PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nick Glazer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Koto Soitashvili (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Koto Soitashvili is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Glazer
vs
Soitashvili

176 cm
25
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
25
154 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nick Glazer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Koto Soitashvili!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Wagner Zegers and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soitashvili takes a jab right on the kisser.
A big left from Soitashvili misses.
Soitashvili is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Glazer slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Glazer bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Nick Glazer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Soitashvili. Glazer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Glazer is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
A nice combination there by Soitashvili.
Glazer scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Glazer misses with a few strikes there.
Glazer misses with an uppercut. Soitashvili saw that one coming.
Glazer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Soitashvili moves away.
Soitashvili's coach down at Amsterdam Spar and CT was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Soitashvili's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Glazer throws a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Glazer scores with a jab to the body.
Glazer scores with a body shot.
Glazer throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Glazer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Soitashvili.
Glazer on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Glazer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Soitashvili.
Glazer takes a swing at Soitashvili's ribcage but misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Soitashvili. Glazer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Glazer is looking to wear down Soitashvili with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Glazer moves out of range as Soitashvili strikes.
Glazer ducks under a wild hook from Soitashvili.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soitashvili tries to close the distance and clinch but Glazer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Soitashvili moves in looking to clinch but Glazer pushes him off.
Glazer jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Soitashvili staying out of range there.
Soitashvili moves away from the strike by Glazer.
Soitashvili looks to land a left hand but Glazer moved out of range nicely.
Soitashvili misses with a hook.
Glazer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Glazer. Soitashvili does a little dance to reset his feet.
Glazer takes a swing at Soitashvili's ribcage but misses.
Glazer lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Soitashvili circles away quickly and effectively.
Soitashvili takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Glazer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Glazer lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Soitashvili at a distance.
Glazer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Danga de danga de dang - Glazer scores with a four punch combination!
Soitashvili throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Glazer was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Glazer moves out of range of the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Soitashvili looks to land a right hand but Glazer moved out of range.
Soitashvili throws a body punch but Glazer moves out of range.
Soitashvili misses with the combination.
Glazer takes one on the button.
Soitashvili lands a head shot.
Glazer uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Soitashvili.
Soitashvili throws the left hand but Glazer avoids the punch easily.
Glazer misses with a wild body shot.
Soitashvili tries to clinch up.
Glazer scores with a shot to the body.
Soitashvili keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Glazer lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Glazer.
Soitashvili throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Soitashvili takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Glazer bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Soitashvili's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glazer uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Soitashvili.
Glazer ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Glazer misses with a wild body shot.
Soitashvili loads up on a big right hand but Glazer slips the punch.
Glazer walks into a left hand.
Soitashvili's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Glazer connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Soitashvili scrambles back to his feet.
Glazer cracks Soitashvili with an open hand slap.
Soitashvili thuds a left hand into Glazer's body.
Glazer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Soitashvili takes one to the side of the head.
Glazer misses with a shot to the body
enabling Soitashvili to counter with a crisp jab.
Soitashvili ducks right into an uppercut from Glazer.
Soitashvili misses with an uppercut. Glazer saw that one coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Glazer stalks Soitashvili and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Soitashvili's face. Soitashvili staggers backwards, shaken.
Glazer looks to score with a jab to the body but Soitashvili is just out of range.
Glazer misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Soitashvili to counter with a crisp jab.
Soitashvili tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soitashvili ducks under a wild hook from Glazer.
Glazer sets himself, and Soitashvili steps forward looking for the clinch! Glazer avoids it this time.
Jab, jab by Glazer - just one landing.
Soitashvili misses the jab.
Glazer lands with a nice body punch.
Glazer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Soitashvili.
Glazer throws a big counter combination but Soitashvili scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Glazer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Glazer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Glazer just misses with a punch to the body.
Glazer is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Soitashvili misses with the combination.
Soitashvili doesn't manage to clinch there - Glazer circles away.
