PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sonny Frazier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Takamura Kamogawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Frazier
vs
Kamogawa

180 cm
20
230 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
18
250 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sonny Frazier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Takamura Kamogawa!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kamogawa throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Frazier connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Frazier stuffs the takedown attempt from Kamogawa. Kamogawa gets slowly back to his feet.
Frazier could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Frazier tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Horrible takedown by Kamogawa or perhaps it was just good defense by Frazier which made him look bad.
Frazier scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Kamogawa gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kamogawa is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Kamogawa throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Frazier.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kamogawa takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Frazier swinging wildly here.

Kamogawa closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Frazier escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Kamogawa closes the distance and pushes Frazier back into the cage.

Kamogawa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kamogawa takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Frazier connects with a nice looking jab.

Kamogawa is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Frazier misses with a wild combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Kamogawa. Those never looked like landing.
Frazier wants to clinch.
Frazier lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kamogawa circles away quickly and effectively.
Frazier looks to land a combination but Kamogawa avoids it well.
Kamogawa throws a right and a left that Frazier avoids nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kamogawa takes a swing at Frazier's ribcage but misses.
Frazier throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A lazy left from Frazier finds it's target.
Frazier throws a series of punches but Kamogawa avoids them all with ease.
Kamogawa misses with a double jab
and Frazier counters with a straight right hand.
Sonny Frazier is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kamogawa slips a jab from Frazier.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Frazier misses with the combination.
Kamogawa lands with a nice body punch.
Frazier throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kamogawa avoids the head kick by Frazier.
Kamogawa rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Frazier moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kamogawa staying out of range there.
Sonny Frazier seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Frazier fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sonny Frazier dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A slow jab from Kamogawa misses its intended target.
Frazier showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kamogawa.
Frazier tries to clinch but Kamogawa is having none of it.
Kamogawa throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Frazier connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Frazier is looking to clinch.
Frazier misses with the combination.
Kamogawa showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Frazier.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frazier misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A jab from Frazier finds it's way through Kamogawa's defenses.
Frazier looks to land a combination but Kamogawa avoids it well.
Frazier showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kamogawa.
Frazier throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kamogawa.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Frazier. Those never looked like landing.
Kamogawa will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sloppy strikes from Frazier. Those never looked like landing.
Frazier misses with a takedown attempt - Kamogawa sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Kamogawa drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Kamogawa's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Kamogawa wants to control but Frazier is keeping him busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kamogawa tries to get to his feet but Frazier is in the middle of advancing position himself and ends up with Kamogawa in his guard.
Kamogawa wants to stand but Frazier has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Frazier uses the cage to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Frazier throws a sloppy head kick and Kamogawa moves out of range easily.
Kamogawa throws a series of punches but Frazier moves out of range.
Frazier throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Frazier fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Frazier stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Frazier wants it to stay on the feet.
Frazier bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Kamogawa's head backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Sonny Frazier will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

A slow jab from Frazier misses its intended target.
Frazier misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sloppy strikes from Frazier. Those never looked like landing.
Frazier swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Frazier misses with a double jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Frazier lunges at Kamogawa with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kamogawa's hand.
Frazier throws an off balance right hand
and Kamogawa counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Frazier thinking.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kamogawa avoids the head kick by Frazier.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kamogawa lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Frazier circles away quickly and effectively.
Sonny Frazier is winning the standup battle so far.
Frazier fails to land with a series of punches.
Frazier will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Frazier misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Frazier throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kamogawa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sonny Frazier is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Frazier throws a series of strikes that have Kamogawa backpedaling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Kamogawa.

Kamogawa drives through and clinches with Frazier against the cage.
Frazier tries to throw a body punch but Kamogawa avoids it by throwing Frazier back against the cage.

Kamogawa manages to break the clinch.

Frazier moves into the clinch.
Kamogawa prevents Frazier from breaking the clinch.

Frazier breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Kamogawa moves into range and clinches up with Frazier.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Kamogawa.
Kamogawa missing with knees to the body.

Frazier escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Frazier rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kamogawa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Frazier misses with a double jab.
Frazier throws a right hand that Kamogawa ducks under and follows up with a left that Kamogawa also avoids with ease.
Kamogawa misses with a double jab.
Kamogawa misses with a wild combination.
Frazier is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Frazier is looking to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Kamogawa does no damage.
Kamogawa scores with a jab. Frazier acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

It looks like Sonny Frazier has been cut.
Kamogawa connects with a good right hand that stumbles Frazier. Frazier circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A combination from Kamogawa does no damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Kamogawa has managed to clinch.
Takamura Kamogawa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sonny Frazier is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Kamogawa breaks the clinch.

Kamogawa fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Frazier, pushing him back against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Takamura Kamogawa comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Frazier has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sonny Frazier!