PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Larry Glover (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Khaled Brahim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brahim is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Taliban Song. Khaled Brahim has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Glover
vs
Brahim

170 cm
21
150 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

150 cm
24
155 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Syndicate Drugs
Ka-POW Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Larry Glover!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Khaled Brahim!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, John Mangel and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Glover fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Brahim checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Glover misses with a double jab.

Brahim drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Brahim lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Brahim trying to control the action but Glover is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brahim tries to advance to mount but can't.
Brahim is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Brahim working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Glover tries to buck Brahim off but Brahim is having none of it.
Glover can't do much from the bottom here.
A lull in the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brahim creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Glover sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Brahim circles away from the clinch attempt.
Glover tries to clinch but Brahim is having none of it.
Brahim is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Brahim swinging wilding here.
Glover goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Glover lands with a nice combination. Brahim backs away looking to recover.
Glover gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Glover misses with a combination
letting Brahim counter with a right hand.
Jab from Glover.
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 rushes Brahim and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Brahim manages to break the clinch.
Glover misses with a double jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glover closes the distance but Brahim moves to the side

and Brahim counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Glover is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Brahim thows a huge punch but Glover dodges it nicely.
Glover slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Brahim has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Glover wants to sweep here but Brahim controlling him for the moment.
Brahim advances position into side control!
Glover is not content to let Brahim control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glover is trying to improve his position.
Glover on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Brahim cracks Glover with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Brahim trying to control the position but Glover is working away.
Brahim lands a few punches from side control.
Glover stops Brahim from passing to mount.
Brahim working the body and head with strikes.
Brahim cracks Glover with a big elbow.
Brahim tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brahim trying to control the action but Glover is working from the bottom.
Glover keeps Brahim under control for a moment.
Brahim content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
You can see the frustration on Glover's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Glover taking punishment in the form of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Khaled Brahim dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Glover clinches up with Brahim and pushes him back against the cage.
Brahim tries to break the clinch but Glover is controlling the position.

Glover breaks from the clinch.
Glover swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Glover thumps Brahim with a low kick.
Glover misses with a double jab
and Brahim counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Brahim swats away the attempt to clinch by Glover.
Glover misses with a straight left.
Glover throws a right and a left that both miss.
Glover fails to land with a series of punches.
Glover fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Glover misses with a double jab

and Brahim decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Glover's guard.
Brahim throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Glover works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Brahim looking to pass the guard.
Glover keeping moving, preventing Brahim from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brahim postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Glover preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Brahim trying to control the position from guard on top but Glover is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Glover wants to stand but Brahim is controlling the position.
Brahim scoring with punches to the head and body.
Brahim in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Glover lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Brahim misses with the combination.
Glover misses with a few strikes there.
Glover throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Brahim looks to land a combination but Glover avoids it well.
Glover is looking to clinch.
Larry Glover is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brahim throws a nice looking combination but Glover bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Brahim tries to clinch up.
Glover walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Brahim checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Glover misses with a double jab

and Brahim moves into the clinch.

Brahim pulls Glover into guard.
Glover pushing down on Brahim's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Brahim is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Glover's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Glover's back!
Good control from Brahim.
Glover trying to control the action but Brahim just sinks the hooks in.
Brahim wants to control but Glover is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brahim thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Brahim misses with a punch to the head.
Glover manages to reverse the position and now he's in Brahim's guard. Nice work there by Glover.
Glover trying to control the position from guard on top but Brahim is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Brahim tries to strike from the bottom.
Khaled Brahim has got the better of the ground game so far.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Glover rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Brahim moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Glover will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Brahim shoots for a double leg takedown but Glover sprawls well. He's pushed Brahim's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Brahim shoots in and bounces Glover off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Glover looking to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brahim preventing the sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brahim looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Brahim stopping the sweep attempt from Glover.
Brahim throwing strikes from guard but Glover blocks nicely.
Brahim 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.

Khaled Brahim showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Brahim scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Brahim wants to lay and pray for a moment but Glover keeps working.
Glover is looking to improve his position.
Brahim not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Glover wants to control but Brahim is keeping busy.
Brahim controlling the action here.
Glover trying to control from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brahim wants to control but Glover is keeping him busy.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Brahim looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Glover tries to close the distance and clinch but Brahim swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A jab from Glover does it's job there.
Glover throws a solid leg kick but Brahim takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Glover.
Glover connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Brahim shoots in but Glover avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Brahim takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Glover throws a push kick but Brahim slaps the foot to one side.
Glover with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Brahim is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Glover.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Glover falls off balance throwing a combination
and Brahim counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Glover lands with a nice combination. Brahim backs away looking to recover.
Glover lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Brahim keeps the fight on the outside.
Glover looks to land a combination but Brahim avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brahim misses with a double jab.
Brahim swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Glover tries to clinch up but Brahim circles away and keeps his distance.
Larry Glover is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Glover stalks Brahim and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Brahim's face. Brahim staggers backwards, shaken.
Brahim on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Glover. Glover obviously looking to wear him down.
Brahim throws a right hand that Glover ducks under and follows up with a left that Glover also avoids with ease.
Glover misses with a combination

so Brahim counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Glover wants to sweep here but Brahim controlling him for the moment.
Brahim stands and throws Glover's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Brahim working the ground and pound from side control.
Glover is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Brahim's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Glover is looking to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glover wants to control but Brahim is keeping busy.
Ground and pound from Brahim.
Brahim stalling.
Glover trying to control but Brahim postures up.
Glover blocking the ground and pound attempt from Brahim.
Brahim sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Glover wants to get back to full guard.
Glover tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Glover blocking the ground and pound attempt from Brahim.
Brahim is trying to control the action in half guard but Glover is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Brahim lands a right hook to the body.

