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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Arturo Gatti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Franco Gomez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gomez comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bad Motherfucker kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Arturo Gatti could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Franco Gomez's chin.
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178 lbs
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178 lbs
10 - 20 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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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
17 - 25 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arturo Gatti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Franco Gomez!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Wagner Zegers and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gatti throws a leg kick that misses.
Franco Gomez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gatti tries to bum rush Gomez with a series of wild strikes but Gomez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gomez walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Gatti connects with a right hand. Gomez shakes it off.
Gomez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gomez dives in and grabs Gatti's left leg, looking for a takedown. Gatti pushes down on Gomez's head and hops out.
Gomez is trying hard to land a takedown here. Gatti sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
A head kick misses from Gatti.
Gatti jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Gatti misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gatti misses with a few strikes there.
Gomez shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Gatti as he avoids it easily.
Arturo Gatti has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Franco Gomez.
Gatti explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Gomez with a lazy takedown attempt
and Gatti counters with a right hand to the body.
Gatti displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Gomez.
Gatti lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head kick misses from Gatti.
Gomez dives in for a single leg takedown but Gatti sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez keeps control of Gatti as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gatti wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gomez has him pressed against the ropes.
Gomez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gatti's efforts to push away.
Gomez keeps control of Gatti as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gatti works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Gatti is looking to break free of the clinch but Gomez has double underhooks.
Gatti is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Gomez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gatti's efforts to push away.
Gomez is looking to take this one to the mat.
Gomez goes for a takedown in the clinch but Gatti prevents it.
Gomez goes for a takedown attempt but Gatti pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Gomez tries to clinch there but Gatti circles away.
Gatti misses with a series of wild punches.
Gatti fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gatti lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Gomez backs up against the ropes.
Gomez shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Gatti as he avoids it easily.
Gomez shoots for a double leg takedown but Gatti sprawls well. He's pushed Gomez's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Gomez shoots in for a takedown but Gatti shows good takedown defense.
Gomez looks winded!
Gomez drives through with a takedown into Gatti's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Gatti looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Gomez stops Gatti from standing up.
Gomez tries to free his leg and advance position but Gatti is retaining full guard.
Gatti wriggles free and stands up.
Gatti keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Gomez tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Gatti swivels and escapes.
Gomez has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Gatti tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Gomez is in Gatti's guard.
Gatti looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gomez is one step ahead there.
Gatti keeping moving, preventing Gomez from controlling successfully.
Gomez passes into half guard.
Gomez is working for a submission of some sort.
Gatti is trying to maintain the position but Gomez is very close to passing his half guard.
Gatti is staying active underneath Gomez, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Gatti is trying to maintain the position but Gomez is very close to passing his half guard.
Gatti wants to improve his position but Gomez is controlling well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gomez is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Gatti defends it well.
Gomez is working for a kimura but Gatti is defending it quite comfortably.
Gomez wants to work for an arm triangle but Gatti is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Gomez prevents Gatti from improving his position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gomez is trying to control the action in half guard but Gatti is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Gatti is positioning himself well to prevent Gomez advancing to mount.
Gomez is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Gatti is just riding it out for now. Gomez eventually gives up the hold.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arturo Gatti dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Gomez slips a jab and a cross from Gatti.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Gatti - that will leave a mark!
Gomez shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Gatti as he jumps to the side.
Gatti misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gomez dives in for a single leg takedown but Gatti sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the ropes.
Gatti gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Gomez.
Arturo Gatti has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Franco Gomez.
Gomez is looking for a takedown.
Gatti wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gomez is breathing heavily.
Gomez has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Gatti is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Gatti is looking to break free of the clinch but Gomez has double underhooks.
Gomez has hold of one of Gatti's legs. Gatti is fighting the takedown attempt but Gomez gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gatti trying to control the position.
Gatti has his feet on Gomez's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Gomez fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Gatti displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Gatti scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Nice uppercut lands for Gatti. That snapped Gomez's head back.
Gomez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Gatti throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gatti fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Gatti dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gomez. That did some damage!
Arturo Gatti is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gomez fails with the takedown.
Gatti lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Gomez backs up against the ropes.
Gatti throws a series of punches but Gomez moves out of range.
Arturo Gatti is winning the standup battle so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gatti fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gomez takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Gomez shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Gatti is trying to defend but Gomez finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Franco Gomez has got the better of the ground game so far.
Gatti wants to get back to his feet.
Gomez is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Gomez is working for a kimura but Gatti is defending it quite comfortably.
Gatti is trying to maintain the position but Gomez is very close to passing his half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gatti is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Gatti is looking to escape.
Gomez wants to control but Gatti is keeping him busy.
Gatti is defending against the submission attempts here by Gomez.
Gomez looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Gomez seems to be looking for submissions.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gatti is trying to stand.
Gomez is looking for a kimura here.
Gomez is working for a submission of some sort.
Gatti manages to get to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gomez wants to pass the guard but Gatti is keeping the position.
Gatti tries to strike from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arturo Gatti dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Gatti throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A head kick misses from Gatti.
Gomez takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Gatti keeps the fight on the outside.
Gomez shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Gomez is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Gomez is trying to work for a kimura but Gatti is defending well.
Gatti trying to control here.
Gatti wants to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Gomez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gomez is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Gomez is looking to take a break and control but Gatti is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Gatti pushes Gomez off looking to stand but Gomez dives back in and keeps control.
Gomez is trying to control the action in half guard but Gatti is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Gomez is trying to work for a kimura but Gatti is defending well.
Gomez wants to work for an arm triangle but Gatti is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomez is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Gatti doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Gomez.
Gatti is refusing to be controlled, as Gomez sits in half guard.
Gomez might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Gatti haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Gatti is positioning himself well to prevent Gomez advancing to mount.
Gatti tries to roll over but Gomez keeps him under control.
Gomez wants to control but Gatti is keeping him busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gatti trying to control here.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Gomez shoots and misses
and Gatti counters with a one-two to the body.
Gatti misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gatti fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Gomez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Gatti lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Gatti lands a head kick. Gomez smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Gatti swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gomez misses with a takedown
and Gatti makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Gomez really felt that one!
Arturo Gatti has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Franco Gomez.
Gomez fails with a takedown attempt.
Gatti looks to land a combination. Gomez sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Gatti lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Gomez backs up against the ropes.
Gomez misses with the combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gatti's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Gatti duly obliges.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Gatti throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gatti moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Nice sprawl there from Gatti as Gomez shoots in.
Gatti works over Gomez's head and body with a nice combination.
Gatti tries to bum rush Gomez with a series of wild strikes but Gomez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gatti looks to land a body kick but Gomez moved away.
Gatti defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Gomez.
Gomez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gatti scores with the left hand. Gomez knows he should have avoided that one.
Franco Gomez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
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 Gomez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Arturo Gatti is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gomez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gatti manages to avoid it.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Arturo Gatti.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Gatti, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arturo Gatti!
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