PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Izaac Kari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Takumi Mayama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Izaac Kari has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Kari
vs
Mayama

172 cm
19
162 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

176 cm
26
165 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Izaac Kari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Takumi Mayama!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shigeki Sano and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kari missing with a left hand there. Mayama was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kari scores with a punch to the head.
Mayama takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Mayama misses with a hook. Kari ducked under it nicely.
Mayama misses with a double jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mayama. Kari does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mayama moves out of range of the strikes.
Mayama tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kari was well out of range. Poor timing from Mayama.
Kari misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mayama just misses with a punch to the body.
Mayama steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kari.
Kari tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mayama was well out of range. Poor timing from Kari.
Mayama throws a series of punches but Kari avoids them all with ease.
Kari misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Mayama connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kari keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kari uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mayama.
No joy there for Mayama, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kari scores with a jab to the head.
Mayama wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A shot to the body from Mayama misses
and Kari counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mayama throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kari misses with a straight right.
Mayama throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mayama lands a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayama misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kari connects with a single shot there.
A telegraphed right hand from Kari misses the target.
Kari throws out a loose jab but Mayama uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good shot there by Kari.
Kari connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Kari lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

It looks like Takumi Mayama has been cut.
Mayama looks to throw the jab but Kari is out of range.
Kari connects with the punch.
Kari throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mayama ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kari moves away.
Kari lunges at Mayama with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Mayama's hand.
Mayama looks to land a combination but Kari avoids it well.
Mayama is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Kari rather than just go for the knockout.
Mayama blocks a jab.
Kari looks to land a left hand but Mayama moved out of range nicely.
Kari connects with a nice looking jab.
Kari misses with a hook.
Mayama slips a straight right by Kari.
Kari moves into range and connects with a jab.
Decent striking displayed by Kari there.
Kari keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kari throws a right and a left that Mayama avoids nicely.
Mayama throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kari ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kari throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mayama loads up on a big right hand but Kari slips the punch.
Mayama misses with a straight right.
Kari is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Mayama looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kari connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Kari misses with a body shot
and Mayama cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mayama keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mayama looks to land a right hand but Kari moved out of range.
Mayama throws a hook to the side of Kari's head but Kari sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Takumi Mayama seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mayama bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kari throws a jab when Mayama was well out of range.
Kari cracks Mayama with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Kari throws a series of punches but Mayama avoids them all with ease.
Kari throws a hook to the side of Mayama's head but Mayama sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mayama lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kari circles away quickly and effectively.
Kari swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Mayama.
Mayama uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kari.
Kari swings for the body but Mayama moves out of range.
Mayama swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayama takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Kari looks to land a combination but Mayama avoids it well.
Mayama tries to move into range but Kari moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Mayama doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Mayama connects with a crisp jab.
Kari throws out a loose jab but Mayama uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mayama takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Kari throws a shot from downtown. Mayama moves away and avoids it.
Kari throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mayama sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kari lands a nice shot to the body.
Kari throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mayama slips a jab from Kari.
Mayama slips under a jab from Kari.
Kari looks to score with a jab to the body but Mayama is just out of range.
Mayama throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Kari!
Kari bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kari takes a swing at Mayama's ribcage but misses.
Mayama misses with a straight left.
Mayama walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Kari lands with a nice body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mayama throws out a loose jab but Kari uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kari is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mayama.
Some wild striking there from Mayama.
Kari throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kari misses with an uppercut.
Kari misses with a series of wild punches.
Mayama slips a straight right by Kari.
Mayama slips under a jab.
Kari lands a nice shot that snaps Mayama's head back.
Kari bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mayama walks into a stiff left hand from Kari.
Mayama keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big right from Kari misses.
Mayama slips under a jab from Kari.
Kari defending well as Mayama loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kari waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mayama.
Mayama walks into a stiff left hand from Kari.
A punch combination from Kari misses.
Mayama connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Kari scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Izaac Kari dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Takumi Mayama's cut.
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.

