PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Azizi Camara (ranked 3631 p4p, 463 weight class) and Max Mason (ranked 1672 p4p, 258 weight class). Max Mason will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Camara
vs
Mason

177 cm
22
207 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

194 cm
22
222 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Freebok (85% Laundry)

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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Azizi Camara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Max Mason!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Alyssa Summers and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mason lands a nice hook to Camara's body. Camara takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Camara shoots in looking for a takedown but Mason manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Camara's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

Camara scores with a takedown into Mason's guard.
Camara might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Camara wants to control from the top but Mason keeps moving.
Camara content to stall in guard here.
Mason looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Camara drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Camara jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Mason can do anything to dispel that myth.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Camara postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Camara trying to control the position from guard on top but Mason is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Camara 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Camara missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mason keeping moving, preventing Camara from controlling successfully.
Mason avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Camara drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Camara seems to have locked his on tight now - Mason screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Camara, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Azizi Camara!
Azizi Camara decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.