PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Koichi Kamei (ranked 651 p4p, 922 weight class) and Morgan Wade (ranked 87 p4p, 124 weight class). Wade has chosen The Bleeding as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Morgan Wade has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kamei
vs
Wade

182 cm
34
159
20 - 13 - 0

175 cm
43
163
41 - 30 - 3

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

Brachial Nutrition

KOMBAT KLOTHING

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Koichi Kamei!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 41 - 30 - 3, fighting out of New York, Morgan Wade!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Sosuke Kotani and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kamei fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wade manages to avoid it.
Kamei moves out of range of the strikes.
Wade avoids the body shot from Kamei.
Kamei lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Wade missing with a left hand there. Kamei was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Wade forces Kamei back against the cage and clinches.
Wade misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wade.
Kamei blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kamei doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kamei misses with the head strike.
Kamei lands a right hand.
Kamei is leaning against Wade and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
I was talking to Kamei's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Kamei blocking some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wade throws a head punch that misses.
Wade swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wade stalling in the clinch but Kamei improves position.
Kamei is trying to maintain a safe position but Wade gets an underhook and turns Kamei into the cage.
Kamei misses with some punches.
Kamei misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wade misses with a punch on the inside.
Kamei pushes Wade back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kamei's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kamei controlling the action here for a moment.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kamei.
Kamei works on Wade's body with a couple of short punches.
Wade misses with some punches.
Kamei blocks an uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
We've been informed that Wade has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
A right hand to the body from Kamei.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wade.
Wade takes a shot to the head.
Kamei blocks an uppercut.
Wade swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Wade.
Wade lands with a short shot to the head.
Wade working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kamei lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wade misses with the head strike.
The referee is keeping an eye on Kamei - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Wade swings wildly with an uppercut but Kamei uses good head movement to avoid it.
Still in the clinch, Kamei scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wade has a couple of punches blocked by Kamei.
Wade working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nice body punch from Kamei - that landed with a thud.
Kamei lands a hook that snaps the head of Wade backwards.
Kamei blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kamei leaning his opponent against the cage.
Kamei leaning his opponent against the cage.
Kamei blocks an uppercut.
Kamei displaying some good clinch control by pressing Wade up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Wade fails to land.
Kamei lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kamei lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A hook to the body from Kamei.
Kamei pushes Wade back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kamei tries to throw a body punch but Wade avoids it by throwing Kamei back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Wade.
Kamei just leaning against Wade, taking a breather.
Kamei lands with a light punch inside.
Kamei misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wade working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kamei digs a right hand underneath Wade's ribcage. Wade let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Wade misses with some punches.
Wade working aggressively here.
Wade blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kamei has Wade pressed against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Kamei scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kamei pushes Wade back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Kamei - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Kamei lands with a light punch inside.
A short body shot lands from Kamei as the two fighters clinch.
Wade swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kamei tries a body shot but Wade blocks it.
Kamei tries to throw a body punch but Wade avoids it by throwing Kamei back against the cage.
Wade throws a head punch that misses.
Wade swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kamei misses with the head strike.
Kamei misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kamei can't find room to land a body shot as Wade controls the action.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Wade swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kamei working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wade blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kamei holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Kamei blocking some punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Koichi Kamei dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Wade moves into the clinch.
Wade blocks a body shot from Kamei.
Kamei lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Wade backwards.
Wade tries to pull guard but Kamei forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Kamei lands a hook that snaps the head of Wade backwards.
Wade lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kamei backwards.
Kamei blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short body shot lands from Kamei as the two fighters clinch.
Koichi Kamei has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Wade throws a head punch that misses.
Wade misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Kamei.
Wade misses with the head strike.
Kamei scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kamei blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kamei stalling against the cage.
Wade lands a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wade.
Kamei working aggressively here.
Kamei is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kamei creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wade fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kamei pushes Wade back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kamei taking a breather.
Kamei blocking some punches.
A body shot lands from Kamei.
Kamei lands a left hand.
Kamei displaying some good clinch control by pressing Wade up against the cage.
Wade swings wildly with an uppercut but Kamei uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kamei tries to stall but Wade uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Wade pushes Kamei back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kamei scores with a shot to the side of Wade's head.
Wade lands a nice uppercut.
Wade blocks a body shot from Kamei.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wade blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kamei.
Kamei content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wade.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wade throws a head punch that misses.
Kamei lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wade.
Kamei stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Kamei doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kamei misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kamei lands with a right to the head.
Wade throws a punch but it's blocked by Kamei.
Kamei is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wade can do to turn this around?
A right hook to the body lands for Kamei.
Kamei blocks an uppercut.
Kamei throws a punch but it's blocked by Wade.
Kamei tries a body shot but Wade blocks it.
Kamei misses with a punch on the inside.
Wade misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wade.
A short left from Wade.
A right handed body shot lands from Kamei.
Kamei tries a body shot but Wade blocks it.
A right hook to the body lands for Kamei.
Kamei stalls.
Kamei stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Kamei is leaning against Wade and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kamei blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wade has a couple of punches blocked by Kamei.
Kamei blocking some punches.
Kamei tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wade's elbow.
Kamei misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wade.
Kamei will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Wade up against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Kamei.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kamei creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kamei tries to work over Wade's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wade has a couple of punches blocked by Kamei.
Kamei misses with some punches.
Kamei throws a head punch that misses.
Wade lands a hook that snaps the head of Kamei backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kamei is trying to maintain a safe position but Wade gets an underhook and turns Kamei into the cage.
Kamei working aggressively here.
Wade misses with some punches.
Kamei misses with the head strike.
Good body shot from Kamei.
Stalling in the clinch from Kamei.
Kamei lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kamei misses with a punch to the body.
Kamei is leaning against Wade and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kamei will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Wade up against the cage.
Kamei misses with the head strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Koichi Kamei dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Wade tries to score with a low kick but Kamei moves his leg out of the way.
Wade misses with an uppercut

