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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Genji Kamogawa (ranked 21952 p4p, 588 weight class) and Jeroen Franken (ranked 5007 p4p, 499 weight class). Kamogawa comes into the arena with Rob Bailey & The Hustle Standard - Hungry blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Genji Kamogawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jeroen Franken!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kamogawa with a jab.
Franken has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Franken there as he acknowledges the shot.
Franken fails with an attempt to clinch.
Franken misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kamogawa.
Franken misses with a body shot.
Franken takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Franken connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Franken tries a head kick but it misses.
Franken steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kamogawa.
Kamogawa lands with a straight right. Franken didn't see that one coming.
Kamogawa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kamogawa lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Kamogawa on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Franken tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kamogawa takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Franken tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kamogawa misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A slow jab from Kamogawa misses its intended target.
Kamogawa lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kamogawa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Franken.
Franken throws a low kick but Kamogawa moves out of range easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kamogawa looks to throw the jab but Franken is out of range.
Franken tries to land a front kick but Kamogawa steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Kamogawa throws a shot to the body.
Kamogawa misses with a looping left.
Franken takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Franken lands a jab to the nose.
A left lands for Kamogawa.
Franken misses with a left hand
and Kamogawa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Franken slips a jab from Kamogawa.
Kamogawa sets himself, and Franken steps forward looking for the clinch! Kamogawa avoids it this time.
Franken closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Kamogawa struggles to land a body shot inside as Franken controls his hands.
Franken misses with a punch on the inside.
Kamogawa slows down the pace here.
Kamogawa works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kamogawa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Franken has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kamogawa.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kamogawa.
Kamogawa scores with a shot to the side of Franken's head.
Franken is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Kamogawa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kamogawa pushes Franken back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kamogawa is struggling to control the position.
Kamogawa lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kamogawa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kamogawa works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kamogawa scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franken blocks a body shot from Kamogawa.
Kamogawa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kamogawa is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A slow jab from Kamogawa misses its intended target.
Kamogawa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Franken moves away.
Franken misses with a body shot
and Kamogawa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Franken moves into the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kamogawa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kamogawa lands a hook that snaps the head of Franken backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Franken.
Kamogawa lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Franken or not.
Kamogawa digs a right hand underneath Franken's ribcage. Franken let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kamogawa lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right from Kamogawa on the inside.
Kamogawa misses with a punch to the body.
Kamogawa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Franken misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kamogawa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Franken's elbow.
Kamogawa breaks the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Franken lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Franken throws a jab but it's blocked by Kamogawa.
Franken ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kamogawa moves away.
Franken uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kamogawa.
Kamogawa cracks Franken with a good jab.
Franken fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kamogawa, pushing him back against the cage.
Franken tries to stall but Kamogawa uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Franken working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Franken tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Franken softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kamogawa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Franken throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Franken ducks under a wild hook from Kamogawa.
A big left from Kamogawa misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kamogawa throws out a powerful jab.
Franken tries to close the distance and clinch but Kamogawa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kamogawa looks to land a left hand but Franken moved out of range nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Franken! But no joy.
Kamogawa wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Genji Kamogawa dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Franken throws a lazy right hand but Kamogawa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
It looked like Kamogawa wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Franken throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kamogawa was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Franken throws a jab but it's blocked by Kamogawa.
Kamogawa misses with a hook
letting Franken counter with a right hand.
Nice defenses there by Franken.
Genji Kamogawa is winning the standup battle so far.
Franken tries to clinch up but Kamogawa circles away and keeps his distance.
Kamogawa keeps the fight on the outside.
Franken keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kamogawa.
Franken looks to score with a jab to the body but Kamogawa is just out of range.
Kamogawa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kamogawa checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Franken thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kamogawa throws a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Franken lands a high kick!
Franken throws a series of punches but Kamogawa avoids them all with ease.
Franken on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Jab by Kamogawa.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Franken tries to clinch there but Kamogawa circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Kamogawa takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Franken is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Franken looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kamogawa fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kamogawa looks to score with a jab to the body but Franken is just out of range.
Franken throws a low kick but Kamogawa avoids it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Franken moves out of range as Kamogawa strikes.
Franken paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Kamogawa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kamogawa misses with a looping left.
Kamogawa misses with a looping right.
Franken bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kamogawa's head.
Kamogawa misses with a hook. Franken ducked under it nicely.
Franken looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kamogawa clobbers Franken with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Franken moves into the clinch successfully.
Kamogawa manages to break the clinch.
Kamogawa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Franken.
Franken throws out a counter right but Kamogawa avoids it with no problem.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kamogawa throws a hook to the side of Franken's head but Franken sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kamogawa. Franken does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franken tries to clinch but Kamogawa is having none of it.
Franken misses with a hook. Kamogawa ducked under it nicely.
Franken scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Franken throws a shot from downtown. Kamogawa moves away and avoids it.
Kamogawa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Franken can do to turn this around?
Kamogawa misses with an uppercut.
