PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Julian May (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matthew Glover (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

May
vs
Glover

160 cm
24
151 lbs
1 - 6 - 0

172 cm
20
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Julian May!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Matthew Glover!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Glover tries to close the distance and clinch but May swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Glover looking to score a takedown here. May is defending well but Glover drives through and ends up in May's guard.
May might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

May working for submissions but it's allowed Glover to get to half guard.
Glover thows a huge punch but May dodges it nicely.
May wants to get back to his feet.
Glover is stalling here. May is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Glover seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and May has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Glover tries to improve position but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Glover is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked May off and has taken his back!

Glover is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
This has been an exciting period of action!
May rolls, trying to escape but Glover keeps control of the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Glover misses with punches from the back.
Glover throwing sloppy strikes.
May trying to get back to his feet but Glover is in full control for now.
May tries to escape the position.
May trying to control the hands but Glover breaks the grip.
Glover has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Glover missing with strikes.
May staying busy and making it hard for Glover to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
May is trying to stand back up.
Glover throwing sloppy strikes.

Glover patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
May is trying to get back to his feet but Glover has full control of the position and if anything, May has just worked his way into a worse spot.

Glover is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but May has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.

May showing good submission defense here.
May knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Glover on the ground.
May just trying to survive but Glover is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

May fending off the submission attempt from Glover.
Glover trying to control momentarily.

May is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Glover gets his way!
May just trying to survive but Glover is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
May is trying to stand back up.
May trying to control the position but Glover manages to sink in the hooks.

May defends a prolonged rear naked choke attempt and turns nicely into his opponent's guard.

May avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
May keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Glover's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matthew Glover dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Glover gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Glover looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Glover working a defensive guard here.
Glover wants to stand and escape but May is having none of it.
May sitting in guard here, content to control.
Glover manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. May manages to get himself to full guard.

We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Glover is fighting to break May's control of his arms but May is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
May keeping full guard, as Glover tries to pass.
May keeping moving, preventing Glover from controlling successfully.
Matthew Glover has got the better of the ground game so far.
May is controlling Glover's posture.
May continues to stall.
Glover works over May with some ground and pound from guard.

Glover is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! May is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! May has escaped and now he's on top!

Glover is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

May avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Glover is breathing heavily.
Glover has a closed guard, preventing May from standing up.
Glover looking to hit a scissor sweep but May is one step ahead there.
May has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
May scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Glover looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Glover is trying to control the position from the bottom.
May is stalling in the full guard.
May has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

Glover had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. May defends it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

May stands up from Glover's guard - May perhaps looking for a knockout.

Glover shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. May is trying to defend but Glover finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

Glover seems to be looking for submissions.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
May is controlling Glover's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Glover trying to pass the guard but May defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Matthew Glover will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

May closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - May lands in his opponent's guard.
May showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Glover controls May momentarily but May frees himself.
Glover working a defensive guard but May passes into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Glover trying to control here.
May working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Glover is trying to maintain the position but May is very close to passing his half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

May postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Glover to stand up.
Matthew Glover seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Glover closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
You can see the frustration on May's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
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Glover is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. May looks calm but he's in trouble here. Glover gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. May is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Glover lets go of the hold and May can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Matthew Glover!