PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Santiago Gracie (ranked 3441 p4p, 188 weight class) and Kakashi Hatake (ranked 6536 p4p, 261 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gracie
vs
Hatake

168 cm
25
146 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

187 cm
24
141 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Prefers standup

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Santiago Gracie!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kakashi Hatake!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Jonathan Paton and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie throws a head kick that misses
and Hatake counters with a three punch combo that has Gracie backing up. Gracie nods at Hatake to acknowledge the strikes.
Gracie looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Hatake looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hatake takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Gracie scores with a takedown into Hatake's guard.

Hatake kicks Gracie off and gets to his feet.
Gracie with a poor takedown
and Hatake counters with a three punch combo that has Gracie backing up. Gracie nods at Hatake to acknowledge the strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hatake stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Hatake wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Santiago Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gracie misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Gracie shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Hatake is trying to defend but Gracie finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gracie wants to work for an arm triangle but Hatake is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Gracie is trying to control the action in half guard but Hatake is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Gracie is looking to advance position but Hatake won't allow it.
Hatake is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Gracie is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Gracie trying to pass the guard but Hatake defending well.

Gracie is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Hatake is defending against the submission attempts here by Gracie.
Gracie seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Hatake does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Hatake won't allow Gracie to pass to mount.

Gracie looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Hatake is defending against the submission attempts here by Gracie.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gracie seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Hatake is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Santiago Gracie!
Santiago Gracie retains his bantamweight title!
A relieved looking Santiago Gracie thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
The defeated Kakashi Hatake had this to say: 'thanks for the matchðŸ™'.