PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Roger Glover (ranked 387 p4p, 597 weight class) and Beto Ribeiro (ranked 48 p4p, 76 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Glover
vs
Ribeiro

176 cm
26
174
6 - 0 - 0

175 cm
26
180
9 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Roger Glover!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Beto Ribeiro!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Peter Branson and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Glover displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ribeiro throws out the jab.
Glover on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Glover stalks Ribeiro and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Ribeiro's face. Ribeiro staggers backwards, shaken.
Glover swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ribeiro counters with a straight right hand.
Roger Glover seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Glover scores with a hook.
Glover blocks a jab.
Glover seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Ribeiro misses with a lunging right hand

and Glover counters by clinching up.
Ribeiro lands with a left to the head.
Ribeiro lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Glover backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Glover blocks an uppercut.
Glover misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribeiro looking to throw knees to the head but Glover is blocking nicely.
Glover tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Glover scores with a hook to the body.
A shot in the inside from Ribeiro.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Glover.
Glover makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ribeiro lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ribeiro misses with the head strike.
Ribeiro misses with a punch on the inside.
Ribeiro prevents a body shot from Glover.
Glover lands with a left to the head.
Ribeiro fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ribeiro misses with some punches.
Ribeiro looking to throw knees to the head but Glover is blocking nicely.
Ribeiro working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Ribeiro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Glover has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Elite Island Training in the buildup to the fight.
Glover misses with an uppercut. Ribeiro saw that one coming.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Glover gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glover scores with a shoulder strike.
Ribeiro scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right from Ribeiro.
Glover misses with a hook to the ribs.

Ribeiro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ribeiro looks to land a right hand but Glover moved out of range.
Glover went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Ribeiro pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A little feinted left hand from Glover on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A big left from Ribeiro misses.
Glover wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Glover avoids the body shot from Ribeiro.
Glover throws a jab when Ribeiro was well out of range.
Ribeiro swings for the body but Glover moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Glover closes the distance and pushes Ribeiro back into the cage.
Ribeiro lands a body shot in the clinch.
Glover lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Glover.
Ribeiro throws a punch but it's blocked by Glover.
Glover throws a head punch that misses.
Ribeiro trying to land knees to the body.

Ribeiro manages to break the clinch.
Ribeiro steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Glover.
Ribeiro looks to throw the jab but Glover is out of range.
Glover wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Glover connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A punch lands to the side of Ribeiro 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glover throws a lazy right hand but Ribeiro sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Glover misses with a looping right.
Glover slips under a jab from Ribeiro.

Glover drives through and clinches with Ribeiro against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ribeiro misses with a punch to the body.

Ribeiro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A shot to the liver by Glover. Beautiful body shot.
Ribeiro staying out of range there.

Glover takes the fight into the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Ribeiro misses with a hook.
Ribeiro rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ribeiro takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ribeiro bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Glover works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Glover misses with a body shot.
Ribeiro throws out a counter right but Glover avoids it with no problem.
Glover lands a jab to the nose.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Glover misses with a straight left.
Ribeiro walks into a stiff left hand from Glover.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Glover misses with an uppercut.
Ribeiro thows a left - swing and a miss!
Glover cracks Ribeiro with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Glover has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Glover tries to clinch but Ribeiro is having none of it.

Glover clinches up with Ribeiro and pushes him back against the cage.
Glover lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ribeiro can't find room to land a body shot as Glover controls the action.
Glover swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ribeiro looking to throw knees to the head but Glover is blocking nicely.
Ribeiro lands a good knee to the midsection. Glover won't want to take too many of those.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ribeiro.
A short left from Ribeiro.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro blocks a body shot from Glover.
Glover tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Ribeiro breaks the clinch.
Glover dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Glover bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Glover cracks Ribeiro with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Ribeiro looks to land a combination but Glover avoids it well.

Glover drives through and clinches with Ribeiro against the cage.
Glover lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Glover scores with a nice short uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Glover.
Ribeiro throws a head punch that misses.
Glover is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ribeiro can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Glover misses with a punch on the inside.
Glover blocking some punches.
Ribeiro lands a nice knee to the body.

