PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Civita (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bosten Camie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Civita
vs
Camie

192 cm
18
222 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

194 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Antonio Civita!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bosten Camie!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Illya Tyunina and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Civita misses with a wild combination.
A punch combination from Civita misses.
Camie tries to clinch there but Civita circles away.
Camie fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bosten Camie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Camie fails with an attempt to clinch.
Civita went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Camie tries to clinch there but Civita circles away.
Civita lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Camie avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Camie tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Civita manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Camie showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Civita.
Civita misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Camie tries to close the distance and clinch but Civita swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No joy there for Civita, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Civita bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Camie's head backwards.
Camie keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Civita.
Camie tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Civita throws a big counter combination but Camie scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Camie is looking to clinch but Civita is avoiding it.
Civita seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.

Camie clinches up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Camie fails to land.
Civita has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Civita looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Camie misses with the head strike.
Camie stalling in the clinch.
Camie is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Civita is keeping busy.
Civita is trying to push Camie away but Camie has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Civita blocks a body shot from Camie.
Camie looking to slow down the pace here.
Camie throws a head punch that misses.
Camie misses with a hook from the clinch.
Civita is trying to break the clinch but Camie is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Camie working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Civita doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Camie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Civita blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Camie goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Camie has Civita pressed against the cage, preventing Civita from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Civita blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Camie.
Camie misses with the head strike.
Civita has had enough of the clinch but Camie keeps him there for the moment.
Camie tries a knee to the head but Civita blocks it.
Camie misses with a short punch on the inside.
Civita prevents a body shot from Camie.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Camie has a couple of punches blocked by Civita.
Camie stalls.
Camie goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Camie is stalling here.
Camie misses with the head strike.
Camie is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Civita has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Camie swings wildly with an uppercut but Civita uses good head movement to avoid it.
Civita wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Civita is trying to push Camie away but Camie has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Camie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Camie misses with a short punch on the inside.
Camie with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Camie throws a knee to the head but misses.
Camie swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Camie misses with the head strike.
Camie taking a breather.
Camie throws a punch but it's blocked by Civita.
Camie prevents Civita from breaking the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Civita blocks a body shot from Camie.
Civita wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Civita blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Bosten Camie will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Camie tries to close the distance and clinch up but Civita swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Civita jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Camie fails with an attempt to clinch.

Camie clinches up against the cage.
Civita blocks an uppercut.
A bit of stalling here from Camie.
Civita blocking some punches.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Camie misses with the head strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Camie looking to slow down the pace here.
Camie misses with some punches.
Civita blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Camie scores with a nice short uppercut.
Camie with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Camie misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Civita blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Civita blocks a body shot from Camie.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Camie controlling the action here for a moment.
Camie stalling in the clinch but Civita improves position.
Civita blocks an uppercut.
Civita is trying to force a seperation but Camie has the dominant position.
Camie throws a punch but it's blocked by Civita.
Civita has had enough of the clinch but Camie keeps him there for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Civita blocks an uppercut.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Civita.
The referee calls for Camie to work.
Camie can't find room to land a body shot as Civita controls the action.
Camie misses with the head strike.
Camie throws a head punch that misses.
Bosten Camie seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Camie misses with a short punch on the inside.
Camie misses with a short punch on the inside.
Camie working aggressively here.
Camie misses with some punches.
Camie lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Camie using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Civita has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Camie misses with a short punch on the inside.
Camie throws a head punch that misses.
Camie misses with a short punch on the inside.
Civita blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Camie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Camie fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Camie fails to land.
Camie keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Civita's efforts to push away.
Camie doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Camie has Civita pressed against the cage, preventing Civita from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Camie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Camie misses with the head strike.
Camie pushes Civita back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Camie misses with a hook to the ribs.
Camie can't find room to land a body shot as Civita controls the action.
Camie swings wildly with an uppercut but Civita uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Camie fails to land.
Camie is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Camie lands a right hand.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
A head punch on the inside from Camie fails to land.
Camie misses with a punch on the inside.
Camie working aggressively here.
Civita is trying to force a seperation but Camie has the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bosten Camie showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Civita moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

It looks like Bosten Camie has been cut.
Civita rushes Camie with punches - Camie moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Camie goes down! Civita follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:09 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Antonio Civita!
During a confident post fight interview, Antonio Civita thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.