PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Igor Glozman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abe Goldman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Glozman might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to enae Volare Mezzo. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Glozman
vs
Goldman

177 cm
30
190 lbs
29 - 11 - 0

190 cm
30
190 lbs
23 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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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 29 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Igor Glozman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Abe Goldman!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Ben Zyskovitsi and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Goldman throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Glozman.
Glozman buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Goldman avoids the body shot from Glozman.
Goldman looks to score with a jab to the body but Glozman is just out of range.
Glozman tries to move into range but Goldman moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The fighters circling - Goldman throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Glozman listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Glozman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Goldman tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Goldman clobbers Glozman with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Glozman clinches with his opponent.
Glozman lands with a light punch inside.
Glozman lands a hook that snaps the head of Goldman backwards.
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!
Goldman tries to throw a body punch but Glozman avoids it by throwing Goldman back against the cage.
Goldman throws a punch but it's blocked by Glozman.
Goldman misses with a punch on the inside.
Glozman holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Goldman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Goldman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Goldman misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Glozman lands a hook that snaps the head of Goldman backwards.
Goldman is trying to force a seperation but Glozman has the dominant position.
Goldman tries a body shot but Glozman blocks it.
Glozman throws an elbow but it misses.
Glozman digs a right hand underneath Goldman's ribcage. Goldman let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Goldman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Glozman stalling in the clinch.
Goldman tries to work over Glozman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice left hand lands by Glozman.
Still in the clinch, Goldman scores with a nice short uppercut.
Glozman missing with knees to the body.
Glozman comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Glozman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Goldman avoids it.
Goldman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Goldman working aggressively here.
Glozman misses with a knee to the head.

Goldman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Glozman tries to clinch there but Goldman circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Goldman lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Glozman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Glozman fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

Glozman shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Goldman napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Glozman working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Goldman can't do much from the bottom here.
Glozman throwing strikes but Goldman manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Glozman can't do much from the bottom here.
Goldman controls the position.
Glozman 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goldman prevents Glozman from escaping the position.
Glozman tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Goldman wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Glozman is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Goldman's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Glozman trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glozman keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Goldman controlling his opponent.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Igor Glozman dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Glozman closes the distance and pushes Goldman back into the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Glozman fails to land.
Goldman blocking some punches.
Glozman tries to land knees in the clinch but Goldman avoids the damage to the body.
Goldman lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Glozman backwards.
Glozman pushes Goldman back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Goldman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Goldman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Glozman tries to work over Goldman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Glozman digs a right hand underneath Goldman's ribcage. Goldman let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Glozman pressing his opponent against the cage.
Goldman prevents the takedown attempt.
Glozman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Goldman scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Goldman breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Glozman on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Glozman thumps Goldman with a low kick.
Glozman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab from Goldman misses.
Goldman misses with a looping left.
Glozman misses with a hook. Goldman ducked under it nicely.
Crunch! Goldman slams his shin into Glozman's torso.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Glozman.
Glozman doesn't manage to clinch there - Goldman circles away.
Goldman dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Goldman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Glozman manages to avoid it.
Goldman scores with a hook.
Goldman throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Abe Goldman seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Goldman looks to score with a jab to the body but Glozman is just out of range.
Glozman wants to clinch up but Goldman keeps it at a distance.
Abe Goldman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Goldman steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Glozman. That one must have hurt.
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!
Left hook, right uppercut from Glozman.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glozman tries to close the distance and clinch but Goldman swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Goldman throws the kick towards the body but Glozman avoids it.
Goldman lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Glozman wants to clinch up but Goldman keeps it at a distance.
Goldman with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Goldman takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Goldman uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Glozman.
Glozman wants to clinch but Goldman slips to the side
and Goldman counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Goldman scores with a kick to the midsection.
Goldman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Glozman misses with a straight right.
Glozman blocks a leg kick.
Goldman swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Glozman tries to score with a low kick but Goldman moves his leg out of the way.

Glozman has closed the distance and engaged Goldman in a clinch.
Goldman being controlled against the cage.
Glozman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glozman lands a right hand that snaps the head of Goldman backwards.
Goldman wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Glozman as the two fighters clinch.
Glozman lands an elbow that stopped Goldman in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Abe Goldman has been cut.
Glozman struggles to land a body shot inside as Goldman controls his hands.
Glozman stalling the fight.
Goldman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Igor Glozman has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Glozman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Goldman is trying to maintain a safe position but Glozman gets an underhook and turns Goldman into the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Goldman.
Goldman has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Glozman has Goldman pressed against the cage.
Goldman is trying to break free.
Glozman misses with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Glozman.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Glozman.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Glozman prevents a body shot from Goldman.

Glozman has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Goldman clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Glozman missing with strikes.
Glozman softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Goldman prevents Glozman from getting a body triangle.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
What can Goldman do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Igor Glozman dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Abe Goldman's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Glozman lands a high kick!
Glozman changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Glozman moves away from the strike by Goldman.
Goldman slips under a jab from Glozman.
Goldman fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Glozman is out of range.
Goldman connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Glozman momentarily.
Goldman slips under a jab.
Goldman slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Glozman tries to land a front kick but Goldman steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Glozman ducks under a wild hook from Goldman.
Glozman stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Goldman.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Goldman moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
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!
Glozman misses with a hook. Goldman ducked under it nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Goldman misses the target.
Goldman throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Glozman's head.
Glozman bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Goldman throws a leg kick but Glozman moved away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Glozman misses with a body kick.
Goldman is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Glozman throws a nice inside leg kick.

Glozman pushes Goldman up against the cage in a clinch.
Goldman misses with a punch to the body.
Goldman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Goldman misses with a body punch.
Glozman is pushing Goldman up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Glozman trying to land knees to the body.
Glozman stalling the fight.
Goldman blocks an elbow strike.
Goldman lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Glozman landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Glozman softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glozman blocks an uppercut.
Glozman lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Goldman backwards.
Glozman can't get the takedown.
Glozman misses with some punches.
Glozman is trying to drag Goldman to the mat but Goldman just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Glozman lands a shoulder strike.
Goldman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Goldman is trying to maintain a safe position but Glozman gets an underhook and turns Goldman into the cage.
Glozman trying to stall but Goldman improves his position.
Goldman can't break the clinch.
Glozman working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Glozman works on Goldman's body with a couple of short punches.
A short uppercut from Glozman.
Glozman lands a knee to the body.
Glozman utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Goldman takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glozman makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Goldman misses with a punch on the inside.
Glozman lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Glozman lands a hook to the side of the head.
Glozman blocking some punches.
Goldman wants to get back to striking at distance but Glozman won't allow it.
Glozman working Goldman over with knees to the body.
Abe Goldman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Goldman tries a body shot but Glozman blocks it.
Glozman working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Glozman scores a nice knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short right from Glozman.
Glozman pushes Goldman back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Glozman lands a left hand that snaps the head of Goldman backwards.
Goldman takes an elbow to the forehead.
Glozman lands an elbow just above Goldman 's eye.

Goldman is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Glozman.
Goldman is still on wobbly legs! Can Glozman finish him?
Glozman dips a shoulder and cracks Goldman with a mighty uppercut! Goldman falls back against the cage and Glozman unloads with a barrage of strikes! Goldman is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Glozman screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:12 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Igor Glozman!
Igor Glozman decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.