PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Art Gatti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bret Hart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bret Hart has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Gatti
vs
Hart

193 cm
22
216 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
22
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Likes ground

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Art Gatti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bret Hart!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hart avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hart takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hart takes one to the side of the head.
Hart showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gatti.
Gatti wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A punch lands to the side of Hart 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Hart fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Gatti sprawls well initially but Hart persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Hart is looking to advance position but Gatti won't allow it.
Gatti tries to roll over but Hart keeps him under control.
Gatti trying to control but Hart postures up.
Hart scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Hart is looking for a kimura but Gatti is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Hart to get the leverage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hart lands with a punch from half guard.
Hart not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Gatti is staying active underneath Hart, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Gatti trying to control from the bottom.
Hart tries to pass to full mount but Gatti defends it.
Gatti is breathing heavily.
Hart slows the pace down in half guard.
Hart lands strikes from half guard.
Hart lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Hart stops Gatti from getting back to his feet.

Hart is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Hart lands with a punch from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hart is tying to control. Gatti wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Gatti is looking to improve his position.

Hart is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Hart misses with a head shot. Gatti uses the momentum to regain guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Hart's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Hart trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hart connects with a couple of short punches.
Hart is looking to work some ground and pound but Gatti has wrist control.
Hart pushing down on Gatti's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Hart passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Gatti!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gatti is squirming around, avoiding Hart's attempts to control the action.
Hart cracks Gatti with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Gatti is rocked!
Hart working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Oh Gatti is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hart dominating with strikes here.
Hart unloading with bombs!

It looks like Art Gatti has been cut.
Hart with good strikes from the mount here!
Hart with a couple of short strikes.
Hart putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Art Gatti's cut is getting worse.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Hart fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Art Gatti's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Art Gatti's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Bret Hart!