PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gennaro Gattuso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lee Wilson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Gattuso
vs
Wilson

176 cm
30
166 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

178 cm
28
165 lbs
16 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

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 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gennaro Gattuso!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lee Wilson!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Gwen Towbar and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gattuso throws a good cross that connects.
Wilson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gattuso shoots in for a takedown but Wilson shows good takedown defense.
Lee Wilson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gattuso connects with a looping right hand.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Wilson.
Gattuso lands a leg kick that knocks Wilson off balance momentarily.
Gattuso throws a right hand that Wilson ducks under and follows up with a left that Wilson also avoids with ease.
Wilson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gattuso doesn't seem bothered though.
Wilson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wilson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Wilson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Some wild striking there from Gattuso.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gattuso throws a jab when Wilson was well out of range.
Wilson looks to land a right hand but Gattuso moved out of range.

Wilson gets the takedown into side control.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Gattuso is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Gattuso defending against the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gattuso gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Wilson breaks from Gattuso's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Wilson trying to control but Gattuso is having none of it.
Gattuso takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Wilson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Gattuso can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Gattuso slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Gattuso flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Gattuso has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Wilson is working away from the top position though.
Wilson tries to pass the half guard into mount. Gattuso knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Wilson working Gattuso over with strikes.
Gattuso trying to control here.
Gattuso moves into full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wilson wants to control from the top but Gattuso keeps moving.
Gattuso bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Wilson's guard.
Gattuso connects with a couple of short punches.
Wilson looking for a sweep. Not yet Wilson, not yet.
Gattuso postures up in Wilson's guard and throws a big left but Wilson blocks it.
Wilson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gattuso passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Gattuso working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Gattuso working the head and body with strikes.
Sloppy strikes there by Gattuso.
Wilson can't do much from the bottom here.
Gattuso is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Wilson will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson is looking to reverse the position.
Gattuso has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Gattuso looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Wilson is avoiding damage well.

Gattuso looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Wilson gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Gattuso throwing shots but Wilson is blocking nicely.
Gattuso thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Gattuso is trying to work for a kimura but Wilson is defending well.
Wilson wants to improve his position but Gattuso is controlling well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilson trying to control from the bottom.
Gattuso wants to take a breather but Wilson is having none of it.
Wilson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gattuso.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wilson is looking to improve his position.
Wilson is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Gattuso's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Gattuso's back!
Gattuso trying to control the hands but Wilson won't let him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Wilson is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Gattuso knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Gattuso for a finish.
Wilson gets his hands free as Gattuso looks to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Gennaro Gattuso will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Gattuso fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Gattuso moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Wilson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gattuso. Wilson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wilson cracks the inside of Gattuso's front leg.
Gattuso tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Wilson.
Gattuso takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Wilson misses the shot to the body.
Wilson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Gattuso on the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wilson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Wilson takes a swing at Gattuso's ribcage but misses.
Wilson throws a head kick but Gattuso moves out of range.
Gattuso misses with a double jab.
Gattuso rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wilson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Wilson blocks the body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gattuso throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Wilson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Wilson throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Wilson shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wilson controlling the action here.
Wilson prevents Gattuso from improving his position.
Gattuso is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Wilson's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Wilson's back!
Wilson tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wilson wants to control but Gattuso is having none of it.
Gattuso tries to control but Wilson wriggling away.
Gattuso connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gattuso wants to control the pace but Wilson is squirming around nicely.
Gattuso scoring with strikes but Wilson is staying in there.
Wilson is wriggling around trying to escape.
We've been hearing good reports from Gattuso's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Wilson bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Gattuso manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Wilson manages to get himself to full guard.
Gattuso wants to control from the top but Wilson keeps moving.
Wilson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gattuso trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gattuso being controlled here momentarily.
Gattuso postures up.
Gattuso trying to control the position from guard on top but Wilson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wilson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Wilson has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

Lee Wilson has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Gattuso takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Gattuso throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice combination there by Gattuso.
Lee Wilson seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Gattuso looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Wilson!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gattuso working the strikes but Wilson uses the opportunity to regain half guard.

Gattuso is looking for a kimura here.
Gattuso tries to pass to full mount but Wilson defends it.
Gattuso missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wilson is not content to let Gattuso control the position.
Wilson slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
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 Gennaro Gattuso will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Wilson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

Gattuso fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Wilson sprawls well initially but Gattuso persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Gattuso seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Wilson does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Wilson is trying to get back to full guard.
Gattuso wants to take a breather but Wilson is having none of it.
Gattuso prevents Wilson from improving his position.
Gattuso working over Wilson with some ground and pound. Wilson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Gattuso missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Wilson is not content to let Gattuso control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson tries to get to full guard but Gattuso has control of the leg.
Gattuso thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Gattuso is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Wilson is looking to control Gattuso's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Wilson avoid being mounted?
Gattuso is trying to control. Wilson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Gattuso throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Gattuso winds up and cracks Wilson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Wilson gets back to full guard.
Lee Wilson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilson is trying to keep Gattuso in close.
Wilson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Wilson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gattuso chips away with some ground and pound.
Wilson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Gattuso keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wilson trying to control the action but Gattuso is working from the bottom.
Gattuso is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Gattuso wants to control but Wilson is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gattuso wants to improve his position but Wilson is controlling well.
Wilson is trying to control. Gattuso wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Gattuso is looking to improve his position.
Gattuso is trying to maintain the position but Wilson is very close to passing his half guard.
Wilson wants to pass to mount but Gattuso is defending the position.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Wilson dodges the punch combination from Gattuso.
Wilson lands with a slapping head kick.
Gattuso lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A lazy left from Wilson finds it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gattuso chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Wilson can pounce on him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wilson misses with a head kick.
Gattuso misses with a double jab.
Gennaro Gattuso is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wilson tries to score with a low kick but Gattuso moves his leg out of the way.
Gattuso blocks a head kick by Wilson.
Gattuso fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Wilson avoids it really well and circles away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wilson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gennaro Gattuso is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wilson lands a nice looking body kick.
Gattuso dives in and grabs Wilson's left leg, looking for a takedown. Wilson pushes down on Gattuso's head and hops out.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wilson is looking to chop away at Gattuso's legs.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Wilson.

Gattuso shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Wilson tries to get to full guard but Gattuso has control of the leg.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gennaro Gattuso showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Gattuso, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:28
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gennaro Gattuso!
A very excited looking Gennaro Gattuso 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.