PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Estacio da Fonseca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Davi gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). da Fonseca's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, "Chokechain" - 3oh!3. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

da Fonseca
vs
gracie

170 cm
22
140 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

225 cm
22
130 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Transformer Supplements

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Estacio da Fonseca!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Davi gracie!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Leandro Rodrigues and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

da Fonseca looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for gracie!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
gracie is desperately trying to improve his position but da Fonseca has a good base and remains in mount.

da Fonseca has hold of gracie's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and gracie manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
gracie is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

da Fonseca working for a submission but gracie is keeping him at bay.
gracie tries to reverse the position but da Fonseca maintains control.
gracie is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
da Fonseca putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
gracie is trying to escape the mount.

da Fonseca looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

da Fonseca working for a submission but gracie is keeping him at bay.
da Fonseca is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
gracie regains half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. gracie manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

da Fonseca avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
da Fonseca connects with a couple of short punches.
da Fonseca trying to control the position from guard on top but gracie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

gracie working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because da Fonseca has passed into half guard!
da Fonseca thows a huge punch but gracie dodges it nicely.
gracie tries to get to full guard but da Fonseca has control of the leg.

gracie actively working from the bottom here.
gracie tries to roll over but da Fonseca keeps him under control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
da Fonseca is trying to control the action in half guard but gracie is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
gracie works his way to full guard. Good work.
da Fonseca wants to control from the top but gracie keeps moving.
da Fonseca looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
gracie keeping moving, preventing da Fonseca from controlling successfully.
da Fonseca postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
da Fonseca trying to control the position from guard on top but gracie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
gracie can't keep his opponent in guard - da Fonseca advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

da Fonseca is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. gracie doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time da Fonseca.
gracie is in trouble now - da Fonseca has advanced to mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
da Fonseca dominating with strikes here.
BOOM! da Fonseca connects with a massive shot to the dome!
da Fonseca tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

da Fonseca is working for a guillotine from mount but gracie frees his head quite easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
BOOM! da Fonseca connects with a massive shot to the dome!
da Fonseca trying to control but gracie is having none of it.
da Fonseca working the ground and pound effectively.
da Fonseca takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
da Fonseca prevents gracie from getting the reversal.
gracie is in a horrible position here. da Fonseca smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
da Fonseca controlling the position easily from mount.
da Fonseca lands a nice shot to the head.
da Fonseca is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. gracie can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
gracie tries to get back to half guard but can't.
gracie manages to regain half guard. Good work.
gracie works his way to full guard. Good work.
da Fonseca controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

gracie working for a triangle but da Fonseca defends it easily.
da Fonseca is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Estacio da Fonseca dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

da Fonseca changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. gracie looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
gracie is looking to regain half guard here but da Fonseca keeps moving and retains side control.
da Fonseca 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.
da Fonseca lands some shots froms side control.

da Fonseca wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by gracie, who protects the arm well.
gracie tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but da Fonseca presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
gracie really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
da Fonseca forces the positional change into back control.
A bit of a pause in the action here. da Fonseca controlling the positon.
I really don't envy gracie right now.

da Fonseca has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
gracie tries to escape the position.
Estacio da Fonseca overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
da Fonseca is riding his opponent, not letting gracie buck him off.
gracie is trying to break free.
gracie manages to reverse the position and now he's in da Fonseca's guard. Nice work there by gracie.

gracie thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
da Fonseca keeping full guard, as gracie tries to pass.

gracie drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and da Fonseca dives on top into guard.
da Fonseca scoring with some ground and pound.

gracie has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but da Fonseca can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

gracie looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

gracie had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. da Fonseca is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. gracie Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take da Fonseca's back instead.

gracie is working for the choke. It looks like he might have got it... has he...? Yes! da Fonseca is tapping out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Davi gracie!
Davi gracie is the new bantamweight champion!