PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ispa Mfer (ranked 473 p4p, 1266 weight class) and Yoshimitsu Fukumitsu (ranked 34 p4p, 94 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Fukumitsu's choice of entrance music: you should see me in a crown. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mfer
vs
Fukumitsu

169 cm
28
147
18 - 7 - 1

160 cm
29
135
14 - 9 - 0

Great wrestler
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 18 - 7 - 1, fighting out of London, Ispa Mfer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yoshimitsu Fukumitsu!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fukumitsu lands an overhand right.
Mfer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mfer staying out of range there.
Mfer tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Fukumitsu manages to circle out of the way.
Fukumitsu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fukumitsu on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Mfer. Mfer obviously looking to wear him down.
Fukumitsu throws a hook but Mfer blocks it.
Mfer throws a hook but Fukumitsu avoids it easily.
Fukumitsu misses with a right hand
and Mfer counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fukumitsu throws a lazy uppercut
and Mfer counters with a nice uppercut.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Mfer.
Mfer throws an overhand right that lands on Fukumitsu's shoulder, as Fukumitsu tries to avoid the shot.
Fukumitsu swings away with a body shot that misses
and Mfer counters with a nice uppercut.
Fukumitsu ducks under a wild hook from Mfer.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fukumitsu dips to his left and cracks Mfer with an uppercut!
Fukumitsu lands a lovely overhand right.
Fukumitsu's coach down at Gold Samurai's Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Fukumitsu's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Fukumitsu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mfer.
Fukumitsu displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mfer throws out the jab.
Fukumitsu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mfer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fukumitsu lands a nice shot to the body.
Fukumitsu loads up on a big right hand but Mfer slips the punch.
Mfer scores with a sloppy right hand. Fukumitsu should have avoided that one.
Mfer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mfer moves away from the strike by Fukumitsu.
Mfer throws an overhand right that lands on Fukumitsu's shoulder, as Fukumitsu tries to avoid the shot.
Mfer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fukumitsu.
Fukumitsu throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mfer counters with a straight right hand.
Fukumitsu on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A jab from Fukumitsu misses.
Fukumitsu has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Mfer finds it's way round the side to connect with Fukumitsu's head.
Mfer takes a swing at Fukumitsu's ribcage but misses.
A jab from Fukumitsu misses.
Mfer lands a jab to Fukumitsu's midsection.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mfer swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Fukumitsu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mfer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fukumitsu.
Mfer wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Mfer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fukumitsu throws out a counter right but Mfer avoids it with no problem.
Mfer throws a body punch but Fukumitsu moves out of range.
Fukumitsu throws a head kick that misses.
Ispa Mfer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Mfer lands a big head kick that sends Fukumitsu tumbling to the mat! Mfer takes a step backwards and waves Fukumitsu back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Fukumitsu is rocked!
Fukumitsu throws the left hand but Mfer avoids the punch easily.
Fukumitsu is still on wobbly legs! Can Mfer finish him?
A jab from Fukumitsu misses.
Mfer fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Fukumitsu is out of range.
Mfer staying out of range there.
Fukumitsu seems to have recovered his senses.
Good shot there by Mfer.
Fukumitsu misses with a looping right.
Mfer takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Mfer avoids the body shot from Fukumitsu.
Mfer throws a low kick but Fukumitsu moves out of range easily.
Fukumitsu tests Mfer's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fukumitsu throws a jab when Mfer was well out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mfer ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mfer looks to score with a jab to the body but Fukumitsu is just out of range.

Mfer darts in and clinches Fukumitsu up against the cage.
Mfer is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Fukumitsu has had enough of the clinch but Mfer keeps him there for the moment.
Fukumitsu blocks an uppercut.

