PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gary Glover (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luk Yuha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gary Glover could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Luk Yuha's chin.

Glover
vs
Yuha

183 cm
27
183 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

175 cm
28
181 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

Decent wrestler
Good knees
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gary Glover!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Luk Yuha!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Daniel Cesar and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Nice combo by Yuha! Oh, that's hurt him - Glover falls to the canvas and Yuha follows him into side control.

Glover is rocked!
Glover gets back to half guard.
Oh Glover is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Glover is looking to escape.
Glover seems to have got his legs back now.

Yuha stands up and beckons Glover to join him on the feet.
Yuha thuds a left hand into Glover's body.
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!
A slow jab from Glover misses its intended target.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Glover.
Yuha moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Glover will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Yuha misses the jab.

Oh, that's a big right hand from Yuha and Glover goes tumbling to the canvas! Yuha follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.
Yuha controlling the action here.
Glover has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Glover is not content to let Yuha control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yuha is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Yuha is taking a breather. Glover says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Glover is refusing to be controlled, as Yuha sits in half guard.
Glover gets back to full guard.
Glover tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Yuha trying to control but Glover is working from the bottom.

Glover is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Glover lands a nice uppercut.
Yuha lands a hook that snaps the head of Glover backwards.
Glover keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Yuha's efforts to push away.

Glover breaks from the clinch.
Glover misses with an uppercut.
Yuha doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Glover lands a slapping body shot.
Glover on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The fighters circling - Yuha throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Luk Yuha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yuha throws a right hand that misses
and Glover counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yuha misses with a body shot.
Glover motions for Yuha to come forward. Glover throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A jab from Yuha misses.
Yuha slips a straight right by Glover.
Yuha throws a perfectly timed hook that sends Glover crashing down! Glover tries to stagger back to his feet but Yuha just hammers him until the ref stops the fight! A confused Glover asks the ref what just happened. Poor fella.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luk Yuha!
A less than humble Luk Yuha misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.