PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jermain Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arturo Gatti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson 's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Drake started from the bottom. Gatti is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Change . Jermain Johnson has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Johnson
vs
Gatti

195 cm
25
277 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

180 cm
25
251 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Likes comics

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Determined

Project Mayhem
Evil Empire's160

Heisenberg
GRAND Royal Wear

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jermain Johnson !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Arturo Gatti !
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Paulo Santos and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gatti shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Gatti was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Gatti working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Gatti scores with a couple of short elbows.
Gatti should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
The ground and pound from Gatti seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Gatti working the ground and pound from side control.
Gatti scores with punches from side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sloppy strikes there by Gatti .
Gatti tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Johnson managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Gatti .
Gatti sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Johnson is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Gatti misses with the ground and pound.
Gatti misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gatti sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Johnson is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Gatti has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Johnson regains half guard, as Gatti was trying to land strikes.
Gatti tries to pass the half guard into mount. Johnson knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Johnson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Gatti has eaten all the pies!
Johnson has hold of Gatti 's hands but Gatti slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Gatti wants to free his trapped foot but Johnson is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Gatti not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Gatti works his way into full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Gatti connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Gatti with shots to the head and body - Johnson looks very uncomfortable down there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gatti punching from mount but Johnson doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Gatti sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Gatti landing strikes from the mount and Johnson is in trouble!
Gatti raining down hammerfists from mount.
Gatti dominating with strikes here.
Gatti lands with some strikes.
BOOM! Gatti connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Johnson is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gatti postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Johnson bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Gatti and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arturo Gatti !
Arturo Gatti seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
In defeat, Jermain Johnson stepped up to the mic, saying 'I don't no what to say time to go back to the drawing board I be back'.