PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Maki Kamiya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Myke Toifer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kamiya
vs
Toifer

179 cm
20
138 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

171 cm
20
132 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Maki Kamiya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Myke Toifer!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Sosuke Kotani and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toifer shoots in looking for a takedown but Kamiya manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Toifer's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Kamiya fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Toifer chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kamiya can pounce on him.
Toifer shoots for a double leg takedown but Kamiya sprawls well. He's pushed Toifer's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Toifer shoots in for a takedown but Kamiya shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Maki Kamiya has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Myke Toifer.
Toifer stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kamiya.
Kamiya throws a leg kick which misses Toifer's front leg but catches the back leg as Toifer tries to avoid it.
Kamiya has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Body Pain_14elite_650$+VM in the buildup to the fight.
Toifer on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kamiya lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Maki Kamiya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kamiya looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nice uppercut lands for Kamiya. That snapped Toifer's head back.
Kamiya throws a series of strikes that have Toifer backpedaling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kamiya.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Kamiya. Toifer shrugs it off though.
Kamiya scores with a push kick.
Kamiya moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Kamiya lands a nice looking kick to the body. Toifer takes a step back to recover.
Maki Kamiya is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kamiya scoring well with a low kick there.
Kamiya lands the left hand.
Kamiya lands a nice looking body kick.
Toifer looks winded!
Kamiya scores with a nice head shot.
Kamiya throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Toifer has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Kamiya.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Toifer crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Kamiya - the referee stops the clock and Toifer gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Kamiya. Toifer manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Crunch! Kamiya slams his shin into Toifer's torso.
Decent striking displayed by Kamiya there.
Toifer's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Toifer on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kamiya tests Toifer's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Toifer is rocked!
A head kick by Kamiya - that's a beauty! Toifer is out but he's somehow still standing... he's going... going... gone. Like a drunk walking down the middle of the road, the inevitable face plant follows and the delayed knockout arrives. Even Kamiya can't help but laugh at the bizarre end to this one!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Maki Kamiya!
After the fight, Maki Kamiya was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.