PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cal Klos (ranked 1290 p4p, 314 weight class) and Ibrahim Camara (ranked 163 p4p, 41 weight class). Klos comes to the cage accompanied by Our Father Enki. Ibrahim Camara is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Klos
vs
Camara

185 cm
29
188
17 - 11 - 1

177 cm
29
204
25 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 1, fighting out of London, Cal Klos!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Ibrahim Camara!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Edson Gomes and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Klos shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Camara eats them both and turns towards Klos to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Camara keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Camara throws a shot from downtown. Klos moves away and avoids it.
A big left from Camara misses.
Camara slaps away a takedown attempt from Klos, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Camara showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Klos.
Camara lands a right hook to the body.
Camara doesn't manage to clinch there - Klos circles away.
An attempted straight right counter from Klos misses the target.

Camara clinches with his opponent.
Klos softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Camara makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Camara swings wildly with an uppercut but Klos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Klos tries for a takedown but Camara manages to get underhooks.
Camara misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klos blocking some punches.
A frustrated look appears on Klos's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Camara has a couple of punches blocked by Klos.
Camara misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Klos prevents a body shot from Camara.
Klos pushes Camara back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Camara throws a head punch that misses.
Camara tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Klos is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Klos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Camara working aggressively here.
Camara blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Camara pushes Klos back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Klos working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Camara misses with a hook to the ribs.
Camara presses Klos against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Camara misses with the head strike.
Klos is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cal Klos. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Camara throws a punch but it's blocked by Klos.
Klos throws a punch but it's blocked by Camara.
Camara told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Camara misses with a punch to the body.
Klos blocking some punches.
Camara lands a left hand that snaps the head of Klos backwards.
Camara doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Camara lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Klos blocks an uppercut.
Camara tries a body shot but Klos blocks it.
Klos lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Camara prevents the takedown attempt.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Klos.
Camara lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Camara swings wildly with an uppercut but Klos uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right hand to the body from Camara.
Klos has Camara pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Camara manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Camara struggles to land a body shot inside as Klos controls his hands.
Camara softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Camara gets through Klos's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Camara works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Klos is breathing heavily.
Camara lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Klos.
Camara cracks Klos with a nice body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Camara.
Camara stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A hook to the body from Camara.
Camara lands with a short shot to the head.
Camara works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Camara goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Camara doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Camara pushes Klos back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Camara swings wildly with an uppercut but Klos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Camara goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Camara tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Klos's elbow.
Camara doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Camara softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Camara fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Camara misses with a hook from the clinch.
Camara pushes Klos back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Klos prevents a body shot from Camara.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Camara.
Nice body punch from Camara - that landed with a thud.
Camara tries to throw a body punch but Klos avoids it by throwing Camara back against the cage.
Camara lands a left hand.
Camara scores with a shot to the side of Klos's head.
Camara swings wildly with an uppercut but Klos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Camara goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Camara misses with a hook to the ribs.
Camara swings wildly with an uppercut but Klos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Klos.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ibrahim Camara dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Camara takes the fight into the clinch.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Klos ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Klos no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Klos not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Camara stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Camara connects with a leg kick.
Klos takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Camara lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Klos has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Klos and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Klos went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Camara throws a chopping leg kick but Klos manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
An attempted straight right counter from Klos misses the target.
Klos goes for a double leg but Camara avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Camara continues to drive forward.
Klos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Camara tries to counter with a clinch but Klos shakes him off and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Camara rushes Klos and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Camara tries to throw a body punch but Klos avoids it by throwing Camara back against the cage.

Klos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Camara scores with a leg kick.
Klos walks into a straight right hand from Camara.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klos has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Camara.
Klos drops his hands momentarily and Camara takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Klos walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Klos closes this distance looking for a takedown but Camara circles away.
Camara scores with a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Camara dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Klos. That did some damage!
Klos misses with an uppercut. Camara saw that one coming.
Camara wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Camara swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Klos on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Camara. Camara obviously looking to wear him down.
Klos keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Camara.
Ibrahim Camara seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Camara swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Camara misses the shot to the body.
Klos throws a jab when Camara was well out of range.
Ibrahim Camara seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Camara tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Klos was well out of range. Poor timing from Camara.
Camara swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Klos.
Camara swings away with a body shot that misses
and Klos counters with a nice uppercut.
Ibrahim Camara is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Klos lands with a hook. Camara tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Camara pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Klos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Camara buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Klos staying out of range there.
A little feinted left hand from Klos on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

