PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Edoardo Bertolone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rila Kuma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bertolone comes to the cage accompanied by The Fight song - Marylin Manson. Edoardo Bertolone had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 136.6lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Rila Kuma has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Bertolone
vs
Kuma

172 cm
20
142 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

172 cm
20
148 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Edoardo Bertolone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rila Kuma!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kuma throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kuma looks to score with a jab to the body but Bertolone is just out of range.
A swing and a miss from Kuma.
Bertolone needs to keep his hands up - Kuma had a free shot at his head there.
Kuma pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Kuma clinches up against the cage.
Kuma lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bertolone backwards.
Bertolone has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kuma stalling the fight.

Kuma turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Kuma manages to end up in side control.
Kuma fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Bertolone parries the strikes from Kuma easily there. Kuma is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Bertolone to escape.
Bertolone takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Kuma working the ground and pound.
Kuma throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Bertolone is breathing heavily.
Check out the look on Kuma's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuma landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Kuma throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Kuma working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Check out the look on Kuma's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Kuma working the body and head with strikes.
Kuma is working Bertolone over with some ground and pound from side control.
Bertolone is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kuma lands an elbow.
Kuma working the ground and pound.
Kuma creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bertolone gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Kuma landing strikes from the mount and Bertolone is in trouble!
Bertolone in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Kuma landing strikes from the mount.
Kuma cracks Bertolone with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Kuma with good strikes from the mount here!
Kuma lands a heavy elbow.
Bertolone takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Bertolone is rocked!
Kuma takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuma connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Oh Bertolone is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kuma drops a big elbow. That's hurt Bertolone! More shots from Kuma and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rila Kuma!