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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Conway Pulford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leonel Gatti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pulford's entrance music is Im The Nemesis!. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Conway Pulford!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leonel Gatti!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Chris Saunders and Josh West.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gatti fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Pulford is out of range.
Gatti blocks a jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Pulford, as that shot connected.
It looks like Leonel Gatti has been cut.
Pulford misses with a kick to the body.
Pulford throws a low kick but Gatti avoids it.
Gatti now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Pulford scores with a decent looking hook.
Pulford misses with a body kick.
Pulford moves away from the strike by Gatti.
Gatti moves out of range of the body kick.
Pulford lands a leg kick that knocks Gatti off balance momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pulford tries a low kick but Gatti avoids it.
Gatti blocks a head kick by Pulford.
Gatti throws a leg kick but Pulford sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Gatti on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Pulford scores with the left hand. Gatti knows he should have avoided that one.
Conway Pulford seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gatti steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Pulford. That one must have hurt.
Pulford takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Pulford tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Pulford misses with a double jab
and Gatti counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Pulford moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Gatti controlling from the top position.
Gatti trying to control but Pulford is working from the bottom.
Pulford is trying to keep Gatti in close.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pulford is adopting a defensive guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gatti postures up.
Gatti tries to free his leg and advance position but Pulford is retaining full guard.
Pulford is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Pulford lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gatti's sensitive parts.
Gatti swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pulford thinks about countering with a body kick.
Gatti fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pulford tries to work over Gatti's front leg with a kick but Gatti checks it.
Gatti has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Pulford.
Conway Pulford is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gatti misses with a wild body shot.
Gatti throws a leg kick that misses.
Gatti checks a leg kick nicely.
Gatti gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Pulford misses with a body kick.
Pulford takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Pulford lands a jab to the head.
Pulford throws a half hearted mid kick.
A big left from Gatti misses.
Pulford finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gatti slips a straight right by Pulford.
Pulford lands with a thumping leg kick.
Pulford dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gatti misses with a low kick.
Pulford tried to counter with a leg kick but Gatti avoided it.
Nice body punch from Gatti.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gatti misses with a hook.
Nice defenses there by Gatti.
Gatti has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Pulford.
Pulford throws the kick towards the body but Gatti avoids it.
Pulford throws a low kick but Gatti avoids it.
Gatti scores with a shot to the body.
Gatti scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gatti dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pulford slips a jab from Gatti.
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 Conway Pulford will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Leonel Gatti's cut.
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.
Gatti moves out of range as Pulford throws a body kick.
Gatti misses with a body shot.
Gatti lands a jab.
Pulford cracks a nice hook into Gatti's ribs.
Gatti slips under a jab from Pulford.
Gatti misses with an uppercut. Pulford saw that one coming.
Gatti throws a low kick but it's checked well by Pulford.
Gatti lands a nice looking body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gatti takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Nice straight punches there by Pulford. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Pulford.
Gatti throws a leg kick but Pulford checks it.
Jab by Pulford.
Pulford stuffs the takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gatti finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Pulford looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Pulford scores with a jab to the head.
Pulford is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gatti can do to turn this around?
Pulford lands a jab-cross combination.
Gatti is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Pulford rather than just go for the knockout.
Gatti moves away from the strike by Pulford.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Pulford.
Conway Pulford is winning the standup battle so far.
Pulford scores with a spinning back kick!
Pulford walks into a stiff left hand from Gatti.
Pulford looks to score with a jab to the body but Gatti is just out of range.
A jab from Pulford misses.
Gatti just misses with a punch to the body.
Gatti scores with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gatti sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pulford scores with a nice body kick.
Gatti moves out of range as Pulford throws a body kick.
Pulford lands a nice looking body kick.
Gatti is breathing heavily.
Gatti throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It looked like Pulford wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Gatti moves out of range of the strikes.
Pulford fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gatti has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Pulford.
Pulford misses with a body kick.
Gatti keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gatti moves out of range of the leg kick from Pulford.
Pulford tried to score with a low kick but Gatti checks it.
Pulford scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That has opened up Leonel Gatti's cut even more.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gatti. That's going to slow Pulford down.
Gatti ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pulford moves away.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Pulford lands a right hook to the body.
Pulford tries to land a leg kick but Gatti saw it coming and moves away.
