PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leonel Gatti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Violent Soho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Gatti
vs
Soho

199 cm
25
286 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
155 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful

Bad Man Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leonel Gatti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Violent Soho!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Yves DeLean and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soho throws a shot from downtown. Gatti moves away and avoids it.
Soho swings widly with a right hand
and Gatti makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Gatti ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gatti lands with a nice combination. Soho backs away looking to recover.
Gatti staying out of range there.
Soho takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Gatti throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Soho on the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Soho tries to clinch there but Gatti circles away.
Soho tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Soho misses with a looping left.
Gatti tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Soho was well out of range. Poor timing from Gatti.
A swing and a miss from Soho.
Left hook, right uppercut from Gatti.
Gatti getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Soho dodges the punch combination from Gatti.
Gatti connects with the punch.
Gatti slips a straight right by Soho.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soho throws out a loose jab but Gatti uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gatti works Soho's body with a nice hook.
Gatti ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Gatti takes a swing at Soho's ribcage but misses.
Soho tries to close the distance and clinch but Gatti swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gatti digs a good body shot into Soho's ribs.
Soho throws a big shot that misses.
Soho takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Soho throws a shot from downtown. Gatti moves away and avoids it.
Soho avoids the body shot from Gatti.
Gatti slips under a jab.
Gatti uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Soho.
Soho might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Soho throws the left hand but Gatti avoids the punch easily.
Gatti circles away from the clinch attempt.
Soho misses with a looping right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gatti ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Soho lands a jab.
Soho throws a hook to the side of Gatti's head but Gatti sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gatti scores with a body shot.
Soho looks winded!
Soho walks into a stiff left hand from Gatti.
Soho misses with an uppercut.
Gatti is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
A shot to the liver by Gatti. Beautiful body shot.
Gatti scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Gatti scores with a three punch combo!
Soho moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Gatti listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

Soho is rocked!
Gatti connects with the punch.
Soho is still on wobbly legs! Can Gatti finish him?
Gatti uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Soho.
Soho seems to have recovered his senses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soho misses with a hook
and Gatti counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gatti scores with a jab.
Gatti thuds his right hand into Soho's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Gatti scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Gatti is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

Gatti sends Soho crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Gatti is motioning to the referee to let Soho up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Soho is starting to get sloppy and is letting his hands down. Gatti just took advantage and landed a stinging jab. Oh! Now a right hook, right on the button! Soho has gone limp and this one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Leonel Gatti!
Our winner, Leonel Gatti, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.