PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ibasour Sershurrapal (ranked 1821 p4p, 1497 weight class) and Frank Glotsby (ranked 204 p4p, 170 weight class). Sershurrapal's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Smoking Snakes. Glotsby is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Another one bites the dust. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Sershurrapal
vs
Glotsby

175 cm
21
145
6 - 2 - 0

176 cm
28
155
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Powerful

Brooklyn Apothecary
EL ZOIDO FEEBLE FIGHTWEAR

METTLE

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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ibasour Sershurrapal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Frank Glotsby!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Glotsby has managed to clinch.
Sershurrapal can't find room to land a body shot as Glotsby controls the action.
Sershurrapal lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Glotsby backwards.
Sershurrapal cracks Glotsby with a nice body shot.

Glotsby pulls guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sershurrapal's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Glotsby told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Sershurrapal wants to control from the top but Glotsby keeps moving.
Glotsby controls Sershurrapal momentarily but Sershurrapal frees himself.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Glotsby is looking to cinch up a triangle. Sershurrapal throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Glotsby's body to avoid the submission. Glotsby has instead reached around Sershurrapal's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Glotsby arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Frank Glotsby!
Frank Glotsby very nearly forgot to thank METTLE amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.