PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between David Hollywood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lars Gatti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Hollywood
vs
Gatti

188 cm
40
196 lbs
36 - 25 - 0

178 cm
23
193 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 36 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, David Hollywood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lars Gatti!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Paulsen Ambrosius and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hollywood clinches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hollywood lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hollywood working Gatti over with knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Hollywood.
Hollywood lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hollywood landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hollywood crunches a lovely knee into Gatti's ribcage.
Gatti looks winded!
Hollywood is working Gatti over against the cage.
Hollywood scores with a hook to the body.
Hollywood digs a right hand underneath Gatti's ribcage. Gatti let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hollywood putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gatti in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hollywood landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hollywood lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Lars Gatti has been cut.

Hollywood escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Hollywood darts in and clinches Gatti up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hollywood's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Hollywood gets a clinch.

Hollywood's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Hollywood gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Hollywood breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Hollywood moves into the clinch successfully.
Hollywood blocks a body shot from Gatti.

Hollywood manages to break the clinch.

Hollywood darts in and clinches Gatti up against the cage.
Hollywood is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Hollywood lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gatti or not.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hollywood.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hollywood lands a nice knee to the body.
Hollywood throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Hollywood breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Hollywood gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A right hand to the body from Hollywood.
Hollywood using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hollywood lands a knee to the body.
Hollywood scores with a shoulder strike.
Nice body punch from Hollywood - that landed with a thud.

Hollywood escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Hollywood has taken the fight to the clinch.
Come on Hollywood - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hollywood unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gatti lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hollywood landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hollywood scores with a hook to the body.
Hollywood with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hollywood using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Hollywood pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gatti looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Hollywood instigates a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knees in the clinch landing for Hollywood.
Hollywood lands an elbow that stopped Gatti in his tracks for a moment.
A short left from Hollywood.
Hollywood taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Hollywood is leaning against Gatti and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hollywood with a knee to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Hollywood.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hollywood.
A hook to the body from Hollywood.
A short right from Hollywood on the inside.

Hollywood breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Hollywood clinches.

Hollywood breaks from the clinch.

Hollywood closes the distance and pushes Gatti back into the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Hollywood breaks from the clinch.
Hollywood comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

Hollywood moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Hollywood dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lars Gatti's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Hollywood pushes Gatti up against the cage in a clinch.
Hollywood's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Still in the clinch, Hollywood scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hollywood unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gatti lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hollywood lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Hollywood manages to break the clinch.
Hollywood definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

Hollywood moves into the clinch.
The referee calls for Hollywood to work.
Hollywood lands a nice shot to the body.
Hollywood working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gatti takes an elbow to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hollywood unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Gatti is breathing heavily.
Nice elbow from Hollywood.
Hollywood lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gatti backwards.
Hollywood using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hollywood is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hollywood creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gatti's defenses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hollywood connects with a knee to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Hollywood.
Hollywood is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hollywood scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hollywood lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hollywood lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Good body shot from Hollywood.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Hollywood.
Hollywood landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Hollywood breaks the clinch.

Hollywood closes the distance and pushes Gatti back into the cage.
Hollywood lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hollywood is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gatti can do to turn this around?
A left hand lands to the body for Hollywood.
Hollywood digs a right hand underneath Gatti's ribcage. Gatti let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Hollywood breaks from the clinch.

Hollywood closes the distance and clinches.
Hollywood lands with a short shot to the head.
Hollywood creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Gatti with a big uppercut! Gatti tries to clinch up but Hollywood pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Gatti to the mat! Gatti covers up and Hollywood unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). David Hollywood!
An out of breath David Hollywood thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.