The crowd cheers as Kamogawa lands an impressive looking overhand right. Franken doesn't seem phased though.
Kamogawa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Franken ducks under a wild hook from Kamogawa.
Franken ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Franken wants to clinch.
Franken uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kamogawa.
Kamogawa avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Franken moves into the clinch successfully.
Kamogawa stalling in the clinch but Franken improves position.
Kamogawa misses with a punch on the inside.
Franken working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kamogawa presses Franken against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Kamogawa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Franken steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kamogawa.
Franken moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Franken bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kamogawa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Franken throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kamogawa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kamogawa tests Franken's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nice defenses there by Kamogawa.
Kamogawa moves away from the strike by Franken.
Kamogawa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Franken moves away.
Kamogawa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Franken was well out of range. Poor timing from Kamogawa.
Franken tries to clinch but Kamogawa moves away
and Franken takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nice uppercut there from Kamogawa.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Franken slips a jab from Kamogawa.
Kamogawa misses with a straight right.
Franken is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franken swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kamogawa throws the left hand but Franken avoids the punch easily.
A slow jab from Kamogawa misses its intended target.
Franken misses with a straight right.
Franken tries to bum rush Kamogawa with a series of wild strikes but Kamogawa uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nice straight punches there by Kamogawa. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kamogawa.
Franken tries to clinch but Kamogawa is having none of it.
It looked like Kamogawa wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Franken tries to clinch there but Kamogawa circles away.
Franken lands with a nice body punch.
Kamogawa lands a nice looking body shot.
Franken slips under a jab.
Franken clinches up with Kamogawa and pushes him back against the cage.
Kamogawa lands a body shot.
Franken lands a body punch in the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Kamogawa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Genji Kamogawa dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Kamogawa takes one to the chin there.
A big right from Kamogawa misses.
Franken keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kamogawa. Franken does a little dance to reset his feet.
Franken tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kamogawa manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kamogawa lands with a hook. Franken tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kamogawa lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Franken tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kamogawa paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kamogawa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Franken scores with a hook.
Franken throws out a loose jab but Kamogawa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kamogawa circles away from the clinch attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kamogawa checks the leg kick nicely there.
Kamogawa throws a body punch but Franken moves out of range.
Franken tries to counter by closing the distance.
Franken has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Kamogawa uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Franken scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kamogawa doesn't seem bothered though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kamogawa looks to land a right hand but Franken moved out of range.
Franken misses with a left hand
and Kamogawa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kamogawa misses with a looping right.
Franken wants to clinch up but Kamogawa keeps it at a distance.
Franken ducks under a wild hook from Kamogawa.
A nice leg kick lands there from Franken.
Kamogawa scores with a jab. Franken acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Franken throws a half hearted mid kick.
Franken throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kamogawa.
Franken tries to clinch up.
Kamogawa throws an overhand right that lands on Franken's shoulder, as Franken tries to avoid the shot.
Franken feints a counter leg kick.
Kamogawa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Franken.
Kamogawa connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Franken swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Kamogawa counter with a right hand.
Franken avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kamogawa throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Franken makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kamogawa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Franken sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Franken throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kamogawa throws a hook to the side of Franken's head but Franken sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Franken misses with a right hand
and Kamogawa counters with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kamogawa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kamogawa darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kamogawa throws a looping overhand right but Franken ducks down to avoid it.
Kamogawa avoids the body shot from Franken.
Franken clinches up against the cage.
Franken misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kamogawa.
Franken swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kamogawa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kamogawa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jeroen Franken has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jeroen Franken seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Franken misses with the head strike.
Franken trying to control the position but instead, Kamogawa has worked for underhooks and has pushed Franken into the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Franken fails to land.
Franken tries a body shot but Kamogawa blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kamogawa.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kamogawa blocks a body shot from Franken.
Franken misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kamogawa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kamogawa has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Kamogawa scores with a hook to the body. Franken takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Franken takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Franken moves away from the strike by Kamogawa.
Franken misses with a low kick.
Franken looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kamogawa scores with the left hand. Franken knows he should have avoided that one.
Kamogawa scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Franken doesn't seem bothered though.
Franken staying out of range there.
Kamogawa misses with an uppercut.
Kamogawa lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Franken tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Franken throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Franken ducks under a wild hook from Kamogawa.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franken throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Franken waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kamogawa.
Franken doesn't manage to clinch there - Kamogawa circles away.
Kamogawa throws a lazy right hand but Franken sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Franken avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Franken misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kamogawa swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Franken takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Franken doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kamogawa throws out a powerful jab.
Kamogawa misses with a hook.
Kamogawa connects with a nice looking jab.
Franken tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kamogawa misses with an uppercut. Franken saw that one coming.
Franken doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Franken walks into a straight right hand from Kamogawa.
Kamogawa throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Franken misses with a hook.
Kamogawa is looking to counter punch.
Franken throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Genji Kamogawa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kamogawa jabs at Franken's body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Genji Kamogawa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kamogawa, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... 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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