PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bugsy Seigel (ranked 442 p4p, 239 weight class) and Glover Levangasti (ranked 24 p4p, 14 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Seigel
vs
Levangasti

193 cm
27
245
14 - 7 - 1

192 cm
27
250
16 - 4 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

New Standard

Â© Trap House
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Bugsy Seigel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Glover Levangasti!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Bruno Lombardi and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Seigel on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Levangasti blocks the body kick.
Levangasti tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Levangasti lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Seigel scores with a spinning back kick!
Seigel avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Levangasti has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Seigel pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Levangasti shoots in but no luck this time.
Levangasti moves out of range of the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good leg kick by Seigel.
Seigel lands a nice hook to Levangasti's body. Levangasti takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Levangasti jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Seigel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Levangasti was well out of range. Poor timing from Seigel.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Levangasti gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Seigel counters with a thumping low kick.

Levangasti shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Levangasti is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Seigel desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Seigel is trying to maintain the position but Levangasti is very close to passing his half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Levangasti not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Levangasti thows a huge punch but Seigel dodges it nicely.
Seigel is not content to let Levangasti control the position.
Levangasti throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Levangasti throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Seigel wants to control but Levangasti is keeping busy.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Glover Levangasti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Seigel goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Levangasti. That snapped Seigel's head back.
Levangasti misses with a right hand
and Seigel counters with a straight right hand.

It looks like Glover Levangasti has been cut.
Seigel takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Bugsy Seigel is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice defenses there by Seigel.
As Levangasti looks to move away, Seigel throws a big counter combo but Levangasti just gets out of the way.
Levangasti fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Bugsy Seigel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Glover Levangasti.
Levangasti fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Seigel cracks a nice hook into Levangasti's ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seigel scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Seigel sends Levangasti crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Seigel is motioning to the referee to let Levangasti up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Seigel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Levangasti.
Seigel loads up on a big right hand but Levangasti slips the punch.

Seigel cracks Levangasti with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Levangasti looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Seigel finish him?

Levangasti is rocked!
Levangasti uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Seigel has time to react.
Seigel drops Levangasti with a huge uppercut! Levangasti drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Seigel is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bugsy Seigel!
Bugsy Seigel thanked the fans post fight for their support.