PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Pietra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Katsunori Kikuno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Pietra
vs
Kikuno

169 cm
18
162 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

173 cm
20
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rafael Pietra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Katsunori Kikuno!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Alec Ball and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kikuno tries to clinch up but Pietra circles away and keeps his distance.
Katsunori Kikuno seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pietra swats away the attempt to clinch by Kikuno.
Pietra takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kikuno doesn't manage to clinch there - Pietra circles away.
Kikuno is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kikuno tries to clinch but Pietra moves out of range.
Kikuno rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pietra moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kikuno tries to clinch there but Pietra circles away.
Kikuno tries to clinch up.
Kikuno wants to clinch.
Kikuno fails with an attempt to clinch.

Kikuno closes the distance and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pietra wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pietra tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Kikuno just stands there and leans against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Kikuno.
A right handed body shot lands from Kikuno.
Kikuno works on Pietra's body with a couple of short punches.
Kikuno with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kikuno scores with a nice hook to the head.
Pietra tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Kikuno smiles and moves away.
Katsunori Kikuno is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pietra avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fighters circle momentarily. Kikuno darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

It looks like Rafael Pietra has been cut.
Kikuno tries to close the distance and clinch but Pietra swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Kikuno closes the distance and clinches.
Kikuno lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kikuno scores with a shoulder strike.
Kikuno misses with a knee strike.
Pietra managing to block the knees to the body from Kikuno.
Kikuno lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pietra backwards.
Kikuno lands with a left to the head.

Pietra is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kikuno using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pietra has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Oh Pietra is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A right hook to the body lands for Kikuno.
Pietra seems to have got his legs back now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kikuno tries to land a knee to the head but Pietra blocks with his arms.
Kikuno pushes Pietra back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Pietra is breathing heavily.
Kikuno working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pietra is looking to break free of the clinch but Kikuno has double underhooks.
A nice left hand lands by Kikuno.
Pietra is trying to break free.
Pietra drops down looking for an ankle pick but Kikuno pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rafael Pietra. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kikuno tries to clinch but Pietra is having none of it.

Kikuno moves into range and clinches up with Pietra.
Pietra fails to pull guard.
Kikuno tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kikuno pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kikuno lands with a light punch inside.
Pietra has had enough of the clinch but Kikuno keeps him there for the moment.
Pietra tries to pull guard but Kikuno holds him up against the cage and eventually Pietra drops back down to his feet.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kikuno creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pietra fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Pietra tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Kikuno lands with a right to the head.
Pietra has had enough of the clinch but Kikuno keeps him there for the moment.
Pietra blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kikuno lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kikuno throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kikuno trying to land knees to the body.
Kikuno tries a knee to the head but Pietra blocks it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kikuno.
Kikuno using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pietra has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kikuno scores with a nice hook to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kikuno.
Kikuno missing with knees to the body.
Kikuno pushes off an throws an elbow but Pietra leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Pietra avoiding damage as Kikuno throws knees to the body.
Kikuno with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pietra takes a shot to the head.
Kikuno lands with a right to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kikuno.
Kikuno misses with a knee strike.
Kikuno tries to land a knee to the head but Pietra blocks with his arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Pietra tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Pietra jumps guard but Kikuno stands there with Pietra around his waist. Pietra gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kikuno just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pietra's brow.
Pietra has had enough of the clinch but Kikuno keeps him there for the moment.
Kikuno lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pietra backwards.
A short right from Kikuno.
Kikuno misses with an elbow over the top.
Pietra tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Kikuno smiles and moves away.
Kikuno connects with a good right hand that stumbles Pietra. Pietra circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Kikuno drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Pietra right on the button. Pietra goes down! Kikuno follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Kikuno gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Katsunori Kikuno!