Glazer tries to move into range but Soitashvili moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A swing and a miss from Soitashvili.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Soitashvili throws a looping overhand right but Glazer ducks down to avoid it.
Glazer fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Glazer lands with an overhand left.
Soitashvili fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Glazer dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Soitashvili looks to score with a jab to the body but Glazer is just out of range.
Glazer lands a body shot.
Glazer lands a body shot.
Glazer swings for the body but Soitashvili moves out of range.
Glazer misses with a looping right.
Glazer moves out of range of the strikes.
Glazer misses the shot to the body.
Soitashvili missing with a left hand there. Glazer was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Glazer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Soitashvili moves away.
Glazer throws a shot to the body.
Glazer jabs at Soitashvili's body.
Glazer looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Glazer lands a head shot.
Glazer throws a body shot but no joy.
Soitashvili throws a body punch but Glazer moves out of range.
Glazer throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Soitashvili.
Soitashvili tries to counter with a clinch but Glazer shakes him off and moves away.
Glazer changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Soitashvili takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Glazer throws out a loose jab but Soitashvili uses good head movement to avoid it.
Glazer ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Glazer. Soitashvili does a little dance to reset his feet.
Soitashvili connects with a single shot there.
Soitashvili throws a jab but it's blocked by Glazer.
Glazer swings widly with a right hand
and Soitashvili counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Glazer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Soitashvili manages to avoid it.
Glazer throws a body shot but no joy.
Glazer misses with a straight left.
Soitashvili tries to counter with a clinch but Glazer shakes him off and moves away.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Soitashvili might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Glazer has got the better of the exchanges.
Soitashvili slips a jab and a cross from Glazer.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A jab from Soitashvili misses.
Glazer throwing a counter right hand but Soitashvili manages to avoid it.
Soitashvili misses with a few strikes there.
Glazer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Glazer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Glazer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Soitashvili moves away.
Soitashvili is looking to clinch.
Soitashvili throws a series of punches but Glazer avoids them all with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Soitashvili.
Soitashvili tries to clinch up but Glazer circles away and keeps his distance.
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!
Glazer takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Glazer scores with a sloppy right hand. Soitashvili should have avoided that one.
Glazer lands the left hand.
Glazer circles away from the clinch attempt.
Glazer circles away from the clinch attempt.
Soitashvili swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Glazer throws a shot to the body.
Glazer ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Soitashvili moves out of range of the strikes.
Glazer lands a head shot.
Glazer shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Soitashvili eats them both and turns towards Glazer to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Glazer throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Soitashvili on the side of the head.
Glazer just misses with a punch to the body.
Glazer misses with a body punch
and Soitashvili counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glazer throws a body shot but no joy.
Glazer looks to land a combination but Soitashvili avoids it well.
A looping hook to the body misses from Soitashvili. Glazer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Soitashvili digs a good body shot into Glazer's ribs.
Soitashvili works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Soitashvili uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Glazer.
Glazer throws a sloppy body shot
and Glazer takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Soitashvili loads up on a big right hand but Glazer slips the punch.
Glazer looks to land a right hand but Soitashvili moved out of range.
Soitashvili takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Soitashvili tries to clinch but Glazer moves out of range.
Soitashvili swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Soitashvili throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Glazer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Soitashvili throws out the jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Soitashvili looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glazer misses with a wild body shot.
Glazer misses with a hook to the body
and Soitashvili counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Glazer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Soitashvili can do to turn this around?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Soitashvili slips a jab from Glazer.
Soitashvili will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Soitashvili throws a hook but Glazer blocks it.
A shot to the body from Glazer misses
enabling Soitashvili to counter with a crisp jab.
Soitashvili moves into range and connects with a jab.

Glazer is rocked!
Soitashvili connects with a stiff jab that staggers Glazer - oh and he follows up with a huge uppercut that knocks him out cold! Man, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Koto Soitashvili!
During a confident post fight interview, Koto Soitashvili thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.