Kari misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mayama.
Mayama scores with a nice head shot.
Kari misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kari getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Kari throws a hook but Mayama blocks it.
A shot to the liver by Kari. Beautiful body shot.
Mayama misses with a straight left.
Kari stuns Mayama with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Kari misses the target.
Kari is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mayama.
Mayama has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Kari lands with an overhand left.
Kari digs a good body shot into Mayama's ribs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mayama. Kari does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mayama throws a jab but it's blocked by Kari.
Mayama avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mayama looks to score with a jab to the body but Kari is just out of range.
Mayama misses with a combination
and Kari cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kari uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mayama.
Mayama uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kari.
Mayama just misses with a punch to the body.
Kari throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kari throws a one two combo.
The fighters circle momentarily. Kari darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Mayama looks to score with a jab to the body but Kari is just out of range.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Mayama in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Mayama has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Mayama there as he acknowledges the shot.
Kari jabs Mayama right on the nose. Mayama blinks but takes it well.
Mayama walks into a straight right hand from Kari.
Kari lunges at Mayama with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Mayama's hand.
A right-left combo lands from Kari.
Kari avoids the body shot from Mayama.
A big left from Mayama misses.
Kari missing with a left hand there. Mayama was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kari misses with a wild combination.
Kari moves away from the strike by Mayama.
Mayama throws a hook to the side of Kari's head but Kari sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mayama takes a jab right on the kisser.
Kari scores with a jab to the body.
Izaac Kari is winning the standup battle so far.
Kari throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kari lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A punch lands to the side of Kari 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Mayama misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kari clobbers Mayama with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Mayama lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kari misses with a straight left.
Mayama lands a right hook to the body.
Mayama listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kari takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kari moves away from the strike by Mayama.
Mayama lands a really nice looking cross but Kari seems unphased.
Kari works Mayama's body with a nice hook.
Kari lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Kari lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Mayama backs up against the cage.
Kari slips a jab from Mayama.
Mayama ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kari dips to his left and cracks Mayama with an uppercut!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kari throws a series of strikes that have Mayama backpedaling.
Kari misses with a body shot.
Mayama scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Kari is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mayama.
Mayama ducks right into an uppercut from Kari.
Kari digs a good hook to Mayama's body.
Mayama ducks under a wild hook from Kari.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kari scores with a nice right hand.
Kari lands a nice hook to Mayama's body. Mayama takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Mayama lands with an uppercut that bounces Kari off the cage and back into rage.
Mayama goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Mayama looks to score with a jab to the body but Kari is just out of range.
Mayama misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kari.
Mayama throws a jab when Kari was well out of range.
Kari misses with a hook to the body
and Mayama counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kari throws the left hand but Mayama avoids the punch easily.
Kari lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Mayama slips a jab from Kari.
Mayama misses with a two punch combination.
Kari connects with the punch.
Kari lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A slow jab from Kari misses its intended target.
Mayama steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kari.
Nice shot by Mayama.
Mayama misses with a wild body shot.
Nice shot by Kari.
Kari throws a jab when Mayama was well out of range.
Mayama scores with a decent looking hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mayama misses with a double jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Kari misses the target.
Mayama ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kari moves away.
Decent striking displayed by Kari there.
Some wild striking there from Mayama.
Kari throws a body punch but Mayama moves out of range.
Mayama moves out of range of the strikes.
Kari cracks Mayama with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Kari throws an overhand right that lands on Mayama's shoulder, as Mayama tries to avoid the shot.
Mayama throws a jab but it's blocked by Kari.
Mayama moves out of range as Kari strikes.
Kari with a jab.
Good standup being displayed there by Kari as he connects with a hook.
Kari scores with a jab. Mayama acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kari scores with a hook to the body. Mayama takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The fighters circle momentarily. Kari darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Mayama moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kari with a hook.

