PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Renato Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kendall Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes into the arena with Bring Da Ruckus blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Gracie
vs
Alves

170 cm
35
142 lbs
25 - 14 - 0

182 cm
35
148 lbs
29 - 22 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Red Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

5th Round Clothing
TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

Brute

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 25 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Renato Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kendall Alves!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Shimada and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alves keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice defenses there by Alves.
Gracie takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Alves throws the left hand but Gracie avoids the punch easily.
Gracie tries to move into range but Alves moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Alves is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gracie.
Alves fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Gracie on the side of the head.
Alves throws a hook but Gracie avoids it easily.
Gracie is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Alves.
Gracie misses with a hook. Alves ducked under it nicely.
Gracie displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Alves throws out the jab.
Gracie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Alves moves away.
Gracie swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Alves will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie slips under a jab.
Alves misses with an uppercut. Gracie saw that one coming.
Gracie scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Alves looks to score with a jab to the body but Gracie is just out of range.
Gracie moves out of range of the strikes.
Gracie swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Alves swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Gracie.
A telegraphed right hand from Alves misses the target.
Gracie misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Alves counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Gracie thinking.
Kendall Alves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gracie.
Alves is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Alves misses the body punch
and Gracie counters with a three punch combo that has Alves backing up. Alves nods at Gracie to acknowledge the strikes.
Gracie fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Alves.
Alves is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Gracie pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Alves back to the cage. Gracie follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Alves throws the left hand but Gracie avoids the punch easily.
A slow jab from Gracie misses its intended target.
Alves throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gracie on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
No joy there for Gracie, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gracie defending well as Alves loads up on a big left hand.
Alves scores with a jab to the head.
Alves bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Alves misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Gracie counters with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Alves throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Gracie's waist but Gracie gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Alves off to one side.
A slow jab from Gracie misses its intended target.
A big right from Alves misses.
Alves tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gracie was well out of range. Poor timing from Alves.
Alves tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gracie was well out of range. Poor timing from Alves.
Alves lands with a good body shot.
Gracie misses the jab.
Alves throws an overhand right that lands on Gracie's shoulder, as Gracie tries to avoid the shot.

