PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chad Glazer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charlie Hustle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Glazer
vs
Hustle

197 cm
21
270 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

195 cm
19
275 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Experienced

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Chad Glazer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Charlie Hustle!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Francis DeMontford and Darius Henderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hustle shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Hustle throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Glazer won't allow Hustle to pass to mount.
Hustle throwing shots but Glazer is blocking nicely.
Hustle looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Glazer blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hustle.
Hustle takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Glazer is looking for a sweep. Hustle is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Glazer wants to control but Hustle is keeping busy.
Glazer is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at LOD-Guts & Glory Gym, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Glazer tries to get to full guard but Hustle has control of the leg.
Hustle lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hustle wants to take a breather but Glazer is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hustle is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Hustle working the head and body with strikes.
Hustle trying to control from half guard but Glazer is working away.
Hustle tries to pass to full mount but Glazer defends it.
Glazer on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Glazer tries to get out of the position.
Glazer keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hustle is looking to take a break and control but Glazer is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Glazer is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Glazer blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hustle.
Hustle has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hustle is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Hustle there.
Hustle scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Glazer is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Hustle's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Hustle's back!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Glazer punches the canvas rather than the man.
Glazer trying to control.
Glazer misses with an elbow to the head.
Hustle felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Glazer misses with punches from the back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Glazer missing with strikes from the back.
Glazer misses with punches from the back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glazer throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Glazer's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Hustle is trying to escape under a series of strikes and manages to escape from Glazer 's hooks.
Hustle manages to work a leg through to get back to half guard here. Good work there by Hustle, under a barage of strikes from Glazer.
Glazer missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Hustle controlling the position for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glazer trying to control from half guard but Hustle is working away.
Hustle looks like he's trying to stand up.
Glazer wants to control but Hustle is keeping him busy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Chad Glazer just wasn't active enough.
Glazer slaps away a takedown attempt from Hustle, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Hustle dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charlie Hustle dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Hustle shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Glazer but Glazer pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Hustle's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Hustle duly obliges.

It looks like Chad Glazer has been cut.
Glazer misses with a double jab

and Hustle counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Glazer's guard now.
Hustle is looking to work some ground and pound but Glazer has wrist control.
Hustle slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Glazer throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Hustle with a nice head shot there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hustle throws a big elbow that misses.
Glazer wants to sweep here but Hustle controlling him for the moment.
Hustle missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Glazer wants to sweep here but Hustle controlling him for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Glazer thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Hustle distracts Glazer with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Hustle postures up in Glazer's guard and throws a big left but Glazer blocks it.
Hustle lands a couple of digs.
Glazer working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hustle.
Hustle with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hustle wants to control from the top but Glazer keeps moving.
Hustle controls from within his opponent's guard.
Hustle trying to control the position from guard on top but Glazer is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Charlie Hustle has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Charlie Hustle wasn't active enough on the ground.
Hustle pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Glazer back to the cage. Hustle follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

Glazer gets caught napping as Hustle dives in and scores a takedown. Glazer manages to retain guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Glazer keeping moving, preventing Hustle from controlling successfully.
Glazer has momentary wrist control but Hustle slips an elbow through the middle.
Hustle scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hustle preventing the sweep.
Glazer keeping full guard, as Hustle tries to pass.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hustle distracts Glazer with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Hustle missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hustle not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glazer looking for a sweep. Not yet Glazer, not yet.
Hustle trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Glazer looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hustle postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hustle with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hustle looking to pass the guard.
Hustle scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Hustle's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Glazer wants to sweep here but Hustle controlling him for the moment.
Hustle is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hustle postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Glazer wants to sweep here but Hustle controlling him for the moment.
Hustle lands a couple of elbows.
Glazer throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Hustle postures up in Glazer's guard and throws a big left but Glazer blocks it.
Hustle throwing strikes but missing.
Hustle throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Glazer works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hustle trying to control the position from guard on top but Glazer is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hustle passes into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charlie Hustle showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Chad Glazer's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Hustle fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Glazer sprawls well initially but Hustle persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Glazer avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hustle.
Glazer is refusing to be controlled, as Hustle sits in half guard.
Hustle seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Glazer avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hustle.
Glazer makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Glazer.
Hustle trying to control the position from guard on top but Glazer is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hustle preventing the sweep.
Hustle missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hustle controls from within his opponent's guard.
Hustle lands a couple of digs.
Hustle stands and throws Glazer's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Hustle trying to control the action but Glazer is working from the bottom.
Glazer tries to buck Hustle off but Hustle is having none of it.
Hustle in side control lands a decent elbow.
Hustle scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Glazer to see if he's OK.
Glazer taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glazer gets back to half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Glazer taking some punishment here, with Hustle in his half guard.
Hustle lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Hustle thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Glazer's head.
Glazer is trying to control but can't.
Hustle is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Hustle is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Hustle is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Glazer is refusing to be controlled, as Hustle sits in half guard.
Hustle has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hustle working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Hustle is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Hustle lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Hustle wants to pass to mount but Glazer is defending the position.
Hustle landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Hustle slows the pace down in half guard.
Hustle working Glazer over with strikes.
Ground and pound from Hustle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hustle is trying to control the action in half guard but Glazer is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Glazer punching from the bottom.
Hustle looks to land a strike but Glazer avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Hustle chips away with some ground and pound.
Hustle is fighting to break Glazer's control of his arms but Glazer is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Hustle postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Glazer trying to keep a closed guard but Hustle is proving a slippery customer.
Hustle sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hustle looking to sit in guard and control but Glazer gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

And that's the end of the fight!
Charlie Hustle comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hustle has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 27:30
Judge Francis DeMontford scores the fight 27:30
Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charlie Hustle!
A relieved looking Charlie Hustle thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.