PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Yoga Sujana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kotaro Fuma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sujana
vs
Fuma

176 cm
19
169 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

169 cm
22
158 lbs
5 - 28 - 2

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yoga Sujana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 28 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Kotaro Fuma!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Kenichi Hosakawa and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sujana darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Fuma looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Sujana winds up and cracks Fuma with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Sujana connects with a nice short shot to Fuma's temple.

Fuma is defending against the submission attempts here by Sujana.
Fuma taking some punishment here, with Sujana in his half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fuma taking some punishment here, with Sujana in his half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sujana is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Ground and pound from Sujana.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sujana landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Fuma is rocked!
Sujana with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Fuma is still in real trouble! Can Sujana finish him?

Sujana is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Fuma seems to have recovered his senses.
Sujana stalling.

Sujana is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sujana looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Fuma with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sujana seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sujana lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Sujana looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Fuma with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sujana content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Sujana working over Fuma with some ground and pound. Fuma looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sujana lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Fuma quite badly. Fuma pulls Sujana in close trying to recover. Sujana postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Fuma on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Fuma doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yoga Sujana!