James Kaiwhare "Kai" Kara-France[1] (born 26 March 1993) is a New Zealand professional mixed martial artist.

[6] Kara-France started practicing Brazilian jiu-jitsu at the age of 10 but stopped after two years.

[7] In November 2010, Kara-France began his professional MMA career in his home city of Auckland, with a first-round TKO win over Ray Kaitiana.

[8] Kara-France decided to drop out of the university after seeing a Facebook post promoting Tiger Muay Thai gym scholarship.

[3] He moved to Phuket, Thailand, in 2013 where he trained and built his mixed martial arts record by fighting around Asia and The Pacific.

However, on 21 November 2018, Mokhtarian was pulled from the fight, citing an injury,[13] and he was replaced by Elias Garcia.

[18] Kara-France faced Mark De La Rosa on 31 August 2019, at UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs.

[27] However, on 9 April, Dana White, the president of UFC, announced that the event had been postponed to a future date due to COVID-19 pandemic.

[31] As the first bout of his new four-fight contract, Kara-France faced Rogério Bontorin on 6 March 2021, at UFC 259.

[37] The win also earned Kara-France his second consecutive Performance of the Night bonus award.

[47] However Kara-France pulled out of the fight in late August after suffering a concussion during training, and was replaced by Felipe dos Santos.