Fukumitsu breaks the clinch.
Mfer takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Mfer jabs at Fukumitsu's body.
A lazy left from Fukumitsu finds it's target.
Fukumitsu might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Mfer lands a jab to the nose.
A big left from Fukumitsu misses.
Mfer looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Mfer throws a low kick but Fukumitsu moves out of range easily.
Mfer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fukumitsu throws a poor cross that misses
and Mfer counters with a straight right hand.
Mfer throws a sloppy head kick and Fukumitsu moves out of range easily.
Fukumitsu looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good shot there by Fukumitsu.
Fukumitsu takes one to the chin there.
Mfer looks to score with a jab to the body but Fukumitsu is just out of range.
Mfer is looking to clinch.
Fukumitsu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fukumitsu throws the left hand but Mfer avoids the punch easily.
Mfer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fukumitsu.

Mfer gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Fukumitsu wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mfer has him pressed against the cage.
Fukumitsu working hard to break the clinch.
Mfer has a couple of punches blocked by Fukumitsu.
Fukumitsu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fukumitsu blocking some punches.
Fukumitsu is trying to force a seperation but Mfer has the dominant position.
Fukumitsu is trying to break free.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ispa Mfer dominated that round.
That's time! Mfer's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Mfer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fukumitsu paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fukumitsu takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Mfer swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Fukumitsu.
Fukumitsu swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Mfer.
Fukumitsu jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A telegraphed right hand from Fukumitsu misses the target.
A cross from Mfer lands.
Mfer with a hook.
Mfer scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Mfer scores with a nice head shot.
Mfer moves out of range of the strikes.
Mfer lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fukumitsu sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Mfer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fukumitsu's corner calls for a 1-2. Fukumitsu obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Fukumitsu misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fukumitsu lands with a right hand.

Mfer pushes Fukumitsu up against the cage in a clinch.
Fukumitsu working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Fukumitsu breaks the clinch.
Mfer cracks Fukumitsu with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Mfer throws an overhand right that lands on Fukumitsu's shoulder, as Fukumitsu tries to avoid the shot.
Fukumitsu looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A jab from Fukumitsu misses.
Nice cross by Mfer.
Fukumitsu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mfer.
Mfer slips a jab from Fukumitsu.

Mfer gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Mfer lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fukumitsu backwards.
Fukumitsu wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mfer.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mfer throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Fukumitsu wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mfer has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mfer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mfer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mfer controlling the action here for a moment.
Mfer leaning his opponent against the cage.
Mfer seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
A frustrated look appears on Fukumitsu's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Mfer lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fukumitsu has had enough of the clinch but Mfer keeps him there for the moment.
Fukumitsu is trying to force a seperation but Mfer has the dominant position.
Fukumitsu wants to break free but Mfer has control.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Fukumitsu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mfer throws a leg kick which misses Fukumitsu's front leg but catches the back leg as Fukumitsu tries to avoid it.
Mfer defending well as Fukumitsu loads up on a big left hand.
Mfer tries to clinch but Fukumitsu is having none of it.
Mfer ducks right into an uppercut from Fukumitsu.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mfer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fukumitsu.
Fukumitsu throws an overhand right that lands on Mfer's shoulder, as Mfer tries to avoid the shot.
A little feinted left hand from Mfer on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Fukumitsu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mfer.
Mfer stalks Fukumitsu and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Fukumitsu's face. Fukumitsu staggers backwards, shaken.
Mfer blocks a jab.
Fukumitsu throws the left hand but Mfer avoids the punch easily.
Mfer defending well as Fukumitsu loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd cheers as Fukumitsu lands an impressive looking overhand right. Mfer doesn't seem phased though.
Fukumitsu has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Fukumitsu throws a lazy right hand but Mfer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Mfer.
Mfer lands a jab to Fukumitsu's midsection.
Fukumitsu blocks a jab.
Fukumitsu swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

Mfer gets a clinch.
Mfer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fukumitsu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fukumitsu tries to break free but Mfer pushes him back against the cage.
Mfer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fukumitsu can do to turn this around?
Fukumitsu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mfer working aggressively here.
Mfer misses with a punch to the body.

