PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kimmo Stasi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Salvatore Gattuso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stasi comes to the cage accompanied by Kitbuilders - In The Year 2525 (Ural 13 Diktators Remix). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Stasi
vs
Gattuso

179 cm
23
156 lbs
10 - 0 - 0

179 cm
26
169 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Katukauppa.com

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kimmo Stasi!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Salvatore Gattuso!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gattuso takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gattuso is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gattuso throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Stasi throws a push kick but Gattuso slaps the foot to one side.
Gattuso tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stasi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gattuso tries to clinch but Stasi is having none of it.
Gattuso throws a hook but Stasi blocks it.
Gattuso throws out a powerful jab.
Stasi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gattuso.
Stasi jabs Gattuso to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Stasi throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Stasi missing with a left hand there. Gattuso was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Gattuso instigates a clinch.
Gattuso blocks a body shot from Stasi.
Stasi misses with a punch to the body.
Stasi tries a body shot but Gattuso blocks it.
Gattuso using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stasi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Stasi managing to block the knees to the body from Gattuso.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Stasi pulls guard effortlessly.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Stasi not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Stasi has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

Stasi throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Stasi working for a triangle but Gattuso defends it easily.
Gattuso engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stasi preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Stasi looking to control.
Gattuso throws a big elbow that misses.
Gattuso stopping the sweep attempt from Stasi.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Stasi holds on and takes a little breather.
Gattuso looking to pass the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gattuso trying to control the position from guard on top but Stasi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gattuso pushes down on Stasi's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Gattuso thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Stasi's head.
Gattuso wants to take a breather but Stasi is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stasi taking some punishment here, with Gattuso in his half guard.
Gattuso is trying to control. Stasi wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Gattuso is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Stasi trying to control from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stasi is trying to get back to full guard.
Stasi has hold of Gattuso's hands but Gattuso slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Gattuso seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Stasi does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Stasi gets back to full guard.
Gattuso preventing the sweep.
Gattuso throwing strikes from guard but Stasi blocks nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stasi wants to sweep here but Gattuso controlling him for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Salvatore Gattuso will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Gattuso throws a nice looking combination but Stasi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gattuso moves away from the strike by Stasi.
Gattuso tries to clinch but Stasi moves out of range.
Stasi keeps the fight on the outside.
Gattuso checks a leg kick nicely.
Gattuso tries to clinch there but Stasi circles away.
Gattuso throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Gattuso tries to close the distance and clinch but Stasi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gattuso fails in his attempt to clinch.
Stasi misses with a straight right.
Gattuso tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stasi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gattuso tries to clinch there but Stasi circles away.
Stasi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gattuso tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stasi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A left lands for Stasi.
Gattuso slips a jab from Stasi.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stasi lands a nice shot to the body.
Gattuso just misses with a punch to the body.
Stasi connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Gattuso fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stasi scores with a head kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Stasi.
Gattuso checks the leg kick nicely there.
Stasi ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Gattuso blocks a head kick by Stasi.
Stasi misses with a hook to the body
and Gattuso counters with a body kick that stops Stasi in his tracks momentarily.
Stasi connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Gattuso momentarily.
Stasi fails to land with a series of punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stasi slips under a jab.
Stasi lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Stasi scores with a hook to the body. Gattuso takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Gattuso has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Stasi finds it's way round the side to connect with Gattuso's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stasi fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Gattuso on the side of the head.
Stasi misses with a right hand
and Gattuso counters with a head kick.
A slow jab from Gattuso misses its intended target.
Kimmo Stasi is winning the standup battle so far.
Gattuso gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Stasi.
Stasi connects with a solid leg kick.
Gattuso throws an overhand right that lands on Stasi's shoulder, as Stasi tries to avoid the shot.
Stasi connects with a good right hand that stumbles Gattuso. Gattuso circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Nice body punch from Stasi.
Stasi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gattuso. That did some damage!
Gattuso tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Stasi, right into the meat.
Gattuso wants to clinch.
Gattuso chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Stasi can pounce on him.
Gattuso is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stasi scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Stasi avoids the head kick by Gattuso.
Stasi throws a chopping leg kick but Gattuso manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Left hook, right uppercut from Stasi.
Gattuso keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stasi blocks a head kick by Gattuso.
A punch lands to the side of Gattuso 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Stasi lands an overhand right.
Gattuso tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gattuso wants to clinch.
Gattuso closes the distance looking to clinch
and Stasi counters with a slapping leg kick.
Stasi takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stasi looks to throw the jab but Gattuso is out of range.
Gattuso tries to close the distance and clinch but Stasi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gattuso takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Gattuso avoids the head kick by Stasi.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gattuso takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nice defenses there by Gattuso.
Stasi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gattuso.
Stasi throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Stasi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Stasi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gattuso moves away.
Gattuso is looking to clinch but Stasi is avoiding it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Some wild striking there from Stasi.
Stasi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kimmo Stasi dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Gattuso throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Gattuso wants to clinch.
A jab lands there for Stasi.
Stasi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gattuso.
Stasi swats away the attempt to clinch by Gattuso.
Stasi lands the left hand.
Stasi moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Gattuso takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Salvatore Gattuso seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gattuso wants to clinch up but Stasi keeps it at a distance.
Stasi lands with a nice body punch.
Stasi defending well as Gattuso loads up on a big left hand.
Gattuso looks to clinch
and Stasi counters with a right hand to the body.
Stasi looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gattuso throws a sloppy head kick and Stasi moves out of range easily.
Gattuso jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Stasi thows a body shot but no joy.
Gattuso tries to clinch up but Stasi circles away and keeps his distance.
Gattuso connects with a single shot there.
Stasi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Gattuso takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gattuso tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stasi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stasi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gattuso avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gattuso takes a jab right on the kisser.
Gattuso tries to clinch but Stasi is having none of it.
Gattuso tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stasi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gattuso tries to clinch up but Stasi circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gattuso takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Gattuso is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Stasi pushes Gattuso away with a front kick.
Gattuso is looking to clinch but Stasi is avoiding it.
Gattuso has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Stasi attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Gattuso takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Stasi throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gattuso swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gattuso tries to clinch but Stasi is having none of it.
Gattuso is looking to clinch.
Gattuso tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stasi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stasi throws a head kick that half lands.
Gattuso slips a straight right by Stasi.
Gattuso takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stasi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gattuso takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gattuso tries to close the distance and clinch but Stasi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stasi throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Gattuso takes one to the side of the head.
Gattuso wants to clinch.
Stasi throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gattuso.
Stasi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gattuso fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Stasi fails to land with a series of punches.
Stasi throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Stasi clobbers Gattuso with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Gattuso is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crunch! Stasi slams his shin into Gattuso's torso.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stasi keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Gattuso is still on wobbly legs! Can Stasi finish him?
Stasi throws an overhand right that drops Gattuso like a sack of potatoes! Stasi dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:12 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kimmo Stasi!
Kimmo Stasi retains his lightweight title!
Kimmo Stasi very nearly forgot to thank Katukauppa.com amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.