PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Igor Glozman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Harper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Glozman comes to the cage accompanied by enae Volare Mezzo. Charles Harper has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Glozman
vs
Harper

177 cm
33
190 lbs
37 - 16 - 0

189 cm
27
200 lbs
15 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 37 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Igor Glozman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Charles Harper!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Glozman digs a good hook to Harper's body.
Harper throws a jab when Glozman was well out of range.
Glozman moves into range and connects with a jab.
Harper bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Glozman misses with a wild body shot.
Glozman blocks a head kick by Harper.
Harper on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Glozman throws a hook but Harper blocks it.
Harper lands a front kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Glozman lands with an overhand left.
Glozman throws a leg kick but Harper moved away.
Igor Glozman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Glozman pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Harper misses with a head kick.
Harper lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Glozman at a distance.
Glozman misses with an uppercut. Harper saw that one coming.
Glozman throws a leg kick but Harper moved away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Glozman throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Glozman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Harper.
Glozman on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

It looks like Igor Glozman has been cut.
Harper looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Glozman swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Harper has closed the distance and engaged Glozman in a clinch.
Harper goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Glozman is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Harper digs a right hand into Glozman's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Glozman's gas tank.
Glozman blocks a body shot from Harper.
Harper lands a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Glozman tries to work over Harper's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Harper tries to throw a body punch but Glozman avoids it by throwing Harper back against the cage.
Harper misses with an elbow strike.
Harper throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Glozmans head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harper goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Harper blocks an uppercut.
Harper is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Glozman is defending well for now.
A short right from Harper.
Harper tries a knee to the head but Glozman blocks it.
Glozman softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Harper managing to block the knees to the body from Glozman.
A short left from Harper.
Harper avoids a wild elbow strike from Glozman.
Harper misses with an elbow over the top.
Harper prevents a body shot from Glozman.
Harper swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice elbow from Glozman.
Harper prevents a body shot from Glozman.
Harper is working Glozman over against the cage.
Glozman tries to work over Harper's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Glozman is struggling to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harper scores with a knee to the head.
Harper makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Glozman is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Harper is keeping busy.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Glozman just misses with a elbow thrown towards Harper's brow.
Harper blocks an uppercut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Glozman.
Harper goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Harper working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Glozman working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Glozman pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Glozman unloads a knee to the mid-section. Harper lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
With the fighters up against the cage, Glozman throws an elbow but misses.
Harper looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Harper misses with a knee strike.
Glozman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glozman prevents a body shot from Harper.
Harper tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right hook to the body lands for Harper.
Harper tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Glozman's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Harper fails to land.
Knees in the clinch landing for Glozman.
Harper looks winded!
Glozman misses with a punch on the inside.
Glozman lands an elbow inside that Harper shrugs off.

It looks like Charles Harper has been cut.
Harper tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Harper throws a punch but it's blocked by Glozman.
Harper goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Glozman managing to block the knees to the body from Harper.
Glozman tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harper's elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harper trying to land knees to the body.
Glozman lands a hook to the side of the head.
Glozman looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Glozman lands a left hand that snaps the head of Harper backwards.
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 Igor Glozman will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Harper avoids the body shot from Glozman.
Glozman pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Harper pivots, looking for a leg kick but Glozman is out of range and Harper settles back down.
Harper tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Harper goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Glozman checks a leg kick.
Glozman throws a jab but it's blocked by Harper.
Glozman throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

Harper takes the fight into the clinch.
Glozman tries a body shot but Harper blocks it.
Harper has a couple of punches blocked by Glozman.
Glozman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Harper lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Glozman backwards.
Glozman scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Glozman misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harper.
Harper misses with a hook to the ribs.
Glozman pushes off an throws an elbow but Harper leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Glozman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Harper looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Glozman misses with a knee strike.
Good body shot from Glozman.
Glozman lands a right hand that snaps the head of Harper backwards.
Harper blocks a body shot from Glozman.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Glozman softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Glozman swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Harper works on Glozman's body with a couple of short punches.
Glozman blocks an uppercut.
Harper cracks Glozman with a nice body shot.
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!
Glozman working aggressively here.
Glozman lands with a left to the head.
Igor Glozman has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glozman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Glozman working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Harper blocks a body shot from Glozman.
Glozman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harper doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Glozman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Glozman.
Harper lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Harper lands a right hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Glozman.
Glozman lands an uppercut.
Glozman taking a breather.
Harper is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Glozman is defending well for now.
Glozman misses with a punch to the body.
Glozman avoids the elbow strike from Harper, against the cage.
Glozman lands with a light punch inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glozman lands with a right to the head.
Nice elbow from Glozman.

Harper is rocked!
Glozman lands a right hand.
Harper is still on wobbly legs! Can Glozman finish him?
A right hook to the body lands for Glozman.
Harper is breathing heavily.
Harper misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Glozman.
Glozman avoiding damage.
Glozman digs a right hand into Harper's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Harper's gas tank.
Harper seems to have recovered his senses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harper takes a shot to the head.
Glozman lands a hook that snaps the head of Harper backwards.
Harper has a couple of punches blocked by Glozman.
Glozman scores with a shoulder strike.
Harper misses with the head strike.
Glozman throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harper with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Glozman avoids the elbow strike from Harper, against the cage.
Harper letting Glozman take a breather here.
A head punch on the inside from Harper fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glozman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A hook to the body from Glozman.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harper.
Glozman lands a shoulder strike.
The referee calls for Glozman to work.
A short right from Glozman on the inside.
Glozman looking to stall.
Glozman scores with a nice hook to the head.
Glozman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Harper is defending well for now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short uppercut from Harper.
Glozman is looking to control Harper's arms but Harper gets an underhook and turns him. Now Glozman has his back to the cage.
Glozman struggles to land a body shot inside as Harper controls his hands.
Glozman blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Igor Glozman dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Harper connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Glozman lands a really nice looking cross but Harper seems unphased.
Harper throws a right and a left that Glozman avoids nicely.
Harper attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Glozman throws a wild body kick that Harper sees coming a mile off.
Glozman tries to clinch up.
Harper misses with a low kick.
Harper avoids the body shot from Glozman.
Harper misses with a low kick.
Glozman tries to clinch there but Harper circles away.
Glozman throws a jab when Harper was well out of range.
Igor Glozman is winning the standup battle so far.
Glozman lands with a good body shot.
Glozman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harper moves away.
Glozman lands with an uppercut that bounces Harper off the cage and back into range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Glozman.
Harper needs to keep his hands up - Glozman had a free shot at his head there.
Harper lands a nice leg kick that just misses Glozman's sensitive parts.
Glozman throws a lazy right hand but Harper sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Glozman thuds a left hand into Harper's body.
Harper misses with a leg kick
and Glozman counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Harper tries to work over Glozman's front leg with a kick but Glozman checks it.

Harper forces Glozman back against the cage and clinches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harper.
Glozman working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harper.
A nice left hand lands by Glozman.
Glozman tries a body shot but Harper blocks it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Glozman avoiding damage as Harper throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Glozman.
Glozman lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Harper throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harper takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A head punch on the inside from Harper fails to land.
Glozman creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Harper's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Harper drops to his knees and Glozman pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Igor Glozman!
After the fight, Igor Glozman was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.