PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Phat Berry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cuvaj Glavu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Glavu is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Born to be Wild. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Berry
vs
Glavu

193 cm
18
250 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

190 cm
19
226 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Inexperienced

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Phat Berry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Cuvaj Glavu!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Vladimir Khabensky and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Glavu goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

It looks like Phat Berry has been cut.
Some wild striking there from Berry.
No joy there for Berry, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Berry throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Glavu stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Berry tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Glavu counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Berry showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Glavu.
Glavu throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Berry.
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!
Glavu dodges the punch combination from Berry.
Berry tries to clinch but Glavu is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berry swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Berry looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Berry!
Berry tries to clinch there but Glavu circles away.
Berry misses with the combination.
Berry throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Glavu sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Glavu avoids the body shot from Berry.
Berry tries to clinch up but Glavu circles away and keeps his distance.
Berry misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Glavu.
Cuvaj Glavu is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Glavu scores with a decent looking hook.
Berry takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berry scores with a punch to the head.
Glavu scores with a three punch combo!
Berry misses the jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Glavu throws a right and a left that both miss.
Berry throws a hook but Glavu blocks it.
Glavu scores with a jab to the body.
Berry takes a swing at Glavu's ribcage but misses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Glavu, as that shot connected.
Berry tries to clinch but Glavu moves out of range.
Berry throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Berry takes a swing at Glavu's ribcage but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glavu throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Berry cracks Glavu with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Berry tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Glavu swivels and escapes.
Berry misses with a jab, cross combination.
Berry is breathing heavily.
Berry darts in trying to clinch
and Glavu counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Berry has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Glavu.
Glavu slaps away a takedown attempt from Berry, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Glavu lunges at Berry with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Berry's hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berry has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Glavu.
Glavu dodges the punch combination from Berry.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Berry.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Phat Berry. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice jab there from Glavu.
Glavu moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Glavu lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Berry closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Berry is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Glavu takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cuvaj Glavu dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Phat Berry's cut.
That's time! Berry's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Berry throws a left and a right that both miss

and Glavu holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Glavu breaks the clinch.
Glavu swinging wildly here.
Phat Berry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Glavu connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Berry misses the shot to the body.
Glavu cracks Berry with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Glavu scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Berry shoots in looking for a takedown. Glavu tries to sprawl out of it but Berry keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Glavu manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Berry misses with a takedown attempt
and Glavu counters with an inside leg kick.
Glavu avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berry walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Glavu goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Glavu lands with a good body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Glavu lands with a thumping leg kick.
Berry tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice sprawl there from Glavu as Berry shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Phat Berry. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Glavu clobbers Berry with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Glavu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Berry.
Berry tries to close the distance and clinch but Glavu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Glavu lands with a cross.
Berry tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Glavu manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glavu looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Glavu avoids the body shot from Berry.
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!
Berry wants to clinch.
Glavu defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Berry.
Glavu scores with a three punch combo!
Glavu cracks a nice hook into Berry's ribs.
Berry throws a jab but it's blocked by Glavu.
Glavu connects with the punch.
No luck for Berry with that takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berry jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Berry misses with the combination.
Glavu feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Berry's calf.
Glavu connects with a single shot there.
Glavu feints a jab promting Berry to slip. Glavu then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Berry slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Berry shoots in but no luck this time.
Berry is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Glavu.
Berry with a lazy takedown attempt
and Glavu counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glavu connects with the punch.
No luck for Berry with that takedown attempt.
Glavu cracks Berry with a good jab.
Glavu connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Berry throws a right hand that misses
and Glavu counters with a big head kick but Berry shrugs it off.
Berry jabbing away but nothing is landing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Berry rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Glavu counters with a straight right hand.
Glavu throws a shot to the body.
Glavu connects with a nice looking jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cuvaj Glavu showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Phat Berry's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Glavu looks to land a combination. Berry sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Berry. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Berry uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Cuvaj Glavu seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A bone on bone clash there as Berry blocks the leg kick.
Glavu scores with a crisp jab that stopped Berry in his tracks.
A shot to the liver by Glavu. Beautiful body shot.
Berry checks a leg kick.
Berry misses with a shot to the body
and Glavu makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Glavu cracks the inside of Berry's front leg.
Glavu fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Berry has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Berry tries to clinch there but Glavu circles away.
Berry is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berry throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Glavu counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Glavu drives through and clinches with Berry against the cage.
Berry is trying to pull guard but Glavu turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Glavu is trying to stall.
Glavu looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Berry changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Glavu fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Berry looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Berry keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berry shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Phat Berry. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Glavu bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Glavu misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice cross by Glavu.
Glavu scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Berry tries to clinch up but Glavu circles away and keeps his distance.
Glavu bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Berry's head backwards.
Berry misses with a hook
and Glavu counters with a stiff right hand.
Berry misses with a jab to the body
and Glavu counters with a nice low kick that buckles Berry's knee momentarily.
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!
Glavu closes the distance and lands a one-two.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berry smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Berry is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Glavu works Berry's body with a nice hook.
Phat Berry has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Glavu cracks Berry with an open hand slap.
Berry takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Berry 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.
Glavu swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Berry.
Berry takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Berry is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Berry ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Glavu moves away.
Cuvaj Glavu is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berry sizes up Glavu with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Berry misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Glavu.
Berry tries to close the distance and clinch up but Glavu swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Glavu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Glavu showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Berry.
Glavu lands a nice shot to the body.
Glavu moves out of range as Berry strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Berry walks forward, straight into a front kick from Glavu.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Glavu scores with a jab to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cuvaj Glavu comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Glavu has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cuvaj Glavu!
During a confident post fight interview, Cuvaj Glavu thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.