and Kamei counters by clinching up.
Wade misses with some punches.
Kamei cracks Wade with a nice body shot.
Wade misses with a punch on the inside.
Wade fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kamei lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Wade backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wade.
Wade lands an uppercut.
Kamei blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wade has a couple of punches blocked by Kamei.
Kamei scores with a hook to the body.
Kamei tries to work over Wade's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kamei blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kamei stalls.
Wade tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wade fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kamei taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wade blocks an uppercut.
Kamei lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Wade misses with a punch on the inside.
Kamei struggles to land a body shot inside as Wade controls his hands.
Kamei scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kamei tries to stall but Wade uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kamei makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kamei works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kamei working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wade fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wade blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kamei digs a right hand underneath Wade's ribcage. Wade let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kamei is pushing Wade up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Kamei stalling.
A head punch on the inside from Wade fails to land.
Wade blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kamei lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wade's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kamei.
Wade blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kamei fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kamei stalling in the clinch but Wade improves position.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kamei.
Kamei throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kamei lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wade fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Kamei.
Wade swings wildly with an uppercut but Kamei uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kamei lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Wade misses with some punches.
Kamei misses with a body punch.
Wade swings wildly with an uppercut but Kamei uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wade misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kamei misses with a hook from the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Kamei blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kamei misses with a punch to the body.
Wade has a couple of punches blocked by Kamei.
Kamei tries to work over Wade's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wade misses with the head strike.
Kamei swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wade blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kamei scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kamei lands with a light punch inside.
Kamei swings wildly with an uppercut but Wade uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kamei misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kamei blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Wade.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kamei lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Wade blocks an uppercut.
Wade misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kamei tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Kamei.
Kamei presses Wade against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Kamei scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kamei looking to stall.
Kamei blocking some punches.
Wade softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kamei tries to work over Wade's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wade.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kamei.
Kamei working aggressively here.
Kamei blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kamei tries to work over Wade's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kamei lands on the inside with an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Koichi Kamei clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Wade avoids the body shot from Kamei.
Kamei scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kamei sizes up Wade with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Wade takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Kamei fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Wade, pushing him back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kamei.
A right hand to the body from Kamei.
Kamei misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wade tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kamei blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wade misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wade.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kamei.
Kamei tries to throw a body punch but Wade avoids it by throwing Kamei back against the cage.
Kamei scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wade lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kamei trying to stall but Wade improves his position.
A head punch on the inside from Kamei fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kamei has a couple of punches blocked by Wade.
A short right from Wade on the inside.
Wade blocks a body shot from Kamei.
Kamei has Wade pushed against the cage.
Kamei misses with a punch on the inside.
Wade lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kamei misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wade has a couple of punches blocked by Kamei.
Kamei blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wade lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wade working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kamei.
Wade throws a head punch that misses.
Kamei scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kamei blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wade pushes Kamei back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kamei scores with a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kamei leaning his opponent against the cage.
Wade lands a hook that snaps the head of Kamei backwards.
Kamei gets through Wade's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kamei swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wade scores with a shot to the side of Kamei's head.
Kamei blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wade misses with a punch on the inside.
Kamei blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wade misses with a punch on the inside.
Kamei pushes Wade back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A shot in the inside from Kamei.
Wade misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kamei creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kamei can't find room to land a body shot as Wade controls the action.
Wade takes a shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wade blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wade misses with a hook from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wade creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kamei misses with some punches.
Kamei scores with a shoulder strike.
Wade misses with some punches.
Wade blocks an uppercut.
Kamei throws a punch but it's blocked by Wade.
Kamei lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wade misses with a punch on the inside.
Kamei misses with a punch to the body.
Kamei tries to throw a body punch but Wade avoids it by throwing Kamei back against the cage.
Kamei misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wade's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kamei lands with a left to the head.
Kamei swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wade misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kamei misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wade blocking some punches.
Kamei blocking some punches.
Kamei misses with the head strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wade lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wade misses with the head strike.
Kamei wants to stall.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kamei.
Kamei lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kamei lands a right hand that snaps the head of Wade backwards.
Kamei lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wade lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wade swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kamei leaning against his opponent.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A hook to the body from Kamei.
Wade lands a hook that snaps the head of Kamei backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Koichi Kamei had his way with Morgan Wade in that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Kamei lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Wade connects with a single shot there.
Wade slips a jab and a cross from Kamei.
Kamei is looking to wear down Wade with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Wade swings widly with a right hand
and Kamei cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kamei scores with a decent looking hook.

