Kai Asakura is hungry but confident his power will carry to flyweight division at UFC 310 | ESPN MMA

[@hyp3mma]

Kai giving us that assassin feel 🔥

[@popcorn1014m]

His supporters also said assassin.

[@ああ-z3n5d]

アサシン?

[@KoIhara]

Ironically assassin is what a devout Asakura fan is called in Japan. “Asakura shinja (fanatic)” -> Asashin -> assassin

[@ああ-z3n5d]

@@KoIhara it should be 朝信 instead of アサシン. アサシン=暗殺者 Its confusing

[@wildberry752]

​@@sloppyvm7110he is still a top 5 fighter what's the problem?

[@JohnDoe-c4d6z]

Let go Kai ☝🏽🇯🇵, RIZIN & UFC champion

[@イブ-g8q]

Let's go Kai Asakura！！

[@komy730821]

Kai Asakura is super star in Japanese MMA.

[@みんみん-j6d]

Let's go Kai asakura🔥

[@anthonystark69]

don't sleep on kai. the way he slept Kyoji Horiguchi was insane. he and Mikuru Asakura are like a japanese version of the diaz brothers.

[@gamma7775]

Mikuru being Nick is very fitting

[@gojosensei6501]

Horiguchi destroyed this guy in the rematch 😂

[@Fillegubben]

Worried about his striking defense mostly, but I'm sure he will put on a good fight

[@Zaku_Phantom]

Oof this comment didn’t age well. I’m Japanese and a fan of rizin but I knew coming in, Kai wasn’t going to win. As much as I wanted to root for him, the skill differences was quite obvious

[@ryotaroro]

Kai Asakura🔥

[@Official-OpenAI]

Hey ESPN, next time just use Kai's interpreter please. Kai has a great interpreter already

[@machasuzuki1590]

Yea, he is 10x better than this poor lady.

[@まーしゃん-g2f]

New champ!!🔥

[@miekoblackwell5638]

Kai Asakura, he is the coolest guy! 海君本当に可愛い😍

[@anpan70]

LETS GO KAI ASAKURA🌊🌊🌊🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@lucidrelay7737]

The translator missing out many things he said

[@hakeemexe]

Knew it was over when she pulled out the notepad 📝

[@thangsuut05]

kai Friend is better translator than the translator the UFC have so they should just use him

[@roxanalobo9935]

LET'S GO KAI

[@Jlancaster23]

I like this guy

[@keisuke9520]

Asakura brothers are Japanese Superstar!😊

[@PathFinder1490]

7:22 Great answer from Kai. With Naoya Inoue being the exception, most Japanese fighters struggle internationally. I really hope Kai wins the title!

[@bhumihar-fy7wt]

​@@sloppyvm7110retard😂😂😂

[@ZiraTBC]

Inoue is the P4P best right now, no hater is needed here, Kai would do well in the UFC, there's no doubt about that.

[@IIIIIlllllIIIIIlllllIIIII]

japanese boxers dominate entire weight classes right now

[@michaelsun-qh5xe]

@@IIIIIlllllIIIIIlllllIIIIIremove the s

[@akikawashima8216]

Please use a decent interpreter. It’s not her to blame but ESPN who decided to go with her.

[@machasuzuki1590]

100%

[@satsukiarai91]

Let’s go Kai!!!

[@dark1lla]

i already like this guy

[@Hgaea]

Where is Mr. Tariq?! (Kai’s personal translator/English teacher)

[@KoIhara]

@@Hgaea ESPN should go recruiting Mr. Tariq or Rizin’s Charlie Kashiwagi for the task

[@machasuzuki1590]

@@KoIhara Charlie is a great translator! He is so spot on.

[@mrtamayo85]

IiiikkkuuzzzzzuoooOoo!!!! Kai!!!! May God bless you!

[@nozomis.1283]

Let's go Kai🇯🇵🔥

[@robthevampireslayer3211]

Okamoto never wastes an opportunity to ask the dumbest most rubbish irrelevant questions.

[@akatashi209]

Kai Asakura 💯🙏💪

[@hideyuki0215]

The translator is not good. The first question was not translated properly. She just ask Asakura. Coming here its your first fight how do you feel about it or think about it? Brett Okamoto have many good question but its not properly translated.

[@jusmetya9346]

I'm excited to see this guy throw down in the UFC.

[@mt-dm5nt]

カイの専属トレーナーの方が通訳うまいだろう。

[@KoIhara]

日本語が喋れる日系アメリカ人の方が通訳なのかな。聞き手が日本語喋れないアメリカ人だとそれでいいんだろうけど、両方喋れる日本人が聞くとなんか勿体無い感じ

[@tkyo2025]

私もそう思った。。。やっぱりこの方はちょっと遅い気がしましたね

[@KoIhara]

絶対にやらないと思うけど、バラさんがESPNにめちゃくちゃ払わせてチャーリーさんを派遣すれば全部解決やん

[@komy730821]

I believe that Kai Asakura will be a first Japanese UFC champ 🔥🔥🔥

[@kk-75313]

カーフキックだけは気をつけてくれよ！カイ！！

[@satonory]

The person who is interpreting, is she not able to do her job, is it OK? please change kai's interpreter.

