PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lubek Boyko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamari Caram (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Boyko
vs
Caram

165 cm
19
145 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

168 cm
19
155 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lubek Boyko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jamari Caram!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Caram moves into the clinch.
Boyko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Caram.
Boyko misses with a body punch.
Boyko manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Boyko throws a punch but it's blocked by Caram.
Caram lands with a light punch inside.
Caram has Boyko pushed against the cage.
Boyko swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boyko swings wildly with an uppercut but Caram uses good head movement to avoid it.
Caram has Boyko pressed against the cage.
Caram throws a knee to the head but misses.
Boyko lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Caram backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caram blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Boyko lands with a short shot to the head.
Caram misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Caram tries to land a knee to the head but Boyko blocks with his arms.
Caram scores with a shot to the side of Boyko's head.
Boyko is looking to control Caram's arms but Caram gets an underhook and turns him. Now Boyko has his back to the cage.
Boyko throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Caram dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Caram manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Caram stops a takedown attempt from Boyko.
Boyko looking to slow down the pace here.
Boyko is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Caram gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Boyko is pushing Caram up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Caram tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Boyko avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Boyko.
Boyko looking to throw knees to the head but Caram is blocking nicely.
Boyko is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Boyko leaning against his opponent.
Caram lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Caram misses with some punches.
Boyko trying to stall but Caram improves his position.
Caram tries to land a knee to the head but Boyko blocks with his arms.

Boyko has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Caram regains guard immediately.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Caram trying to control the position.
Boyko pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Caram is keeping the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boyko postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Caram looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Boyko 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.
Caram really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Boyko. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Caram has his hands on Boyko's head, controlling the position.
Boyko throwing strikes from guard but Caram blocks nicely.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Caram controls Boyko momentarily but Boyko frees himself.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Caram misses with a head kick.

Boyko looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Caram is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Boyko controlling the action here.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Caram can do anything to dispel that myth.
Caram is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Boyko scores with a couple of nice shots.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Boyko is working for a submission of some sort.
Boyko trying to control from half guard but Caram is working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lubek Boyko dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A good leg kick by Boyko.
Caram cracks Boyko with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Caram connects with a good right hand that stumbles Boyko. Boyko circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Caram looks to land a combination. Boyko sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Boyko seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Caram avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Boyko tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Caram counters with a head kick.
Boyko connects with a jab.
Caram misses with a head kick.
Caram throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Boyko fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Caram has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Boyko gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Caram cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Caram dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Boyko is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Caram closes the distance and pushes Boyko back into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caram is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Jamari Caram seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Caram misses with a short punch on the inside.
Boyko swings wildly with an uppercut but Caram uses good head movement to avoid it.
Caram manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Boyko creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Boyko looking to stall.
Caram swings wildly with an uppercut but Boyko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Caram swings wildly with an uppercut but Boyko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Caram tries a knee to the head but Boyko blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boyko is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Caram is keeping busy.
Caram landing knees to the head.
Caram prevents a takedown attempt there.
Caram is looking to control Boyko's arms but Boyko gets an underhook and turns him. Now Caram has his back to the cage.
Boyko managing to block the knees to the body from Caram.
Boyko goes for a takedown attempt but Caram pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Caram with a hook.
Boyko shoots in and drives through. Caram sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lubek Boyko. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Boyko fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Caram throws a head kick that half lands.

Caram gets tackled into the cage by Boyko. Boyko maintains the clinch.
A short right from Caram.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caram blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Caram stalls.
Boyko misses with the head strike.
Caram throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Boyko throws a punch but it's blocked by Caram.
Boyko blocks an uppercut.
Caram misses with a body punch.
Caram lands a nice uppercut.
Boyko wants a takedown.
Caram dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Boyko blocks an elbow strike.
Boyko throws an elbow that misses.
Caram scores with a shoulder strike.
Boyko is looking to control Caram's arms but Caram gets an underhook and turns him. Now Boyko has his back to the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boyko wants a takedown.
Caram throws a punch but it's blocked by Boyko.
Boyko missing with knees to the body.
Come on Caram - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Caram looking to slow down the pace here.
Boyko has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Caram is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Caram lands an elbow inside.
Caram is struggling to control the position.
Caram trying to stall but Boyko improves his position.
Boyko taking a breather.
Caram lands a hook that snaps the head of Boyko backwards.
Caram throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Caram has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Caram misses with some punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice left hand lands by Caram.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jamari Caram showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Boyko avoids the head kick by Caram.

Caram rushes Boyko and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Boyko creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Caram lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Caram lands an uppercut.
Boyko is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Caram gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Boyko wants a takedown.
Caram tries to land knees in the clinch but Boyko avoids the damage to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Caram just misses with a elbow thrown towards Boyko's brow.
Caram with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Caram connects with a nasty looking knee right to Boyko's face.

Boyko is rocked!
Caram unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Caram.
Oh Boyko is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boyko takes a knee to the side of the body.
Boyko's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Caram lands a right hand that snaps the head of Boyko backwards.
Caram avoiding damage.
Caram lands a shoulder strike.
Caram lands a knee to the body.
Caram just leaning against Boyko, taking a breather.
Caram looking to throw knees to the head but Boyko is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caram lands with a light punch inside.
Caram taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Caram creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Boyko! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Caram.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jamari Caram!
An out of breath Jamari Caram thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.