Fukumitsu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mfer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fukumitsu rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mfer counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Fukumitsu thinking.
Mfer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mfer moves away from the strike by Fukumitsu.
It looked like Mfer wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Fukumitsu uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mfer.
Mfer moves out of range of the strikes.
Fukumitsu checks a low kick from Mfer.
Fukumitsu lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Mfer throws a leg kick but Fukumitsu sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Mfer takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Mfer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fukumitsu.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ispa Mfer dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Mfer dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Fukumitsu. That did some damage!
Mfer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mfer has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Mfer with the inside leg kick.
Fukumitsu misses the jab.
Nice defenses there by Mfer.
Fukumitsu throws the left hand but Mfer avoids the punch easily.
Mfer uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fukumitsu.
Mfer avoids the body shot from Fukumitsu.
Fukumitsu misses with a straight left.
Mfer slips a jab from Fukumitsu.
Mfer throwing a counter right hand but Fukumitsu manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mfer misses with a lunging right hand
and Fukumitsu counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mfer tries to clinch there but Fukumitsu circles away.
Fukumitsu looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Fukumitsu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mfer was well out of range. Poor timing from Fukumitsu.
Ispa Mfer is winning the standup battle so far.
A lazy left from Mfer finds it's target.
Mfer walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Fukumitsu checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fukumitsu. Mfer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fukumitsu pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fukumitsu walks into a straight right hand from Mfer.
Mfer tries to clinch but Fukumitsu moves away
letting Fukumitsu counter with a right hand.
Fukumitsu loads up on a big right hand but Mfer slips the punch.
Mfer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fukumitsu.
Mfer cracks Fukumitsu with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Fukumitsu bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Mfer's head backwards.
Fukumitsu takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Mfer moves out of range of the strikes.
Fukumitsu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Fukumitsu.
Mfer misses with a looping left.
A little jabbing left from Fukumitsu on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Fukumitsu on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mfer throws a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mfer scores with a crisp jab that stopped Fukumitsu in his tracks.
Mfer misses with an uppercut. Fukumitsu saw that one coming.
Mfer ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mfer throws a body shot but no joy.
Fukumitsu is looking to land body kicks.

Mfer moves into the clinch.

Fukumitsu breaks from the clinch.
A head kick misses from Mfer.
Fukumitsu misses with a hook. Mfer ducked under it nicely.
Mfer bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fukumitsu throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mfer makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

Mfer moves into the clinch successfully.
Mfer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mfer trying to control the position but instead, Fukumitsu has worked for underhooks and has pushed Mfer into the cage.
Fukumitsu wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mfer has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mfer leaning against his opponent.
Mfer is trying to maintain a safe position but Fukumitsu gets an underhook and turns Mfer into the cage.
Fukumitsu looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Fukumitsu can't break the clinch.
Fukumitsu has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Fukumitsu softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mfer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mfer struggles to land a body shot inside as Fukumitsu controls his hands.
Mfer has Fukumitsu pressed against the cage, preventing Fukumitsu from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mfer throws a punch but it's blocked by Fukumitsu.
Mfer lands with a right to the head.
Fukumitsu working hard to break the clinch.
Fukumitsu has had enough of the clinch but Mfer keeps him there for the moment.
Mfer has a couple of punches blocked by Fukumitsu.
Fukumitsu blocks a body shot from Mfer.
A head punch on the inside from Mfer fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Fukumitsu manages to break the clinch.
Fukumitsu keeps the fight on the outside.
Fukumitsu throws a lazy right hand but Mfer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mfer fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Fukumitsu is out of range.
Mfer slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Fukumitsu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mfer sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mfer is looking to counter the offense by Fukumitsu and move into the clinch.
Fukumitsu cracks Mfer with a good jab.
Fukumitsu throws an overhand right that lands on Mfer's shoulder, as Mfer tries to avoid the shot.
Fukumitsu tries to move into range but Mfer moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Fukumitsu missing with a left hand there. Mfer was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fukumitsu on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Fukumitsu cracks a nice hook into Mfer's ribs.
Mfer connects with a body shot.
Yoshimitsu Fukumitsu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mfer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mfer changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

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 Ispa Mfer.
Well Mfer 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ispa Mfer!
Ispa Mfer took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.