PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nick Daaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don Juade Van Camme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Daaz comes to the cage accompanied by Meshuggah - Mind's Mirror. Van Camme has chosen Feeling So Good Today as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Daaz
vs
Juade Van Camme

188 cm
22
215 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

180 cm
23
215 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

[JMFC] 160!

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 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nick Daaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Don Juade Van Camme!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Thiago Cunha and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Van Camme.
Van Camme tries to clinch up.
A nice leg kick lands there from Van Camme.
Daaz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Van Camme uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Daaz.
Van Camme wants to slow Daaz down by chopping away at his legs.
Daaz throws a body punch but Van Camme moves out of range.
Daaz with a nice cross.
Daaz takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Van Camme avoids the body shot from Daaz.
Van Camme lands a front kick.

Van Camme closes the distance and clinches.

Van Camme breaks from the clinch.
Van Camme tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Daaz paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Van Camme clinches with his opponent.
Van Camme throws an elbow but it misses.
Van Camme throws a knee to the head but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Van Camme.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Van Camme.
Daaz gets through Van Camme's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Van Camme misses with an elbow over the top.
Van Camme pushes off an throws an elbow but Daaz leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Van Camme lands a nice elbow.
Daaz avoids a wild elbow strike from Van Camme.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Daaz.
Van Camme creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Daaz.
Van Camme pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Daaz works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Van Camme scores with a knee to the head.
Daaz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Van Camme has him pressed against the cage.
Daaz blocks the elbow strike.
Van Camme throws a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Van Camme.
Daaz misses with a body punch.

Daaz manages to break the clinch.
Daaz misses with a jab, cross combination.
A good leg kick by Van Camme.
Van Camme keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Van Camme wants to clinch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Van Camme.
Van Camme buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Daaz is looking to wear down Van Camme with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

Van Camme instigates a clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Daaz creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Van Camme.
A short right from Daaz on the inside.
Van Camme blocking some punches.
Daaz avoids the elbow strike from Van Camme, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daaz cracks Van Camme with a nice body shot.
Van Camme misses with an elbow over the top.
Van Camme throws an elbow but it misses.
Van Camme throws an elbow but it misses.
Van Camme looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Van Camme creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Daaz's defenses.
Daaz tries to throw a body punch but Van Camme avoids it by throwing Daaz back against the cage.
Daaz takes an elbow to the forehead.
Van Camme misses with an elbow strike.
Van Camme misses with a knee strike.
Van Camme wants to break free but Daaz has control.
A short right from Daaz.
Van Camme throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Daaz is trying to force a seperation but Van Camme has the dominant position.
Van Camme looking to throw knees to the head but Daaz is blocking nicely.
Daaz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Daaz is looking to break free of the clinch but Van Camme has double underhooks.

