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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sven Eklund (ranked 2262 p4p, 97 weight class) and Amadeo Camara (ranked 24395 p4p, 201 weight class). Eklund comes to the cage accompanied by Home Grown. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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280 lbs
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265 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Sven Eklund!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Amadeo Camara!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, William Peck and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Camara changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Eklund tries to avoid it but Camara manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Eklund to the ground. Eklund escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Eklund closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Camara tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Eklund wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Eklund in side control, throwing shots but Camara defends.
Eklund misses with the ground and pound.
Eklund throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Eklund 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.
Eklund in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Eklund lands a nice forearm strike.
Camara parries the strikes from Eklund easily there. Eklund is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Camara to escape.
Camara is trying to control Eklund's posture but Eklund avoids it.
Eklund working the ground and pound but Camara is defending the strikes.
Camara tries to bench press Eklund off him but Eklund keeps the position.
Eklund working away.
Eklund working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Camara is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Camara regains half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Eklund is nestled in close to Camara, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Camara on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Eklund working the head and body with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eklund prevents Camara from improving his position.
Eklund working Camara over with strikes.
Camara trying to control but Eklund postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Camara wants to improve his position but Eklund is controlling well.
Camara taking some punishment here, with Eklund in his half guard.
Eklund sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Camara defending well though.
Eklund throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Eklund throwing shots but Camara is blocking nicely.
Eklund is trying to control the action in half guard but Camara is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Camara wants to control but Eklund is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Camara avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Eklund.
Camara is looking for a sweep. Eklund is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eklund lands strikes from half guard.
Camara wants to control but Eklund is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Eklund is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Eklund lands a nice short elbow.
Camara wants to control but Eklund is keeping busy.
Eklund winds up and cracks Camara with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Camara blocking the ground and pound attempt from Eklund.
Camara works his way to full guard. Good work.
Eklund landing some decent shots from guard.
Eklund lands a couple of digs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Eklund postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Eklund postures up.
Eklund throws a big elbow that misses.
Camara is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Camara scoring with strikes to the body and head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eklund gets back to full guard.
Eklund looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Eklund continues to stall.
Eklund looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Camara trying to control but Eklund is working from the bottom.
Camara is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Camara must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Camara trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Camara wants to control from the top but Eklund keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Eklund lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Eklund postures up in Camara's guard and throws a big left but Camara blocks it.
Camara not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Eklund throwing strikes from guard but Camara blocks nicely.
Eklund throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Camara works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Eklund missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Eklund with a flurry of punches that miss.
Camara not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Eklund throws a big right hand that misses.
Eklund trying to control but Camara is working from the bottom.
Eklund postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Camara is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Eklund is working Camara over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Camara controls Eklund momentarily but Eklund frees himself.
Camara pulls Eklund in close to prevent any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sven Eklund dominated that round.
That's time! Eklund's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Camara shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Eklund manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Camara preventing the sweep.
Camara trying to control the position from guard on top but Eklund is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Eklund controlling the position.
Eklund on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Eklund tries to get out of the position.
Camara trying to control the position from guard on top but Eklund is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Camara's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Camara trying to control the position from guard on top but Eklund is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Eklund controlling Camara's posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eklund keeping full guard, as Camara tries to pass.
Eklund is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Camara is looking to work some ground and pound but Eklund has wrist control.
Eklund has his hands on Camara's head, controlling the position.
Camara trying to control but Eklund is working from the bottom.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Eklund gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Camara to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Camara preventing the sweep.
Eklund pulls Camara in close to prevent any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Camara wants to control from the top but Eklund keeps moving.
Camara scoring with some ground and pound.
Eklund keeping moving, preventing Camara from controlling successfully.
Camara looking to pass the guard.
Eklund looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Eklund looking for a sweep. Not yet Eklund, not yet.
Camara is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Camara is in close to Eklund's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Camara throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Eklund works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Camara loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Camara looking to pass the guard.
