PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between lorenzo cryer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boogi Gatti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

cryer
vs
Gatti

200 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
19
154 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, lorenzo cryer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Boogi Gatti!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Reed Andrews and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gatti misses with the combination.
Gatti shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as cryer sprawls well. cryer wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Gatti gets slowly back to his feet.
Crunch! cryer slams his shin into Gatti's torso.
Gatti takes one on the button.
cryer is looking to clinch.
cryer throws a one two combo.
cryer throws a series of punches but Gatti avoids them all with ease.
Gatti falls off balance throwing a combination
and cryer counters with a nice uppercut.
Gatti shoots in for a takedown but cryer shows good takedown defense.
Gatti fails in his attempt to clinch.
No joy there for cryer, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
cryer scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Gatti shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has cryer pinned against the cage. cryer gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
lorenzo cryer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Boogi Gatti.

That's one minute gone in the round.
cryer lands a two punch combo.
cryer throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
cryer looks to land a combination. Gatti sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Gatti has his takedown stuffed
and cryer counters with a nice uppercut.
Boogi Gatti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gatti looks gassed!
cryer misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Gatti misses with a takedown attempt
and cryer counters with a nice leg kick.
Gatti with a lazy takedown attempt
and cryer counters with a left and a right that stings Gatti.
cryer is working the combinations to good effect here.

Excellent takedown into side control there by cryer.
Gatti wants to get back to his feet.
cryer is looking to take a break and control but Gatti is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
cryer is really struggling to control Gatti but he's trying to hold on to the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
cryer landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
cryer moves into full mount!
Gatti taking shots to the head.
cryer working Gatti over with strikes here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
cryer is in the full mount, landing strikes.
cryer trying to control but he's not successful this time.
cryer is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Gatti can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
cryer lands a big elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
cryer working the ground and pound effectively.
cryer with the ground and pound from mount.
cryer looking to finish Gatti with some ground and pound. This is bad for Gatti!
cryer working the ground and pound effectively.
Gatti is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
cryer dominating with strikes here.
Gatti is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
cryer dominating with strikes here.
Gatti working to try and regain half guard.
cryer trying to control but Gatti is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
cryer landing strikes, looking to finish!
cryer landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

cryer jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Gatti manages to avoid the submission attempt.

cryer working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

lorenzo cryer dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Gatti misses with a takedown
and cryer counters with a series of strikes. Gatti will be more careful next time no doubt.
Gatti tries for a takedown but cryer sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Gatti.
lorenzo cryer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Boogi Gatti.
Gatti has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A nice combination there by cryer.
cryer's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and cryer duly obliges.
cryer lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
cryer really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gatti with a lazy takedown attempt
and cryer counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gatti gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and cryer counters with a flying knee. Nice.

cryer throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Gatti was covering up waiting for the punch and cryer finishes the takedown easily into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
cryer stands and throws Gatti's legs to the side, diving into side control.
cryer wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gatti keeps working.
cryer prevents Gatti from escaping the position.
Gatti is not content to let cryer control the position.
Gatti is trying to buck cryer off.
cryer will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Gatti looking for a sweep but cryer has passed into full mount! Oh no!
cryer landing strikes from the mount.
cryer wants to control the pace but Gatti is squirming around nicely.
cryer lands a heavy elbow.
Gatti is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.

Gatti bucks cryer off and manages to get back to his feet!
cryer scores with a three punch combo!
A lazy left from Gatti finds it's target.
cryer throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gatti looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for cryer!
Gatti trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Gatti scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish cryer?
cryer tries to hold on but Gatti pushes him away.
Gatti fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Gatti landing strikes from the mount.
Gatti controlling from the full mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gatti landing punches.
Gatti avoids the attempt from cryer to control.
Gatti controlling the pace for now.
Gatti looking to finish cryer with some ground and pound. This is bad for cryer!
Gatti is in the full mount, landing strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that lorenzo cryer will probably get the nod.
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!

Gatti misses with a takedown
and cryer counters with a three punch combo that has Gatti backing up. Gatti nods at cryer to acknowledge the strikes.
Gatti tries for a takedown but cryer circles away easily
and cryer counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The fight stays on the outside here - cryer looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
cryer throws a nice head kick!
cryer tests Gatti's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gatti misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
lorenzo cryer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Boogi Gatti.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice combination there by cryer.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gatti dodges the punch combination from cryer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
cryer lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

cryer instigates a clinch.
Gatti drops to a knee looking for a takedown but cryer gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Gatti has cryer pressed against the cage, preventing cryer from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
cryer misses with a knee strike.
cryer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
cryer looking to throw knees to the head but Gatti is blocking nicely.

Gatti has hold of one of cryer's legs. cryer is fighting the takedown attempt but Gatti gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Gatti with a nice head shot there.
Gatti throws a big right hand that misses.
Gatti postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gatti is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
cryer is pulling down on Gatti's head. It's preventing any offense from Gatti, at least for the moment.
Gatti is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Gatti throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as cryer works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gatti trying to control but cryer is working from the bottom.
Gatti is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
cryer avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Gatti is working cryer over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Gatti makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
cryer not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Gatti throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as cryer works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gatti throws and elbow that misses. cryer uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Gatti's guard. Nice move by cryer!

cryer thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
cryer tries to free his leg and advance position but Gatti is retaining full guard.
Boogi Gatti has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
lorenzo cryer is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
cryer trying to control but Gatti is working from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Boogi Gatti.
Well cryer has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 29:27
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 29:27
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... lorenzo cryer!