PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Javier Gattuso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrick Skiter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gattuso comes to the cage accompanied by WAR-Low Rider. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gattuso
vs
Skiter

194 cm
39
212 lbs
38 - 23 - 3

188 cm
42
210 lbs
32 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

BlackStar Athletics

SP Ultimate Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 38 - 23 - 3, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Javier Gattuso!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rodrick Skiter!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Alexandre Firmino and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gattuso throws a head kick but Skiter moves out of range.
Skiter throws a lazy right hand but Gattuso sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A jab from Gattuso misses.
Skiter keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Skiter feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Gattusos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Skiter, right into the meat.
Gattuso looks to land a left hand but Skiter moved out of range nicely.
Gattuso misses with an uppercut.
Skiter wants to clinch but Gattuso slips to the side
and Gattuso cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Skiter fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gattuso.
Skiter throws a shot from downtown. Gattuso moves away and avoids it.
Gattuso has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Warehouse in the buildup to the fight.
Skiter tries to bum rush Gattuso with a series of wild strikes but Gattuso uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Skiter slips a jab from Gattuso.
Skiter takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Skiter tries a head kick but it misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gattuso misses with a two punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Skiter 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Gattuso scores with a sloppy right hand. Skiter should have avoided that one.
Gattuso avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Skiter tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Gattuso counter with a right hand.
Skiter displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gattuso throws out the jab.
Skiter scores with a head kick. Gattuso tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

It looks like Javier Gattuso has been cut.
Skiter takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

It looks like Rodrick Skiter has been cut.
Gattuso lands a body shot.
Gattuso throws a sloppy body shot
and Skiter counters with a nice leg kick.
Skiter avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gattuso attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Skiter closes the distance looking to clinch
and Gattuso counters with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skiter avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gattuso lands with a kick to the temple. Skiter shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Skiter fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gattuso misses with a hook. Skiter ducked under it nicely.

Skiter fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gattuso, pushing him back against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Skiter.
Gattuso is trying to push Skiter away but Skiter has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Still in the clinch, Skiter scores with a nice short uppercut.

Gattuso breaks the clinch.
Gattuso scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Gattuso misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Skiter.
Gattuso takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lazy body kick from Gattuso
and Skiter counters with a stiff right hand.
Gattuso throws an overhand right that lands on Skiter's shoulder, as Skiter tries to avoid the shot.
Skiter smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Gattuso checks a low kick from Skiter.
Gattuso takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Gattuso fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Skiter on the side of the head.
Skiter missing with a left hand there. Gattuso was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Skiter tries to clinch up.
Skiter throws a head kick but Gattuso moves out of range.
Gattuso throws a nice looking combination but Skiter bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Some wild striking there from Skiter.
Gattuso is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Skiter.
Skiter throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gattuso comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gattuso misses with a straight right.
Gattuso uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Skiter.
Skiter scores with a jab to the head.
Skiter tries to clinch up.
Gattuso connects with a jab.
A jab lands there for Skiter.
Whack! Gattuso lands a heavy head kick that drops Skiter. The ref tackles Gattuso to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Skiter was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Javier Gattuso!
Javier Gattuso retains his light heavyweight title!
Javier Gattuso decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.