PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nati Pisswater (ranked 1630 p4p, 2183 weight class) and Rafaelo Gracie (ranked 211 p4p, 270 weight class). Rafaelo Gracie acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Pisswater
vs
Gracie

172 cm
26
153
8 - 5 - 0

175 cm
25
165
5 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

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 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nati Pisswater!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Rafaelo Gracie!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Franklyn Lucas and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gracie moves into the clinch.
Pisswater misses with a body punch.
Gracie misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gracie working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pisswater.
Gracie tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gracie working aggressively here.
Pisswater misses with some punches.

Pisswater breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pisswater throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gracie shoots in looking for a takedown but Pisswater manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Gracie's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Pisswater feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Pisswater cracks Gracie with an open hand slap.
Gracie swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Pisswater counters with a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pisswater.
Pisswater takes a swing at Gracie's ribcage but misses.

Gracie shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Gracie showed some decent athleticism there.
Pisswater has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pisswater avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gracie.
Pisswater is trying to control but can't.
Pisswater is looking to escape.
Gracie wants to control but Pisswater is keeping him busy.
Pisswater blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gracie.
Pisswater pushes Gracie off looking to stand but Gracie dives back in and keeps control.
Pisswater is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Pisswater moves into full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Gracie is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Pisswater has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Gracie off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Pisswater takes a swing at Gracie's ribcage but misses.
Gracie walks into a left hand.

It looks like Rafaelo Gracie has been cut.
Gracie cracks Pisswater with a right hand to the side of the head.
Gracie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gracie misses with a body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Pisswater throws out a powerful jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pisswater fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Gracie is out of range.
Pisswater throws a nice inside leg kick.
Pisswater fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Pisswater ducks under a wild hook from Gracie.
Pisswater throwing a counter right hand but Gracie manages to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pisswater. Gracie does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gracie paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Gracie moves in looking to clinch but Pisswater pushes him off.
Gracie missing with a left hand there. Pisswater was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pisswater bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Pisswater tries to work over Gracie's front leg with a kick but Gracie checks it.
Gracie swings and misses with a hook to the body.
As Gracie looks to move away, Pisswater throws a big counter combo but Gracie just gets out of the way.
Pisswater throws a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie swings for the body but Pisswater moves out of range.
Gracie throws a hook but Pisswater avoids it easily.
Gracie scores with a crisp jab that stopped Pisswater in his tracks.
Gracie throws a nice looking combination but Pisswater bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pisswater has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Gracie finds it's way round the side to connect with Pisswater's head.
A big right from Gracie misses.
Gracie throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Pisswater's waist but Pisswater gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Gracie off to one side.
It looked like Pisswater wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Pisswater moves away from the strike by Gracie.

Pisswater moves into the clinch.
Pisswater swings wildly with an uppercut but Gracie uses good head movement to avoid it.

Pisswater manages to break the clinch.
Gracie swings widly with a right hand
and Pisswater counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Nati Pisswater dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rafaelo Gracie's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Gracie throws a jab when Pisswater was well out of range.
Pisswater looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.

Gracie instigates a clinch.
Pisswater tries to throw a body punch but Gracie avoids it by throwing Pisswater back against the cage.

