PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harvey Glenn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bastion Gallara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harvey Glenn has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Glenn
vs
Gallara

199 cm
18
214 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Harvey Glenn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bastion Gallara!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Sano and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gallara wants to clinch but Glenn slips to the side
and Glenn connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gallara looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Gallara fails with the takedown

and Glenn counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Gallara throws a head punch that misses.
Glenn is pressed up against the cage. Gallara has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Glenn down to the mat. Glenn avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Gallara tries for a takedown but Glenn circles away easily
and Glenn counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Gallara is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Harvey Glenn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bastion Gallara.
Gallara misses with a body kick.
Glenn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gallara tries to clinch but Glenn moves away
and Glenn counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

Glenn has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Glenn tries to land knees in the clinch but Gallara avoids the damage to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Glenn just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gallara's brow.
Glenn throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gallaras head.
Glenn misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gallara.
Glenn has Gallara pressed against the cage.

Glenn manages to break the clinch.
Gallara uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Glenn.
Glenn throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gallara uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Glenn.

Glenn looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glenn landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Glenn slows the pace down in half guard.
Glenn drops an elbow to the side of Gallara's head.
Glenn takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Gallara has hold of Glenn's hands but Glenn slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
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!
Glenn scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Glenn lands a nice short elbow.
Glenn content to control rather than advance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glenn seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Glenn is controlling the pace.

Glenn is working for a kimura but Gallara is defending it quite comfortably.
Glenn content to control rather than advance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glenn working over Gallara with some ground and pound. Gallara looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Gallara wants to control but Glenn is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Glenn is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Glenn lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Glenn seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Glenn seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Glenn misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gallara tries for a takedown but Glenn circles away easily

and Glenn counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Gallara!
Glenn is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Gallara's shoulder. That is not cool.
Glenn scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Gallara to see if he's OK.
A lull in the action here.
Gallara is working to avoid the ground and pound but Glenn connects with a decent elbow.
Gallara is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Glenn scoring with punches from side control.
Glenn in side control lands a decent elbow.
Gallara on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Gallara looks to move to half guard but instead Glenn has passed into mount! Damn!
Glenn dominating with strikes here.
Glenn controlling the position easily from mount.
BOOM! Glenn connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Glenn controlling from the full mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Gallara that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Glenn takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
BOOM! Glenn connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Glenn is looking to work his way around to Gallara's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.
Glenn controlling from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glenn putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Glenn is landing with some decent strikes but Gallara is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Glenn sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Glenn with the ground and pound from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glenn tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Glenn pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

Gallara is rocked!
Glenn looking to control and managing it successfully.
Gallara is still in real trouble! Can Glenn finish him?
Glenn is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gallara can do to turn this around?
Glenn's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
BOOM! Glenn connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Glenn scoring with strikes but Gallara is staying in there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harvey Glenn dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Glenn tries a head kick but it misses.
Gallara seems to have recovered his senses.

Glenn closes the distance and clinches.

Glenn decides to pull guard.
Glenn has control of Gallara's left arm, preventing Gallara from doing any damage.

Glenn kicks Gallara off and gets to his feet.
Nice straight punches there by Glenn. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Glenn.
Gallara fails with the takedown

and Glenn counters with a single leg into guard. Gallara didn't expect that.
Glenn showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Gallara takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Glenn scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Glenn with a nice head shot there.
Glenn engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Glenn keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Gallara's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glenn makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Glenn's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Glenn lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Glenn scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Glenn makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Glenn is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Glenn distracts Gallara with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Harvey Glenn overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Glenn postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glenn postures up and lands a big shot to Gallara's brow.
Glenn is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Gallara is striking off his back. Glenn thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
Glenn lands strikes from half guard.
Glenn with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Glenn is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Glenn in particular looking to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glenn takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Glenn is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Gallara has managed to free his arm - good work.

Glenn has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Gallara defend it? Glenn steps over the head and cranks it - Gallara is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Glenn!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Harvey Glenn!