PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Louie De Armilly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Gatsby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Louie De Armilly has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

De Armilly
vs
Gatsby

170 cm
20
155 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

175 cm
22
165 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Pitt Nutrition + Laundry (160 Recovery, Stamina

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Louie De Armilly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jay Gatsby!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gatsby rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but De Armilly moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gatsby's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Gatsby duly obliges.

De Armilly clinches up with Gatsby and pushes him back against the cage.
De Armilly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
De Armilly misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gatsby fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
De Armilly tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
De Armilly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gatsby misses with a shot to the kidneys.
De Armilly misses with a knee to the head.
De Armilly prevents a body shot from Gatsby.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gatsby throws a head punch that misses.
De Armilly can't find room to land a body shot as Gatsby controls the action.
De Armilly can't get the takedown.
Gatsby lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of De Armilly backwards.
De Armilly tries to work over Gatsby's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gatsby misses with some punches.
Gatsby swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gatsby is pressed up against the cage. De Armilly has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Gatsby down to the mat. Gatsby avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
A cross from Gatsby lands.
De Armilly uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gatsby.

De Armilly moves into the clinch successfully.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gatsby.
A short right from De Armilly on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Gatsby fails to land.
De Armilly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gatsby's elbow.
De Armilly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
De Armilly misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gatsby throws a head punch that misses.
Gatsby goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
De Armilly stalling the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gatsby misses with a hook to the ribs.
Our sources have told us that De Armilly has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Gatsby blocks a body shot from De Armilly.
A right handed body shot lands from Gatsby.
Gatsby fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
De Armilly misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gatsby.
Gatsby misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gatsby swings wildly with an uppercut but De Armilly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gatsby throws a punch but it's blocked by De Armilly.
Gatsby fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gatsby tries to work over De Armilly's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gatsby misses with a short punch on the inside.
De Armilly blocks a body shot from Gatsby.
De Armilly misses with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Armilly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gatsby prevents a body shot from De Armilly.
Gatsby doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gatsby misses with a body punch.
De Armilly can't find room to land a body shot as Gatsby controls the action.
Gatsby misses with a shot to the kidneys.
De Armilly tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Louie De Armilly. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gatsby swings wildly with an uppercut but De Armilly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gatsby tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gatsby lands a left hand that snaps the head of De Armilly backwards.
Gatsby lands a right hand that snaps the head of De Armilly backwards.
De Armilly is trying to pull guard but Gatsby turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
De Armilly struggles to land a body shot inside as Gatsby controls his hands.
De Armilly lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Armilly just leaning against Gatsby, taking a breather.
De Armilly gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Gatsby swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gatsby misses with some punches.
Gatsby misses with a body punch.
De Armilly blocking some punches.
De Armilly lands with a left to the head.
De Armilly lands a hook that snaps the head of Gatsby backwards.
Gatsby has a couple of punches blocked by De Armilly.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Armilly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gatsby misses with some punches.
De Armilly can't find room to land a body shot as Gatsby controls the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jay Gatsby dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

