PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arturo Gatti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Cyothen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gatti 's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Change . Cyothen is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: 7lions - one man symphony. Max Cyothen looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Gatti
vs
Cyothen

180 cm
26
250 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

225 cm
28
216 lbs
8 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

KAISER

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 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Arturo Gatti !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Max Cyothen!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Emerson Jorge and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cyothen uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

Gatti shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Cyothen manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Gatti could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Cyothen working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gatti .
Gatti throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cyothen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
We've been hearing that Gatti has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Cyothen really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gatti . If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Gatti won't allow Cyothen to sweep him here.
Gatti passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Cyothen looks winded!
Cyothen gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Gatti lands a couple of good shots and Cyothen has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cyothen can't escape the position.
Gatti struggling to land strikes to the head as Cyothen covers up.
Cyothen covering up well under a barage of strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gatti lands shots from the back.
Gatti lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cyothen covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Cyothen is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Gatti drops a couple of huge strikes from the back position and Cyothen is in real trouble here! Gatti lands more strikes and the referee has to step in to end the fight! Gatti is delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arturo Gatti !
A very excited looking Arturo Gatti 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.