PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Guru Majja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Glorian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Majja kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Afroman - Because I Got High. Guru Majja could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Dave Glorian's chin.

Majja
vs
Glorian

182 cm
23
187 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

178 cm
25
180 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

[GTi] Divine - Drugs (Q:158+ $100)

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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Guru Majja!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dave Glorian!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Konstantin Menshow and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice straight punches there by Glorian. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Glorian.
Nice sprawl there from Majja as Glorian shoots in.
Majja lands with a shot to the body.
Dave Glorian seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Majja looks to land a left hand but Glorian moved out of range nicely.
Majja closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Glorian just misses with a punch to the body.
Majja connects with an inside leg kick.
Glorian throws an off balance right hand
and Majja cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Majja dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Glorian takes one to the chin there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Majja jabs Glorian to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Glorian has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Majja finds it's way round the side to connect with Glorian's head.
Glorian misses with a takedown attempt
and Majja counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Glorian misses with a hook to the body
and Majja counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Glorian misses with a lunging right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A cross from Glorian lands.
Majja lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Majja throws a leg kick

and Glorian counters with a shoot takedown. Majja fights it but they end up in guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Glorian stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Majja swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Majja seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Majja keeping full guard, as Glorian tries to pass.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Glorian controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Majja keeping moving, preventing Glorian from controlling successfully.

Glorian is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Majja is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Majja has escaped and now he's on top!

Glorian escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Majja gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glorian controls Majja momentarily but Majja frees himself.
Majja tries to free his leg and advance position but Glorian is retaining full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Glorian looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Glorian looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Majja is stalling in the full guard.

Glorian is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Glorian isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Majja stacks Glorian on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Majja!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Guru Majja dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Majja swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Majja moves out of range as Glorian strikes.
Glorian ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Glorian rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Majja counters with a slapping leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A low kick from Majja is predictable there
and Glorian counters with a nice body shot.
Glorian throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Majja to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Glorian misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Majja counters with a body kick that stops Glorian in his tracks momentarily.
Majja pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Majja stuns Glorian with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Glorian 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.
Glorian throws a predictable looking body shot
and Majja counters with a nice leg kick.
Glorian misses with a body shot
and Majja counters with a nice body shot.
Glorian misses with a looping left.
Glorian throws a shot from downtown. Majja moves away and avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Majja leaves Glorian with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Majja moves away from the strike by Glorian.
Glorian misses with a body punch
and Majja counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Glorian is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Glorian looks for a takedown but Majja sprawls well.
Majja's corner calls for a 1-2. Majja obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Guru Majja is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Glorian lands a nice hook to Majja's body. Majja takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Majja misses the jab.
Majja displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Glorian.
Guru Majja has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dave Glorian.
Glorian misses the body punch
and Majja counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Majja punishes Glorian's body with a nice straight punch.
Majja slaps away a takedown attempt from Glorian, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Majja throws a low kick, looking for Glorian's leg but Glorian calmly moves out of range.
Majja with a hook.
Guru Majja is winning the standup battle so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Glorian has his takedown stuffed
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Majja throws a push kick but Glorian slaps the foot to one side.
Majja chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Glorian takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Majja throws a leg kick but Glorian moved away.
Glorian misses with a lunging right hand
and Majja counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Glorian misses with a hook to the body
letting Majja counter with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Guru Majja dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Majja lands a nice hook to Glorian's body. Glorian takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Majja displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Glorian throws out the jab.
Majja throws a right hand that Glorian ducks under and follows up with a left that Glorian also avoids with ease.
A shot to the body from Glorian misses
and Majja counters with a left and a right that stings Glorian.
Majja keeps Glorian at a distance using the push kick.
Glorian checks a leg kick nicely.
Glorian throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Majja with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Glorian doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Majja counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Glorian misses with a lunging right hand
and Majja counters with a good low kick that Glorian was not able to check.
Glorian misses with a hook
and Majja counters with an outside leg kick.
Majja fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Glorian looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Majja has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Majja there as he acknowledges the shot.

Glorian closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Glorian lands in his opponent's guard.
Glorian trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Glorian takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Majja looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Glorian pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Majja is keeping the position for now.
Glorian pushing down on Majja's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Majja is controlling Glorian's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Majja wants to control but Glorian is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Glorian is working for a submission of some sort.
Glorian is looking to pass Majja's guard but actually Majja recovers to full guard.
Majja keeping full guard, as Glorian tries to pass.
Majja looking for a sweep. Not yet Majja, not yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Majja keeping moving, preventing Glorian from controlling successfully.
Majja is pulling down on Glorian's head. It's preventing any offense from Glorian, at least for the moment.
Majja is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Glorian looking to pass the guard.
Dave Glorian has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

We're going to have a standup here because Guru Majja wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Glorian shoots in and drives through. Majja sprawls well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Guru Majja showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Majja, 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Guru Majja!