PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Iosif Kirill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Gleiser (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kirill comes to the cage accompanied by Freur Frei. Michael Gleiser told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Kirill
vs
Gleiser

187 cm
27
245 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

190 cm
37
230 lbs
12 - 17 - 1

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Iosif Kirill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 17 - 1, fighting out of London, Michael Gleiser!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gleiser misses with a wild combination.
Gleiser throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kirill jabs Gleiser to the body, keeping him at a distance.

Kirill gets the takedown into side control.
Gleiser tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gleiser is trying to get back to his feet.
Gleiser can't do much from the bottom here.
Gleiser is trying to improve his position.
Kirill tries to move to mount but Gleiser blocks the move with his legs.
Kirill is chipping away with strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gleiser struggling a bit here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Kirill looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gleiser controls the position for a moment.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Gleiser tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Kirill looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Gleiser sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Kirill is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Gleiser sees it coming and defends easily.
Gleiser has hold of Kirill's hands but Kirill slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Kirill is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Kirill missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gleiser is trying to get back to full guard.
Kirill trying to mount his opponent but Gleiser defends it.
Gleiser slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Gleiser wants to control the position but Kirill says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gleiser wants to improve his position but Kirill is controlling well.
Kirill wants to take a breather but Gleiser is having none of it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Gleiser trying to control but Kirill postures up.
Gleiser is looking to get back to full guard here but Kirill has managed to pass to side control instead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gleiser is looking to regain half guard here but Kirill keeps moving and retains side control.
Gleiser is trying to control Kirill's posture but Kirill avoids it.
Gleiser tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Kirill trying to control the action but Gleiser is working from the bottom.
Kirill working the head and body with strikes.
Gleiser is trying to get back to half guard.
Kirill works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Kirill looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Gleiser is avoiding damage well.
Kirill scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Gleiser to see if he's OK.
Gleiser manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kirill is looking to control Gleiser's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Kirill avoid being mounted?
Kirill wants to improve his position but Gleiser is controlling well.

Kirill looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Kirill has his hands clasped together around Gleiser's back. He's all about the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Iosif Kirill dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Kirill misses with a few strikes there.
Kirill looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Gleiser rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kirill moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gleiser connects with a crisp jab.
Gleiser cracks Kirill with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
It's a brutal combination of punches from Gleiser! Kirill is backing up but he can't get away as Gleiser lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Kirill and ends the fight. Great knockout.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Michael Gleiser!
After the big win, Michael Gleiser made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors HGH Nutrients Q160-Q158 and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.