PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Genji Kamogawa (ranked 930 p4p, 1899 weight class) and Liam Murphy (ranked 127 p4p, 223 weight class). Kamogawa comes to the cage accompanied by The Veer Union - Bitter End. Murphy is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: I'm Shipping Up To Boston- Dropkick Murphy's. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Kamogawa
vs
Murphy

170 cm
30
147
14 - 9 - 0

172 cm
30
165
12 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Determined

Voodoo Nutrition

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 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Genji Kamogawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Liam Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Phil Schofield and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kamogawa lands a big right hand that sends Murphy crashing to the mat! Kamogawa stays standing though and waves Murphy back to his feet!

Murphy is rocked!
Murphy moves out of range of the strikes.
Murphy is still on wobbly legs! Can Kamogawa finish him?
Kamogawa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Murphy seems to have recovered his senses.
The fighters circling - Kamogawa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Murphy misses with a head kick.
Genji Kamogawa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murphy takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kamogawa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Kamogawa lands a big uppercut and Murphy crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Murphy looks OK. Kamogawa waves Murphy back to his feet!
Murphy takes a swing at Kamogawa's ribcage but misses.
Murphy takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kamogawa throws a lazy uppercut
and Kamogawa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kamogawa lands with a good body shot.
Kamogawa misses with a looping left.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Murphy! But no joy.
Kamogawa lands with an overhand left.
Kamogawa circles away before darting back in with a big straight right hand. It connects beautifully and sends Murphy tumbling to the canvas! He's out cold! Kamogawa wins by KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Genji Kamogawa!
In his post fight interview, Genji Kamogawa started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.