Alves closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Alves lands in his opponent's guard.
Alves stopping the sweep attempt from Gracie.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Gracie keeping full guard, as Alves tries to pass.
Gracie looking to control.
Alves loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Alves has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Alves won't allow Gracie to sweep him here.
Alves wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Gracie ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie misses with a looping right.
Gracie jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws a low kick but Alves moves out of range easily.
Alves fails with a takedown attempt.
Renato Gracie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kendall Alves.
Alves throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Gracie's waist but Gracie gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Alves off to one side.
Gracie finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Gracie scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Alves misses the shot to the body.
Alves throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Alves uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gracie.
Gracie drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Alves misses with a hook to the body
and Gracie counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Alves swings for the body but Gracie moves out of range.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Alves ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gracie scores with a decent looking hook.
Alves ducks under a wild hook from Gracie.
Alves misses with an uppercut
and Alves takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Alves just misses with a punch to the body.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Alves is defended easily by Gracie.
Gracie moves away from the strike by Alves.
Alves tries for a takedown but Gracie sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Gracie slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws a series of strikes that have Alves backpedaling.
Gracie defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Alves.
Gracie loads up on a big right hand but Alves slips the punch.
Gracie throws a hook but Alves blocks it.
Alves on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Gracie. Gracie obviously looking to wear him down.
Gracie fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Alves on the side of the head.
Gracie scores with a hook.
Alves misses with a wild body shot.
Gracie throws a body punch but Alves moves out of range.
Alves lands with an overhand left.
A big left from Gracie misses.
Gracie misses the shot to the body.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Gracie with a nice cross.
Renato Gracie is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gracie throws a chopping leg kick but Alves manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Alves waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gracie.
Alves defending well as Gracie loads up on a big left hand.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Alves.
Alves fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Gracie avoids it really well and circles away.
Alves swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gracie lands a nice hook to Alves's body. Alves takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Alves misses.
Gracie throws a body kick that misses.
Alves displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gracie throws out the jab.
Gracie throws a leg kick but Alves moved away.
Alves uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gracie.
Gracie slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Gracie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Alves misses the shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A jab from Alves finds it's way through Gracie's defenses.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Alves is defended easily by Gracie.
Alves gets cracked there but stands up to it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Renato Gracie will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Alves looks for a takedown but Gracie sprawls well.
The crowd cheers as Alves lands an impressive looking overhand right. Gracie doesn't seem phased though.
Alves with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Alves swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gracie moves out of range as Alves strikes.
Gracie takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Alves misses the shot to the body.
Gracie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Alves.
Alves throws an overhand right that lands on Gracie's shoulder, as Gracie tries to avoid the shot.
Alves scores with a jab. Gracie acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Alves throws a body punch but Gracie moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie thows a body shot but no joy.
A jab from Gracie misses.
Alves throws a lazy right hand but Gracie sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice defenses there by Alves.
Gracie pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A swing and a miss from Alves.
Alves with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Alves ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gracie moves away.
Alves misses the shot to the body.
Alves throws a sloppy body shot
and Gracie cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Alves slips under a jab from Gracie.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves swings for the body but Gracie moves out of range.
Gracie misses with an uppercut.
Gracie looks to throw the jab but Alves is out of range.
Alves ducks under a wild hook from Gracie.
Alves throws an off balance right hand
enabling Gracie to counter with a crisp jab.
Alves misses with a wild body shot.
Alves missing with a left hand there. Gracie was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Renato Gracie is winning the standup battle so far.
Alves slips under a jab.
Gracie throws a sloppy body shot
and Alves counters with a nice body shot.
A jab from Gracie finds it's way through Alves's defenses.
Alves misses the shot to the body.
Gracie slaps away a takedown attempt from Alves, before circling back to the center of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Alves.
Gracie scores with a leg kick.
Alves staying out of range there.
Alves fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gracie manages to avoid it.
Alves steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gracie.
Alves throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gracie attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Gracie enables Alves to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Gracie manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Gracie tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gracie might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Gracie trying to control the position.
Gracie controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves passes into half guard.
Alves thows a huge punch but Gracie dodges it nicely.
Gracie is trying to get back to full guard.
Gracie manages to get to full guard.
Gracie trying to control the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gracie utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Gracie wants to sweep here but Alves controlling him for the moment.
Alves postures up in Gracie's guard and throws a big left but Gracie blocks it.
Gracie looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gracie can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Alves controls the pace.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Alves is looking to work some ground and pound but Gracie has wrist control.
Alves wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.
Gracie has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Gracie looks to score with a jab to the body but Alves is just out of range.
Alves looks to throw the jab but Gracie is out of range.
Gracie throws out a leg kick but Alves moves out of range and Gracie only half commits.
Alves ducks under a wild hook from Gracie.
Alves throws a body punch but Gracie moves out of range.
Alves on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Gracie shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Alves thows a body shot but no joy.
Gracie jabs Alves to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Alves scores with a jab to the head.
A slow jab from Gracie misses its intended target.
Gracie misses with a wild body shot.
Alves slips under a jab from Gracie.
Gracie misses with a hook. Alves ducked under it nicely.
Alves ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gracie lands with a straight right. Alves didn't see that one coming.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Gracie lands a nice shot to the body.
Alves jabs Gracie to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Alves. Gracie does a little dance to reset his feet.
Alves lands a right hook to the body.
Alves just misses with a punch to the body.
Alves lands a jab to the nose.
Alves punishes Gracie's body with a nice straight punch.
Alves cracks Gracie with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Gracie throws a leg kick which misses Alves's front leg but catches the back leg as Alves tries to avoid it.
Alves fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gracie manages to avoid it.
Alves takes one on the chin but seems OK.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Alves tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gracie was well out of range. Poor timing from Alves.
Gracie misses with a looping right.
Alves connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Alves scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gracie in his tracks.
Alves slips a jab from Gracie.
Gracie throws a shot from downtown. Alves moves away and avoids it.
Alves uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gracie.
Alves connects with a body shot that sends Gracie's belly button to the back.
Alves misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gracie.
Gracie throws a series of punches but Alves moves out of range.
Gracie shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Alves eats them both and turns towards Gracie to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Alves misses the body punch
and Gracie counters with a low kick, right behind Alves 's knee.
Gracie misses with a looping left.
Alves has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Gracie scores with a head kick. Alves tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Gracie connects with a looping right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Alves. Gracie does a little dance to reset his feet.
Alves jabs at Gracie's body.
Nice defenses there by Gracie.
Gracie misses with a hook. Alves ducked under it nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alves takes a swing at Gracie's ribcage but misses.
Gracie missing with a left hand there. Alves was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Renato Gracie will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Alves shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Alves was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Alves prevents Gracie from getting the reversal.
Alves is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Alves trying to control but Gracie is having none of it.
Gracie tries to lock up and control but Alves gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Gracie is trying to stand up.
Gracie is wriggling around trying to escape.
Alves looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Alves avoids the attempt from Gracie to control.
Gracie in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Poor strikes thrown by Alves there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Gracie is looking to get to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Alves lands a big shot there that rocks Gracie but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Alves working the ground and pound effectively.
Gracie is working to get back to half guard.
Gracie tries to lock up and control but Alves gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Gracie is trying to escape the mount.
Alves scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Gracie?
Alves is landing with some decent strikes but Gracie is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Gracie wants to hold on but Alves pushes him away.
Alves dominating with strikes here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alves trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie taking shots to the head.
Alves landing strikes from the mount and Gracie is in trouble!