Van Camme breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A good leg kick by Van Camme.
Van Camme fails in his attempt to clinch.
Van Camme misses with a low kick.
Van Camme connects with a solid leg kick.
Van Camme takes a jab right on the kisser.
Van Camme walks into a straight right hand from Daaz.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Camme throws the kick towards the body but Daaz avoids it.
Daaz avoids the head kick by Van Camme.
An inside leg kick lands from Van Camme.
Daaz scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Daaz lands with a nice body punch.
Van Camme looks gassed!
Daaz blocks a head kick by Van Camme.
Daaz keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Van Camme tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Daaz connects with a crisp jab.
Van Camme throws and low kick but Daaz moves out of range easily.
Van Camme looks to land a body kick but Daaz moved away.
Daaz dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Van Camme thumps Daaz with a low kick.
Daaz jabs at Van Camme's body.
Daaz scores with the left hand. Van Camme knows he should have avoided that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Daaz misses with a two punch combination.
Daaz lands with an overhand left.
Daaz stuns Van Camme with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Daaz sizes up Van Camme with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Daaz lands a body shot.
A shot to de liver by Daaz. Beautiful body shot.
Daaz connects with a good right hand that stumbles Van Camme. Van Camme circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daaz bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Van Camme tries to close the distance and clinch but Daaz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Van Camme keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Daaz misses the shot to the body.
Daaz is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Daaz checks a leg kick nicely.
Daaz cracks Van Camme with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Daaz paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Van Camme takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Daaz lands a jab to Van Camme's midsection.
Daaz is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Van Camme takes a jab right on the kisser.
Daaz changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Daaz misses with a body shot.
Van Camme moves in looking to clinch but Daaz pushes him off.
Both fighters circling a little - Van Camme finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Daaz uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Van Camme has time to react.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Van Camme takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Don Juade Van Camme seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Daaz misses with a two punch combination.
Van Camme doesn't manage to clinch there - Daaz circles away.
Daaz misses the shot to the body.
Van Camme slips under a jab from Daaz.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Daaz dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Daaz blocks the body kick.
Van Camme takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Daaz lands a jab to Van Camme's midsection.
Van Camme keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Daaz scores with a nice right hand.
Van Camme wants to clinch up but Daaz keeps it at a distance.
Daaz lands an overhand right.
Daaz lands with a shot to the body.
Daaz lands with a shot to the body.
Daaz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Daaz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Van Camme was well out of range. Poor timing from Daaz.
Van Camme uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Daaz.
Van Camme tries to land a leg kick but Daaz saw it coming and moves away.
Van Camme moves in looking to clinch but Daaz pushes him off.
Daaz blocks a low kick nicely.
Van Camme slips under a jab from Daaz.
Van Camme is breathing heavily.
Van Camme fails with an attempt to clinch.
Daaz ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Daaz lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Daaz dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Daaz scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Daaz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Van Camme.
Van Camme keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Daaz misses the shot to the body.
Daaz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Daaz misses the shot to the body.
Daaz misses with a hook.
Van Camme attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Daaz blocks a low kick nicely.
Daaz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Van Camme.
Daaz scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Daaz scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Daaz throws a shot from downtown. Van Camme moves away and avoids it.
Van Camme avoids the body shot from Daaz.
Van Camme wants to slow Daaz down by chopping away at his legs.
Daaz throws a big shot that misses.
Van Camme bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Daaz ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Daaz misses the shot to the body.
Van Camme throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Van Camme is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Camme lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Daaz misses with a straight left.
Daaz keeps the fight on the outside.
Daaz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Van Camme takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Van Camme throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Van Camme thumps Daaz with a low kick.
Daaz avoids a kick to the body.
Van Camme staying out of range there.
Daaz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Van Camme can do to turn this around?
Van Camme fails in his attempt to clinch.
Van Camme throws a half hearted mid kick.
Some wild striking there from Daaz.
Van Camme feints and then cracks Daaz's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Daaz down.
Daaz just misses with a punch to the body.
Daaz keeps the fight on the outside.
Nick Daaz is winning the standup battle so far.
Van Camme is looking to chop away at Daaz's legs.
Daaz blocks the body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Van Camme 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 Daaz has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Daaz and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Daaz with a nice cross.
Van Camme throws a sloppy head kick and Daaz moves out of range easily.
A thudding body kick lands there by Van Camme!
Van Camme tries to clinch but Daaz is having none of it.
Daaz lands with a hook. Van Camme tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Van Camme tries to clinch there but Daaz circles away.
Van Camme throws a body kick that misses.
Daaz lands a nice hook to Van Camme's body. Van Camme takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Daaz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Daaz throws a body punch but Van Camme moves out of range.
Daaz scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Daaz throws a body punch but Van Camme moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Van Camme looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Daaz lands a nice hook to Van Camme's body. Van Camme takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Daaz connects with a body shot.
Daaz dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Van Camme throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Daaz throws a body punch but Van Camme moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daaz is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A looping hook to the body misses from Daaz. Van Camme does a little dance to reset his feet.
