PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Oswaldo Fadda Jr (ranked 417 p4p, 582 weight class) and Razkan Karmax (ranked 56 p4p, 79 weight class). Karmax has chosen BloodSports as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Fadda Jr
vs
Karmax

185 cm
34
175
13 - 4 - 0

184 cm
35
177
14 - 7 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Oswaldo Fadda Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Razkan Karmax!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Taro Takaoka and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fadda Jr keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Karmax closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Fadda Jr throws out a powerful jab.

It looks like Razkan Karmax has been cut.
Fadda Jr looks to score with a jab to the body but Karmax is just out of range.
And Karmax tries to counter it with a takedown but Fadda Jr pushes his down on his head and steps out.
A slow jab from Fadda Jr misses its intended target.
Karmax looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sloppy strikes from Karmax. Those never looked like landing.
Karmax ducks under a wild hook from Fadda Jr.
Oswaldo Fadda Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Karmax connects with a body shot.
Fadda Jr throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Karmax shoots for a double leg takedown but Fadda Jr sprawls well. He's pushed Karmax's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Fadda Jr is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Karmax displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fadda Jr throws out the jab.
Karmax throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Fadda Jr counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karmax tries to move into range but Fadda Jr moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Fadda Jr darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Karmax fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Fadda Jr on the side of the head.
Karmax connects with a looping right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karmax scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Fadda Jr doesn't seem bothered though.
Karmax has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Karmax takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Fadda Jr misses with a body shot.
Karmax scores with a punch to the head.
Fadda Jr throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fadda Jr looks to throw the jab but Karmax is out of range.
Fadda Jr swings widly with a right hand

and Karmax counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Karmax.
Karmax swings wildly with an uppercut but Fadda Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.
Karmax is looking for a takedown.
Karmax prevents a body shot from Fadda Jr.
Fadda Jr lands a shot to the body.
Fadda Jr tries to throw a body punch but Karmax avoids it by throwing Fadda Jr back against the cage.
Fadda Jr works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Karmax lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Karmax presses Fadda Jr against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Fadda Jr swings wildly with an uppercut but Karmax uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karmax digs a right hand into Fadda Jr's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Fadda Jr's gas tank.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice right hand lands inside from Karmax.
A short right from Fadda Jr.
Karmax throws an elbow but it misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Karmax.
Fadda Jr is trying to break the clinch but Karmax is controlling him.
A head punch on the inside from Karmax fails to land.
Karmax misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fadda Jr.
Karmax digs a right hand underneath Fadda Jr's ribcage. Fadda Jr let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Fadda Jr tries to throw a body punch but Karmax avoids it by throwing Fadda Jr back against the cage.
Karmax wants a takedown.
Oswaldo Fadda Jr has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Razkan Karmax.
Karmax lands a hook that snaps the head of Fadda Jr backwards.
Karmax lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Fadda Jr breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jab from Fadda Jr.
Karmax gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Fadda Jr.
Nice defenses there by Karmax.
Fadda Jr scores with a sloppy right hand. Karmax should have avoided that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fadda Jr throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fadda Jr throws an overhand right that lands on Karmax's shoulder, as Karmax tries to avoid the shot.
Fadda Jr throws a lazy uppercut
and Karmax connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Karmax staying out of range there.
Fadda Jr throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Karmax sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Oswaldo Fadda Jr is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fadda Jr throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Karmax sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Karmax jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fadda Jr definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Nice defenses there by Karmax.
Fadda Jr throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Karmax looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Fadda Jr throws a hook but Karmax blocks it.
Fadda Jr misses with an uppercut.
Fadda Jr changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Karmax takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Donk. Fadda Jr catches Karmax right on the button with a cross.
Fadda Jr is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fadda Jr missing with a left hand there. Karmax was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fadda Jr pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fadda Jr throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice shot by Fadda Jr.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fadda Jr fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Karmax manages to avoid it.
Karmax looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A big left from Karmax misses.
Karmax bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Karmax throws out a counter right but Fadda Jr avoids it with no problem.
Fadda Jr dips to his left and cracks Karmax with an uppercut!
Karmax staying out of range there.
A nice side step and Karmax releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fadda Jr misses with a left hand
and Karmax connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fadda Jr misses with a wild body shot.
Fadda Jr throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Oswaldo Fadda Jr dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Razkan Karmax's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Fadda Jr fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Karmax manages to avoid it.
Karmax moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Fadda Jr is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Karmax can do to turn this around?
Fadda Jr misses with a jab to the body
and Karmax counters with a right hand to the body.
Fadda Jr connects with a jab.
Karmax doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Karmax.
Fadda Jr struggling a bit here.
Karmax tries to score with some ground and pound. Fadda Jr controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Karmax in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Fadda Jr gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Karmax looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Fadda Jr with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Fadda Jr tries to get to full guard but Karmax has control of the leg.
Karmax content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fadda Jr trying to control but Karmax postures up.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Fadda Jr works his way to full guard. Good work.
Fadda Jr is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Fadda Jr 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.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Karmax scoring with punches to the head and body.
Fadda Jr trying to keep a closed guard but Karmax is proving a slippery customer.
Karmax postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Fadda Jr is trying to keep Karmax in close.
Fadda Jr is adopting a defensive guard.

