PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Grigoriy Rasputin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Gleiser (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rasputin comes to the cage accompanied by Kiss with a fist. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Rasputin
vs
Gleiser

187 cm
26
260 lbs
15 - 12 - 0

190 cm
31
231 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Hopkins Athletics
Charlie Wang's Tattered Rags & 95% Laundry

KAISER
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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 15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Grigoriy Rasputin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Michael Gleiser!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paul Aken and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick from Gleiser lands but Rasputin takes it in his stride.
Rasputin attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

Gleiser instigates a clinch.
Rasputin tries to work over Gleiser's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rasputin is trying to pull guard but Gleiser has him pressed against the cage.
Rasputin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gleiser is defending well for now.
Gleiser tries a knee to the head but Rasputin blocks it.
Rasputin lands a body shot in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rasputin managing to block the knees to the body from Gleiser.
Rasputin tries to land knees in the clinch but Gleiser avoids the damage to the body.
Rasputin tries to pull guard but Gleiser holds him up against the cage and eventually Rasputin drops back down to his feet.
Rasputin tries a knee to the head but Gleiser blocks it.
Rasputin working Gleiser over with knees to the body.
Gleiser blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rasputin lands with a right to the head.
Gleiser tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rasputin avoids it.
Gleiser on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rasputin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gleiser backwards.
Gleiser misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rasputin.
Gleiser looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rasputin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gleiser avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gleiser tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rasputin avoids it.
Gleiser creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rasputin's defenses.
Rasputin tries to land a knee to the head but Gleiser blocks with his arms.
Rasputin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gleiser.
Gleiser blocks a body shot from Rasputin.
Gleiser crunches a lovely knee into Rasputin's ribcage.
Rasputin is breathing heavily.
Gleiser lands a nice knee to the body.
Gleiser tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rasputin avoids it.
Rasputin tries a knee to the head but Gleiser blocks it.
Gleiser missing with knees to the body.
Rasputin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gleiser avoids it.
Rasputin jumps guard but Gleiser turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Grigoriy Rasputin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rasputin working aggressively here.
A bit of stalling here from Gleiser.
Rasputin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rasputin tries to pull guard but Gleiser forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Rasputin avoiding damage as Gleiser throws knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Gleiser.
Gleiser lands an elbow inside that Rasputin shrugs off.
Gleiser misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rasputin.
Rasputin misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gleiser using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rasputin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gleiser is defending well for now.
Rasputin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gleiser has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rasputin tries to work over Gleiser's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Rasputin tries to land knees in the clinch but Gleiser avoids the damage to the body.
Gleiser is trying to stall.
A shot in the inside from Rasputin.
Gleiser missing with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Gleiser.
Gleiser is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rasputin is defending well for now.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gleiser throws an elbow but misses.
Rasputin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rasputin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rasputin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rasputin tries a knee to the head but Gleiser blocks it.
Rasputin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rasputin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gleiser avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gleiser is trying to maintain a safe position but Rasputin gets an underhook and turns Gleiser into the cage.
Rasputin lands with a short shot to the head.
Gleiser tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rasputin avoids it.
Rasputin lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Michael Gleiser has been cut.
Rasputin taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Rasputin tries to pull guard but Gleiser forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

Rasputin pulls guard successfully.
Gleiser looking to sit in guard and control but Rasputin gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Gleiser has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Rasputin can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Rasputin with a nice head shot there.

Gleiser has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Rasputin can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rasputin throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gleiser works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Rasputin tries to free his leg and advance position but Gleiser is retaining full guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rasputin is in close to Gleiser's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Rasputin throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rasputin trying to control but Gleiser is working from the bottom.

Gleiser isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Rasputin stacks Gleiser 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 Rasputin!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gleiser tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Rasputin wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
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 Grigoriy Rasputin will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Michael Gleiser's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Rasputin delivers a nice body kick.
Gleiser misses with a few strikes there.

Gleiser fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rasputin, pushing him back against the cage.
Rasputin managing to block the knees to the body from Gleiser.
Rasputin throws a head punch that misses.
Gleiser misses with a knee to the head.
Rasputin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rasputin working Gleiser over with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rasputin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gleiser's face.
Rasputin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rasputin landing knees to the head.
Rasputin lands a nice uppercut.
Rasputin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gleiser avoids it.
Rasputin lands an elbow inside that Gleiser shrugs off.

That has opened up Michael Gleiser's cut even more.
Gleiser is breathing heavily.
Rasputin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Gleiser is rocked!

The cut above Michael Gleiser's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Rasputin jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Gleiser walks away with a smile on his face. Rasputin gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Jab from Rasputin.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rasputin shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Gleiser napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Gleiser sneaks back into half guard.
Rasputin lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Gleiser slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Rasputin stands and throws Gleiser's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Rasputin tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Rasputin is putting a hurting on Gleiser here, landing some big shots from side control.
Grigoriy Rasputin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gleiser is trying to control Rasputin's posture but Rasputin avoids it.
Rasputin gets to mount! Gleiser was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gleiser is trying desperately to improve position.
Gleiser is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Rasputin looking for a guillotine from mount but Gleiser is having none of it.
Rasputin landing shots from mount.

Michael Gleiser's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Grigoriy Rasputin!
Grigoriy Rasputin really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Hopkins Athletics logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.