[@minyaxtugasirodei]

@satony　：Comments like that show your lack of humanity.

[@ハーフ-r1m]

I thought so too. Some of the answers she gave were not Kai's answers at all.

[@iko5518]

@@ハーフ-r1msame happen to Spanish translator 😂

[@kana0311]

Unfortunately, the translation was incorrect many times.

[@yahhou3235]

最初の質問が、UFC初戦で いきなりタイトルマッチになるってわかってRIZINやめてきた？それとも、いつかのタイトルマッチに向けた試合を今回はプロモートするため来た？ みたいな感じの質問なのに、 初めてのUFCはどういう気持ですか？ってあっさりした質問に通訳されてる😔

[@hhxl1752003]

それな、不合格ですねあの通訳は

[@hemogrovin06]

普段日本語喋ってなさそうな感じだね

[@KoIhara]

ロス辺りだとメディア慣れしてる同時通訳なんてたくさんいそうだけど、ラスベガスだとあまりいないんだろうか

[@kana0311]

何度も正しく通訳されてなくて残念でした。

[@ちんくらぼんかす]

@@yahhou3235 え、通訳が正しくないから文句言ってるんじゃないの？

[@QP3minutescooking]

I belive Kai Asakura.Yo！Let's get it！

[@kaito4300]

TモバイルでForever Young流れるの楽しみすぎる

[@axelll971]

LFG Kai !!!!!!!!!

[@oscarydotel8841]

It'll be fascinating to see Japans best in the world stage of martial arts. I am very excited to see the outcome of this prospect and ultimately his career growth. This is the first wave, soon more will come

[@FIRSTASIAN]

JAPAN has won 8 gold medals in the Olympia for wrestling, and judo and jujitsu are also part of their culture. Just a matter of time.

[@franciscoortiz7215]

We need a better translator come the press conference and Saturday night

[@Clashofclansmobile]

Even though theres a translater. I think it would be great for the UFC to edit in subtitles as he is talking before they upload the video.

[@pizzaburgerparty]

Win or Lose we ridin with Kai Asakura baby❤

[@tylenyoshida7429]

Translator is not translating

[@メンズコーチ-i8s]

朝倉海🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@wtwgMwj7976]

この通訳ひでーなw いくらでもまともな通訳揃えれるだろうにw

[@wtwgMwj7976]

@ 僕も子供時代数年海外に住んでてそこそこ英語を理解できるレベルです。ただ完璧なネイティブじゃないし、同時通訳を完璧になんて絶対できないんで、偉そうなこと言えないですけど、流石にもっとまともな通訳を海の周りならいくらでも揃えられそうだなーwと思った 井上尚弥とかボクシングの通訳やってる女性にも言えるけど

[@popcorn1014m]

多分、番組側が用意したんやろな

[@VlxXxlV]

@@popcorn1014m彼女、リー・ブラウンは英語、ロシア語、ドイツ語、中国語、韓国語、日本語を喋れるアメリカ国籍の通訳です。 英語⇆日本語だけではないため重宝されています。

[@Jinko_ponta0108]

海くんかっこいい🥰 かわいいとこも大好き💗

[@sOa6n_sdoN]

This interpreter doesn't seem to properly understand Japanese

[@lno5921]

This interpreter cannot speak Japanese properly. What the interviewer is saying is being conveyed to Kai without being translated into Japanese at all.

[@upstep9937]

かいくん勝ちそうやな👑🏆

[@ケア-i8k]

試合前のプロモーション多くて大変やな

[@ぴよってぃー-l4c]

試合前にプロモーションで忙しいね。 頑張って欲しい🔥

[@oceanview2010]

The translator really sucks. She did not translate what Kai said correctly. She should be fired

[@mrspiff6955]

Pantoja has to grapple this dude or else he will get his jaw broken. Dude hits hard for a small guy.

[@peedro1531]

He's not even a real flyweight

[@sportsonwheelss]

@@peedro1531 He is an American Flyweight. Some are even bigger than him.

[@YN-bf6tb]

Let’s go Kai🔥🇯🇵 this translator isn’t good by the way

[@J-ej7ev]

what a tragedy having this person as a translator, she didn’t even translate. she just starts making up nonsense just to finish the sentence.🤦‍♂️

[@TBE99]

Triple Japanese here 🫶

[@astralseeker]

Kai Asakura is an amzing fighter and I wish him to become champion. He has more chances in this division. In the bantamweight division, he would have too many problems, they are all killers and would take advantage of his "weak" boxing defense. Petr Yan, Omaley, Sandhagen, umar, figuereido...