De Armilly closes the distance and clinches.
Gatsby has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gatsby lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gatsby blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
De Armilly blocks an uppercut.
Jay Gatsby seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A head punch on the inside from Gatsby fails to land.
Gatsby misses with a short punch on the inside.
De Armilly misses with a body punch.
De Armilly gets through Gatsby's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gatsby working aggressively here.
De Armilly taking a breather.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gatsby cracks De Armilly with a nice body shot.
Gatsby misses with a shot to the kidneys.
De Armilly tries to land a knee to the head but Gatsby blocks with his arms.
Gatsby throws a head punch that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gatsby.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Armilly lands a body punch in the clinch.
De Armilly misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gatsby working aggressively here.
Gatsby throws a punch but it's blocked by De Armilly.
Gatsby scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gatsby tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gatsby lands a body shot in the clinch.
De Armilly misses with a punch to the body.
De Armilly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gatsby lands a body punch.
De Armilly lands a body shot in the clinch.
Gatsby prevents a body shot from De Armilly.
De Armilly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
De Armilly doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Armilly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
De Armilly jumps guard but Gatsby stands there with De Armilly around his waist. De Armilly gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
De Armilly goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
De Armilly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gatsby working aggressively here.
Gatsby pushes De Armilly back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gatsby lands with a light punch inside.
Gatsby throws a punch but it's blocked by De Armilly.
Gatsby lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gatsby fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gatsby lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gatsby.
De Armilly tries a body shot but Gatsby blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Armilly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gatsby misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gatsby throws a punch but it's blocked by De Armilly.
De Armilly tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gatsby doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gatsby misses with a hook to the ribs.
De Armilly throws a punch but it's blocked by Gatsby.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gatsby.
De Armilly prevents a body shot from Gatsby.
A body shot lands from Gatsby.
De Armilly tries a body shot but Gatsby blocks it.
Gatsby softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by De Armilly.
Gatsby stops a takedown attempt from De Armilly.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gatsby lands a nice uppercut.
A hook to the body from Gatsby.
A head punch on the inside from Gatsby fails to land.
Gatsby has a couple of punches blocked by De Armilly.
Gatsby throws a blind hook that connects with the side of De Armillys head.
A short uppercut from Gatsby.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gatsby lands a right hand.
De Armilly misses with a body punch.
Gatsby misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gatsby can't find room to land a body shot as De Armilly controls the action.
Gatsby lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
De Armilly can't find room to land a body shot as Gatsby controls the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jay Gatsby showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Danga de danga de dang - De Armilly scores with a four punch combination!
Gatsby on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Louie De Armilly is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gatsby keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from De Armilly.
Nice body punch from Gatsby.
Gatsby is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by De Armilly.
De Armilly throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
De Armilly misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gatsby lands with a right hand.
Gatsby missing with a left hand there. De Armilly was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gatsby throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jay Gatsby seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gatsby throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent De Armilly stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gatsby misses with a straight left.
Gatsby misses with a right hand

and De Armilly counters by moving into the clinch.
A right hand to the body from De Armilly.
Gatsby goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gatsby misses with the head strike.
De Armilly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
De Armilly misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body punch from Gatsby.
Gatsby has a couple of punches blocked by De Armilly.
Gatsby swings away with an uppercut that misses.
De Armilly tries to work over Gatsby's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gatsby misses with a punch to the body.
Gatsby tries a body shot but De Armilly blocks it.
Gatsby swings wildly with an uppercut but De Armilly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gatsby lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of De Armilly backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Gatsby fails to land.
De Armilly using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gatsby has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Armilly blocks an uppercut.
De Armilly tries a body shot but Gatsby blocks it.
Gatsby misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gatsby stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gatsby swings wildly with an uppercut but De Armilly uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Armilly trying to land knees to the body.
De Armilly tries a body shot but Gatsby blocks it.
De Armilly doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gatsby lands a right hand.
Gatsby working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by De Armilly.
De Armilly lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A shot in the inside from Gatsby.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Armilly misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gatsby lands with a short head shot on the inside.
De Armilly prevents a body shot from Gatsby.
Gatsby tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from De Armilly.
A short right from Gatsby on the inside.
Louie De Armilly has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
De Armilly lands an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by De Armilly.
The referee is keeping an eye on De Armilly - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Gatsby tries to throw a body punch but De Armilly avoids it by throwing Gatsby back against the cage.
Gatsby tries to throw a body punch but De Armilly avoids it by throwing Gatsby back against the cage.
De Armilly has a couple of punches blocked by Gatsby.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gatsby misses with a short punch on the inside.
De Armilly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gatsby's elbow.
Gatsby tries to work over De Armilly's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gatsby misses with a punch on the inside.
Gatsby misses with the head strike.
De Armilly goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gatsby swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gatsby doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
De Armilly tries to throw a body punch but Gatsby avoids it by throwing De Armilly back against the cage.
Gatsby tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
De Armilly scores with a shot to the side of Gatsby's head.
De Armilly takes a shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Armilly lands on the inside with an uppercut.
De Armilly lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short body shot lands from De Armilly as the two fighters clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jay Gatsby.
Well Gatsby has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jay Gatsby!
As Jay Gatsby got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: My life, old sport, my life... my life has got to be like this... It's got to keep going on.'.