PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matheus Carvalho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Japa Kaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carvalho comes to the cage accompanied by Notorious BIG - Victory. On his way into the cage it seems that Matheus Carvalho has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Matheus Carvalho seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Carvalho
vs
Kaka

192 cm
31
222 lbs
19 - 10 - 1

190 cm
32
275 lbs
16 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Great low kicks
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Matheus Carvalho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Japa Kaka!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Ryoma Takatsuka and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kaka misses with an uppercut.
Carvalho throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kaka looks to throw the jab but Carvalho is out of range.
Kaka throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Carvalho sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kaka scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Kaka moves out of range of the leg kick from Carvalho.
Kaka lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Carvalho circles away quickly and effectively.
Kaka throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kaka takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Good shot there by Kaka.
Kaka connects with a jab.
Kaka moves out of range of the body kick from Carvalho.
Carvalho blocks a jab.
Kaka misses with a series of wild punches.
Jab by Kaka.
Carvalho just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kaka scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Carvalho throws a head kick that misses.
Kaka tests Carvalho's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Some wild striking there from Kaka.
Kaka misses with a wild body shot.
Kaka thows a body shot but no joy.
Nice cross by Kaka.

Carvalho drives through with a takedown into guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Carvalho stands up over Kaka, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Carvalho throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Kaka really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Carvalho. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Carvalho postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kaka controls Carvalho momentarily but Carvalho frees himself.
Carvalho postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Carvalho loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Kaka utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kaka utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Carvalho postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Carvalho is working Kaka over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Carvalho trying to control but Kaka is working from the bottom.
Carvalho throwing strikes from guard but Kaka blocks nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carvalho looking to pass the guard.
Kaka keeping moving, preventing Carvalho from controlling successfully.
Carvalho working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Carvalho throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Carvalho trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carvalho looking to pass the guard.
Kaka keeping moving, preventing Carvalho from controlling successfully.
Carvalho tries to free his leg and advance position but Kaka is retaining full guard.
Carvalho throws a big right hand that misses.
Carvalho pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kaka is keeping the position for now.
Carvalho postures up in Kaka's guard and throws a big left but Kaka blocks it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Carvalho lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matheus Carvalho dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Kaka takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Carvalho on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Kaka punishes Carvalho's body with a nice straight punch.
Kaka thuds a left hand into Carvalho's body.
A big left from Carvalho misses.
A jab lands there for Kaka.
Carvalho looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Carvalho slips a straight right by Kaka.
Nice straight punches there by Kaka. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kaka.
Carvalho slips under a jab from Kaka.
Carvalho tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Kaka counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Kaka misses with a straight left.
Kaka throws a right and a left that Carvalho avoids nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kaka swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Carvalho moves in looking to clinch but Kaka pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carvalho moves in looking to clinch but Kaka pushes him off.
Kaka misses with a two punch combination.
Kaka connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Carvalho momentarily.
Kaka throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

It looks like Matheus Carvalho has been cut.
Kaka throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kaka throws a hook but Carvalho avoids it easily.
Kaka misses with an uppercut
and Carvalho cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Carvalho scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Kaka misses with a straight right.
Some wild striking there from Kaka.
Carvalho on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Carvalho swings for the body but Kaka moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carvalho misses with a wild body shot.
Kaka takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kaka rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Carvalho moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A big right from Kaka misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Carvalho is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Kaka.
Carvalho gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Kaka counters with a stiff right hand.
Carvalho avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kaka throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kaka throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kaka keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Carvalho ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kaka moves away.
Kaka swinging wildly here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kaka stuffs the takedown attempt from Carvalho. Carvalho gets slowly back to his feet.
Carvalho defending well as Kaka loads up on a big left hand.
Carvalho keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kaka loads up on a big right hand but Carvalho slips the punch.
Carvalho looks for a takedown but Kaka sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matheus Carvalho. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Carvalho cracks Kaka with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Kaka fails to land with a series of punches.
Kaka fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Carvalho manages to avoid it.
Kaka throws a series of punches but Carvalho avoids them all with ease.
Carvalho throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kaka checks a low kick from Carvalho.
Kaka blocks a head kick by Carvalho.
Kaka looks to score with a jab to the body but Carvalho is just out of range.
Kaka looks to land a left hand but Carvalho moved out of range nicely.
Japa Kaka seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kaka misses with a right hand
and Carvalho counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Kaka connects with a body shot.
Carvalho lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kaka circles away quickly and effectively.
Kaka throws a looping overhand right but Carvalho ducks down to avoid it.
Kaka looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Carvalho shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Carvalho loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Carvalho throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Carvalho accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Japa Kaka showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Matheus Carvalho's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Kaka lands a slapping body shot.
Kaka lands a jab to the head.
Kaka will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kaka misses with a jab, cross combination.
Carvalho misses with a low kick.
Kaka throws a hook but Carvalho avoids it easily.
A slow jab from Kaka misses its intended target.
Kaka misses with a hook.
Carvalho slips a jab and a cross from Kaka.
Carvalho defending well as Kaka loads up on a big left hand.
Kaka misses with a hook to the body
and Carvalho counters with an outside leg kick.
Kaka has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Carvalho.
Carvalho ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kaka moves away.
Carvalho is looking to wear down Kaka with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carvalho lands a jab to the nose.
Carvalho misses with a low kick.
Kaka checks a leg kick.
Carvalho tries to clinch but Kaka moves out of range.
Kaka misses with a series of wild punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Carvalho. Kaka does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kaka cracks Carvalho with a right hand to the side of the head.
Carvalho is trying hard to land a takedown here. Kaka sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Kaka stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Carvalho.
Kaka moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Carvalho misses with a leg kick
and Kaka counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Carvalho takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kaka lands with a nice combination. Carvalho backs away looking to recover.
Carvalho bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Carvalho throws a leg kick but Kaka checks it.
Kaka lands a jab to Carvalho's midsection.
Carvalho lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kaka throws a hook to the side of Carvalho's head but Carvalho sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kaka throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Carvalho.
Carvalho misses with the combination.
Kaka rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Carvalho moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Carvalho takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Carvalho shoots in for a takedown but Kaka shows good takedown defense.
Kaka scores with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kaka avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kaka misses with a looping left.
Carvalho avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Carvalho is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kaka.

Carvalho clinches.
Carvalho lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Kaka is leaning against Carvalho and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Kaka manages to break the clinch.
Kaka lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Kaka lands an overhand right.
Carvalho throws a front kick aimed at Kaka's knee but Kaka avoids it well.
Kaka missing with a left hand there. Carvalho 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!
Carvalho tries to score with a low kick but Kaka moves his leg out of the way.
Kaka misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Carvalho.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carvalho ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kaka blocks a head kick by Carvalho.
Kaka ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Carvalho moves away.
Kaka lands the left hand.
Carvalho looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A jab from Kaka misses.
Japa Kaka is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Carvalho scores with a leg kick.
Kaka 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.
Carvalho scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Carvalho throws a hook to the side of Kaka's head but Kaka sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Carvalho lands a body shot.
Carvalho lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Carvalho takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Japa Kaka.
I think Kaka has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Paul Gruel scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 28:29
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Japa Kaka!
Japa Kaka decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.