[@ああ-t7m1o]

朝倉海👑

[@lollercoaster4]

What kind of watch is that? Looks killer

[@Bhootahasab]

He can be a great villain in an action movie.

[@milescathles1196]

King Kai gonna shake up the division

[@fuxsap2124]

この通訳者さん、普段は違うお仕事をしていて、人手不足という状況で緊急で頼まれたっていう印象です。発言の意味を変えてしまっているところもあり、有料級ではないかなと。。。

[@s.k.5021]

Please win Kai...we need a new hero

[@draco2xx]

he's looks like a asian do bronx, they both got similar facial structure especially with shades on😂

[@NINGEN.12]

通訳さん日本語を話すときたまに英文法が先行してておもしろい

[@fuxsap2124]

この新しい環境で朝倉海選手の姿を見たからなのか改めて「うわ、カッコよ！つよ！！」って思いました。普段この席にいる選手達は普通に見えるのに、サングラスと飾らないオールブラックのクールな海選手は超強そうで超カッコいい！！！

[@gontan7886]

First translation is so bad.

[@user-en8dx8bt5m]

海ぴょんです　よろしくお願いします　ナイスガイです

[@xion649]

Terrible translation.

[@overhandpunch]

why ufc hired this translator

[@hachimama95117]

Time to shine, Kai!!!

[@Aslan1985c]

Finally Brett interviewed his countryman👍

[@bubbabuttz1629]

Think about how massive Pride the organization was in Japan. They love MMA

[@wonderdoggproductions]

They need a better translator 😂

[@adammiller8597]

What is she writing stuff so she don't forget what he said or what?

[@NLCatwizard]

I could only understand 60% of the japanese but I know the translation is bad. She wasn't translating the key points to both sides🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ahmedomar8007]

Agreed

[@AllEliteW]

Manel KOd him already!😱😱😱😱💀

[@oorer0204]

海といつもいる通訳の人でええやん笑

[@KoIhara]

チャーリーさんの同時通訳がやばいクオリティなのがよく分かる

[@MillionaireclubFilmEntertainme]

Lets go Brazil 🔥

[@Niveksllew]

If he wins, we need Fabiano to learn Japanese asap...this translator is struggling majorly lol

[@Mnbvcxz617]

J>Eの翻訳はいいけどE>Jがちょっとズレてるな… 同時通訳はかなり難しいだな。Tariq sanにやってほしかったな〜

[@thedevilslawyer]

Looking for translator comments can tell by her demeanor and short answers she was off by so much

[@ガリガリ脱却筋トレYouTuber]

通訳ちゃんと仕事できてないやん

[@JIRO-FX3150]

君は英語できるん？違いが分かるってかっこいいな

[@kensumi8225]

通訳さん、、、😭

[@user-rb5te2dm3u]

この通訳大丈夫そ？

[@thelastredskin]

Japanese Charles Oliveira 👊🔥

[@AhPhoey]

Stop the takedown, Kai.

[@FIRSTASIAN]

JAPAN won 8 gold medals for wrestling in the Olympia, i'm surprised a lot of Japanese MMA fighters can't wrestle.

[@kmx2607]

"I always bet on the Asians." - Jon Jon/Shang-chi 😎💎

[@禁酒生命]

通訳カタコトやないかい！

[@officialcali_]

Aura

[@tadamiteruhito]

Bob is also behind Kai.

[@user-rt8ji7zl4w]

この通訳まじで台無しにしてる 全然翻訳違うし

[@carloseliboteo]

He kind of looks like Charles Oliveira with that bleached hair 😂

[@pixelxoxo4709]

When he talks... I see Charles Japanese Oliveira

[@NJFX-d4f]

拳の森！Kai Asakura！

[@benjaminlopez3955]

I’m hungry

[@yoonjung6657]

챔피언 가자카이~

[@mikan709]

wack translation at its finest 👌

[@adammiller8597]

What is she writing

[@blackslav1497]

Translations.... Bozo.

[@adammiller8597]

@blackslav1497 for what she understands him sped

[@blackslav1497]

@@adammiller8597 translators make notes on the important things the person said so they can better relay the point.

[@adammiller8597]

@blackslav1497 no they don't she is the only one have you not seen the other videos with translators sped. They are not doing that

[@blackslav1497]

@adammiller8597 Pointless convo... I speak more languages than you and use to want to be a translator... I am right... You are wrong... Bozo.

[@Escorpio123PS]

He needs to eat if he's hungry. 😂

[@Official-OpenAI]

1 round KO win by Kai

[@Hello-gf2og]

Pantoja is good at every aspect of MMA

[@SplattGang]

The huge beautiful part all these bozos are forgetting/or haven’t realized yet.

[@anarmy8583]

通訳さんがあまりいい仕事できてないな

[@KamohoaliiAikanaka]

The asian "Do Bronx" 😂

[@deathscythe9866]

ESPN y’all’s translators are terrible

[@Shaidu25]

うみならやれる！