PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andre Perkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Camel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Joe Camel was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Perkins
vs
Camel

175 cm
23
170 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

184 cm
29
175 lbs
16 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Andre Perkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joe Camel !
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Russell Pearce and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perkins tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Camel swivels and escapes.
Perkins takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Camel scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Camel passes to side control.
Perkins on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Perkins tries to get out of the position.
Perkins on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Camel landing a few strikes.
Perkins gets back to half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Perkins is looking for a sweep. Camel is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Camel missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Perkins trying to control but Camel postures up.

Camel is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Camel connects with a nice short shot to Perkins's temple.
Perkins knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Camel on the ground.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Camel in particular looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Camel looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Camel is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Camel seems to be working for a kimura but Perkins defends the submission attempt.
Camel scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Camel is looking for a kimura but Perkins is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Camel to get the leverage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Camel lands a nice short elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Camel takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Camel working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Camel lands with a punch from half guard.
Camel scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Camel is looking for a kimura here.
Camel trying to control the action but Perkins is working from the bottom.
Camel stops Perkins from getting back to his feet.
Camel looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Camel trying to control the action but Perkins is working from the bottom.

Camel is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Perkins defends it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Camel lands with a punch from half guard.
Camel takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Camel working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Camel lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Camel working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Camel lands strikes from half guard.
Camel seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Perkins is looking to control Camel 's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Perkins avoid being mounted?
Camel working over Perkins with some ground and pound. Perkins looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice strikes from Camel there.
Camel takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Camel working Perkins over with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Camel looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Perkins is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Perkins is breathing heavily.
Camel wants to lay and pray for a moment but Perkins keeps working.
Camel lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Camel working over Perkins with some ground and pound. Perkins looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Perkins on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Perkins taking some punishment here, with Camel in his half guard.
Camel landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Camel slips a nice elbow through Perkins's hands, connecting with Perkins's forehead.
Perkins flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Camel shoots in and gets a takedown into Perkins's guard.
Camel missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Camel trying to control but Perkins is working from the bottom.
Perkins utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Camel with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Camel is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Camel works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Camel throwing shots but Perkins is blocking nicely.
Camel has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Camel drops an elbow to the side of Perkins's head.
Camel thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Perkins taking some punishment here, with Camel in his half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Camel trying to control the action but Perkins is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Camel is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Camel scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Camel is trying to control the action in half guard but Perkins is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Camel has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Camel is trying to work for a kimura but Perkins is defending well.
Perkins is trying to control but can't.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Camel trying to control from half guard but Perkins is working away.

Camel is working for a kimura but Perkins is defending it quite comfortably.

Camel is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Perkins sees it coming and defends easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Camel is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Perkins defends it well.
Perkins trying to control from the bottom.
Camel is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Camel is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Camel works his way into full mount!
Camel avoids the attempt from Perkins to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perkins is squirming around, avoiding Camel 's attempts to control the action.

Perkins defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Camel .
Camel working Perkins over with strikes here.
Camel raining down shots from the mount!
Camel in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Camel landing strikes, looking to finish!
Camel with good strikes from the mount here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Camel pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Camel scoring with strikes but Perkins is staying in there.

Perkins is rocked!
Oooooh, big shot lands for Camel ! Perkins is hurt baaadly! Camel is firing away with more strikes - Perkins is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joe Camel !