PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Keizo Kasai (ranked 1564 p4p, 2015 weight class) and Two Moons (ranked 191 p4p, 233 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Kasai
vs
Moons

175 cm
25
158
3 - 0 - 0

172 cm
25
165
2 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Determined

EL ZOIDO FEEBLE FIGHTWEAR

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Keizo Kasai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Two Moons!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Santiago Holmes and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kasai throws a body shot but no joy.
Moons tries to close the distance and clinch but Kasai swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A little feinted left hand from Kasai on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Kasai avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
It looked like Kasai was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Kasai takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Moons closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Moons looks to land a left hand but Kasai moved out of range nicely.
Moons showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kasai.
Kasai fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Moons is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Moons dodges the punch combination from Kasai.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kasai has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Kasai there as he acknowledges the shot.
Moons looks to land a right hand but Kasai moved out of range.
It looked like Kasai was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Two Moons seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Moons falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kasai makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moons loads up on a big right hand but Kasai slips the punch.
Moons connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kasai. Kasai circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Kasai misses with a wild combination.
Kasai scores with a shot to the body.
Moons waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kasai.
Kasai takes a swing at Moons's ribcage but misses.
Moons misses with a body shot
and Kasai counters with a left to the body.

Moons moves into the clinch.
Moons working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kasai is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Moons is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kasai manages to break the clinch.
Kasai goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kasai misses with a jab, cross combination.
Moons is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Kasai with a body shot.
Kasai looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Nice shot by Moons.
Kasai looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kasai missing with a left hand there. Moons was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kasai is looking to wear down Moons with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Moons tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Kasai counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Moons thinking.
Kasai scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Kasai swinging wildly here.
Moons comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Moons avoids the body shot from Kasai.
Kasai misses with a combination
and Moons cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kasai pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Moons tries to clinch but Kasai is having none of it.
Moons looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Kasai fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Moons manages to avoid it.
Moons lands an overhand right.
Kasai throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Moons to counter with a crisp jab.
Moons has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Moons fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kasai manages to avoid it.
Kasai swats away the attempt to clinch by Moons.
Kasai seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Kasai misses the shot to the body.
Moons cracks Kasai with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Moons looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kasai looks to land a combination but Moons avoids it well.
Moons misses with a looping right.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kasai closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Moons tries to clinch but Kasai is having none of it.
Kasai misses the shot to the body.
Moons throws out a counter right but Kasai avoids it with no problem.
Moons paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Moons tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kasai paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kasai lands a head shot.
Moons misses with a looping right.
A counter left hand to the body from Kasai misses its target.
Kasai keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Moons.
Kasai throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kasai moves out of range as Moons strikes.
A swing and a miss from Moons.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Keizo Kasai will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Moons avoids the body shot from Kasai.
Jab from Moons.
Moons lands with an overhand left.
Moons throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kasai counters with a nice uppercut.
Moons throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kasai seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Kasai fails to land with a series of punches.
Kasai ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Moons moves away.
Moons throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A nice combination there by Kasai.

Moons has Kasai up against the cage in a clinch.
Moons misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kasai blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Moons blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moons misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Kasai manages to break the clinch.
Keizo Kasai is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Moons throws a big shot that misses.
Moons 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.
Kasai blocks a jab.
Moons is looking to clinch.
Moons moves in looking to clinch but Kasai pushes him off.
Kasai keeps the fight on the outside.
It looked like Kasai was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Kasai takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Kasai scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Moons 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.
Moons waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kasai.
A punch lands to the side of Kasai 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Moons has managed to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kasai is trying to break the clinch but Moons has him pressed against the cage.

Kasai manages to break the clinch.
Kasai with a body punch. A glancing blow.
No joy there for Kasai, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kasai bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Moons's head backwards.
Moons moves in looking to clinch but Kasai pushes him off.
A little feinted left hand from Kasai on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Kasai misses with a body shot.
It seemed like Moons was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kasai swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Moons misses with a hook. Kasai ducked under it nicely.
Kasai swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Kasai displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Moons tries to clinch up but Kasai circles away and keeps his distance.
Kasai on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kasai throws a series of punches but Moons moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kasai throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kasai takes one to the chin there.
Kasai throws a body punch but Moons moves out of range.
Keizo Kasai is winning the standup battle so far.
Moons scores with the left hand. Kasai knows he should have avoided that one.
Kasai misses with a wild body shot.
Kasai takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Moons throws an off balance right hand
and Kasai counters with a nice body shot.
Good shot there by Moons.
Kasai throws a right and a left that Moons avoids nicely.
Kasai misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Moons is looking to clinch but Kasai is avoiding it.
A counter left hand to the body from Kasai misses its target.
Kasai misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Moons clinches up against the cage.
Moons has a couple of punches blocked by Kasai.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Moons lands a nice uppercut.
Kasai misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kasai.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kasai.
Moons misses with a punch on the inside.
Kasai blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Moons blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kasai tries to break the clinch but Moons is controlling the position.
A short uppercut from Kasai.
Moons has a couple of punches blocked by Kasai.
Moons misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Keizo Kasai will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Kasai swats away the attempt to clinch by Moons.
Kasai lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Kasai slips under a jab from Moons.
It looked like Kasai was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Moons.
Moons connects with a body shot that sends Kasai's belly button to the back.
Moons throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kasai counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Moons scores with a nice head shot.
Moons throws a jab when Kasai was well out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kasai misses with a combination
enabling Moons to counter with a crisp jab.
Kasai dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Moons uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moons throws out a loose jab but Kasai uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kasai throws a big counter combination but Moons scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Moons fails to land with a series of punches.
Kasai looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Moons misses with an uppercut
and Kasai counters with a nice body shot.
Moons misses with a hook.
Nice jab there from Moons.
A looping hook to the body misses from Moons. Kasai does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kasai digs a good hook to Moons's body.
Kasai lands with a hook. Moons tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Moons lands a nice shot to the body.
Kasai lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Moons lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Moons is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kasai.
Kasai misses with a body punch
and Moons counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Kasai does no damage.
Moons throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Moons uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kasai.
Kasai keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Moons fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kasai wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Moons lands a slapping body shot.
Moons jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Moons scores with a sloppy right hand. Kasai should have avoided that one.
Moons throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab from Moons misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Kasai misses its target.
Moons connects with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moons lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Moons.
Moons takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nice cross by Moons.
Kasai ducks under a wild hook from Moons.
Moons takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Kasai connects with a looping right hand.
Moons misses with a few strikes there.
Kasai connects with a body shot.
Moons misses with a looping left.
Kasai rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Moons moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kasai misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Moons.
Kasai lands a nice shot to the body.
Kasai misses the jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kasai misses with the combination.
Moons steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Kasai.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kasai throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Moons pushes Kasai up against the cage in a clinch.
Moons tries to throw a body punch but Kasai avoids it by throwing Moons back against the cage.
Kasai blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Moons prevents Kasai from breaking the clinch.
Kasai blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Two Moons has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Moons tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Moons tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kasai is trying to force a seperation but Moons has the dominant position.
Keizo Kasai is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Moons misses with a shot to the kidneys.

And that's the end of the fight!
Two Moons comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Kasai has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Bart Greer scores the fight 29:28
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 29:29
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Keizo Kasai!
A victorious Keizo Kasai thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.