That's two 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.
Karmax trying to control but Fadda Jr is working from the bottom.
Fadda Jr is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Karmax distracts Fadda Jr with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Karmax with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Karmax lands a couple of elbows.
Karmax working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Fadda Jr controlling the position.
Karmax has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Fadda Jr is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Karmax trying to control but Fadda Jr is working from the bottom.
Karmax is stalling in the full guard.
Karmax trying to control the position from guard on top but Fadda Jr is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karmax throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Karmax trying to control the position from guard on top but Fadda Jr is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fadda Jr seems keen to control Karmax's posture.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Fadda Jr wants to sweep but no luck.
Fadda Jr is trying to keep Karmax in close.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Fadda Jr connects with a looping right hand.
Fadda Jr cracks Karmax with a good jab.
Fadda Jr misses with a lunging right hand

and Karmax counters by moving into the clinch.
Fadda Jr presses Karmax against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Fadda Jr lands a body shot in the clinch.
Karmax misses with some punches.
Karmax presses Fadda Jr against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Karmax scores with a nice short uppercut.
Karmax creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Karmax blocks an uppercut.
Fadda Jr scores with a shoulder strike.
Fadda Jr misses with some punches.
Karmax working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fadda Jr misses with the head strike.
Karmax lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Karmax is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Fadda Jr gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Karmax has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Fadda Jr is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Fadda Jr tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fadda Jr throws a punch but it's blocked by Karmax.
Fadda Jr is trying to break the clinch but Karmax has him pressed against the cage.
Fadda Jr misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Karmax tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fadda Jr avoids it.
Fadda Jr lands with a short shot to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Fadda Jr.

Karmax is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Fadda Jr can't fight it off and eventually Karmax manages to take the fight to the floor. Fadda Jr looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Fadda Jr is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Razkan Karmax will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Razkan Karmax's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Fadda Jr misses with an uppercut.
Fadda Jr ducks under a wild hook from Karmax.
Fadda Jr throws a poor cross that misses
and Karmax counters with a straight right hand.
Karmax swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fadda Jr keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Karmax thows a left - swing and a miss!
Karmax uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fadda Jr.
Oswaldo Fadda Jr is winning the standup battle so far.
Karmax connects with a body shot.
Nice defenses there by Karmax.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Karmax! But no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fadda Jr swings widly with a right hand
and Karmax counters with a straight right hand.
Karmax blocks a jab.
Karmax tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Fadda Jr throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Karmax avoids the body shot from Fadda Jr.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karmax lands a right hook to the body.
Karmax pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fadda Jr throws an overhand right that lands on Karmax's shoulder, as Karmax tries to avoid the shot.
A nice side step and Karmax releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Fadda Jr throws a body shot but no joy.
Karmax slips a straight right by Fadda Jr.
Fadda Jr throws an off balance right hand
and Fadda Jr takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Karmax misses with a jab to the body
and Fadda Jr counters with a nice uppercut.
Fadda Jr connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Karmax misses with a body shot.
Fadda Jr swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Karmax throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fadda Jr.
Karmax cracks a nice hook into Fadda Jr's ribs.
Fadda Jr throws out a loose jab but Karmax uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fadda Jr fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Karmax manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karmax fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fadda Jr lands with a good body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fadda Jr throws a right hand that misses
enabling Karmax to counter with a crisp jab.
Karmax displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fadda Jr throws out the jab.
Karmax wants to counter with a clinch but Fadda Jr pushes him away.
Karmax scores with a nice head shot.
Karmax takes a jab right on the kisser.
Karmax takes a jab right on the kisser.
Fadda Jr connects with a jab.
Fadda Jr lands a jab to Karmax's midsection.
Fadda Jr misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Karmax moves into the clinch.

Fadda Jr breaks the clinch.
Fadda Jr misses with a hook.
Fadda Jr lands an overhand right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fadda Jr misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Karmax.
Karmax fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fadda Jr tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Karmax was well out of range. Poor timing from Fadda Jr.
Fadda Jr throws a predictable looking body shot
and Karmax counters with a straight right hand.
Fadda Jr swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fadda Jr takes a swing at Karmax's ribcage but misses.
Fadda Jr jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Fadda Jr bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Karmax's head backwards.
Karmax shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Fadda Jr eats them both and turns towards Karmax to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Fadda Jr looks to score with a jab to the body but Karmax is just out of range.
Karmax misses with a straight left.
Karmax moves out of range as Fadda Jr strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karmax tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Fadda Jr defends well and Karmax ends up having to push Fadda Jr into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Fadda Jr throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Karmax walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Karmax has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fadda Jr thuds his right hand into Karmax's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Fadda Jr swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fadda Jr thows a left - swing and a miss!
Karmax takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Fadda Jr throws the left hand but Karmax avoids the punch easily.
Decent striking displayed by Fadda Jr there.
Fadda Jr misses with a hook.
Karmax tries to bum rush Fadda Jr with a series of wild strikes but Fadda Jr uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Fadda Jr punishes Karmax's body with a nice straight punch.
Fadda Jr throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Karmax wants to counter the offense by Fadda Jr and move into the clinch position.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Oswaldo Fadda Jr.
I think Fadda Jr has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:28
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Oswaldo Fadda Jr!
A relieved looking Oswaldo Fadda Jr thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.