PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jason Glover (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ismah Ulhaq (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jason Glover has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Glover
vs
Ulhaq

184 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

171 cm
24
175 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jason Glover!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Ismah Ulhaq!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Donald Grub and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ulhaq misses with a head kick.
Glover throws a sloppy head kick and Ulhaq moves out of range easily.
Glover leaves Ulhaq with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Glover fails with the takedown.

Glover pushes Ulhaq up against the cage in a clinch.
Ulhaq is trying to break free.
Ulhaq blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ulhaq has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Glover is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Glover is trying to break the clinch but Ulhaq is controlling him.

Glover breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Glover doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Ulhaq counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Glover blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ulhaq.
Ulhaq lands strikes from half guard.
Ulhaq thows a huge punch but Glover dodges it nicely.
Ulhaq content to control rather than advance.
Ulhaq looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Glover with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Ulhaq is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Glover doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Ulhaq.
Ulhaq looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Glover is looking for a sweep. Ulhaq is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ulhaq sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Glover trying to hold on to Ulhaq's head to control him but Ulhaq postures up.
Ulhaq is controlling the pace.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Ismah Ulhaq was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Ulhaq shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ulhaq scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Glover knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ulhaq on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glover tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Ulhaq has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Ulhaq looking to control but Glover is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Ulhaq looking to finish Glover with some ground and pound. This is bad for Glover!
Ulhaq lands a nice shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ulhaq is landing with some decent strikes but Glover is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

Glover is rocked!
Ulhaq lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Oh Glover is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Ulhaq! Glover is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Ismah Ulhaq!