Mayama is rocked!
Mayama keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kari.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Izaac Kari dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Takumi Mayama's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Kari throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kari lands with a shot to the body.
Kari throws a hook but Mayama avoids it easily.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Mayama might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Kari has got the better of the exchanges.
Kari keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mayama.
Mayama keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kari throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Mayama on the side of the head.
Kari throws a looping overhand right but Mayama ducks down to avoid it.
Donk. Kari catches Mayama right on the button with a cross.
Kari throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kari cracks Mayama with a good jab.
Nice defenses there by Mayama.
Mayama fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kari looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Kari swinging wildly here.
Mayama tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kari was well out of range. Poor timing from Mayama.
Mayama swings for the body but Kari moves out of range.
Kari throws the left hand but Mayama avoids the punch easily.
Mayama looks to score with a jab to the body but Kari is just out of range.
Kari defending well as Mayama loads up on a big left hand.
Kari takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Kari loads up on a big right hand but Mayama slips the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayama throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kari sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mayama throws an overhand right that lands on Kari's shoulder, as Kari tries to avoid the shot.
Kari scores with the left hand. Mayama knows he should have avoided that one.
Kari scores with a one two! Mayama had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
A slow jab from Mayama misses its intended target.
Kari throws an overhand right that lands on Mayama's shoulder, as Mayama tries to avoid the shot.
Kari throws out a loose jab but Mayama uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kari slips a straight right by Mayama.
Kari loads up on a big right hand but Mayama slips the punch.
Kari lands a really nice looking cross but Mayama seems unphased.
Kari looks to land a right hand but Mayama moved out of range.
Kari just misses with a punch to the body.
Kari bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mayama throws a series of punches but Kari moves out of range.
Kari moves away from the strike by Mayama.
Mayama throws a right and a left that Kari avoids nicely.
Mayama displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kari throws out the jab.
Kari moves out of range of the strikes.
Mayama moves away from the strike by Kari.
Kari with a nice cross.
Mayama ducks right into an uppercut from Kari.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mayama slips a jab from Kari.
Mayama loads up on a big right hand but Kari slips the punch.
Mayama ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kari moves away.
A slow jab from Kari misses its intended target.
Kari avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kari ducks under a wild hook from Mayama.
A big right from Mayama misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kari.
Mayama slips a jab from Kari.
Mayama misses with a few strikes there.
Nice uppercut there from Kari.
Kari showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mayama.
Kari scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Kari stuns Mayama with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kari lands a nice hook to Mayama's body. Mayama takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kari waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mayama.
Kari swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kari throws a right and a left that Mayama avoids nicely.
Mayama throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kari counters with a stiff right hand.
A big right from Mayama misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kari throws a big shot that misses.
Mayama jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kari darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Mayama slips under a jab from Kari.
Kari takes one on the button.
Kari throws a jab when Mayama was well out of range.
Kari is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mayama can do to turn this around?
Kari scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Nice uppercut lands for Kari. That snapped Mayama's head back.
Mayama uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kari.
Mayama misses the shot to the body.
Mayama shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Mayama uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kari.
Mayama misses the jab.
Kari has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Mayama finds it's way round the side to connect with Kari's head.
Kari displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mayama throws out the jab.
The crowd cheers as Kari lands an impressive looking overhand right. Mayama doesn't seem phased though.
Mayama with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kari to score with a decent uppercut.
Kari misses with a wild body shot.
Mayama jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kari takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kari avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kari fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Mayama looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Kari swings for the body but Mayama moves out of range.
Kari misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mayama.
Kari throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Mayama on the side of the head.
Mayama misses with the combination.
Mayama slips a straight right by Kari.
Mayama misses with a looping left.
Mayama slips a straight right by Kari.
Mayama is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kari.
Kari looks to land a left hand but Mayama moved out of range nicely.
Mayama throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mayama looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kari looks to throw the jab but Mayama is out of range.
Kari pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kari keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kari falls off balance throwing a combination
and Mayama cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Takumi Mayama has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Izaac Kari is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nice defenses there by Kari.
Mayama throws an overhand right that lands on Kari's shoulder, as Kari tries to avoid the shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Izaac Kari showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kari 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Izaac Kari!