PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Konstantin Gluhov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Konstantin Gluhov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Brown
vs
Gluhov

178 cm
21
245 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

190 cm
22
243 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jack Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Konstantin Gluhov!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Daniel Franklin and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown tries for a takedown but Gluhov sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Brown.
Brown pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Brown fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Brown. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Gluhov clinches up with Brown and pushes him back against the cage.
Gluhov unloads a knee to the mid-section.

Gluhov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gluhov tries to clinch up.
Brown fails with the takedown.
Brown tries to land a leg kick but Gluhov saw it coming and moves away.
Brown just misses with a punch to the body.
Gluhov keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Gluhov tries to clinch but Brown is having none of it.
Brown dives in and grabs Gluhov's left leg, looking for a takedown. Gluhov pushes down on Brown's head and hops out.
Brown is breathing heavily.

Gluhov moves into the clinch successfully.
Brown jumps guard but Gluhov stands there with Brown around his waist. Brown gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Brown changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Gluhov fights it off and pushes away nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gluhov closes the distance and clinches.
Brown tries to pull guard but Gluhov won't allow it.
Gluhov lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Gluhov.
Gluhov is struggling to control the position.

Gluhov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Gluhov rushes Brown and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Gluhov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brown lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gluhov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Brown's face.

It looks like Jack Brown has been cut.
Gluhov with a knee to the head.
Gluhov lands a good knee to the midsection. Brown won't want to take too many of those.
Gluhov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Brown's defenses.

Gluhov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Brown misses with a takedown attempt - Gluhov sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Gluhov moves into the clinch successfully.
Stalling in the clinch from Gluhov.
Gluhov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Brown's defenses.

Jack Brown's cut is getting worse.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gluhov putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Brown in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Gluhov content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Gluhov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gluhov has Brown pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Brown manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Gluhov stalling in the clinch.

Gluhov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gluhov tries to clinch up.
Brown could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Brown shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Gluhov as he jumps to the side.
A head kick misses from Gluhov.
Brown closes this distance looking for a takedown but Gluhov circles away.

Gluhov pushes Brown up against the cage in a clinch.
Gluhov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brown drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Gluhov gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Gluhov connects with a knee to the head.

Jack Brown's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Gluhov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gluhov working Brown over with knees to the body.
Gluhov landing knees to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown takes an elbow to the temple.

Jeez, Jack Brown's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Gluhov lands an elbow that stopped Brown in his tracks for a moment.
Gluhov taking a breather.

Gluhov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Gluhov has Brown up against the cage in a clinch.
Gluhov utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Gluhov breaks from the clinch.

Brown tries to keep at a distance but Gluhov has taken the fight into the clinch.
Gluhov lands a damaging elbow.

Brown successfully pulls guard.
Brown trying to control the position.
Brown utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Brown looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Brown can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Gluhov controls the pace.
Brown throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Gluhov sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Brown working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Gluhov doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Gluhov manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gluhov wants to pass the guard but Brown is keeping the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Konstantin Gluhov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jack Brown's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Gluhov tries to clinch up but Brown circles away and keeps his distance.
Brown looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Brown fails to land with a series of punches.
Gluhov doesn't manage to clinch there - Brown circles away.
Brown fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Gluhov gets a clinch.
Konstantin Gluhov seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Gluhov will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Brown up against the cage.
Gluhov is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gluhov utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gluhov working Brown over with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gluhov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A knee to the head by Gluhov.
Gluhov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gluhov crunches a lovely knee into Brown's ribcage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gluhov landing knees to the head.

Gluhov manages to break the clinch.

Gluhov closes the distance and clinches.
Gluhov lands an elbow just above Brown 's eye.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jack Brown's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Konstantin Gluhov!