Klos shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Camara napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Klos prevents Camara from escaping the position.
Camara has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Camara is working to avoid the ground and pound but Klos connects with a decent elbow.
Klos prevents Camara from escaping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Klos takes a little break here. Camara wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Camara pushes Klos away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Klos gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Klos working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

Klos is trying to get an arm triangle but Camara is defending well.
Camara wants to get back to his feet but Klos drags him back down.
Klos has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Camara!
Camara is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Klos tries to control but Camara wriggling away.
Camara is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Klos landing strikes from the mount and Camara is in trouble!
Klos 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.
Camara squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Klos content just to control the position here.
Camara wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ibrahim Camara showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Klos scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Klos lands a nice shot that snaps Camara's head back.
Klos looks for a takedown but Camara sprawls well.
Camara misses with a straight right.
Camara connects with a good right hand that stumbles Klos. Klos circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Klos shoots in looking for a takedown. Camara tries to sprawl out of it but Klos keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Camara manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Camara wants to counter the offense by Klos and move into the clinch position.
Camara with the inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Camara lands with an uppercut that bounces Klos off the cage and back into range.
Camara lands with an overhand left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Camara lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Camara swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Klos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Camara tries to clinch up.
Klos appears to be looking for a big counter.
Klos shoots in for a takedown but Camara shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cal Klos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Camara fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Camara swings for the body but Klos moves out of range.
It looked like Klos was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Camara punishes Klos's body with a nice straight punch.
Camara fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Klos manages to avoid it.
Camara cracks Klos with an open hand slap.
Camara wants to clinch up but Klos keeps it at a distance.
Klos throwing a counter right hand but Camara manages to avoid it.
Klos tries to move into range but Camara moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Klos throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Camara connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klos scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
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!
Camara swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Klos is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Camara's half guard.

Camara kicks Klos off and gets back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Camara tries to clinch up but Klos circles away and keeps his distance.
Camara is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Klos.
Camara swings widly with a right hand
and Klos counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Camara drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Nice defenses there by Klos.
Camara stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Camara wants it to stay on the feet.
Klos avoids the head kick by Camara.
Camara fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Klos manages to avoid it.
Camara throws a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Camara takes a swing at Klos's ribcage but misses.
Klos scores with a jab. Camara acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Camara bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Klos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Camara throws a big shot that misses.
Camara misses with an uppercut. Klos saw that one coming.
Camara connects with a crisp jab.
Klos ducks right into an uppercut from Camara.
Klos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Camara fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Klos manages to avoid it.
Klos thows a left - swing and a miss!
Camara tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Klos manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Klos takes one on the chin but seems OK.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Camara scores with a decent looking hook.
Klos shoots for a takedown but Camara saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Klos is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Klos throws a jab when Camara was well out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Klos moves forwards but Camara connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Camara tries to clinch
and Klos counters with a straight right hand.
Klos displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Camara throws out the jab.
Camara fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Klos manages to avoid it.
Klos throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Camara sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Camara throws an overhand right that lands on Klos's shoulder, as Klos tries to avoid the shot.
A little feinted left hand from Klos on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

Camara closes the distance and pushes Klos back into the cage.
Camara is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Ibrahim Camara seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Klos prevents a body shot from Camara.
Camara throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kloss head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ibrahim Camara really dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Camara misses with a hook to the body
and Klos counters with a straight right hand.
A jab from Klos finds it's way through Camara's defenses.
Camara fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Camara takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Klos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Klos swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Klos circles away from the clinch attempt
and Klos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Camara wants to clinch up but Klos keeps it at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big left from Klos misses.
Klos tests Camara's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Camara throws a body shot but no joy.
Camara fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Klos manages to avoid it.
Klos on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Camara tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Camara tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Klos was well out of range. Poor timing from Camara.
An attempted straight right counter from Klos misses the target.
Camara dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Klos. That did some damage!
Camara misses with a straight right.
Camara misses with a low kick as Klos jumps back.
Klos blocks a head kick by Camara.
Camara connects with a body shot.
Klos moves out of range of the strikes.
Klos swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Klos stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Camara.

