PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Genji Kamogawa (ranked 4591 p4p, 4464 weight class) and Leif Cassidy (ranked 220 p4p, 212 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Kamogawa might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The Veer Union - Bitter End. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Kamogawa
vs
Cassidy

170 cm
25
135
1 - 2 - 0

170 cm
25
140
2 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Solid 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 1 - 2 - 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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Leif Cassidy!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Winston Alpacca and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kamogawa closes the distance and pushes Cassidy back into the cage.
Kamogawa swings wildly with an uppercut but Cassidy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kamogawa throws a punch but it's blocked by Cassidy.
Kamogawa avoids the elbow strike from Cassidy, against the cage.
Cassidy lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Genji Kamogawa has been cut.
Kamogawa lands a left hand.
Kamogawa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cassidy misses with an elbow over the top.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kamogawa.
Kamogawa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kamogawa avoids a wild elbow strike from Cassidy.

Kamogawa ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Kamogawa no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Kamogawa throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
We've been hearing good reports from Kamogawa's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Kamogawa has Cassidy pulled in close to control his posture.
Kamogawa manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Cassidy manages to get himself to full guard.

Kamogawa is working Cassidy over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kamogawa won't allow Cassidy to get back to his feet.
Kamogawa postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kamogawa seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Cassidy wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Kamogawa manages to pass to side control.
Kamogawa not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Kamogawa seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Cassidy taking some punishment here, with Kamogawa in his half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kamogawa frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Cassidy can do anything to dispel that myth.
Cassidy is bucking up trying to escape but Kamogawa cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Kamogawa landing punches.
Kamogawa working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Kamogawa 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.
Kamogawa working the ground and pound effectively.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kamogawa landing punches.

Cassidy is rocked!
Kamogawa unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Cassidy wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Kamogawa celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Genji Kamogawa!
Genji Kamogawa decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.