PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Saku Vuorinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Konstantin Gluhov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vuorinen comes into the arena with Rob Zombie - Dragula blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Vuorinen
vs
Gluhov

183 cm
20
242 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

190 cm
24
243 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Saku Vuorinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Konstantin Gluhov!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Alan Glass and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gluhov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Vuorinen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Vuorinen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Vuorinen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gluhov tries to clinch but Vuorinen is having none of it.
Gluhov moves in looking to clinch but Vuorinen pushes him off.
Gluhov showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vuorinen.
Vuorinen lands with a good body shot.
Gluhov looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Vuorinen lands a big right hand that sends Gluhov crashing to the mat! Vuorinen stays standing though and waves Gluhov back to his feet!

It looks like Konstantin Gluhov has been cut.
Saku Vuorinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gluhov dodges the punch combination from Vuorinen.

Vuorinen looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Vuorinen wants to control but Gluhov is keeping him busy.
Vuorinen slips a nice elbow through Gluhov's hands, connecting with Gluhov's forehead.
Gluhov avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Vuorinen.
Vuorinen has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Gluhov tries to kick Vuorinen off but Vuorinen keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Gluhov is not content to let Vuorinen control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vuorinen throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Vuorinen looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Gluhov with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Vuorinen is nestled in close to Gluhov, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Vuorinen working the head and body with strikes.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Gluhov has hold of Vuorinen's hands but Vuorinen slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Gluhov avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Vuorinen.
Vuorinen missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Vuorinen is looking to take a break and control but Gluhov is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Vuorinen throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Gluhov has hold of Vuorinen's hands but Vuorinen slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Vuorinen thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Vuorinen performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Vuorinen scoring with strikes to the body and head.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Gluhov can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gluhov is looking to control Vuorinen's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Gluhov avoid being mounted?
Gluhov on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Vuorinen is trying to control the action in half guard but Gluhov is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Vuorinen not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Vuorinen is thwarting Gluhov's attempts to control the position.
Vuorinen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Vuorinen wants to control but Gluhov is keeping him busy.
Vuorinen throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vuorinen prevents Gluhov from standing back up.

Vuorinen escapes and gets back to his feet.
Vuorinen works Gluhov's body with a nice hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Saku Vuorinen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Konstantin Gluhov's cut.
That's time! Vuorinen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Vuorinen tests Gluhov's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Vuorinen throws a nice looking combination but Gluhov bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Vuorinen tests Gluhov's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Vuorinen throws a hook but Gluhov avoids it easily.
Gluhov tries to clinch up but Vuorinen circles away and keeps his distance.
Vuorinen throws a jab when Gluhov was well out of range.
Gluhov has his takedown stuffed
and Vuorinen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Vuorinen punishes Gluhov's body with a nice straight punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gluhov avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gluhov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vuorinen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gluhov is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gluhov dodges the punch combination from Vuorinen.
Vuorinen misses the shot to the body.
Saku Vuorinen is winning the standup battle so far.
Vuorinen misses with a wild body shot.
Vuorinen lands a slapping body shot.
Vuorinen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Vuorinen misses with a wild combination.
Vuorinen misses with a wild combination.
Gluhov closes the distance but Vuorinen moves to the side
and Vuorinen counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Gluhov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Vuorinen throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gluhov stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Vuorinen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gluhov can do to turn this around?
Vuorinen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vuorinen throws a body punch but Gluhov moves out of range.
Vuorinen tries to bum rush Gluhov with a series of wild strikes but Gluhov uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Vuorinen is looking to wear down Gluhov with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Vuorinen scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vuorinen cracks Gluhov with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Vuorinen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Vuorinen fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Vuorinen misses with the combination.
A telegraphed right hand from Vuorinen misses the target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vuorinen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Vuorinen.
Gluhov doesn't manage to clinch there - Vuorinen circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Saku Vuorinen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Konstantin Gluhov's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Gluhov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Vuorinen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fighters circling - Vuorinen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Saku Vuorinen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Vuorinen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gluhov doesn't seem bothered though.

Vuorinen feints and as Gluhov raises his hands in defense, Vuorinen changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Vuorinen makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Vuorinen is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Gluhov avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gluhov avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Vuorinen wants to control from the top but Gluhov keeps moving.
Vuorinen wants to pass the guard but Gluhov is keeping the position.

