PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Yossarian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Glenn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Glenn is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Say It Aint So by Weezer. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Robert Glenn enters the cage!

Yossarian
vs
Glenn

175 cm
22
162 lbs
8 - 4 - 1

182 cm
22
184 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, John Yossarian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Robert Glenn!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Anthony Taglia and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Glenn looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Yossarian is fending him off so far but Glenn persists. Nope, Yossarian circles away and we're back to standing.
Yossarian smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Glenn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Yossarian paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Glenn moves out of range of the body kick from Yossarian.
Yossarian stuffs the takedown.
Yossarian looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Glenn connects with a jab.

Yossarian closes the distance and clinches.
Yossarian effectively controlling the action here.
Yossarian lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Yossarian fails to land.
Yossarian working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yossarian.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yossarian misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yossarian can't find room to land a body shot as Glenn controls the action.
Glenn blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yossarian tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Glenn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yossarian lands a hook that snaps the head of Glenn backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Glenn.
Glenn blocks a body shot from Yossarian.
Yossarian lands a left hand.
Yossarian lands with a light punch inside.
Yossarian controlling the action here for a moment.
A right handed body shot lands from Yossarian.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glenn takes a shot to the head.
Glenn looking to stall.
A head punch on the inside from Yossarian fails to land.
Yossarian tries a body shot but Glenn blocks it.
Yossarian lands a nice shot to the body.
Yossarian throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Glenn blocks it with crossed arms.
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!
Yossarian lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Robert Glenn has been cut.
Yossarian is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Yossarian struggles to land a body shot inside as Glenn controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glenn fails to pull guard.
John Yossarian has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Robert Glenn.
Glenn drops down looking for an ankle pick but Yossarian pulls his leg out and moves away.
Yossarian bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Glenn's head.
Glenn takes one on the button.
Horrible takedown by Glenn or perhaps it was just good defense by Yossarian which made him look bad.
Yossarian connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Yossarian turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Yossarian throws a leg kick which misses Glenn's front leg but catches the back leg as Glenn tries to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yossarian lands with a thumping leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Yossarian steps into range and cracks Glenn with a monster punch that buckles his knees! Glenn flops backwards and Yossarian dives into his guard looking to finish!

Glenn is rocked!
Yossarian has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Yossarian controls from within his opponent's guard.
Yossarian trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yossarian is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Yossarian scoring with punches to the head and body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Yossarian dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Robert Glenn's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Both fighters circling a little - Yossarian finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Glenn checks the leg kick nicely there.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Glenn is defended easily by Yossarian.
Glenn moves forwards but Yossarian connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Glenn with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Yossarian to score with a decent uppercut.
Glenn darts in trying to clinch
and Yossarian counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Glenn is still on wobbly legs! Can Yossarian finish him?
Yossarian feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Glenn's calf.
Glenn seems to have recovered his senses.

Yossarian shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yossarian won't allow Glenn to sweep him here.
Yossarian sitting in guard here, content to control.
Yossarian postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Glenn bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Yossarian's guard.
Glenn trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Glenn wants to control from the top but Yossarian keeps moving.
Yossarian controlling Glenn's posture.
Glenn makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Yossarian is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Glenn can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yossarian is pulling down on Glenn's head. It's preventing any offense from Glenn, at least for the moment.
Yossarian looking to hit a scissor sweep but Glenn is one step ahead there.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Yossarian here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Glenn wants to pass the guard but Yossarian is keeping the position.
Yossarian looking to hit a scissor sweep but Glenn is one step ahead there.
Yossarian controls Glenn momentarily but Glenn frees himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glenn trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Glenn throwing strikes but missing.
Glenn pushing down on Yossarian's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Glenn trying to mount his opponent but Yossarian defends it.
Yossarian manages to get to full guard.
Glenn wants to control from the top but Yossarian keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glenn postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Glenn sitting in guard here, content to control.
Yossarian tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Yossarian has control of Glenn's left arm, preventing Glenn from doing any damage.
Glenn throws an elbow that misses. Yossarian uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Glenn's guard. Nice move by Yossarian!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yossarian trying to control the position from guard on top but Glenn is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Glenn is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Yossarian dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Robert Glenn's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Glenn looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Yossarian controlling the position for now.
Glenn wants to pass to mount but Yossarian is defending the position.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Glenn working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Yossarian works his way to full guard. Good work.
Yossarian is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Yossarian is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
John Yossarian overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Yossarian is on top in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Glenn is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Yossarian scoring with punches to the head and body.
Glenn working a defensive guard here.
Glenn wants to sweep here but Yossarian controlling him for the moment.
Glenn bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Yossarian's guard.
Yossarian wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glenn throwing strikes but missing.
Yossarian managing to control the position.
Glenn is looking to work some ground and pound but Yossarian has wrist control.
Glenn postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up because John Yossarian just wasn't active enough.
Glenn tries to clinch
and Yossarian counters with a stiff right hand.

Yossarian moves into the clinch.
Glenn blocks an uppercut.
Yossarian is stalling here.
Yossarian works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Yossarian lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Glenn backwards.
Glenn goes for a takedown attempt but Yossarian pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
John Yossarian is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The fight stays on the outside here - Glenn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Yossarian.
John Yossarian is winning the standup battle so far.
A swing and a miss from Yossarian.
Yossarian keeps Glenn at a distance using the push kick.
Yossarian feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Glenn's calf.

Yossarian fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Glenn, pushing him back against the cage.
Glenn wants a takedown.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yossarian.
Robert Glenn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Glenn stalls.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Yossarian showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Yossarian has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Yossarian!
As John Yossarian got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Where are the Snowdens of yesteryear?'.