PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcos Martinez (ranked 7893 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gerardo Gluhovic (ranked 3788 p4p, 0 weight class). Gluhovic is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Bureal Sarkikos. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Martinez
vs
Gluhovic

188 cm
27
205 lbs
6 - 15 - 0

190 cm
35
205 lbs
16 - 1 - 1

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcos Martinez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gerardo Gluhovic!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Luis Engracia and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Gluhovic defends it nicely.
Gluhovic lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Martinez is defended easily by Gluhovic.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Still in the clinch, Gluhovic scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gluhovic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Martinez tries for a takedown but Gluhovic circles away easily
and Gluhovic counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcos Martinez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gluhovic misses with a jab, cross combination.
Martinez is looking to counter the offense by Gluhovic and move into the clinch.
Martinez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gluhovic.
Martinez definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Gluhovic throws a jab when Martinez was well out of range.
Martinez fails with the takedown
and Gluhovic counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Gluhovic lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Martinez at a distance.
Martinez tries for a takedown but Gluhovic circles away easily
letting Gluhovic counter with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gluhovic clinches up with Martinez and pushes him back against the cage.
Gluhovic managing to block the knees to the body from Martinez.

Gluhovic breaks from the clinch.
Martinez turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Martinez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gluhovic swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gluhovic throws out a counter right but Martinez avoids it with no problem.
Martinez takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Martinez is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gluhovic weaves into range and cracks Martinez right on the temple with a beautiful overhand right! Martinez goes down! He's out cold! Wow, what a beautiful knockout! Gluhovic is strutting round the canvas like a movie star as the camera bulbs flash frantically.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Gerardo Gluhovic!
During a confident post fight interview, Gerardo Gluhovic thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.