PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Beugina Unki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karl Istaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Unki is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Unki
vs
Istaz

170 cm
26
144 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

175 cm
25
153 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Beugina Unki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Karl Istaz!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Istaz drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Unki is breathing heavily.
Istaz working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Unki tries to improve position but can't.
Istaz trying to control the position but Unki is working away.
The strikes coming from Istaz are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Istaz in side control lands a decent elbow.
Istaz trying to control the position but Unki is working away.
Unki is trying to improve his position.
Unki takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Istaz creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Unki sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Unki takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Istaz lands an elbow.
Istaz lands a decent elbow from side control.
Istaz working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Istaz is looking to take a break and control but Unki is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Istaz scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Unki to see if he's OK.
Istaz grinds an elbow into Unki's temple.
Istaz misses with the ground and pound.
Istaz tries to score with some ground and pound. Unki controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Istaz is working Unki over with some ground and pound from side control.
An elbow from Istaz crashes against the mat.
Istaz misses with the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Istaz working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Istaz trying to control the action but Unki is working from the bottom.
Istaz is chipping away with strikes.
Istaz in side control lands a decent elbow.
Istaz cracks Unki with a big elbow.
Unki managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Istaz.
Unki takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Unki taking a bit of punishment here - Istaz scoring with strikes.
Istaz wants to lay and pray for a moment but Unki keeps working.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Istaz tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Istaz looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Unki is avoiding damage well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Istaz wants to control but Unki is keeping him busy.
Istaz fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Istaz wants to control but Unki is keeping him busy.
Istaz tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Unki is not content to let Istaz control the position.
Unki is working to avoid the ground and pound but Istaz connects with a decent elbow.
Istaz misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Istaz grinds an elbow into Unki's temple.
Unki parries the strikes from Istaz easily there. Istaz is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Unki to escape.
Istaz throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Istaz wants to control but Unki is keeping him busy.
Istaz in side control lands a decent elbow.
Unki avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Istaz.
Istaz misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Unki managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Istaz.
Istaz wants to lay and pray for a moment but Unki keeps working.
Istaz throwing shots but missing, from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karl Istaz dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Istaz drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Istaz working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Istaz controlling the position.
Unki takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Istaz trying to control the position but Unki is working away.
Unki defending against the ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Istaz is working Unki over with some ground and pound from side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Istaz.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Istaz is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Unki is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Unki parries the strikes from Istaz easily there. Istaz is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Unki to escape.
Istaz throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Unki is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Istaz has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Unki!
Istaz scoring with strikes but Unki is staying in there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Istaz looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Unki avoids a series of strikes thrown by Istaz.
Istaz landing strikes from the mount and Unki is in trouble!
Istaz fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Istaz lands a big elbow.
Istaz can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Unki is looking to escape.
Istaz lands a big shot there that rocks Unki but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Istaz lands a big shot there that rocks Unki but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Istaz connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Istaz cracks Unki with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Istaz pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Unki is looking to get to half guard.
Unki is squirming around, avoiding Istaz's attempts to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Unki that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Istaz raining down shots from the mount!
Istaz in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Istaz raining down shots from the mount!
Istaz lands a big shot there that rocks Unki but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Istaz pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Istaz punishing his opponent with strikes.
Unki blocking the ground and pound.
Unki on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Unki tries to get out of the position.
Istaz is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Unki can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Istaz working Unki over with strikes here.
Istaz connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Unki avoids a series of strikes thrown by Istaz.
Istaz raining down hammerfists from mount.
Istaz controlling from the full mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Unki is in all sorts of trouble here.
Istaz lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Istaz landing strikes, looking to finish!
Unki taking shots to the head.
Istaz scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Unki?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karl Istaz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Istaz tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Unki manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Karl Istaz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Istaz looking to score a takedown here. Unki is defending well but Istaz drives through and ends up in Unki's guard.
Istaz wants to pass the guard but Unki is keeping the position.
Istaz with a flurry of punches that miss.
Istaz in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Istaz postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Istaz advances position into side control!
Istaz throws a strike aimed at the side of Unki's head but Unki avoids it well.
Istaz looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Unki is avoiding damage well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Istaz scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Unki to see if he's OK.
Istaz tries to score with some ground and pound. Unki controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Istaz lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Unki down.
Istaz throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Unki defending against the ground and pound.
Unki is working to avoid the ground and pound but Istaz connects with a decent elbow.
Istaz tries to score with some ground and pound. Unki controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Istaz throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Unki on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Karl Istaz has got the better of the ground game so far.
Istaz misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Unki tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Istaz wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Unki is working hard here to advance position.
Unki avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Istaz.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Istaz throws an elbow but Unki slips to the side and avoids it well.
Istaz working the ground and pound.
Istaz connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Unki some visible discomfort.
Unki is not content to let Istaz control the position.
Istaz working the ground and pound.
Istaz grinds an elbow into Unki's temple.
Unki is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Istaz working the ground and pound but Unki is defending the strikes.
Unki tries to bench press Istaz off him but Istaz keeps the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Unki prevents Istaz from improving position.
Istaz working the body and head with strikes.
Istaz working the ground and pound but Unki is defending the strikes.
Unki is trying to improve his position.
Istaz wants to control but Unki is keeping him busy.
Istaz throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Istaz trying to control the action but Unki is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Istaz tries to score with some ground and pound. Unki controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Istaz wants to lay and pray for a moment but Unki keeps working.
Istaz might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Unki kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Istaz moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Istaz is working Unki over with some ground and pound from side control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Karl Istaz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Istaz has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 25:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 25:30
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Karl Istaz!