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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Arturo Gatti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Leroy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Arturo Gatti has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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170 lbs
9 - 14 - 0 |
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183 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Decent boxing
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arturo Gatti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bruce Leroy!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Daniel Franklin and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gatti slips under a jab from Leroy.
Gatti uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Leroy.
Gatti tries to bum rush Leroy with a series of wild strikes but Leroy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gatti works over Leroy's head and body with a nice combination.
Leroy takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Gatti swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Leroy counters with a right hand to the body.
Gatti throws a head kick but Leroy moves out of range.
Gatti avoids the body shot from Leroy.
Gatti misses with a two punch combination.
Arturo Gatti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Leroy lands a right hook to the body.
Gatti misses with a head kick.
Gatti misses with a jab, cross combination.
Leroy has managed to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leroy pushes Gatti back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Leroy prevents Gatti from breaking the clinch.
Leroy has Gatti pressed against the cage, preventing Gatti from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Leroy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gatti throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gatti tries to bum rush Leroy with a series of wild strikes but Leroy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gatti tries to bum rush Leroy with a series of wild strikes but Leroy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gatti cracks Leroy with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Gatti is looking to land body kicks.
Gatti avoids the body shot from Leroy.
Leroy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gatti manages to avoid it.
Leroy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Leroy misses with a few strikes there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leroy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gatti misses with a series of wild punches.
A shot to the liver by Leroy. Beautiful body shot.
Gatti throws out a powerful jab.
Gatti displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Leroy.
Gatti fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gatti on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Arturo Gatti is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Leroy is looking to clinch but Gatti is avoiding it.
Leroy dodges the punch combination from Gatti.
Left hook, right uppercut from Leroy.
It looks like Arturo Gatti has been cut.
Leroy throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gatti stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A head kick misses from Gatti.
Leroy lands a jab.
Gatti misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Leroy scores with a one two! Gatti had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Left hook, right uppercut from Gatti.
Leroy is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Gatti rather than just go for the knockout.
Leroy slips a jab and a cross from Gatti.
Gatti looks to land a combination. Leroy sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Gatti misses with the combination.
Gatti throws a series of punches but Leroy avoids them all with ease.
Leroy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gatti throws a nice looking combination but Leroy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Leroy looks to score with a jab to the body but Gatti is just out of range.
Leroy slips a jab and a cross from Gatti.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruce Leroy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Arturo Gatti's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Gatti misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Leroy throws a big shot that misses.
Leroy swings for the body but Gatti moves out of range.
Leroy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bruce Leroy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Leroy shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A nice combination there by Gatti.
Arturo Gatti is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gatti scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Gatti looks for the body kick but Leroy saw that one coming.
Gatti comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
No joy there for Gatti, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gatti throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Leroy throws a hook to the side of Gatti's head but Gatti sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Some wild striking there from Gatti.
Leroy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gatti manages to avoid it.
Gatti looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Leroy has managed to clinch.
Leroy manages to break the clinch.
Leroy dodges the punch combination from Gatti.
Leroy throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leroy connects with a jab.
Gatti swinging wildly here.
Gatti shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Leroy eats them both and turns towards Gatti to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Gatti tries to bum rush Leroy with a series of wild strikes but Leroy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gatti keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gatti will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gatti rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Leroy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gatti slips under a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Leroy as he connects with a hook.
Leroy gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Gatti.
Gatti throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gatti lands a jab-cross combination.
Gatti slips a straight right by Leroy.
Gatti misses with a double jab.
Gatti throws a right and a left that both miss.
Leroy thows a body shot but no joy.
Leroy throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gatti throws a shot from downtown. Leroy moves away and avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gatti fails to land with a series of punches.
Gatti throws a series of punches but Leroy avoids them all with ease.
Gatti fails to land with a series of punches.
Gatti fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A punch combination from Gatti misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Leroy. Gatti does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gatti throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gatti misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Leroy looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Gatti is fending him off so far but Leroy persists. Nope, Gatti circles away and we're back to standing.
Leroy shoots in and drives through. Gatti sprawls well.
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 Arturo Gatti will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Arturo Gatti's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Gatti will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Leroy takes a swing at Gatti's ribcage but misses.
Gatti goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Gatti scores with a spinning back kick!
Leroy thows a body shot but no joy.
Gatti fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gatti misses with the combination.
Gatti throws a nice looking combination but Leroy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Leroy closes the distance and lands a one-two.
That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Leroy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Leroy swings for the body but Gatti moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Gatti.
Gatti rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Leroy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Leroy scores with a hook.
Leroy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gatti circles away quickly and effectively.
Gatti swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gatti lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Leroy circles away quickly and effectively.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gatti throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gatti throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Leroy.
Leroy takes the fight into the clinch.
Leroy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Leroy prevents Gatti from breaking the clinch.
Leroy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Leroy takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A big right from Leroy misses.
Gatti throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Leroy.
Gatti throws a series of punches but Leroy moves out of range.
Leroy thows a body shot but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gatti throws out a powerful jab.
Leroy throws a series of punches but Gatti moves out of range.
Gatti throws a right and a left that Leroy avoids nicely.
Gatti gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Gatti misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice straight punches there by Gatti. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gatti.
Leroy lands a jab to Gatti's midsection.
Leroy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gatti.
Gatti throws a right and a left that Leroy avoids nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gatti misses with a double jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leroy dips to his left and cracks Gatti with an uppercut!
Arturo Gatti's cut is getting worse.
A swing and a miss from Leroy.
Leroy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gatti counters with a one-two to the body.
Leroy slips a jab from Gatti.
Gatti takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sloppy strikes from Gatti. Those never looked like landing.
Leroy throws a predictable looking body shot
and Gatti counters with a lovely shot to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Leroy moves into range and connects with a jab.
Nice takedown defense from Gatti. No joy for Leroy on that attempt.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Gatti delivers a nice body kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Bruce Leroy.
Well Leroy has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 George Francis scores the fight for Bruce Leroy!
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight for Bruce Leroy!
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight for Bruce Leroy!
Bruce Leroy wins by unanimous decision!
Bruce Leroy seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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