Pulford throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Gatti blocks a head kick by Pulford.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Pulford lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Gatti has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Gatti and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Pulford throws a wild body kick that Gatti sees coming a mile off.
Pulford misses with a hook.
Gatti tried to score with a low kick but Pulford checks it.
A low kick from Gatti is predictable there
and Pulford counters with a solid body kick.
Pulford lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Nice body kick there by Pulford.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gatti takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Gatti avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gatti feints a counter leg kick.
Gatti looks to score with a jab to the body but Pulford is just out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pulford scores with the left hand. Gatti knows he should have avoided that one.
Pulford wants to land a leg kick but Gatti is out of range.
A solid body kick from Pulford.
Gatti avoids the head kick by Pulford.
A shot to the body from Gatti misses
and Pulford counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The cut above Leonel Gatti's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Gatti ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gatti tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Pulford takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gatti avoids the body shot from Pulford.
Pulford tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Gatti is able to avoid easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Conway Pulford dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Leonel Gatti's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Pulford fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Gatti on the side of the head.
Pulford feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gatti's calf.
Gatti looks to score with a jab to the body but Pulford is just out of range.
Nice defenses there by Gatti.
Gatti checks a leg kick nicely.
Pulford misses with a straight left.
Pulford drops his hands momentarily and Gatti takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Pulford keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pulford waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gatti.
Gatti swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gatti takes a swing at Pulford's ribcage but misses.
Pulford displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gatti throws out the jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Pulford.
Pulford lands with an overhand left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gatti.
Gatti throws a chopping leg kick but Pulford manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Gatti throws a body punch but Pulford moves out of range.
Pulford looks to score with a jab to the body but Gatti is just out of range.
Pulford checks the leg kick.
Pulford throws a nice head kick!
Pulford misses with a kick to the body
and Gatti counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Gatti.
Pulford can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Gatti controls the pace.
Pulford keeping moving, preventing Gatti from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gatti won't allow Pulford to sweep him here.
Gatti sitting in guard here, content to control.
Pulford can't keep his opponent in guard - Gatti advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Gatti wants to lay and pray for a moment but Pulford keeps working.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Gatti in particular looking to stall.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Gatti turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Gatti takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Pulford dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gatti. That did some damage!
A chopping leg kick lands by Pulford.
Pulford takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Pulford throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Gatti feints the counter takedown.
Pulford scores with a push kick.
Gatti looks to land a left hand but Pulford moved out of range nicely.
Pulford lands a front kick.
Gatti takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gatti tried to score with a low kick but Pulford checks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gatti moves out of range of the body kick.
Pulford connects with a jab.
Leonel Gatti's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Gatti looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Pulford!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pulford struggling a bit here.
Leonel Gatti has got the better of the ground game so far.
Gatti trying to control the action but Pulford is working from the bottom.
Gatti goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Pulford has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Gatti but great work by Pulford.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Conway Pulford did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Leonel Gatti's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Pulford misses the shot to the body.
You can see that Gatti has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Gatti takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Gatti looks to score with a jab to the body but Pulford is just out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Pulford.
A jab from Pulford finds it's way through Gatti's defenses.
A telegraphed right hand from Gatti misses the target.
Pulford is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Pulford throws a quick inside leg kick.
Pulford lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Pulford.
Gatti's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Gatti uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pulford.
Gatti will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Pulford is looking to counter with head kicks.
Pulford tries to land a front kick but Gatti steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gatti moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Pulford looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Gatti with the counter takedown but Pulford avoids it easily.
Gatti misses with a double jab.
Pulford thinks about countering with a body kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Pulford.
Gatti throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gatti scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Pulford is looking to land body kicks.
Gatti takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Gatti moves away from the strike by Pulford.
Pulford misses with a body kick.
Gatti on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Pulford. Pulford obviously looking to wear him down.
Gatti throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gatti avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Gatti tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Pulford fakes the leg kick and cracks Gatti in the body.
Pulford lands a high kick!
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Leonel Gatti's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Conway Pulford!
Conway Pulford retains his heavyweight title!
Conway Pulford was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
In defeat, Leonel Gatti stepped up to the mic, saying 'Congratulations to the winner. I tried my best.
Some days things don't work out. '.
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