Brahim changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Glover looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Brahim working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Glover is not content to let Brahim control the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Larry Glover did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Glover jabs at Brahim's body.
A punch combination from Glover misses.
Brahim misses with a double jab.

Glover forces Brahim back against the cage and clinches.
Glover is looking to break free of the clinch but Brahim has double underhooks.
A right hook to the body lands for Glover.
Brahim jumps guard but Glover stands there with Brahim around his waist. Brahim gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Glover's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Glover lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Glover makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Glover lands a hook that snaps the head of Brahim backwards.
Glover is pressed up against the cage. Brahim has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Glover down to the mat. Glover avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Glover stuffs the takedown attempt from Brahim. Brahim gets slowly back to his feet.
Larry Glover has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Khaled Brahim.
Glover throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Glover has managed to clinch.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
A nice left hand lands by Glover.
Glover lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Glover lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Brahim fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Brahim misses with a short punch on the inside.

Glover manages to break the clinch.
Glover throws a left and a right that both miss

and Brahim counters with a takedown into side control.
Glover dodges the ground and pound from Brahim.
Brahim is looking to take a break and control but Glover is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Glover wants to control but Brahim postures up.
Brahim trying to control the action but Glover is working from the bottom.

Brahim is trying to get an arm triangle but Glover is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glover is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Brahim asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Glover manages to work his way to half guard, despite Brahim's best efforts.
Glover wants to improve his position but Brahim is controlling well.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Brahim misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Glover moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brahim is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Glover presses Brahim against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Glover gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Brahim.
Brahim is trying to drag Glover to the mat but Glover just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Glover looking to slow down the pace here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Glover.

Glover breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Glover misses with a wild combination.
A swing and a miss from Glover.
Glover throws a body punch but Brahim moves out of range.
Brahim walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Horrible takedown by Brahim or perhaps it was just good defense by Glover which made him look bad.
Larry Glover seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Glover rushes Brahim and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Glover escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Glover fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glover slips a jab and a cross from Brahim.
Glover looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Glover is looking to clinch.
Glover throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Brahim is looking to clinch.
Glover swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Brahim counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Brahim decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Brahim thows a huge punch but Glover dodges it nicely.
Brahim moves nicely into side control.
Glover tries to improve position but can't.
Glover can't do much from the bottom here.
Glover is looking to reverse the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Larry Glover will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Brahim lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Glover circles away quickly and effectively.
Glover slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Brahim swats away the attempt to clinch by Glover.
Brahim bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Glover's head backwards.
Glover throws a combination that misses
and Brahim counters with a stiff right hand.
Glover rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Brahim moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Brahim misses with the combination.
Glover tries to close the distance and clinch but Brahim swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brahim throws a nice looking combination but Glover bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Brahim moves into the clinch successfully.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Glover.

Glover breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A clash of legs there as Glover blocks the low kick.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Glover throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Brahim counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Glover lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Brahim's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Glover throws a punch but it's blocked by Brahim.
Brahim takes a shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Brahim drags the fight down to the ground.
Glover slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Brahim is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Brahim looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Glover looking to pass the guard.
Glover has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Brahim trying to keep a closed guard but Glover is proving a slippery customer.
Brahim doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Glover postures up.
Brahim looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's two 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.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Glover misses with a combination

and Brahim counters with a shoot takedown. Glover fights it but they end up in guard.
Brahim landing some decent shots from guard.
Brahim trying to control but Glover is working from the bottom.

Glover scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Brahim misses with a few strikes there.
Glover tries to clinch up but Brahim circles away and keeps his distance.
A punch lands to the side of Brahim 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Brahim swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Glover moves into the clinch.
Brahim takes a shot to the head.
Glover gets through Brahim's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Brahim jumps guard but Glover stands there with Brahim around his waist. Brahim gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glover pushes Brahim back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

Glover breaks from the clinch.
Brahim has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Glover misses with the combination.
Glover closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Brahim counter with a right hand.
Brahim misses with a two punch combination.
Glover wants to clinch but Brahim slips to the side
and Brahim counters with a right hand to the body.
Glover tries to clinch up but Brahim circles away and keeps his distance.
Glover lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Brahim circles away quickly and effectively.
Glover blocks a leg kick.
Glover fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Glover tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brahim was well out of range. Poor timing from Glover.

Brahim closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Glover to the mat! Glover manages to get full guard.
Brahim pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Glover is keeping the position for now.
Brahim with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brahim working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Glover controlling Brahim's posture.
Brahim lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Brahim thows a big elbow that misses.
Glover avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Glover keeping moving, preventing Brahim from controlling successfully.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Glover doesn't manage to clinch there - Brahim circles away.
Brahim throws a nice looking combination but Glover bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Brahim tries to bum rush Glover with a series of wild strikes but Glover uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Glover will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

And that's the end of the fight!
Khaled Brahim comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Brahim has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 47:48
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 47:48
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 47:48

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Khaled Brahim!
Khaled Brahim is the new featherweight champion!