Eklund looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Camara looking to pass the guard.
Camara wants to control from the top but Eklund keeps moving.
Eklund pulls Camara in close to prevent any damage.
Camara wants to control from the top but Eklund keeps moving.
Eklund seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Camara trying to control but Eklund is working from the bottom.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Eklund shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Camara defends it nicely.
And Camara tries to counter it with a takedown but Eklund pushes his down on his head and steps out.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Camara is defended easily by Eklund.
Eklund appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Camara shoots for a takedown but Eklund saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Eklund tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Camara swivels and escapes.
Camara shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Eklund but Eklund pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Sven Eklund has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Amadeo Camara.
Camara fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Camara is breathing heavily.
Eklund shoots in and drives through. Camara sprawls well.
Camara drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Eklund defends it well.
Sven Eklund seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Camara will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Eklund drops down looking for a counter takedown but Camara sprawls and moves away.
Eklund drives through with a takedown into Camara's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Eklund missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Eklund landing some decent shots from guard.
Eklund could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Eklund trying to control the position from guard on top but Camara is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Eklund is looking to work some ground and pound but Camara has wrist control.
Eklund is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Camara can do to turn this around?
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Eklund is working Camara over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Eklund with a nice head shot there.
Eklund distracts Camara with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Amadeo Camara will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Nice takedown defense from Eklund. No joy for Camara on that attempt.
Eklund gets the takedown into side control.
Camara tries to buck Eklund off but Eklund is having none of it.
Eklund in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Eklund is working Camara over with some ground and pound from side control.
Eklund landing strikes.
Camara is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Camara regains half guard.
Eklund scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Eklund connects with a nice short shot to Camara's temple.
Camara taking some punishment here, with Eklund in his half guard.
Camara wants to improve his position but Eklund is controlling well.
Eklund trying to control from half guard but Camara is working away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Camara is trying to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eklund scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Camara has hold of Eklund's hands but Eklund slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Eklund thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Camara is looking for a sweep. Eklund is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Eklund slips a nice elbow through Camara's hands, connecting with Camara's forehead.
Eklund not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Camara works his way to full guard. Good work.
Eklund throwing strikes from guard but Camara blocks nicely.
Eklund throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Camara working a defensive guard here.
Camara looking for a sweep. Not yet Camara, not yet.
Camara avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Camara really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Eklund. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Camara wants to control the position but Eklund says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Eklund not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Eklund not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Camara tries to roll over but Eklund keeps him under control.
Camara is refusing to be controlled, as Eklund sits in half guard.
Camara wants to improve his position but Eklund is controlling well.
Eklund is trying to control. Camara wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Camara gets full guard.
Eklund throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Eklund makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Eklund postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Eklund distracts Camara with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Camara tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Camara trying to control the position.
Eklund lands a couple of digs.
Eklund looking to pass the guard.
Eklund scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eklund postures up.
Camara looking to hit a scissor sweep but Eklund is one step ahead there.
Camara not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Camara is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Eklund throwing strikes from guard but Camara blocks nicely.
Camara looking for a sweep. Not yet Camara, not yet.
Eklund throws a big elbow that misses.
Eklund is looking to work some ground and pound but Camara has wrist control.
Camara trying to keep a closed guard but Eklund is proving a slippery customer.
Camara utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Camara working a defensive guard here.
Camara bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Eklund's guard.
Camara takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Camara throws a big right hand that misses.
Eklund lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Camara looking to hit a scissor sweep but Eklund is one step ahead there.
Eklund stands up over Camara, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Eklund is working Camara over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Camara keeping moving, preventing Eklund from controlling successfully.
Eklund stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Camara swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Eklund throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Camara is trying to keep Eklund in close.
Camara is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Eklund throws a big elbow that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sven Eklund showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Eklund 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:28
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sven Eklund!
Our winner, Sven Eklund, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
In defeat, Amadeo Camara stepped up to the mic, saying 'GET OVER HERE ! '.
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