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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dax Crumper (ranked 4809 p4p, 4801 weight class) and Genji Kamogawa (ranked 212 p4p, 391 weight class). Kamogawa has chosen The Veer Union - Bitter End as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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165 cm 25 140 0 - 0 - 0 |
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170 cm 25 135 0 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling Basic striking Very quick |
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Good wrestler Decent boxing Prefers standup |
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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dax Crumper! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Genji Kamogawa! The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Santiago Holmes and Peter Branson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Kamogawa with a body punch. A glancing blow. Crumper drives through with a takedown into Kamogawa's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position. Kamogawa is pulling down on Crumper's head to control his posture. Crumper lands a couple of elbows. Crumper throwing strikes but missing. Crumper trying to control but Kamogawa is working from the bottom. Crumper throwing strikes from guard but Kamogawa blocks nicely. Crumper is pushing down on Kamogawa's leg trying to pass to half guard. Kamogawa is fighting to maintain full guard but Crumper has managed to sneak the leg through. Kamogawa wants to get back to full guard. Kamogawa has his hands clasped together around Crumper's back. He's all about the action. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Crumper controlling the pace. Kamogawa trying to get back to full guard but Crumper takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
That's one minute gone in the round. Crumper is in the full mount, landing strikes. Crumper avoids the attempt from Kamogawa to control. Kamogawa is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Crumper is staying active. Crumper landing strikes from the mount and Kamogawa is in trouble! Kamogawa is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Kamogawa tries to lock up and control but Crumper gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away. Crumper landing strikes from the mount and Kamogawa is in trouble! Crumper with shots to the head and body - Kamogawa looks very uncomfortable down there. Kamogawa can't escape the position.
Crumper trying to control but he's not successful this time. Kamogawa keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Crumper raining down hammerfists from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Crumper with shots to the head and body - Kamogawa looks very uncomfortable down there. The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Crumper cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Crumper in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Kamogawa is trying desperately to improve position. Crumper lands a nice shot to the head. Crumper putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound! Kamogawa tries to lock up and control but Crumper gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away. Crumper with the ground and pound from mount. Kamogawa tries to hold on but Crumper postures up. Crumper wants to control the pace but Kamogawa is squirming around nicely. Crumper scoring with strikes but Kamogawa is staying in there. Kamogawa tries to hold on but Crumper postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Crumper controlling his opponent. Crumper avoids the attempt from Kamogawa to control. Crumper controlling from mount. Kamogawa in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head. Crumper raining down hammerfists from mount. Crumper with a couple of short strikes. Crumper scoring with strikes but Kamogawa is staying in there. Kamogawa is trying to escape the mount.
Kamogawa is still trying to improve position. Crumper dominating with strikes here. Crumper avoids the attempt from Kamogawa to control. Kamogawa is working to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Crumper scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Kamogawa?
Crumper landing punches. Kamogawa wants to control but Crumper is having none of it. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Crumper trying to control but he's not successful this time. Crumper scoring with strikes but Kamogawa is staying in there. Kamogawa is in all sorts of trouble here.
Crumper content just to control the position here. Kamogawa tries to hold on but Crumper postures up. Kamogawa is looking to improve his position but Crumper isn't that keen on the idea. Crumper working Kamogawa over with strikes here. Crumper trying to control but Kamogawa is having none of it. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dax Crumper dominated that round. That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Crumper shoots in and bounces Kamogawa off the cage to secure the takedown into guard. Crumper with a flurry of punches that miss. Kamogawa throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Dax Crumper overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far. Kamogawa tries to land a sweep but no joy. Crumper controlling from the top position. Kamogawa is pulling down on Crumper's head to control his posture. Crumper showing good wrestling skills to control the position. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Kamogawa looking to sweep here. No luck so far. Crumper throws a big right hand that misses. Crumper throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kamogawa works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round. Kamogawa wants to control the position but Crumper says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard. Kamogawa wants to control but Crumper is keeping busy and won't allow it. Crumper working over Kamogawa with some ground and pound. Kamogawa looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable. Kamogawa is refusing to be controlled, as Crumper sits in half guard. Crumper has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. Crumper is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Kamogawa desperately trying to maintain half guard. Crumper controlling the action here. Crumper scores with a couple of good hammerfists. Kamogawa wants to get back to full guard. Crumper slows the pace down in half guard. Kamogawa wants to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Kamogawa wants to control but Crumper is keeping busy.
Kamogawa is defending against the submission attempts here by Crumper.
Kamogawa is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment. Kamogawa trying to hold on to Crumper's head to control him but Crumper postures up.
Kamogawa really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Crumper. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Kamogawa trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Crumper manages to pass to mount!
Kamogawa tries to hold on but Crumper postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Kamogawa regains half guard. Kamogawa avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Crumper. Crumper with a momentary lay and pray from half guard. Kamogawa controlling the position well. Crumper stalling. Kamogawa trying to hold on to Crumper's head to control him but Crumper postures up.
Kamogawa is looking to improve his position.
Crumper throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man. Kamogawa wants to improve his position but Crumper is controlling well.
That's four minutes gone in the round. My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer. Crumper trying to mount his opponent but Kamogawa defends it. Crumper is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kamogawa can do to turn this around? Crumper seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense. Crumper wants to take a breather but Kamogawa is having none of it. Crumper is looking to advance position but Kamogawa won't allow it. Crumper slips a nice elbow through Kamogawa's hands, connecting with Kamogawa's forehead. Crumper passes to full mount! Kamogawa tries to hold on but Crumper postures up. Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out! Crumper is in the full mount, landing strikes. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dax Crumper dominated that second round. That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round! Kamogawa lands with a straight right. Crumper didn't see that one coming. Kamogawa takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away. Kamogawa is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot. Kamogawa is looking to clinch. Kamogawa drops Crumper with a straight right hand, right on the button! Kamogawa follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:19 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Genji Kamogawa! Genji Kamogawa was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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hype
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