PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Garland Oars (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Gleiser (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Michael Gleiser has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Oars
vs
Gleiser

200 cm
28
264 lbs
14 - 13 - 0

190 cm
32
231 lbs
7 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Vitality
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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 14 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Garland Oars!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Michael Gleiser!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Vladimir Khabensky and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gleiser tries to clinch up.
Oars shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Gleiser as he jumps to the side.
Gleiser takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Oars lands with a right hand.
Gleiser tries to close the distance and clinch up but Oars swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Oars shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Gleiser as he jumps to the side.

Oars drives through and clinches with Gleiser against the cage.
Oars lands with a left to the head.
Gleiser looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Oars misses with a short punch on the inside.
Oars tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Oars wants to take the fight to the mat but Gleiser manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Garland Oars. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gleiser throws a knee to the head but misses.
Oars drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Gleiser gets the underhooks and prevents it.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Gleiser blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gleiser taking a breather.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gleiser misses with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oars gets through Gleiser's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Oars scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gleiser obliges.
A head punch on the inside from Oars fails to land.
Gleiser lands a good knee to the midsection. Oars won't want to take too many of those.
Gleiser throws an elbow that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gleiser.
Gleiser gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Oars takes an elbow to the forehead.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oars wants a takedown.
Oars blocks an elbow strike.
Gleiser lands a nice elbow.
Gleiser lands an elbow inside.
Oars tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Oars looking to slow down the pace here.
Oars blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Oars misses with the head strike.
Oars tries a body shot but Gleiser blocks it.
Oars has a couple of punches blocked by Gleiser.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oars takes a knee right on the jaw!
Gleiser is trying to maintain a safe position but Oars gets an underhook and turns Gleiser into the cage.
Oars has a couple of punches blocked by Gleiser.
Oars lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gleiser blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gleiser tries to land knees in the clinch but Oars avoids the damage to the body.
Gleiser creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Oars's defenses.
Gleiser trying to land knees to the body.
Gleiser is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Oars is defending well for now.
Gleiser lands an elbow inside.
Oars is looking for a takedown.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Oars swings wildly with an uppercut but Gleiser uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gleiser lands an elbow inside that Oars shrugs off.
Oars changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Gleiser fights it off and pushes away nicely.
A left lands for Gleiser.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gleiser closes the distance looking to clinch
and Oars counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Michael Gleiser seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Oars changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Gleiser looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Oars throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Gleiser is looking for a sweep.
Gleiser is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Oars off and has taken his back!
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.
Gleiser trying to control momentarily.
Gleiser controls the action.
Oars trying to control the hands but Gleiser won't let him.
Gleiser trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gleiser biding his time, looking for the opening.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Michael Gleiser.

Gleiser tries to keep at a distance but Oars has taken the fight into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Oars blocks the elbow strike.
Oars throws a head punch that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gleiser just misses with a elbow thrown towards Oars's brow.
Gleiser tries to land a knee to the head but Oars blocks with his arms.
Gleiser blocking some punches.
Gleiser throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Oarss head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gleiser throws an elbow but misses.
Oars lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gleiser looking to throw knees to the head but Oars is blocking nicely.
Oars on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Oars lands a nice shot to the body.
Gleiser blocking some punches.
Oars lands a left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Michael Gleiser will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Oars clinches with his opponent.

It looks like Michael Gleiser has been cut.
Gleiser misses with an elbow over the top.
Oars tries a body shot but Gleiser blocks it.
Oars misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gleiser goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Oars letting Gleiser take a breather here.
Gleiser prevents a takedown attempt there.
Gleiser tries to land knees in the clinch but Oars avoids the damage to the body.
Oars lands a right hand.
Gleiser scores with a knee to the head.
Oars goes for a takedown attempt but Gleiser pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Oars swings for the body but Gleiser moves out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Oars closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Gleiser is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Oars misses with a hook to the ribs.
Oars changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Gleiser fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Garland Oars. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oars misses the jab.
Michael Gleiser is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gleiser moves in looking to clinch but Oars pushes him off.
Oars misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Gleiser stuffs the takedown attempt from Oars. Oars gets slowly back to his feet.
Gleiser is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Oars avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Oars shoots in for a takedown but Gleiser shows good takedown defense.
Gleiser doesn't manage to clinch there - Oars circles away.

Oars closes the distance and clinches.
Gleiser tries to land knees in the clinch but Oars avoids the damage to the body.
Gleiser landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gleiser unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Gleiser misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Oars.
Gleiser working Oars over with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Gleiser.
Nice elbow from Gleiser.
Gleiser unloads a knee to the mid-section. Oars lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gleiser lands a damaging elbow.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gleiser obliges.
Gleiser tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gleiser with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Michael Gleiser seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Oars doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Oars takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gleiser putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Oars in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Gleiser.
Gleiser lands a nice elbow.
Gleiser scores with a knee to the head.
Gleiser utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gleiser misses with a knee to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gleiser.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oars tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gleiser's elbow.
Gleiser lands a knee to the body.
Gleiser comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Oars takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gleiser lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gleiser gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Oars misses with a punch on the inside.
Gleiser lands a damaging elbow.

Oars is rocked!
Oars taking a breather.
Oars takes an elbow to the temple.
Gleiser throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gleiser lands a nice shot to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gleiser obliges.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Gleiser scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gleiser lands an elbow inside that Oars shrugs off.
Gleiser is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Oars is keeping busy.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gleiser just misses with a elbow thrown towards Oars's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gleiser connects with a knee to the head.
Oh Oars is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Oars tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gleiser's elbow.

Gleiser drops Oars with a big knee straight up the middle! Oars is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Gleiser measures up his opponent and throws a superman punch that connects to the jaw! Down goes Oars! The ref steps in, and that's the ball game folks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Michael Gleiser!
Michael Gleiser took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, [CBK] LEGAL HIGHS « SFL ↑ 5x160Q for their support in the buildup to the fight.