PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Samuel Sycek (ranked 1108 p4p, 1257 weight class) and Buster Glover (ranked 158 p4p, 181 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Sycek
vs
Glover

178 cm
24
193
8 - 5 - 0

185 cm
24
190
9 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

New Standard

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Samuel Sycek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Buster Glover!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Russell Pearce and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sycek doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Glover counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sycek shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Glover as he avoids it easily.
A countering left hand to the body from Glover misses.
Glover slips under a jab from Sycek.
Glover looks like he wants to counter punch here.

Sycek decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Sycek has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Sycek lands a big elbow.
Sycek looking to finish with strikes here!
Sycek has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Glover's face.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Glover avoids a series of strikes thrown by Sycek.
Sycek thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sycek misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Sycek looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Sycek looking to ground and pound but Glover is blocking nicely.
Sycek thowing shots but they're missing.
Sycek looking to finish with strikes here!
Glover is working to get back to half guard.
Sycek thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sycek punching from mount but Glover doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Sycek punching from mount but Glover doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Poor strikes thrown by Sycek there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sycek cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sycek looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Glover is bucking up trying to escape but Sycek cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Sycek misses with a head shot.
Sycek sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Sycek looking to ground and pound but Glover is blocking nicely.
Sycek throwing strikes here but Glover is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Sycek raining down shots from the mount!
Sycek has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Glover wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Sycek.
Sycek with shots to the head and body - Glover looks very uncomfortable down there.
Sycek has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Glover's face.
Sycek cracks Glover with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Samuel Sycek!