PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Abbe Faria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kakashi Hatake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Faria might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Sadness. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Faria
vs
Hatake

195 cm
22
265 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

200 cm
27
280 lbs
14 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Abbe Faria!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kakashi Hatake!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Faria dodges the punch combination from Hatake.
Faria dodges the punch combination from Hatake.
Hatake misses with a takedown

and Faria counters by moving into the clinch.
Hatake is looking to break free of the clinch but Faria has double underhooks.
Faria lands a nice uppercut.
Hatake tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Faria avoids it.
Faria with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Faria lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Faria lands a right hand.
Hatake throws a head punch that misses.
A shot in the inside from Faria.
A short body shot lands from Faria as the two fighters clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hatake misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Faria trying to land knees to the body.
Faria looking to throw knees to the head but Hatake is blocking nicely.
A short right from Faria.
Hatake scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Faria misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hatake trying to stall but Faria improves his position.
A short uppercut from Faria.
Hatake being controlled against the cage.
Faria lands a nice shot to the body.
Faria tries for a takedown. No joy.

Hatake escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kakashi Hatake seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hatake throws a series of punches but Faria avoids them all with ease.
Faria steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Hatake. That one must have hurt.
Hatake tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Faria swivels and escapes.
Hatake just misses with a punch to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Faria blocks a jab.
Hatake fails with a takedown attempt.
Abbe Faria has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kakashi Hatake.
Hatake rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Faria moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faria has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Hatake after a bit of a struggle.
Faria gets underhooks to prevent Hatake's takedown attempt.

Hatake is fighting off a takedown attempt but Faria is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Hatake to the mat. Hatake regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Faria sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Hatake's guard.
Faria trying to mount his opponent but Hatake defends it.
Hatake taking some punishment here, with Faria in his half guard.
Faria is trying to control. Hatake wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Hatake actively working from the bottom here.
Hatake moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Faria scoring with some ground and pound.
Hatake keeping moving, preventing Faria from controlling successfully.
Faria works over Hatake with some ground and pound from guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faria works over Hatake with some ground and pound from guard.
Faria lands a couple of digs.
Faria wants to control from the top but Hatake keeps moving.
Faria trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Hatake is looking for a triangle but Faria pushes his legs off easily.

Hatake working for a triangle but Faria defends it easily.

Hatake working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Faria doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Faria manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Faria connects with a couple of short punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Faria avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Faria is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Faria keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hatake's head.
Faria 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.
Faria lands a couple of digs.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Faria is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Hatake can't keep his opponent in guard - Faria advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Faria lands with a punch from half guard.
Faria lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Hatake is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Faria lands a big elbow - Hatake is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Faria!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Abbe Faria!
After winning the bout, Abbe Faria thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.