Van Camme throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Van Camme uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Daaz.
Van Camme throws a push kick but Daaz slaps the foot to one side.
Daaz lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Van Camme backs up against the cage.
Daaz scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Daaz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Van Camme fails with an attempt to clinch.
Daaz is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Van Camme takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Daaz swings for the body but Van Camme moves out of range.
Van Camme tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Daaz scores with a jab to the jaw.
Van Camme tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Daaz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Van Camme throws and low kick but Daaz moves out of range easily.
Daaz clobbers Van Camme with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Daaz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Van Camme takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Daaz avoids the head kick by Van Camme.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Daaz dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Van Camme takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Daaz slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Daaz takes a swing at Van Camme's ribcage but misses.
Van Camme feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Daaz's calf.
Daaz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Van Camme slips a straight right by Daaz.
Daaz jabs at Van Camme's body.
Van Camme tries to clinch but Daaz moves out of range.
Nice shot lands for Daaz.
Daaz lands a nice looking body shot.
A clash of legs there as Daaz blocks the low kick.
Daaz swings for the body but Van Camme moves out of range.
Daaz lands with an overhand left.
Van Camme keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Van Camme tries to close the distance and clinch up but Daaz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Van Camme takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Daaz connects with the punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Daaz swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Van Camme.
Daaz throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Van Camme stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
An inside leg kick from Van Camme misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Camme tries to close the distance and clinch but Daaz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Daaz connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Van Camme's hands.
A looping hook to the body misses from Daaz. Van Camme does a little dance to reset his feet.
Daaz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Van Camme manages to avoid it.
Van Camme tries to clinch up but Daaz circles away and keeps his distance.
Van Camme throws the kick towards the body but Daaz avoids it.
Van Camme takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A left and a right from Daaz both land. Nice combination.
Van Camme takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Daaz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Daaz stuns Van Camme with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Daaz connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Van Camme throws a leg kick but Daaz moved away.
Nice jab there from Daaz.
Van Camme tries to clinch up.
Daaz lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Van Camme is looking to clinch.
Daaz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Van Camme was well out of range. Poor timing from Daaz.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Daaz.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Camme ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Van Camme throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Daaz.
Van Camme tries to close the distance and clinch but Daaz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Van Camme wants to clinch up but Daaz keeps it at a distance.
Van Camme fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Daaz is out of range.
Daaz fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Van Camme takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Van Camme throws a leg kick which misses Daaz's front leg but catches the back leg as Daaz tries to avoid it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Van Camme.
Van Camme misses with a body kick.
Daaz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jab from Daaz.
Van Camme takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Daaz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Van Camme misses with a body kick.
Jab from Daaz.
Van Camme takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Daaz thuds a left hand into Van Camme's body.
Van Camme takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Camme on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Van Camme takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Daaz lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Van Camme looks for the body kick but Daaz saw that one coming.
Van Camme takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Van Camme does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Van Camme has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Jab by Daaz.
Daaz with a hook.
Van Camme keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Van Camme misses with a head kick.

Van Camme closes the distance and pushes Daaz back into the cage.
Daaz lands with a right to the head.
Van Camme pushes off an throws an elbow but Daaz leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Van Camme throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Daaz blocks it with crossed arms.
Daaz misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Daaz on the inside.

Daaz manages to break the clinch.
Van Camme fails with an attempt to clinch.
Daaz lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Van Camme buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daaz thows a left - swing and a miss!
Daaz moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A head kick from Van Camme lands but Daaz takes it in his stride.
Van Camme tries to close the distance and clinch but Daaz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Daaz.
Nick Daaz is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Daaz cracks Van Camme with a good jab.
Don Juade Van Camme has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Daaz with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Van Camme misses with a head kick.
Daaz fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Daaz digs a good hook to Van Camme's body.
Daaz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Van Camme manages to avoid it.
Van Camme is looking to clinch but Daaz is avoiding it.
Daaz connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Van Camme tries to land a front kick but Daaz steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Daaz lands a nice hook to Van Camme's body. Van Camme takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Daaz works the jab nicely.
Van Camme takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Daaz lands a body shot.
Nice cross by Daaz.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nick Daaz showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Daaz, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:26
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:25
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nick Daaz!