PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Maverick Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Javier Gattuso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gattuso is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by WAR-Low Rider. 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 Javier Gattuso was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Anderson
vs
Gattuso

190 cm
28
210 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

194 cm
36
212 lbs
30 - 20 - 3

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

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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 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Maverick Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 20 - 3, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Javier Gattuso!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Paulo Santos and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson scores with a sloppy right hand. Gattuso should have avoided that one.

Anderson moves into the clinch.
Anderson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gattuso avoids it.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Anderson is looking to break free of the clinch but Gattuso has double underhooks.
Anderson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gattuso avoids it.
Anderson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Anderson is trying to stall.
Gattuso misses with a body punch.
Gattuso is trying to break the clinch but Anderson is controlling him.
Anderson is looking to control Gattuso's arms but Gattuso gets an underhook and turns him. Now Anderson has his back to the cage.
Gattuso tries a body shot but Anderson blocks it.
Gattuso lands a hook that snaps the head of Anderson backwards.
Anderson has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Anderson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Anderson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gattuso avoids it.
Anderson stalling.
Gattuso is looking to control Anderson's arms but Anderson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gattuso has his back to the cage.
Anderson tries to land knees in the clinch but Gattuso avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gattuso doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gattuso misses with a punch to the body.
Gattuso letting Anderson take a breather here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Anderson avoiding damage.
Anderson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Anderson with a knee to the head.
Gattuso avoids a wild elbow strike from Anderson.

Gattuso is trying to trip Anderson. He has hold of a leg but Anderson is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Gattuso persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Gattuso is looking to pass into half guard but Anderson pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Anderson is in guard.
Anderson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Anderson looking to pass the guard.
Gattuso looking for a sweep. Not yet Gattuso, not yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson trying to control but Gattuso is working from the bottom.
Anderson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Anderson drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Anderson jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Gattuso is pulling down on Anderson's head to control his posture.

Anderson postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Gattuso is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Anderson, into his guard.
Gattuso postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Anderson is trying to keep Gattuso in close.
Gattuso passes Anderson's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gattuso wants to take a breather but Anderson is having none of it.
Gattuso missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Anderson is staying active underneath Gattuso, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Anderson has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Gattuso is working away from the top position though.
Gattuso is taking a breather. Anderson says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

Javier Gattuso has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Anderson fails to land with a series of punches.
A telegraphed right hand from Gattuso misses the target.
Gattuso lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Anderson pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gattuso throws a head kick that misses.
Gattuso fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Anderson throws a head kick that misses.
Anderson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gattuso moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Anderson checks a leg kick.
Anderson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gattuso scores with a jab to the head.

It looks like Maverick Anderson has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gattuso on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Gattuso misses with a looping left.
Gattuso keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Anderson.
Anderson wants to clinch up but Gattuso keeps it at a distance.
Anderson misses with a hook. Gattuso ducked under it nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Anderson throws a sloppy head kick and Gattuso moves out of range easily.
Gattuso fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Maverick Anderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anderson lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Anderson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
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 Maverick Anderson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Maverick Anderson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Gattuso buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gattuso misses with a hook
enabling Anderson to counter with a crisp jab.
Gattuso avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gattuso misses with a series of wild punches.
Maverick Anderson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jab by Anderson.
Anderson misses the shot to the body.
Gattuso throws a body punch but Anderson moves out of range.
Anderson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Gattuso swivels and escapes.
Anderson misses with a straight left.
Anderson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Anderson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Anderson looks to land a right hand but Gattuso moved out of range.
Gattuso thuds his right hand into Anderson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A decent looking cross lands there for Gattuso.
Anderson tries to clinch up but Gattuso circles away and keeps his distance.
Anderson throws a sloppy head kick and Gattuso moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Maverick Anderson is winning the standup battle so far.
Gattuso thuds a left hand into Anderson's body.
Anderson throws a sloppy head kick and Gattuso moves out of range easily.
Anderson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Anderson is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Nice defenses there by Anderson.
Nice body kick from Gattuso.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gattuso lands a really nice looking cross but Anderson seems unphased.
Anderson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gattuso throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nice jab there from Gattuso.
Anderson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Anderson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Gattuso counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Gattuso tries to work over Anderson's front leg with a kick but Anderson checks it.
Anderson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gattuso counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Maverick Anderson's cut is getting worse.
Gattuso stuns Anderson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Gattuso throws a low kick but Anderson avoids it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Gattuso.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gattuso looks to land a left hand but Anderson moved out of range nicely.
Gattuso's jab looks to have found its range, popping Anderson under the eye.
Gattuso scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gattuso.
Gattuso misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gattuso scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gattuso has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Anderson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gattuso.
Gattuso cracks the inside of Anderson's front leg.
Gattuso digs a good hook to Anderson's body.
Gattuso lands with a nice body kick.
Gattuso fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Anderson.
Anderson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Gattuso.
Gattuso with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The fighters circle momentarily. Gattuso darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

Maverick Anderson's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Anderson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gattuso connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gattuso lands a nice shot to the body.
A slapping body kick lands there for Gattuso.
Anderson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Gattuso throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Gattuso sends Anderson crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Gattuso is motioning to the referee to let Anderson up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Anderson is rocked!
Javier Gattuso is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Anderson tries to bum rush Gattuso with a series of wild strikes but Gattuso uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Gattuso lands a big right hand that sends Anderson crashing to the mat! Gattuso stays standing though and waves Anderson back to his feet!
Oh Anderson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Jeez, Maverick Anderson's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Javier Gattuso!
Javier Gattuso decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.