PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Javier Gattuso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joao Ribeiro da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gattuso comes to the cage accompanied by WAR-Low Rider. Ribeiro da Silva comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Soulfly - Pain kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Gattuso
vs
Ribeiro da Silva

194 cm
31
212 lbs
24 - 13 - 1

185 cm
28
221 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Fast

Steel Penn's All 160

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 24 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Javier Gattuso!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joao Ribeiro da Silva!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Edson Gomes and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gattuso misses with a hook to the body
and Ribeiro da Silva counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gattuso throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ribeiro da Silva slips a jab from Gattuso.
Gattuso throws a sloppy head kick and Ribeiro da Silva moves out of range easily.
Gattuso throws a lazy right hand but Ribeiro da Silva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gattuso misses with a two punch combination.
Ribeiro da Silva uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Nice defenses there by Ribeiro da Silva.
Nice jab there from Ribeiro da Silva.
Ribeiro da Silva lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ribeiro da Silva goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Gattuso takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ribeiro da Silva, as that shot connected.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ribeiro da Silva swings widly with a right hand
and Gattuso counters with an outside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ribeiro da Silva. Gattuso does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jab by Ribeiro da Silva.
Gattuso bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A jab from Ribeiro da Silva misses.
Ribeiro da Silva throws a hook to the side of Gattuso's head but Gattuso sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gattuso listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ribeiro da Silva fails to land the takedown.
Gattuso defending well as Ribeiro da Silva loads up on a big left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gattuso drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Ribeiro da Silva right on the button. Ribeiro da Silva goes down! Gattuso follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Gattuso gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Javier Gattuso!
Javier Gattuso decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.