PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Blackhead (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Javier Gattuso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gattuso comes into a darkened arena with his song building. DMX - X Gonna Give It To Ya kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Javier Gattuso has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Blackhead
vs
Gattuso

185 cm
23
217 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

194 cm
19
212 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

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Fight Club Clothing Helsinki™

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike Blackhead!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Javier Gattuso!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gattuso misses with a wild combination.

Blackhead is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Gattuso's half guard.
Gattuso on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Blackhead sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Gattuso defending well though.
Blackhead working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gattuso regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Blackhead.
Gattuso is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Blackhead is controlling him.
Blackhead has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Blackhead throwing strikes but missing.

Gattuso looking for a guillotine here but Blackhead defends easily.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blackhead throwing strikes from guard but Gattuso blocks nicely.
Blackhead stands up over Gattuso, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Gattuso wants to stand but Blackhead is controlling the position.
Blackhead lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Blackhead postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Blackhead throws and elbow that misses. Gattuso uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Blackhead's guard. Nice move by Gattuso!
Blackhead tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gattuso has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Blackhead is proving hard to escape from.

Gattuso stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Gattuso throws a series of punches but Blackhead moves out of range.
Blackhead has a takedown stuffed.
Gattuso misses with the combination.

Blackhead gets the takedown into side control.
Blackhead knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gattuso on the ground.
Gattuso is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Blackhead looks up at the clock and then as Gattuso takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Blackhead smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Blackhead throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Gattuso wants to get back to his feet.
Gattuso sneaks back into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gattuso looks like he's trying to stand up.
Gattuso is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Blackhead scores with a couple of nice shots.
Blackhead working the head and body with strikes.
Blackhead misses with a head shot. Gattuso uses the momentum to regain guard.
Blackhead throwing strikes but missing.
Blackhead postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Blackhead landing some decent shots from guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gattuso is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Blackhead got a little sloppy there for a moment and Gattuso has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Blackhead has managed to get both his arms back between Gattuso's legs - danger averted.
Blackhead missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Blackhead postures up in Gattuso's guard and throws a big left but Gattuso blocks it.
Blackhead throws and elbow that misses. Gattuso uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Blackhead's guard. Nice move by Gattuso!
Blackhead has Gattuso pulled in close to control his posture.
Gattuso wants to get up but he can't break Blackhead's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Blackhead dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Gattuso lands a nice looking body shot.
Gattuso fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Blackhead looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Blackhead rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gattuso moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gattuso slaps away a takedown attempt from Blackhead, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Gattuso throws a sloppy head kick and Blackhead moves out of range easily.
Blackhead chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gattuso can pounce on him.
Gattuso lands a nice shot to the body.
Gattuso cracks a nice hook into Blackhead's ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gattuso pushes Blackhead away with a front kick.
Gattuso scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Blackhead keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Javier Gattuso seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gattuso tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Blackhead chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gattuso can pounce on him.
Gattuso misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Blackhead.
Blackhead takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Gattuso is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Blackhead rather than just go for the knockout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gattuso scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Blackhead doesn't seem bothered though.
Gattuso throws a head kick but Blackhead moves out of range.
Gattuso throws a series of punches but Blackhead moves out of range.
Blackhead blocks a head kick by Gattuso.
Gattuso misses with an attempted mid kick.
Javier Gattuso seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gattuso misses with the combination.
Gattuso pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mike Blackhead is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gattuso misses with a wild body shot.
Gattuso jabs at Blackhead's body.
Blackhead misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Gattuso throws a half hearted mid kick.
Blackhead avoids the body shot from Gattuso.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blackhead shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Gattuso defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Blackhead. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gattuso tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blackhead was well out of range. Poor timing from Gattuso.
Blackhead takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Gattuso scores with a jab to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gattuso lands an overhand right.
Gattuso misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gattuso misses with the combination.
Gattuso throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nice body punch from Gattuso.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Gattuso, right into the meat.

Gattuso drops Blackhead with a beautiful combination! Blackhead stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Gattuso is looking for the KO!

Blackhead is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gattuso throws a nasty head kick that just misses. He throws another kick to the head of his opponent and almost takes it off! Blackhead crumples to the floor and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:06 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Javier Gattuso!