PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Genji Kamogawa (ranked 1186 p4p, 1469 weight class) and Oliver Schultz (ranked 69 p4p, 86 weight class). Kamogawa comes to the cage accompanied by The Veer Union - Bitter End. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Kamogawa
vs
Schultz

170 cm
26
135
7 - 4 - 0

169 cm
26
140
4 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Genji Kamogawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Oliver Schultz!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Bart Greer and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kamogawa scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kamogawa fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Genji Kamogawa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Schultz throws a hook but Kamogawa blocks it.

Kamogawa has taken the fight to the clinch.
Schultz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kamogawa stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kamogawa scores with a shot to the side of Schultz's head.
Kamogawa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kamogawa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Schultz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kamogawa lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Schultz throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kamogawas head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kamogawa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Schultz manages to break the clinch.
Schultz darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kamogawa misses with a hook to the body
and Schultz counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Kamogawa is rocked!
Schultz 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.
Kamogawa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Schultz throws out the jab.
Oh Kamogawa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Kamogawa gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kamogawa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kamogawa seems to have got his legs back now.
Schultz has had enough of the clinch but Kamogawa keeps him there for the moment.
Kamogawa lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kamogawa lands a hook that snaps the head of Schultz backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kamogawa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Schultz misses with a punch to the body.
Schultz misses with a body punch.
Kamogawa cracks Schultz with a nice body shot.
Schultz throws a head punch that misses.
Kamogawa scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kamogawa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kamogawa tries to throw a body punch but Schultz avoids it by throwing Kamogawa back against the cage.
Kamogawa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Schultz backwards.
Schultz is trying to force a seperation but Kamogawa has the dominant position.
Still in the clinch, Kamogawa scores with a nice short uppercut.

Schultz breaks the clinch.
Schultz takes one on the button.
Kamogawa definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

Kamogawa clinches with his opponent.
Kamogawa lands a body punch in the clinch.
Schultz wants to break free but Kamogawa has control.
Schultz tries to break free but Kamogawa pushes him back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Kamogawa.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kamogawa lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Schultz backwards.
Schultz tries to circle away but Kamogawa has him pinned against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kamogawa.
Schultz is trying to break the clinch but Kamogawa is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kamogawa scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kamogawa digs a right hand underneath Schultz's ribcage. Schultz let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kamogawa throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Schultz takes a shot to the head.
Kamogawa lands a nice uppercut.
Kamogawa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kamogawa lands with a left to the head.

Schultz breaks from the clinch.
Donk. Kamogawa catches Schultz right on the button with a cross.
Kamogawa connects with a body shot that sends Schultz's belly button to the back.
Kamogawa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Schultz is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kamogawa.
Kamogawa throws a jab but it's blocked by Schultz.

Kamogawa fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Schultz, pushing him back against the cage.
Schultz misses with some punches.

Schultz breaks the clinch.
Schultz misses with a right hand
and Kamogawa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice defenses there by Kamogawa.
Schultz gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schultz misses with a left hand
and Kamogawa connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Schultz is rocked!
Kamogawa weaves into range and cracks Schultz right on the temple with a beautiful overhand right! Schultz goes down! He's out cold! Wow, what a beautiful knockout! Kamogawa is strutting round the canvas like a movie star as the camera bulbs flash frantically.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Genji Kamogawa!
During a confident post fight interview, Genji Kamogawa thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.