PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Collin Glorious (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zarek Reschke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Glorious might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Rick Ross ft Weezy - I'm a G. Collin Glorious has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Glorious
vs
Reschke

180 cm
45
154 lbs
34 - 19 - 3

164 cm
37
142 lbs
17 - 11 - 2

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 34 - 19 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Collin Glorious!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Zarek Reschke!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Alan Glass and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Glorious fails to land with a series of punches.
A little jabbing left from Reschke on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Glorious tries to move into range but Reschke moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Glorious scores with a sloppy right hand. Reschke should have avoided that one.
Glorious takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Glorious cracks Reschke with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Glorious takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Glorious lands a right hook to the body.
Reschke misses the jab.
Reschke wants to land a leg kick but Glorious is out of range.
Reschke throws a push kick but Glorious slaps the foot to one side.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Glorious blocks a head kick by Reschke.
Reschke lands with a kick to the ribs.
Reschke looks for the body kick but Glorious saw that one coming.
Glorious seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Glorious connects with a high kick.
Reschke throws a series of punches but Glorious avoids them all with ease.
Glorious bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Reschke's head.
Reschke feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Glorious's calf.
Good work by Glorious as he checks the leg kick.
Glorious misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Glorious keeps the fight on the outside.
Glorious seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Glorious. Reschke does a little dance to reset his feet.
Glorious takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Glorious dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Reschke. That did some damage!
Glorious lands a front kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glorious checks a leg kick nicely.
Reschke buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reschke takes a swing at Glorious's ribcage but misses.
Reschke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Glorious was well out of range. Poor timing from Reschke.
A telegraphed right hand from Reschke misses the target.
Glorious has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Glorious there as he acknowledges the shot.
Glorious doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

Glorious gets a clinch.
Reschke lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Glorious is working Reschke over against the cage.
Glorious lands a hook to the side of the head.
Reschke lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Glorious backwards.
Reschke misses with an elbow strike.
Nice body punch from Glorious.
Reschke lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Glorious backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reschke takes a shot to the head.
Reschke pushes off an throws an elbow but Glorious leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Glorious dodges an elbow strike from Reschke.
Glorious looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Glorious lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Reschke pushes off an throws an elbow but Glorious leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Glorious tries to throw a body punch but Reschke avoids it by throwing Glorious back against the cage.
Reschke dodges an elbow strike from Glorious.
Reschke avoids a wild elbow strike from Glorious.
Reschke avoiding damage as Glorious throws knees to the body.
Reschke creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Glorious tries a knee to the head but Reschke blocks it.
Glorious tries a body shot but Reschke blocks it.
A short body shot lands from Glorious as the two fighters clinch.
Reschke pushes off an throws an elbow but Glorious leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Glorious avoids the elbow strike from Reschke, against the cage.
Glorious scores with a nice hook to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Glorious.
Reschke misses with the head strike.
Glorious lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reschke pushes off an throws an elbow but Glorious leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Glorious tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Reschke working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Reschke.
Reschke softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Glorious creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Reschke throws an elbow but misses.
Reschke displaying some good clinch control by pressing Glorious up against the cage.
Glorious looking to stall.
A nice left hand lands by Reschke.
Reschke pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Glorious works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Glorious with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Glorious makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Glorious avoids a wild elbow strike from Reschke.
Glorious dodges an elbow strike from Reschke.
Glorious stalling in the clinch but Reschke improves position.
Glorious avoids the elbow strike from Reschke, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Zarek Reschke will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A looping hook to the body misses from Reschke. Glorious does a little dance to reset his feet.
Reschke misses with a looping right.
Reschke sizes up Glorious with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Glorious displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Reschke throws out the jab.
Glorious jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Reschke takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A head kick misses from Reschke.
Glorious looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reschke moves out of range as Glorious throws a body kick.
Glorious tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Reschke paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Reschke looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Reschke fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Glorious has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Jab by Reschke.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Glorious misses.
Reschke steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Glorious.
Both fighters circling a little - Reschke finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Glorious misses with a right hand
enabling Reschke to counter with a crisp jab.
Reschke throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Reschke checks the leg kick.
Reschke looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Reschke has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Glorious throws a shot to the body.
Glorious looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Reschke throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Glorious checks a leg kick.
Reschke with a hook.
Glorious is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Reschke lands with a cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reschke throws a solid leg kick but Glorious takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Reschke.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Glorious lands a right hook to the body.
Reschke throws a sloppy head kick and Glorious moves out of range easily.

