PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Genji Kamogawa (ranked 1476 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scar Ambe (ranked 707 p4p, 0 weight class). Kamogawa comes to the cage accompanied by The Veer Union - Bitter End. Ambe comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Gunna - The World is Yours kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The key to victory for Genji Kamogawa has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Kamogawa
vs
Ambe

175 cm
27
165 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

177 cm
27
160 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 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 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Scar Ambe!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, David Hoff and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kamogawa misses with a wild body shot.
Kamogawa misses with a body shot.
Ambe swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kamogawa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ambe! But no joy.
Ambe jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ambe misses the shot to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Ambe.
Ambe throws an overhand right that lands on Kamogawa's shoulder, as Kamogawa tries to avoid the shot.
Kamogawa has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Cozad The Island in the buildup to the fight.
A nice combination there by Ambe.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Ambe uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kamogawa.
Ambe's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kamogawa connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ambe scrambles back to his feet.

It looks like Scar Ambe has been cut.
Kamogawa misses with a combination
and Ambe counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Kamogawa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ambe moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kamogawa moves out of range of the strikes.
Ambe misses the shot to the body.
Ambe misses with a looping left.
Ambe avoids the body shot from Kamogawa.
Ambe moves out of range of the strikes.
Kamogawa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ambe moves away.
Ambe misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ambe moves away from the strike by Kamogawa.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kamogawa misses with a wild body shot.
Kamogawa connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Kamogawa just misses with a punch to the body.
Donk. Ambe catches Kamogawa right on the button with a cross.
Kamogawa is looking to wear down Ambe with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Kamogawa works Ambe's body with a nice hook.
Kamogawa takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kamogawa throws a body shot but no joy.
Kamogawa throws a body punch but Ambe moves out of range.
Genji Kamogawa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kamogawa throws a body punch but Ambe moves out of range.
Kamogawa shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Ambe clinches up against the cage.

Kamogawa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ambe throws a body shot but no joy.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ambe misses with a body shot.
Ambe pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Kamogawa back to the cage. Ambe follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Kamogawa uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Ambe has time to react.
Kamogawa misses with a right hand

and Ambe decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Kamogawa's guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Ambe working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Kamogawa trying to keep a closed guard but Ambe is proving a slippery customer.
Kamogawa knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ambe on the ground.
Kamogawa wants to sweep but no luck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kamogawa controlling the position.
Ambe pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kamogawa is keeping the position for now.
Ambe controls from within his opponent's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ambe trying to control but Kamogawa is working from the bottom.
Ambe postures up in Kamogawa's guard and throws a big left but Kamogawa blocks it.
Ambe postures up and lands a big shot to Kamogawa's brow.
Kamogawa on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Kamogawa tries to get out of the position.
Ambe working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Ambe preventing the sweep.
Kamogawa trying to keep a closed guard but Ambe is proving a slippery customer.
Kamogawa tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ambe chips away with some ground and pound.
Ambe keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Kamogawa's head.
Kamogawa has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Ambe has passed into side control.
Ambe in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Ambe tries to score with some ground and pound. Kamogawa controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
A lull in the action here.
Kamogawa tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Kamogawa is trying to control Ambe's posture but Ambe avoids it.

Ambe thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Ambe controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ambe throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Ambe is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Ambe cracks Kamogawa with a big elbow.
Ambe has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kamogawa tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Ambe tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Ambe has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Ambe working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

Ambe tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Ambe tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Scar Ambe dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Scar Ambe's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Ambe avoids the body shot from Kamogawa.
Ambe moves out of range of the strikes.
Kamogawa takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kamogawa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ambe was well out of range. Poor timing from Kamogawa.
Kamogawa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kamogawa scores with a jab to the head.

That has opened up Scar Ambe's cut even more.
Genji Kamogawa is winning the standup battle so far.
Kamogawa misses with a two punch combination.
Ambe has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ambe tries to move into range but Kamogawa moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Ambe slips under a jab.
Ambe misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kamogawa defending well as Ambe loads up on a big left hand.
Kamogawa lands with a hook. Ambe tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Kamogawa gets tackled into the cage by Ambe. Ambe maintains the clinch.
Ambe blocking some punches.
Ambe tries for a takedown. No joy.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kamogawa.
Ambe is looking to take this one to the mat.
A head punch on the inside from Kamogawa fails to land.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kamogawa misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ambe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kamogawa has a couple of punches blocked by Ambe.

Kamogawa is fighting off a takedown attempt but Ambe is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Kamogawa to the mat. Kamogawa regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Ambe trying to control but Kamogawa is working from the bottom.
Ambe stopping the sweep attempt from Kamogawa.
Kamogawa has control of Ambe's left arm, preventing Ambe from doing any damage.
Scar Ambe has got the better of the ground game so far.
Kamogawa tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Kamogawa wants to improve his position here. There's a bit of a scramble and Ambe has taken Kamogawa's back! He's locked on a rear naked choke here and Kamogawa has been forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Scar Ambe!
After winning the bout, Scar Ambe thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.