PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kakashi Hatake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kamala Naamahaara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Naamahaara comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Kishore Kumar : Chuu Kar Mere Mann Ko kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Hatake
vs
Naamahaara

200 cm
28
280 lbs
14 - 18 - 0

193 cm
30
239 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Fast

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 14 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kakashi Hatake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kamala Naamahaara!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Naamahaara moves into the clinch.
Hatake stalls.
Naamahaara lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Naamahaara pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kakashi Hatake seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Naamahaara is looking to slow Hatake down with leg kicks.
Hatake goes for a double leg but Naamahaara avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Naamahaara continues to drive forward.
Hatake tries to pull guard but Naamahaara won't allow it.

Naamahaara pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hatake looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hatake shoots for a takedown but Naamahaara saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kakashi Hatake. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Hatake changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Naamahaara looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Naamahaara wants to get back to his feet but Hatake drags him back down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Naamahaara tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Hatake wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

Hatake goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Naamahaara has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Hatake but great work by Naamahaara.
Hatake is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Naamahaara asserts his dominance and retains side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hatake managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Naamahaara.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Naamahaara working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Naamahaara is chipping away with strikes.
Hatake wants to get back to his feet.
The ground and pound from Naamahaara seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Naamahaara has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Hatake dives in for a single leg takedown but Naamahaara sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Naamahaara prevents a takedown attempt there.
Hatake avoids the elbow strike from Naamahaara, against the cage.
Hatake is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Naamahaara to keep the fight standing.

Naamahaara escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Naamahaara dodges the punch combination from Hatake.
Hatake throws a sloppy head kick and Naamahaara moves out of range easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hatake on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A head kick misses from Naamahaara.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Naamahaara gets a clinch.
Naamahaara lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Kakashi Hatake has been cut.
Naamahaara throws an elbow but it misses.
Naamahaara looking to throw knees to the head but Hatake is blocking nicely.
Naamahaara comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Naamahaara gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hatake.
Naamahaara lands an elbow just above Hatake 's eye.
Nice elbow from Naamahaara.
Hatake swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Naamahaara throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hatake blocks it with crossed arms.

Hatake tightens his grip and picks Naamahaara up, before dumping him to the ground. Naamahaara manages to land in guard.
Naamahaara wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hatake decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Hatake fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Naamahaara stuffs the takedown attempt from Hatake. Hatake gets slowly back to his feet.
Naamahaara tries a head kick but it misses.
Naamahaara tries to clinch there but Hatake circles away.
Hatake throws a nice looking combination but Naamahaara bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hatake swats away the attempt to clinch by Naamahaara.
Naamahaara throws a sloppy head kick and Hatake moves out of range easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Naamahaara misses with a body kick.
Naamahaara throws a head kick that misses.
A head kick by Naamahaara misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Hatake wants to clinch up but Naamahaara keeps it at a distance.
Kamala Naamahaara is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A head kick misses from Naamahaara.
Naamahaara throws a head kick but Hatake moves out of range.
Naamahaara lands a head kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hatake is looking to land body kicks.
Hatake swats away the attempt to clinch by Naamahaara.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hatake tries to close the distance and clinch but Naamahaara swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Naamahaara throws a sloppy head kick
and Hatake counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Naamahaara thinking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kamala Naamahaara dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kakashi Hatake's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Naamahaara closes the distance and clinches.
Naamahaara is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hatake is defending well for now.
Hatake tries to pull guard but Naamahaara holds him up against the cage and eventually Hatake drops back down to his feet.
Naamahaara wants to break the clinch but can't.
Naamahaara tries to land knees in the clinch but Hatake avoids the damage to the body.

Hatake has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Naamahaara uses from the top position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Hatake wants to stand and escape but Naamahaara is having none of it.

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

Hatake is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Naamahaara is aware though and is defending well.
Naamahaara trying to control the position from guard on top but Hatake is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Hatake looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Hatake is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Naamahaara gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hatake swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Naamahaara counters with a big head kick but Hatake shrugs it off.
Naamahaara tries to clinch but Hatake is having none of it.
Hatake misses with a double jab
and Naamahaara counters with a head kick.
Naamahaara throws a head kick that misses.
A head kick misses from Naamahaara.

Hatake pushes Naamahaara up against the cage in a clinch.
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!
Naamahaara creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hatake's defenses.
Hatake with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Naamahaara lands a nice elbow.

Naamahaara breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hatake tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Naamahaara paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A head kick misses from Naamahaara.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Naamahaara takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Naamahaara is looking to land body kicks.
Naamahaara throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Naamahaara blocks a head kick by Hatake.
Hatake shoots for a double leg takedown but Naamahaara sprawls well. He's pushed Hatake's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Naamahaara lands with a kick to the temple. Hatake shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Hatake tries to clinch but Naamahaara moves out of range.
Kamala Naamahaara seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Naamahaara throws a head kick but Hatake moves out of range.
Naamahaara throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hatake throws a sloppy head kick and Naamahaara moves out of range easily.
Hatake darts in looking for a takedown but Naamahaara gets double underhooks and turns Hatake into the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kakashi Hatake. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hatake tries to score a body lock takedown but Naamahaara shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hatake changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Naamahaara fights it off and pushes away nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Naamahaara lands a jab-cross combination.
Naamahaara slaps away a takedown attempt from Hatake, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Hatake throws a body punch but Naamahaara moves out of range.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hatake.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Naamahaara.
Naamahaara circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Hatake drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Naamahaara follows Hatake to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kamala Naamahaara!
A very excited looking Kamala Naamahaara made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.