PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sam Hiro Iwaga Genochin (ranked 573 p4p, 533 weight class) and Clint Rivers (ranked 80 p4p, 68 weight class). Iwaga Genochin's entrance music is Majinahanashi. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Iwaga Genochin
vs
Rivers

175 cm
30
180
12 - 5 - 0

172 cm
25
170
13 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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Conviction

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 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sam Hiro Iwaga Genochin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Clint Rivers!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Taro Takaoka and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Iwaga Genochin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Iwaga Genochin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rivers swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rivers was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.

Iwaga Genochin has managed to clinch.
Rivers misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Rivers fails to land.
Iwaga Genochin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rivers goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Rivers's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rivers moves out of range of the leg kick from Iwaga Genochin.
Rivers throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Iwaga Genochin on the side of the head.

Iwaga Genochin pushes Rivers up against the cage in a clinch.
Nice body punch from Rivers - that landed with a thud.
Rivers lands a body punch in the clinch.
Rivers can't find room to land a body shot as Iwaga Genochin controls the action.
Iwaga Genochin takes a shot to the head.

Rivers breaks the clinch.
Iwaga Genochin tries to clinch but Rivers is having none of it.

Iwaga Genochin has taken the fight to the clinch.

Rivers breaks from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Iwaga Genochin misses with a head kick.
Rivers jabs Iwaga Genochin right on the nose. Iwaga Genochin blinks but takes it well.
Rivers connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivers takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Iwaga Genochin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rivers stuns Iwaga Genochin with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Iwaga Genochin darts in trying to clinch
enabling Rivers to counter with a crisp jab.
Sloppy strikes from Rivers. Those never looked like landing.
Rivers uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Iwaga Genochin.
Iwaga Genochin looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Rivers walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Iwaga Genochin. Rivers does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice uppercut lands for Rivers. That snapped Iwaga Genochin's head back.
Rivers lands with a right hand.
Iwaga Genochin blocks a leg kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Iwaga Genochin takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A jab from Rivers misses.
Rivers with a jab.
Iwaga Genochin throws the kick towards the body but Rivers avoids it.
Rivers throws out a counter right but Iwaga Genochin avoids it with no problem.
Iwaga Genochin tries to clinch up.
Iwaga Genochin tries to move into range but Rivers moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivers misses with a few strikes there.
Iwaga Genochin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rivers looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Iwaga Genochin tries to clinch up.
Rivers flicks out a counter leg kick but Iwaga Genochin steps away.
Iwaga Genochin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A left lands for Rivers.
A big right from Rivers misses.
Iwaga Genochin throws a head kick that misses
and Rivers counters with a stiff right hand.
A cross from Iwaga Genochin lands.

Iwaga Genochin darts in and clinches Rivers up against the cage.
Rivers tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Rivers breaks from the clinch.
Iwaga Genochin throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Rivers looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Iwaga Genochin on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Rivers misses with a straight right.
Rivers has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.

Rivers gets tackled into the cage by Iwaga Genochin. Iwaga Genochin maintains the clinch.
Iwaga Genochin trying to stall but Rivers improves his position.
Iwaga Genochin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rivers misses with some punches.
Iwaga Genochin lands a damaging elbow.
Rivers tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivers stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Iwaga Genochin lands a nice uppercut.

Rivers breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rivers lands a jab to Iwaga Genochin's midsection.
Iwaga Genochin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rivers swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Rivers scores with a nice right hand.
Jab from Rivers.
Rivers lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Rivers's jab looks to have found its range, popping Iwaga Genochin under the eye.
Rivers tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rivers throws a body shot but no joy.
Iwaga Genochin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rivers throws out the jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rivers lands with a nice body punch.
Iwaga Genochin misses the jab.
Rivers scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Iwaga Genochin throws a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivers darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Iwaga Genochin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Rivers lands a head shot.
Iwaga Genochin misses with a right hand
and Rivers counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Iwaga Genochin is rocked!
Rivers smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Oh Iwaga Genochin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rivers fakes the body blow, causing Iwaga Genochin to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Iwaga Genochin goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Clint Rivers!
Clint Rivers very nearly forgot to thank PWNAGE™ amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.