PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Gatzby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donnie Rose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gatzby kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Gatsby's American Dream - Theatre. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Donnie Rose was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Gatzby
vs
Rose

190 cm
24
278 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

185 cm
24
244 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Hell's Balls Recovery

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, James Gatzby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Donnie Rose!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Reed Andrews and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rose shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Gatzby as he jumps to the side.
Rose lands a nice looking body shot.
Gatzby fails to land with a series of punches.
Rose throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Good shot there by Rose.

It looks like James Gatzby has been cut.
Gatzby fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rose.
Gatzby lands with a nice body punch.
Rose jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Gatzby moves into the clinch.

Gatzby breaks from the clinch.
Rose bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gatzby smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Rose lands with a straight right. Gatzby didn't see that one coming.
Rose connects with a right hand. Gatzby shakes it off.
Gatzby throws a head kick but Rose moves out of range.
Gatzby moves away from the strike by Rose.
A big left from Rose misses.
Gatzby lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Gatzby defending well as Rose loads up on a big left hand.

Rose shoots in and gets a takedown into Gatzby's guard.
Rose wants to stand but Gatzby is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gatzby avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gatzby has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Gatzby looking to control.
Rose thows a big elbow that misses.
Rose wants to get up but he can't break Gatzby's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Gatzby avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Rose wants to control from the top but Gatzby keeps moving.
Gatzby seems keen to control Rose's posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

The ref stands the fighters back up. James Gatzby wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Rose misses with a looping left.
Gatzby slips a straight right by Rose.
Gatzby ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Gatzby clinches with his opponent.

Gatzby breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rose throws a hook but Gatzby blocks it.
Rose throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Good leg kick by Gatzby there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Rose looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Gatzby is fending him off so far but Rose persists. Nope, Gatzby circles away and we're back to standing.
Gatzby keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gatzby on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Rose misses with a wild body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Rose misses the target.
Rose rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gatzby moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Gatzby.
Gatzby is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Rose's shoulder. That is not cool.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gatzby is putting a hurting on Rose here, landing some big shots from side control.
Gatzby misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

Gatzby is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Rose is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Gatzby 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.
Gatzby postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Gatzby looks up at the clock and then as Rose takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Gatzby smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gatzby wants to control but Rose is keeping him busy.
Rose tries to bench press Gatzby off him but Gatzby keeps the position.
Check out the look on Gatzby's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Rose can't do much from the bottom here.
Gatzby throws an elbow but Rose slips to the side and avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rose tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gatzby throws a strike aimed at the side of Rose's head but Rose avoids it well.
Rose takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Rose is looking to regain half guard here but Gatzby keeps moving and retains side control.
Gatzby trying to control the position but Rose is working away.
Gatzby is really struggling to control Rose but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Rose gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gatzby passes to side 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 James Gatzby will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on James Gatzby's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Gatzby connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Good standup being displayed there by Rose as he connects with a hook.
Rose ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Gatzby takes the fight into the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Gatzby tries to score a body lock takedown but Rose shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Rose goes for a takedown attempt but Gatzby pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Gatzby drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Rose tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Rose is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Rose is thwarting Gatzby's attempts to control the position.
Gatzby keeping hold of Rose's head, controlling as best he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gatzby is staying active underneath Rose, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Rose missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rose thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Rose thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Gatzby's head.
Rose not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Rose wants to control but Gatzby is keeping him busy.
Rose lands with a punch from half guard.

Rose decides to return to a standing position.
Rose throws a big shot that misses.
Rose lands a head shot.
Rose misses with a hook to the body
and Gatzby counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Rose is lucky that one didn't land flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rose lands with a nice body punch.
Gatzby steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rose.
Rose misses with an uppercut. Gatzby saw that one coming.
Gatzby looks to score with a jab to the body but Rose is just out of range.
Rose throws a shot from downtown. Gatzby moves away and avoids it.
A left lands for Gatzby.
Rose misses with a body shot.
Gatzby fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rose.
Rose uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gatzby.
Gatzby lands with a thumping leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Gatzby gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gatzby slowing the pace effectively.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gatzby creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rose tries to score a body lock takedown but Gatzby shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Rose is breathing heavily.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Gatzby takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Gatzby gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Rose is trying to drag Gatzby to the mat but Gatzby just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
James Gatzby has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Donnie Rose.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gatzby works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Gatzby works on Rose's body with a couple of short punches.
Rose is working for takedown but Gatzby is calmly controlling the position for now.
Rose tries for a takedown. No joy.

Gatzby wants the takedown. Rose is fighting it off but Gatzby persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Rose's guard against the cage.
James Gatzby overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gatzby throwing strikes but missing.
Gatzby working some strikes from top position.
Gatzby sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Rose's guard.
Gatzby stalling away here and it's allowed Rose to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Gatzby trying to control the position from guard on top but Rose is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rose looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gatzby is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Rose wants to stand up but Gatzby is controlling him.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Rose is on top in guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gatzby trying to control the position here.
Rose trying to control the position from guard on top but Gatzby is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Gatzby dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on James Gatzby's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Gatzby connects with an inside leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gatzby.
Jab by Gatzby.
Gatzby slips under a jab.
Gatzby takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gatzby connects with an inside leg kick.
Rose takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Donnie Rose seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Rose.

Gatzby fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Rose sprawls well initially but Gatzby persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Gatzby wants to pass the guard but Rose is defending well.
Gatzby throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Rose tries to roll over but Gatzby keeps him under control.
Rose takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gatzby lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Gatzby's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Gatzby's back!
Rose throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Gatzby trying to control the hands but Rose breaks the grip.
Rose missing with strikes from the back.
Gatzby rolls, trying to escape but Rose keeps control of the position.
Gatzby covering up well under a series of strikes from Rose.
Rose punishes Gatzby with strikes from the back mount.
Gatzby trying to survive by controlling the hands.
Gatzby covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Donnie Rose has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rose throws a series of strikes and Gatzby wriggles onto his back, so he's now mounted. He's in real trouble here.
BOOM! Rose connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Rose misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
A nice elbow there by Rose.
Rose dominating with strikes here.

James Gatzby's cut is getting worse.
Rose in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

James Gatzby's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Donnie Rose!