PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tristan Alighieri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Gleiser (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alighieri comes to the cage accompanied by Mosquito Song by Queens Of The Stone Age. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Alighieri
vs
Gleiser

185 cm
33
245 lbs
23 - 20 - 1

190 cm
41
230 lbs
18 - 23 - 1

Great wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tristan Alighieri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 23 - 1, fighting out of London, Michael Gleiser!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gleiser fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Alighieri misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gleiser.

Gleiser closes the distance and clinches.
Gleiser blocks an uppercut.
Alighieri lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Alighieri avoids the elbow strike from Gleiser, against the cage.
Gleiser lands an elbow inside.
Gleiser is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Alighieri swings wildly with an uppercut but Gleiser uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice elbow from Gleiser.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alighieri scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gleiser blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gleiser lands with a light punch inside.
Gleiser misses with an elbow over the top.
Gleiser blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Alighieri lands a body shot in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice right hand lands inside from Alighieri.
Gleiser trying to stall but Alighieri improves his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gleiser gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gleiser looking to stall.
Alighieri tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gleiser's elbow.
Gleiser gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Alighieri lands a hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Michael Gleiser has been cut.
Alighieri misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gleiser just misses with a elbow thrown towards Alighieri's brow.
Alighieri misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gleiser pushes off an throws an elbow but Alighieri leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Gleiser lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Alighieri gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Gleiser regains guard.
Alighieri trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Alighieri throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Alighieri passes easily into side control. Nice work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alighieri in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Gleiser has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Gleiser is trying to control Alighieri's posture but Alighieri avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Alighieri tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Alighieri has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Gleiser tries to buck Alighieri off but Alighieri is having none of it.
Gleiser is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Alighieri has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Gleiser struggling a bit here.
Gleiser is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gleiser tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Alighieri wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Alighieri scoring with punches from side control.

That has opened up Michael Gleiser's cut even more.
Gleiser is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

Gleiser actively working from the bottom here.
Alighieri is pressing down on Gleiser's thigh, looking to free his foot. Gleiser is holding on for now.
Gleiser wants to control but Alighieri is keeping busy.

Gleiser looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Alighieri is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Alighieri seems to be working for a kimura but Gleiser defends the submission attempt.

Alighieri seems to be looking for submissions.

Alighieri is working for a kimura but Gleiser is defending it quite comfortably.
Gleiser manages to get to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tristan Alighieri dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Michael Gleiser'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.

Gleiser fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Alighieri avoids it really well and circles away.
Gleiser changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Alighieri tries to avoid it but Gleiser manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Alighieri to the ground. Alighieri escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Gleiser lands with an uppercut that bounces Alighieri off the cage and back into range.
Michael Gleiser seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Gleiser closes the distance and clinches.
Gleiser misses with an elbow strike.
Alighieri looking to slow down the pace here.
Gleiser is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Alighieri on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gleiser is pushing Alighieri up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A left hand lands to the body for Alighieri.
Good body shot from Alighieri.
Alighieri works on Gleiser's body with a couple of short punches.
Alighieri throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gleisers head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Alighieri turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Gleiser is breathing heavily.

Alighieri tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Alighieri has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Alighieri is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Gleiser knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Alighieri is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Gleiser knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Gleiser tries to improve position but can't.
Alighieri working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gleiser wants to get back to his feet but Alighieri drags him back down.

Alighieri is trying to get an arm triangle but Gleiser is defending well.
Alighieri lands an elbow.
Gleiser is looking for a sweep.
Gleiser gets back to half guard.

Gleiser looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Alighieri looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Gleiser with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alighieri lands strikes from half guard.

The cut above Michael Gleiser's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Tristan Alighieri!
Post fight, Tristan Alighieri stared into the camera and said 'Through me you enter into the city of woes. Through me you enter into eternal pain. Through me you enter the population of loss. Abandon all hope, you who enter here.'.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
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