Gracie is rocked!
Alves raining down shots from the mount!
Oh Gracie is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gracie tries to hold on but Alves postures up.
Alves takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Gracie wants to hold on but Alves pushes him away.
Alves lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gracie is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Alves punishing his opponent with strikes.
Gracie is looking to improve his position but Alves isn't that keen on the idea.
Gracie looks out of his depth in this position - he's holding on tight.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Alves raining down hammerfists from mount.
Alves connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Alves unloading with bombs!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

Alves seems to be looking for submissions.
Gracie tries to get to full guard but Alves has control of the leg.
Gracie wants to control but Alves is keeping busy.
Gracie tries to get to full guard but Alves has control of the leg.

Alves is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Gracie blocking the ground and pound attempt from Alves.
Gracie manages to get to full guard.
Gracie seems to have got his legs back now.
Gracie looking to control.
Gracie keeping full guard, as Alves tries to pass.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gracie pulls Alves in to control the position.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Alves throws a big elbow that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Renato Gracie wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Gracie throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Alves to counter with a crisp jab.
Alves misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Gracie counters with a nice low kick that buckles Alves's knee momentarily.
Gracie misses with a few strikes there.
Gracie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Alves moves away.
Alves misses with a wild body shot.
Alves slips under a jab from Gracie.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Gracie misses with a right hand
and Alves counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gracie blocks a jab.
Alves throws a body punch but Gracie moves out of range.
Alves uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gracie.
A telegraphed right hand from Alves misses the target.
Gracie misses the jab.
Gracie misses with a right hand
and Alves connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Alves just misses with a punch to the body.
Alves slips a jab from Gracie.
Alves fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Gracie fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Alves is out of range.
Alves waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gracie.
Sloppy strikes from Gracie. Those never looked like landing.
Gracie uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Alves.
Gracie pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Alves fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gracie manages to avoid it.
Alves misses the shot to the body.
Gracie blocks a jab.
Alves uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gracie.
Alves throws a jab but it's blocked by Gracie.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Alves. Gracie does a little dance to reset his feet.
Alves takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Alves lands a slapping body shot.
Gracie takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Gracie fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Alves is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Gracie rather than just go for the knockout.
Gracie swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Alves just misses with a punch to the body.
A big left from Alves misses.
Gracie swings for the body but Alves moves out of range.
Alves misses with an uppercut.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Alves swings for the body but Gracie moves out of range.
Gracie throws a head kick but Alves moves out of range.
Alves changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Gracie slaps away a takedown attempt from Alves, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Alves misses the shot to the body.
Good leg kick by Gracie there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Some wild striking there from Gracie.
Gracie throws a leg kick but Alves sees it coming and checks it nicely.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Alves fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gracie manages to avoid it.
Alves misses the shot to the body.
Gracie throws a hook but Alves avoids it easily.
Gracie ducks under a wild hook from Alves.
Alves with a lazy takedown attempt
and Gracie counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Renato Gracie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kendall Alves.
A jab from Alves does it's job there.
Gracie lunges at Alves with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Alves's hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie defending well as Alves loads up on a big left hand.
Alves keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gracie lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kendall Alves comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Gracie has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Kendall Alves!
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Kendall Alves!
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight for Kendall Alves!

Kendall Alves wins by unanimous decision!
Post fight, Kendall Alves stared into the camera and said 'Kendal Alves jiu jutsu at Saboteur's Playground! Thanks for watching.'.