Pisswater breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gracie lands a nice hook to Pisswater's body. Pisswater takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Gracie misses with a lunging right hand
and Pisswater cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pisswater staying out of range there.
Pisswater is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gracie can do to turn this around?
Gracie misses with a hook
and Gracie takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gracie blocks a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pisswater.
Pisswater appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Pisswater ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gracie moves away.
Gracie takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Pisswater just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie with a poor takedown
and Pisswater counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gracie throws a hook but Pisswater avoids it easily.
Pisswater is looking to counter punch.
Gracie throws an off balance right hand
and Pisswater counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Gracie chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Pisswater can pounce on him.
Gracie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pisswater manages to avoid it.
Pisswater lands a slapping body shot.
Rafaelo Gracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie moves out of range of the body kick.
Pisswater slips under a jab.
Gracie throws a body punch but Pisswater moves out of range.
Pisswater tried to counter with a leg kick but Gracie avoided it.
Gracie swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pisswater throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Pisswater tries to avoid it but Gracie manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Pisswater to the ground. Pisswater escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Pisswater keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pisswater throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pisswater looks to score with a jab to the body but Gracie is just out of range.
Gracie throws a body shot but no joy.
A quick step to the side and Pisswater tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gracie misses with a straight right.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pisswater lands a jab to the nose.
Pisswater ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gracie checks a leg kick.
And Gracie tries to counter it with a takedown but Pisswater pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Gracie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pisswater.
Gracie misses with a hook to the body
and Pisswater counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Gracie thinking.
Gracie throws a hook but Pisswater avoids it easily.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie misses with a lunging right hand
and Gracie takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gracie throws a jab when Pisswater was well out of range.
Pisswater throws a quick counter kick to the body but Gracie avoids it.
Gracie takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gracie misses with the combination.
Gracie blocks a head kick by Pisswater.
Gracie swings widly with a right hand
and Pisswater counters with a good low kick that Gracie was not able to check.
Nati Pisswater is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gracie catches Pisswater with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Gracie misses with a looping right.
Pisswater punishes Gracie's body with a nice straight punch.
Pisswater throws a good cross that connects.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gracie instigates a clinch.
Gracie blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie jumps guard but Pisswater turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Nati Pisswater has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rafaelo Gracie.
The referee calls for Pisswater to work.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gracie.
Pisswater lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gracie backwards.

Pisswater breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pisswater uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gracie.
Pisswater avoids the body shot from Gracie.
An attempted straight right counter from Pisswater misses the target.

Gracie fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Pisswater, pushing him back against the cage.
Pisswater working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Pisswater scores with a nice short uppercut.

Pisswater manages to break the clinch.
Gracie takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Nati Pisswater dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rafaelo Gracie's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Gracie tries to clinch up.
Pisswater half committed to a counter leg kick.
Gracie wants to clinch up but Pisswater keeps it at a distance.
Gracie misses with a hook
and Pisswater counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A low kick lands for Pisswater.
Gracie wants to clinch but Pisswater slips to the side
and Gracie takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gracie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gracie throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pisswater.
Pisswater throwing a counter right hand but Gracie manages to avoid it.
Gracie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pisswater was well out of range. Poor timing from Gracie.
Pisswater fires out a quick counter leg kick but Gracie just manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Gracie wants to clinch but Pisswater slips to the side
and Pisswater counters with a stiff right hand.
Pisswater scoring well with a low kick there.
Gracie shoots for a takedown but Pisswater saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Gracie.
Nati Pisswater has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rafaelo Gracie.
Gracie steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pisswater.
Pisswater avoids the body shot from Gracie.
Gracie throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Pisswater counters with a nice body shot.
Pisswater bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gracie shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Pisswater counters with a good low kick that Gracie was not able to check.
Gracie takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gracie takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Pisswater ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gracie moves away.
Pisswater scores with a hook to the body. Gracie takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Pisswater.
Gracie takes a body punch but keeps moving.
No luck for Gracie with that takedown attempt.
Pisswater connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Pisswater moves into range and clinches up with Gracie.
Nice body punch from Pisswater.
Pisswater gets through Gracie's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pisswater lands a shot to the body.
Gracie tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pisswater's elbow.
Nati Pisswater is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gracie tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pisswater blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Pisswater pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Pisswater drives through and clinches with Gracie against the cage.
Gracie misses with the head strike.
Gracie fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Pisswater lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gracie or not.
Gracie blocks a body shot from Pisswater.
Gracie looking to stall.
Pisswater gets through Gracie's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pisswater.
Gracie tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Pisswater smiles and moves away.

Pisswater gets a clinch.
Nati Pisswater has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Pisswater working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gracie wants to take the fight to the mat but Pisswater manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Pisswater lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Pisswater lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gracie backwards.
Rafaelo Gracie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pisswater works on Gracie's body with a couple of short punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nati Pisswater showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pisswater has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 John Roberts scores the fight 30:27
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nati Pisswater!
After the fight, Nati Pisswater was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.