Wade takes the fight into the clinch.
Kamei fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kamei doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wade fails to pull guard.
Kamei pushes Wade back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kamei leaning his opponent against the cage.
Wade lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kamei displaying some good clinch control by pressing Wade up against the cage.
Kamei blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wade blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Wade on the inside.
Kamei tries a body shot but Wade blocks it.
Wade has a couple of punches blocked by Kamei.
Kamei softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Wade fails to land.
A short right from Kamei.
Kamei blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kamei works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kamei is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Kamei blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kamei blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kamei lands a hook to the side of the head.
Morgan Wade has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kamei working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Wade fails to land.
Kamei lands with a light punch inside.
Wade lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kamei backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wade fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kamei cracks Wade with a nice body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kamei.
Wade scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wade tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kamei lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Wade backwards.
A shot in the inside from Kamei.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kamei.
Kamei blocking some punches.
Kamei controlling the action here for a moment.
A head punch on the inside from Wade fails to land.
Kamei tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wade's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wade.
Kamei is stalling here.
Kamei tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kamei stalling in the clinch but Wade improves position.
Kamei tries to stall but Wade uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Wade misses with a punch on the inside.
Wade misses with some punches.
Wade swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kamei leaning against his opponent.
Kamei tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Koichi Kamei is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A head punch on the inside from Wade fails to land.
Kamei blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Wade fails to land.
Wade throws a head punch that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kamei blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wade lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wade misses with some punches.
Wade misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Wade fails to land.
Kamei blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wade misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kamei lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Wade misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Wade fails to land.
Kamei blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kamei working some nice short punches in the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Koichi Kamei.
Well Kamei has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 50:46
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 50:45
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Koichi Kamei!
After the big win, Koichi Kamei made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Urban Fighter and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.