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Chris Camozi !
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Paul Tew and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blackburn bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Camozi has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

It looks like Chris Camozi has been cut.
Camozi walks into a left hand.
Blackburn wants to clinch.
Camozi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blackburn was well out of range. Poor timing from Camozi .

Blackburn lands a left and a right that send Camozi crashing to the mat, dazed. Blackburn thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Camozi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Blackburn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Blackburn walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Blackburn has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Camozi finds it's way round the side to connect with Blackburn's head.
Camozi throws a shot to the body.
Camozi misses with a wild body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Blackburn misses the target.
Camozi tests Blackburn's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Blackburn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Camozi moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blackburn misses with an uppercut. Camozi saw that one coming.
Blackburn throws out a powerful jab.
Camozi throws a right hand that Blackburn ducks under and follows up with a left that Blackburn also avoids with ease.
Lugh Blackburn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Camozi fails to land the takedown.
Blackburn gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Blackburn takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Blackburn has closed the distance and engaged Camozi in a clinch.
Blackburn is trying to force a seperation but Camozi has the dominant position.
Camozi has a couple of punches blocked by Blackburn.
Blackburn is trying to push Camozi away but Camozi has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Camozi prevents a body shot from Blackburn.
Camozi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Camozi misses with the head strike.
Blackburn lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Blackburn's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Camozi throws a looping overhand right but Blackburn ducks down to avoid it.
Blackburn listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

Blackburn moves into the clinch.
Camozi throws a punch but it's blocked by Blackburn.
Blackburn definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Camozi is trying to stall.
Camozi tries to work over Blackburn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Camozi wants to get back to striking at distance but Blackburn won't allow it.
Camozi tries to work over Blackburn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Blackburn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Blackburn lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Blackburn digs a right hand into Camozi 's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Camozi 's gas tank.
Camozi misses with the head strike.
Camozi takes a shot to the head.
Blackburn throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Camozi s head.
Blackburn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Blackburn gets through Camozi 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Blackburn lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Camozi misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Camozi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Camozi is trying to break the clinch but Blackburn has him pressed against the cage.
Camozi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Blackburn lands with a short shot to the head.
Camozi is trying to force a seperation but Blackburn has the dominant position.
Blackburn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Camozi being controlled against the cage.
Blackburn lands a nice shot to the body.
Blackburn misses with a body punch.
Camozi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Blackburn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Blackburn working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Blackburn tries to work over Camozi 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Blackburn prevents Camozi from breaking the clinch.
Blackburn lands with a short shot to the head.
Camozi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Blackburn's elbow.
Camozi misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blackburn tries to stall but Camozi uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Camozi tries to work over Blackburn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Camozi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Blackburn takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Blackburn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Camozi fails to land with a series of punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blackburn misses the shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Camozi . Blackburn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Camozi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blackburn.
Camozi loads up on a big right hand but Blackburn slips the punch.

Blackburn drives through and clinches with Camozi against the cage.
Camozi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Camozi working aggressively here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Camozi wants to break the clinch but can't.
Camozi is trying to maintain a safe position but Blackburn gets an underhook and turns Camozi into the cage.

Blackburn escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Camozi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lugh Blackburn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chris Camozi 's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Blackburn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Camozi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice defenses there by Blackburn.
Camozi keeps the fight on the outside.
Blackburn misses with an uppercut.
Blackburn scores with a nice strike.
Lugh Blackburn is winning the standup battle so far.
Camozi takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A jab from Blackburn misses.
Blackburn dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Camozi cracks Blackburn with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Camozi staying out of range there.
Some wild striking there from Camozi .
Camozi swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
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!
Blackburn moves out of range of the strikes.
Camozi tries for a takedown but Blackburn sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Blackburn missing with a left hand there. Camozi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Camozi fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Camozi moves away from the strike by Blackburn.
Blackburn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Camozi fails to land the takedown.
The fighters circling - Camozi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Camozi throws a big shot that misses.
Blackburn takes one to the side of the head.
Blackburn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Camozi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Blackburn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Blackburn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Blackburn clinches up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Camozi is looking to control Blackburn's arms but Blackburn gets an underhook and turns him. Now Camozi has his back to the cage.
Blackburn lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Blackburn blocks a body shot from Camozi .
Blackburn is leaning against Camozi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Camozi is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Camozi looking to slow down the pace here.
Blackburn presses Camozi against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Blackburn leaning against his opponent.

Blackburn escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Camozi gets tackled into the cage by Blackburn. Blackburn maintains the clinch.
Blackburn keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Camozi 's efforts to push away.
Camozi working aggressively here.
Blackburn stalling in the clinch.
Blackburn prevents a body shot from Camozi .
Camozi is looking to break free of the clinch but Blackburn has double underhooks.

Blackburn manages to break the clinch.
Camozi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blackburn was well out of range. Poor timing from Camozi .

Oooooh!!! Blackburn has knocked Camozi down with a huge combo! Blackburn steps away and waves a wobbly Camozi back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Camozi is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Blackburn feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Camozi sprawling to the canvas! Camozi rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Blackburn finish him?!
Camozi is still on wobbly legs! Can Blackburn finish him?

That has opened up Chris Camozi 's cut even more.

Blackburn instigates a clinch.
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!
Camozi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A short body shot lands from Blackburn as the two fighters clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Blackburn.
Blackburn lands with a right to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Blackburn creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Blackburn digs a right hand into Camozi 's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Camozi 's gas tank.
Blackburn lands a body punch.
Blackburn lands a hook to the side of the head.

Blackburn breaks the clinch.
Blackburn scores with a body shot.
A shot to the liver by Blackburn. Beautiful body shot.

Blackburn clinches up against the cage.
Camozi 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Blackburn dips a shoulder and cracks Camozi with a mighty uppercut! Camozi falls back against the cage and Blackburn unloads with a barrage of strikes! Camozi is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Blackburn screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lugh Blackburn!
In his post fight interview, Lugh Blackburn started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.