Glorious has Reschke up against the cage in a clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Glorious lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Glorious blocks an uppercut.
Glorious blocks an elbow strike from Reschke.
Glorious gets through Reschke's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Reschke looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Reschke gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Glorious throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Reschkes head.
Reschke tries to land knees in the clinch but Glorious avoids the damage to the body.
Reschke working aggressively here.
Reschke tries to work over Glorious's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reschke misses with an elbow strike.
Reschke looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Reschke throws a punch but it's blocked by Glorious.
Glorious takes a knee right on the jaw!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Reschke just misses with a elbow thrown towards Glorious's brow.
Reschke tries to land knees in the clinch but Glorious avoids the damage to the body.
Reschke misses with a short punch on the inside.
Reschke throws an elbow that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Reschke.
Reschke misses with an elbow strike.
Glorious tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Glorious looking to slow down the pace here.
Glorious is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Reschke is defending well for now.
Glorious managing to block the knees to the body from Reschke.
Glorious working aggressively here.
Glorious blocks the elbow strike.
Reschke throws a head punch that misses.
Glorious misses with a hook to the ribs.
Glorious lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Reschke or not.
Glorious lands an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reschke tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Glorious's elbow.
Glorious trying to stall but Reschke improves his position.
Reschke lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Glorious backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Still in the clinch, Reschke scores with a nice short uppercut.
Glorious takes a knee right on the jaw!
Glorious avoids a wild elbow strike from Reschke.
Reschke lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Glorious misses with a short punch on the inside.
Glorious with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Reschke lands with a left to the head.
Nice elbow from Reschke.
Glorious scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Glorious looking to throw knees to the head but Reschke is blocking nicely.
Reschke has a couple of punches blocked by Glorious.
Zarek Reschke seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Glorious tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reschke's elbow.
Glorious is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Glorious has Reschke pressed against the cage.
Reschke has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Glorious stalling in the clinch but Reschke improves position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zarek Reschke showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Reschke tries a head kick but it misses.
Reschke walks into a straight right hand from Glorious.
Reschke throws a low kick but Glorious moves out of range easily.
Glorious wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Reschke throws the left hand but Glorious avoids the punch easily.
It looked like Glorious wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sloppy strikes from Reschke. Those never looked like landing.
Reschke fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Glorious checks it well.
Reschke misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Reschke lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Glorious circles away quickly and effectively.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reschke misses with a shot to the body
and Glorious counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A nice inside leg kick there by Reschke. That's going to slow Glorious down.
Reschke swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Glorious tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Reschke paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Reschke jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Reschke goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A jab from Glorious misses.
Reschke dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Reschke throws a solid leg kick but Glorious takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Reschke.
Reschke throws a jab when Glorious was well out of range.
Glorious avoids a punch combination nicely.
Glorious moves out of range of the leg kick from Reschke.
Glorious wants to clinch up but Reschke keeps it at a distance.
Collin Glorious has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Zarek Reschke is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glorious wants to clinch.
Reschke lands with a slapping head kick.
Glorious walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Reschke checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Reschke appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Reschke swats away the attempt to clinch by Glorious.
A big left from Reschke misses.
Reschke throws a body punch but Glorious moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glorious avoids a kick to the body.
Reschke chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Glorious misses with a two punch combination.
Reschke feints a counter leg kick.
Glorious is looking to chop away at Reschke's legs.
Glorious throws the left hand but Reschke avoids the punch easily.
Glorious throws a head kick but Reschke moves out of range.
Glorious circles away from the clinch attempt.
Reschke throws a nice inside leg kick.
Reschke throws a lazy head kick

and Glorious counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Glorious.
Reschke makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Reschke creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Glorious pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Glorious takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Reschke avoids a wild elbow strike from Glorious.
Glorious lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Reschke.
Reschke throws an elbow but it's blocked.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reschke misses with an elbow over the top.
Reschke blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Reschke pushes off an throws an elbow but Glorious leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Reschke swings wildly with an uppercut but Glorious uses good head movement to avoid it.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Glorious.
A short right from Reschke on the inside.
Reschke lands a shot to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Glorious.

And that's the end of the fight!
Zarek Reschke comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Reschke 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zarek Reschke!
After the fight, Zarek Reschke 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.