PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Gleiser (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benedikt Pushkar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Gleiser
vs
Pushkar

190 cm
33
231 lbs
9 - 11 - 0

212 cm
30
285 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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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 9 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Michael Gleiser!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Benedikt Pushkar!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Sergei Dronov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pushkar takes a swing at Gleiser's ribcage but misses.
Gleiser tries to close the distance and clinch but Pushkar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Pushkar tries to keep at a distance but Gleiser has taken the fight into the clinch.
Pushkar is looking to take this one to the mat.
Pushkar drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Gleiser gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Gleiser escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Gleiser has taken the fight to the clinch.
Pushkar wants a takedown.
Michael Gleiser has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Benedikt Pushkar.
Pushkar tries to score a body lock takedown but Gleiser shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Pushkar is looking for a takedown.
Gleiser is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Gleiser landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pushkar blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gleiser wants to break free but Pushkar has control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gleiser tries to land knees in the clinch but Pushkar avoids the damage to the body.
Pushkar is trying to drag Gleiser to the mat but Gleiser just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

Pushkar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Michael Gleiser seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pushkar is looking to chop away at Gleiser's legs.
Pushkar punishes Gleiser's body with a nice straight punch.
Gleiser misses with a wild combination.
Gleiser tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pushkar paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pushkar misses with a wild body shot.
Pushkar throws a low kick but Gleiser avoids it.
Pushkar throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gleiser stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Gleiser tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pushkar paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pushkar looks for the body kick but Gleiser saw that one coming.
Gleiser fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gleiser moves in looking to clinch but Pushkar pushes him off.
Michael Gleiser is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pushkar uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Gleiser has time to react.

It looks like Michael Gleiser has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Pushkar closes the distance and clinches.
Pushkar keeps control of Gleiser as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gleiser working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gleiser wants to get back to striking at distance but Pushkar won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pushkar tries to score a body lock takedown but Gleiser shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Gleiser is trying to break free.
Pushkar is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Gleiser gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Pushkar keeps control of Gleiser as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gleiser is trying to push Pushkar away but Pushkar has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Gleiser tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pushkar avoids it.

Gleiser breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gleiser tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gleiser misses with the combination.
Pushkar moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Gleiser lands with a nice combination. Pushkar backs away looking to recover.

It looks like Benedikt Pushkar has been cut.

Gleiser has managed to clinch.

Gleiser pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pushkar looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Pushkar looks to land a body kick but Gleiser moved away.
Gleiser throws a nice looking combination but Pushkar bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gleiser tries to clinch up but Pushkar circles away and keeps his distance.
Pushkar throws a combination. Gleiser tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Pushkar scores with a hook.

Michael Gleiser's cut is getting worse.
Gleiser stuffs the takedown attempt from Pushkar. Pushkar gets slowly back to his feet.
Pushkar takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pushkar keeps the fight on the outside.
Pushkar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gleiser moves away.
Gleiser tries to clinch but Pushkar is having none of it.
Gleiser is looking to clinch but Pushkar is avoiding it.
Pushkar shoots in looking for a takedown but Gleiser manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Pushkar's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Pushkar misses with a straight left.
Gleiser throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pushkar.
Gleiser uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pushkar.
Pushkar fails to land with a series of punches.

Gleiser clinches up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pushkar is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Pushkar takes a knee to the side of the body.
Pushkar looks winded!
Gleiser is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Pushkar is keeping busy.
Gleiser tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Gleiser escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Pushkar throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Gleiser tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Pushkar is in Gleiser's guard.
Gleiser has his hands on Pushkar's head, controlling the position.
Pushkar with a flurry of punches that miss.
Gleiser is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gleiser controls Pushkar momentarily but Pushkar frees himself.
Gleiser is controlling Pushkar's posture.
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 Michael Gleiser will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Pushkar avoids a punch combination nicely.

Gleiser darts in and clinches Pushkar up against the cage.
Pushkar wants to take the fight to the mat but Gleiser manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.

Gleiser escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gleiser tries to close the distance and clinch but Pushkar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gleiser tries to clinch up but Pushkar circles away and keeps his distance.
Gleiser tries to clinch up but Pushkar circles away and keeps his distance.
Gleiser moves in looking to clinch but Pushkar pushes him off.
Gleiser looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gleiser misses with an uppercut. Pushkar saw that one coming.
Gleiser uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pushkar.
Gleiser wants to clinch up but Pushkar keeps it at a distance.
Benedikt Pushkar seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pushkar swats away the attempt to clinch by Gleiser.
Pushkar circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gleiser scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Pushkar swings for the body but Gleiser moves out of range.
A jab lands there for Pushkar.
Pushkar looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gleiser stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gleiser tries to bum rush Pushkar with a series of wild strikes but Pushkar uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pushkar swats away the attempt to clinch by Gleiser.
Gleiser swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pushkar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jab from Pushkar.
Gleiser throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pushkar.

Pushkar darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Gleiser trying to control here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pushkar keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Gleiser tries to roll over but Pushkar keeps him under control.
Pushkar is trying to control the action in half guard but Gleiser is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Gleiser wants to get back to his feet.
Gleiser controlling the position well.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Gleiser misses with a double jab

and Pushkar decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Gleiser's guard.
Gleiser is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Pushkar throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Pushkar being controlled here momentarily.
Gleiser looking for a sweep. Not yet Gleiser, not yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pushkar throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gleiser works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gleiser is pulling down on Pushkar's head to control his posture.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Michael Gleiser wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Gleiser misses with a wild combination.
Gleiser misses with a series of wild punches.
Gleiser fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pushkar clobbers Gleiser with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Pushkar scores with a shot to the body.
Pushkar stalks Gleiser and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Gleiser's face. Gleiser staggers backwards, shaken.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gleiser tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Pushkar manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gleiser throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pushkar scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Pushkar looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Pushkar looking to pass the guard.
Pushkar wants to control from the top but Gleiser keeps moving.
Pushkar chips away with some ground and pound.
Gleiser looking for a sweep. Not yet Gleiser, not yet.
Pushkar has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Pushkar trying to control but Gleiser is working from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Gleiser is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Pushkar is aware though and is defending well.
Pushkar lands a couple of digs.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pushkar trying to control but Gleiser is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Benedikt Pushkar showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Gleiser misses with a few strikes there.
Pushkar circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gleiser misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice sprawl there from Gleiser as Pushkar shoots in.
Gleiser wants to clinch

and Pushkar counters with a shoot takedown. Gleiser fights it but they end up in guard.
Gleiser working a defensive guard but Pushkar manages to pass into side control anyway.
Gleiser is trying to get back to half guard.
You can see the frustration on Gleiser's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Pushkar working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Gleiser's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
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Gleiser is trying to buck Pushkar off.
Pushkar in the domination position with Gleiser hanging on.
Gleiser struggling a bit here.
Pushkar cracks Gleiser with a big right hand but Gleiser just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Gleiser might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
You can see the frustration on Gleiser's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gleiser taking a bit of punishment here - Pushkar scoring with strikes.

Jeez, Michael Gleiser's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

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 2:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Benedikt Pushkar!
A relieved looking Benedikt Pushkar thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.