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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jarek Glaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bryan Bishop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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165 lbs
15 - 7 - 1 |
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145 lbs
34 - 31 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jarek Glaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
34 - 31 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bryan Bishop!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Leandro Rodrigues and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bishop dodges the punch combination from Glaz.
Bishop tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Bishop looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Glaz looks to land a combination but Bishop avoids it well.
Bishop drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Glaz misses with the combination.
Bishop showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Glaz.
Glaz moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Glaz lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bishop at a distance.
Jarek Glaz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Glaz throws a right hand that Bishop ducks under and follows up with a left that Bishop also avoids with ease.
Glaz scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Glaz throws a right hand that Bishop ducks under and follows up with a left that Bishop also avoids with ease.
Bishop feints the counter takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Glaz enables Bishop to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Glaz manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Glaz wants to stand and escape but Bishop is having none of it.
Bishop is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Glaz preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bishop looking to sit in guard and control but Glaz gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Glaz wants to control from the top but Bishop keeps moving.
Bishop has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Glaz pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bishop is keeping the position for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glaz is looking to stand up but Bishop won't let him.
Glaz stands and steps away. Bishop gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Bishop fails with the takedown.
Bishop slips under a jab from Glaz.
Bishop with the counter takedown but Glaz avoids it easily.
Bishop showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Glaz.
Glaz digs a good body shot into Bishop's ribs.
Glaz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Glaz throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bishop feints the counter takedown.
Glaz just misses with a punch to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Glaz scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glaz swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Bishop counters with a shoot takedown. Glaz fights it but they end up in guard.
Glaz wants to sweep here but Bishop controlling him for the moment.
Glaz is working hard here to advance position.
Glaz wants to stand up but Bishop is controlling him.
Bishop trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Glaz being controlled here, momentarily.
Glaz has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Bishop is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Glaz breaks the clinch.
Glaz is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glaz throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Bishop was covering up waiting for the punch and Glaz finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Bishop wants to sweep but no luck.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Glaz trying to control but Bishop is working from the bottom.
Bishop seems keen to control Glaz's posture.
Glaz wants to control from the top but Bishop keeps moving.
Glaz preventing the sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jarek Glaz dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Glaz shoots in and bounces Bishop off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Bishop keeping moving, preventing Glaz from controlling successfully.
Glaz's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Glaz trying to control but Bishop is working from the bottom.
Bishop is trying to control the position but Glaz postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Glaz stays in close to Bishop's body and controls the position.
Glaz scoring with punches to the head and body.
Glaz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bishop can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Glaz wants to stand but Bishop is controlling his posture from full guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Bishop keeping moving, preventing Glaz from controlling successfully.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Glaz misses with a double jab.
Glaz throws a body shot but no joy.
Glaz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Glaz looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Glaz looking to pass the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glaz wants to stand but Bishop is controlling his posture from full guard.
Bishop keeping moving, preventing Glaz from controlling successfully.
Glaz decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Bishop, up you get!
Glaz swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Bishop decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Glaz's guard.
Glaz wants to sweep here but Bishop controlling him for the moment.
My spies in The Warehouse inform me that Bishop has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Jarek Glaz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Glaz keeping moving, preventing Bishop from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bishop landing some decent shots from guard.
Bishop won't allow Glaz to sweep him here.
Bishop trying to control the position from guard on top but Glaz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bishop controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Bishop won't allow Glaz to get back to his feet.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A jab from Glaz does it's job there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Glaz misses with a series of wild punches.
Glaz drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Glaz has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Glaz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Glaz looks for a takedown but Bishop sprawls well.
A big right from Glaz misses.
Jarek Glaz is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Some wild striking there from Glaz.
Glaz throws a left and a right that both miss
and Bishop counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Bishop is looking to advance position but Glaz won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jarek Glaz dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Glaz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Glaz fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Glaz misses with a few strikes there.
Bishop displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Glaz throws out the jab.
Bishop moves out of range of the strikes.
Bishop is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Bishop bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Glaz throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Bishop moves out of range as Glaz strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bishop gets the takedown into side control.
Glaz tries to bench press Bishop off him but Bishop keeps the position.
Bishop throws an elbow but Glaz slips to the side and avoids it well.
Bishop landing strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Glaz wants to get back to his feet but Bishop is dominant here and he's now got Glaz's back!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Glaz is trying to get back to his feet but Bishop has full control of the position and if anything, Glaz has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Bishop is punishing Glaz with strikes - can he finish him?!
Bishop working for a choke but Glaz is defending well.
Glaz trying to get back to his feet but Bishop is in full control for now.
Glaz tries to roll but Bishop sticks to his back.
Glaz manages to get to his feet, escaping the difficult position.
Glaz swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Bishop counters with a takedown into side control.
Glaz is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Bishop in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Glaz is not content to let Bishop control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
You can see the frustration on Glaz's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Glaz prevents Bishop from improving position.
Bishop wants to lay and pray for a moment but Glaz keeps working.
Glaz takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Glaz tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Bishop presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Glaz slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Bishop looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Bishop is still trying to improve position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bishop stops Glaz from getting back to his feet.
Glaz is not content to let Bishop control the position.
Bishop perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Glaz kicks off Bishop and gets to his feet.
Bishop ducks under a wild hook from Glaz.
Glaz falls off balance throwing a combination
and Bishop counters with a takedown into side control.
Bishop scoring with punches and elbows.
Bishop working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glaz is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Bishop trying to control the action but Glaz is working from the bottom.
Glaz tries to escape but Bishop is in control.
Bishop wants to lay and pray for a moment but Glaz keeps working.
Bishop is working Glaz over with some ground and pound from side control.
Glaz is looking for a sweep.
Bryan Bishop has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Glaz is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Bishop is controlling him well.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bryan Bishop comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Glaz has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:28
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jarek Glaz!
Our winner, Jarek Glaz, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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hype
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RATING
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