Vuorinen stands and steps away. Gluhov gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Decent striking displayed by Vuorinen there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vuorinen swings for the body but Gluhov moves out of range.
Gluhov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Vuorinen.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Vuorinen.
Vuorinen lands a right hook to the body.
Vuorinen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Vuorinen lands a nice hook to Gluhov's body. Gluhov takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Gluhov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vuorinen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gluhov manages to avoid it.
Gluhov wants to clinch.
Vuorinen misses with a wild body shot.
Vuorinen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gluhov circles away quickly and effectively.
Vuorinen throws a jab but it's blocked by Gluhov.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gluhov forces Vuorinen back against the ropes and clinches.
Gluhov stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Vuorinen is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Vuorinen is working for takedown but Gluhov is calmly controlling the position for now.
Gluhov lands a good knee to the midsection. Vuorinen won't want to take too many of those.
Gluhov is trying to stall.
Vuorinen tries to score a body lock takedown but Gluhov shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Saku Vuorinen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vuorinen jumps guard but Gluhov stands there with Vuorinen around his waist. Vuorinen gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Gluhov lands an elbow just above Vuorinen 's eye.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vuorinen has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Gluhov avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Gluhov connects with a knee to the head.

Vuorinen ties up his opponent against the ropes and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Vuorinen no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Gluhov trying to control the position from guard on top but Vuorinen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Vuorinen wants to stand up but Gluhov is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Saku Vuorinen clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Konstantin Gluhov's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Gluhov dodges the punch combination from Vuorinen.
Some wild striking there from Vuorinen.
Vuorinen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Vuorinen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gluhov manages to avoid it.
Gluhov blocks a jab.
Vuorinen just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No joy there for Vuorinen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gluhov doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Vuorinen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Gluhov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vuorinen.
Vuorinen throws a series of strikes that have Gluhov backpedaling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vuorinen throws a hook to the side of Gluhov's head but Gluhov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Vuorinen throws a body punch but Gluhov moves out of range.
Gluhov tries to close the distance and clinch but Vuorinen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Vuorinen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Vuorinen misses with a few strikes there.
Gluhov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Vuorinen lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Gluhov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vuorinen.
Nice defenses there by Gluhov.
Gluhov moves in looking to clinch but Vuorinen pushes him off.
Vuorinen misses with a looping left.
Gluhov moves in looking to clinch but Vuorinen pushes him off.
Vuorinen lands a nice shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vuorinen lands with a good body shot.
Vuorinen misses with a double jab.
Vuorinen swats away the attempt to clinch by Gluhov.
Vuorinen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Vuorinen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gluhov moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Vuorinen getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Vuorinen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gluhov moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Vuorinen just misses with a punch to the body.
Vuorinen misses with a few strikes there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Gluhov has closed the distance and engaged Vuorinen in a clinch.
Vuorinen has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Gluhov avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Vuorinen tries to pull guard but Gluhov holds him up against the ropes and eventually Vuorinen drops back down to his feet.
Knees to the body from Gluhov.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Saku Vuorinen had his way with Konstantin Gluhov in that round.
The cut man is working on Konstantin Gluhov's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Vuorinen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Vuorinen misses with a wild body shot.
Vuorinen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gluhov is looking to clinch but Vuorinen is avoiding it.

Gluhov closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Gluhov gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Vuorinen.
Gluhov landing knees to the head.
Gluhov missing with knees to the body.
Vuorinen changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Gluhov fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Vuorinen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gluhov doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Gluhov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gluhov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Vuorinen darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

Gluhov moves into range and clinches up with Vuorinen.
Gluhov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Vuorinen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gluhov prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Saku Vuorinen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vuorinen jumps guard but Gluhov stands there with Vuorinen around his waist. Vuorinen gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Gluhov landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gluhov pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Konstantin Gluhov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gluhov unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Gluhov lands a knee to the head.
Gluhov misses with a knee to the head.
Vuorinen drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Gluhov is stalling here.

Vuorinen pulls guard effortlessly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gluhov stops Vuorinen from standing up.
Gluhov tries to stand but Vuorinen is controlling from the bottom.

Vuorinen has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Gluhov off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Vuorinen lands a nice looking body shot.
Gluhov misses the shot to the body.
Gluhov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gluhov showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vuorinen.
Vuorinen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gluhov manages to avoid it.
Vuorinen lands a jab to the nose.
Some wild striking there from Vuorinen.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Konstantin Gluhov.
I think Vuorinen has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 49:44
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 49:44
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 49:44

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Saku Vuorinen!