PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dick Glover (ranked 2400 p4p, 2363 weight class) and Napoleon Booker (ranked 293 p4p, 288 weight class). Booker has chosen Animal-Maroon 5 as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Glover
vs
Booker

183 cm
21
265
7 - 4 - 0

200 cm
22
270
5 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

UNDEFEATED
Hot Momma's Cookin

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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Dick Glover!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Napoleon Booker!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Dean Styles and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Booker jabs Glover right on the nose. Glover blinks but takes it well.

It looks like Dick Glover has been cut.
Booker steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Glover.
Glover throws a lazy uppercut
and Booker counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Booker lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Booker bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Glover's head backwards.
Booker cracks Glover with a good jab.
Glover avoids the body shot from Booker.
Booker throws a predictable looking body shot

and Glover counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Booker really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Glover. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Booker is looking to escape.
Glover trying to control from half guard but Booker is working away.
Glover thows a huge punch but Booker dodges it nicely.
Glover drops an elbow to the side of Booker's head.
Glover winds up and cracks Booker with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Booker pushes Glover off and gets back to his feet.
Booker avoids a punch combination nicely.
Booker is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Glover.
Glover tries to counter with a takedown but Booker is quick to defend against it.
Glover ducks under a wild hook from Booker.
Glover tries to counter with a takedown but Booker is quick to defend against it.
Napoleon Booker is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Booker moves away from the strike by Glover.
Glover misses with a wild body shot.
Booker misses with a straight right.
Booker wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Glover ducks under a wild hook from Booker.
Glover tries to counter with a takedown but Booker is quick to defend against it.
Glover moves away from the strike by Booker.
Glover appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
A jab from Booker misses.
Glover moves to clinch but Booker breaks away
and Booker counters with a nice uppercut.
Glover throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Booker sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Glover walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Booker throws a big shot that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Booker misses.
Sloppy strikes from Booker. Those never looked like landing.
Glover dodges the punch combination from Booker.
Glover has been working on his balance at Cause & Effect, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Booker.
Booker missing with a left hand there. Glover was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Booker scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Glover swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Glover fails with the takedown
and Booker counters with a stiff right hand.
Booker darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Booker throws a hook but Glover blocks it.
Booker misses with a looping left.
Glover on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Booker drops Glover with a beautiful combination! Glover stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Booker is looking for the KO!
Glover tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Booker was well out of range. Poor timing from Glover.
Booker throws a body punch but Glover moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Booker throws a hook but Glover blocks it.
Booker is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Glover had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Glover swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Glover with a poor takedown

and Booker counters with a crisp right hand that drops Glover! Booker lets Glover back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Dick Glover's cut is getting worse.

Glover closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Booker to the mat! Booker manages to get full guard.
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!
Glover throws a big elbow that misses.
Glover 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.
Glover working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Glover throws an elbow that misses. Booker uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Glover's guard. Nice move by Booker!

Glover looking for a sweep. Not yet Glover, not yet.
Booker has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Glover is proving hard to escape from.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Booker stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Glover swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Glover wants to sweep but no luck.
Booker must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Glover is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Glover bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Booker's guard.

The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Booker wants to stand up but Glover is controlling him.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Napoleon Booker dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dick Glover's cut.
That's time! Glover's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A slow jab from Glover misses its intended target.
Booker lunges at Glover with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Glover's hand.
Glover uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Booker.

Booker tries to sprawl but Glover drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Dick Glover overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Booker looks like he's trying to stand up.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Glover throwing shots but Booker is blocking nicely.
Glover is looking to stall here but Booker recovers full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Glover throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Booker has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Glover throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Booker works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Glover distracts Booker with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Glover is working Booker over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Glover throwing strikes but missing.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Glover's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Booker can do anything to dispel that myth.
Booker preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Glover throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Booker works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Booker has momentary wrist control but Glover slips an elbow through the middle.
Glover stays in close to Booker's body and controls the position.
Glover keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Booker's head.
Glover forces his way into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glover lands with a punch from half guard.
Glover landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Ground and pound from Glover.
Glover perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Glover lands strikes from half guard.
Glover thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Glover is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Booker 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.
Glover thows a huge punch but Booker dodges it nicely.
Glover stalling away here and it's allowed Booker to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Glover throwing strikes but missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glover throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Glover passes into half guard.
Glover is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Glover drops an elbow to the side of Booker's head.
Booker is looking to escape.
Glover thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Booker's head.
Booker tries to kick Glover off but Glover keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Glover thows a huge punch but Booker dodges it nicely.
Glover not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glover throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Glover takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Glover throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Glover lands a nice short elbow.
Nice strikes from Glover there.
Glover not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Glover missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Booker blocking the ground and pound attempt from Glover.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Glover throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Booker blocking the ground and pound attempt from Glover.
Glover looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Dick Glover dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dick Glover's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Glover keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Booker.
Napoleon Booker seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Booker ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Glover moves away.
Glover doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Glover takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nice jab there from Glover.
Glover misses with an uppercut
and Booker counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Glover takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Booker throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Glover stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Glover tries for a takedown but Booker sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
It seemed like Booker was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Booker takes a swing at Glover's ribcage but misses.
Booker might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Glover lands a right hook to the body.
Booker keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Booker throws a body punch but Glover moves out of range.
Glover tries to counter with a takedown but Booker is quick to defend against it.

Glover instigates a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Glover pushes Booker back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Glover has Booker pressed against the cage.
Booker wants to break free but Glover has control.

Booker escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fighters circling - Booker throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Booker scores with a hook to the body. Glover takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Glover fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Booker manages to avoid it.
Glover lands a body shot.
Glover ducks under a wild hook from Booker.
Glover throws a jab when Booker was well out of range.
Booker has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

Glover scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Glover in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Glover misses with the ground and pound.
Glover throws an elbow but Booker slips to the side and avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glover working the ground and pound but Booker is defending the strikes.
Glover working the head with strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Booker dodges the ground and pound from Glover.
Glover misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Glover passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Booker!
Glover landing strikes from the mount and Booker is in trouble!
Booker takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Booker is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Booker taking shots to the head.
Glover sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Glover is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Booker goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Glover!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Dick Glover!
Dick Glover thanked the fans post fight for their support.