Camara darts in and clinches Klos up against the cage.
Klos blocking some punches.
Camara keeps control of Klos as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Klos lands a right hand that snaps the head of Camara backwards.
Klos is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Camara misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klos slows down the pace here.
Camara misses with a punch on the inside.
Camara swings wildly with an uppercut but Klos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Camara - that landed with a thud.

Klos ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Klos no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Camara decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Klos, up you get!
Camara moves away from the strike by Klos.

Camara gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Good body shot from Camara.
Klos tries to circle away but Camara has him pinned against the cage.
Camara lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Camara stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klos blocks an uppercut.
A body shot lands from Camara.
Camara misses with some punches.
Camara lands with a short shot to the head.
Camara misses with a hook from the clinch.
Camara can't find room to land a body shot as Klos controls the action.
Klos has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Camara digs a right hand underneath Klos's ribcage. Klos let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Camara scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Camara lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Klos tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Camara just stands there and leans against the cage.
Camara swings wildly with an uppercut but Klos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Camara swings wildly with an uppercut but Klos uses good head movement to avoid it.
A shot in the inside from Camara.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Camara throws a punch but it's blocked by Klos.
Still in the clinch, Camara scores with a nice short uppercut.
Klos blocks a body shot from Camara.
Camara lands a hook that snaps the head of Klos backwards.
Camara lands on the inside with an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Klos jumps guard but Camara stands there with Klos around his waist. Klos gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Camara lands a hook that snaps the head of Klos backwards.
Klos takes a shot to the head.
Camara lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Camara throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Camara lands a right hand.
Camara tries to work over Klos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Camara tries to work over Klos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Camara.
Camara tries to work over Klos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ibrahim Camara dominated that fourth round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Camara throws a body punch but Klos moves out of range.
Klos swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Camara throws a lazy right hand but Klos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Camara steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Klos.
Klos uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Camara.
Klos appears to be looking for a big counter.
Camara pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
An inside leg kick from Camara misses.
Klos throws a hook but Camara blocks it.
Klos will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Camara tries to clinch but Klos is having none of it.
Klos swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Klos has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Klos there as he acknowledges the shot.
Camara throws a leg kick which misses Klos's front leg but catches the back leg as Klos tries to avoid it.

Camara rushes Klos and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Camara can't find room to land a body shot as Klos controls the action.

Klos successfully pulls guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klos is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Camara trying to stand up but can't free himself from Klos's guard.

Klos is working an open guard so Camara takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Camara throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Camara throws a body shot but no joy.
Klos takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Camara misses with a hook. Klos ducked under it nicely.
Klos thows a left - swing and a miss!
Camara tries to clinch but Klos moves away
and Klos counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Klos misses with an uppercut. Camara saw that one coming.
Cal Klos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ibrahim Camara is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Camara swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Klos swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Klos blocks a head kick by Camara.
Klos was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Camara tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Klos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Camara throws a hook but Klos avoids it easily.
Klos catches Camara with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Klos getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Klos blocks a jab.
Camara misses with a body shot.
Camara misses with a kick to the body.
Klos cracks Camara with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Camara fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Klos checks it well.
Camara comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Camara scores with a spinning back kick!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Camara is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Camara tries to close the distance and clinch up but Klos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
An attempted straight right counter from Klos misses the target.
Camara slips a jab from Klos.
Camara tries to clinch there but Klos circles away.
Camara steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Klos.
Camara tries to clinch but Klos moves out of range.
Klos circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Klos to counter with a crisp jab.
Camara lands with a thumping leg kick.
Camara lands a jab to Klos's midsection.
Klos throws a jab when Camara was well out of range.
Camara tries to counter by closing the distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Camara pushes Klos up against the cage in a clinch.
Klos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A frustrated look appears on Klos's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Klos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Klos throws a head punch that misses.
Klos misses with a punch on the inside.
Klos is looking to control Camara's arms but Camara gets an underhook and turns him. Now Klos has his back to the cage.
Klos misses with some punches.
Klos changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Camara fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Camara connects with an inside leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ibrahim Camara.
I've got Camara winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 45:50
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 45:50
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ibrahim Camara!
Ibrahim Camara is the new middleweight champion!
After the fight, Ibrahim Camara was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
Cal Klos was interviewed post fight and said 'Tonight wasn't my night, but I'll be back soon to kick some ass. '.