PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bitoy Bellfoot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Masaki Sumitani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bellfoot
vs
Sumitani

183 cm
28
200 lbs
7 - 1 - 1

185 cm
26
194 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

-OVERDOSE Factory-

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Bitoy Bellfoot!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Masaki Sumitani!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bellfoot 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.
Sumitani looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Sumitani fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bellfoot blocks a head kick by Sumitani.
Sumitani misses with a head kick.

Bellfoot closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Sumitani tries to get to full guard but Bellfoot has control of the leg.
Nice strikes from Bellfoot there.
Sumitani really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bellfoot. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bellfoot is keen to just control but Sumitani is a slippery customer.
Bellfoot moves nicely into side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
You can see the frustration on Sumitani's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Bellfoot creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Sumitani sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bellfoot thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Sumitani is letting Bellfoot control him for a moment.
Bellfoot has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sumitani is trying to improve his position.
Bellfoot advances to mount.
Bellfoot wants to control the pace but Sumitani is squirming around nicely.
Bellfoot postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Sumitani looks a forlorn figure.

It looks like Masaki Sumitani has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sumitani takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bellfoot jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Sumitani manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Bellfoot connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Sumitani some visible discomfort.

That has opened up Masaki Sumitani's cut even more.
Bellfoot passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Sumitani!
Bellfoot fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

The cut above Masaki Sumitani's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

Bellfoot looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

Bellfoot is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Sumitani can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Sumitani is bucking up trying to escape but Bellfoot cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Masaki Sumitani's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Masaki Sumitani's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Bitoy Bellfoot!
Bitoy Bellfoot retains his middleweight title!
Bitoy Bellfoot seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.