Ribeiro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Good exchange - Glover coming out on top.
Ribeiro scores with a jab to the body.
Glover closes the distance but Ribeiro moves to the side
and Ribeiro counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've been informed that Ribeiro has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Glover is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Ribeiro works the jab nicely.
Ribeiro misses with a body punch
and Ribeiro takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro ducks right into an uppercut from Glover.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ribeiro dips to his left and cracks Glover with an uppercut!

Glover is rocked!
No joy there for Ribeiro, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Glover throwing a counter right hand but Ribeiro manages to avoid it.
Ribeiro tries to move into range but Glover moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Glover scores with a nice right hand.

Ribeiro is rocked!

Glover closes the distance and clinches.

Ribeiro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Roger Glover dominated that second round.
That's time! Glover's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Glover closes the distance and clinches.
A hook to the body from Glover.
Glover throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ribeiro with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Glover lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ribeiro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ribeiro swings wildly with an uppercut but Glover uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right handed body shot lands from Glover.
Roger Glover has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Glover scores with a shot to the side of Ribeiro's head.
Ribeiro blocks a body shot from Glover.

Glover breaks from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Glover moves into the clinch.
Ribeiro gets through Glover's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ribeiro is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Glover is defending well for now.
Glover lands with a right to the head.
Ribeiro lands with a right to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Glover creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Glover has a couple of punches blocked by Ribeiro.

Glover breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A punch combination from Ribeiro misses.

Glover gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ribeiro trying to land knees to the body.

Glover breaks from the clinch.
Ribeiro throws an off balance right hand
and Glover counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Good exchange - Glover coming out on top.
Glover cracks a nice hook into Ribeiro's ribs.
Glover lands a lovely overhand right.
Ribeiro is still on wobbly legs! Can Glover finish him?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro misses with an uppercut
and Glover counters with a left to the body.
Ribeiro seems to have recovered his senses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ribeiro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ribeiro moves away from the strike by Glover.
Glover looks to land a left hand but Ribeiro moved out of range nicely.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Ribeiro throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Glover holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Glover lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Ribeiro is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ribeiro swings wildly with an uppercut but Glover uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ribeiro landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Ribeiro manages to break the clinch.
Ribeiro takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ribeiro misses with an uppercut
and Glover counters with a straight right hand.
Glover digs a good body shot into Ribeiro's ribs.
Glover throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ribeiro unleashes a big counter combination but Glover bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Glover misses with a body shot.
It seemed like Ribeiro was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Glover is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glover ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ribeiro moves away.
Glover works over Ribeiro's head and body with a nice combination.
Glover tries to clinch up
and Ribeiro cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Ribeiro drops Glover with a beautiful combination! Glover stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Ribeiro is looking for the KO!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Roger Glover clearly takes that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Ribeiro cracks Glover with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Oh Glover is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Glover connects with a good right hand that stumbles Ribeiro. Ribeiro circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Glover throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ribeiro sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ribeiro looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Glover seems to have got his legs back now.
Glover connects with a looping right hand.
Ribeiro looks to throw the jab but Glover is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Glover swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ribeiro is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Glover connects with a looping right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Glover tries to clinch there but Ribeiro circles away.
Roger Glover is winning the standup battle so far.

Glover has taken the fight to the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Glover.

Glover pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A lazy left from Glover finds it's target.
Ribeiro has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Glover misses with a lunging right hand
and Ribeiro counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ribeiro throws a hook to the side of Glover's head but Glover sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Glover was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ribeiro misses with an uppercut
and Glover counters with a straight right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Glover.
Glover throws a right hand that Ribeiro ducks under and follows up with a left that Ribeiro also avoids with ease.
Glover lands with a straight right. Ribeiro didn't see that one coming.
Ribeiro swings widly with a right hand
and Glover counters with a right hand to the body.
Ribeiro works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Glover darts in trying to clinch
and Glover takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Ribeiro lands an impressive looking overhand right. Glover doesn't seem phased though.
Ribeiro throws a series of strikes that have Glover backpedaling.
Ribeiro moves out of range of the strikes.
Ribeiro doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Ribeiro throws an overhand right that lands on Glover's shoulder, as Glover tries to avoid the shot.
Ribeiro throws a lazy right hand but Glover sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Glover tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Ribeiro manages to circle out of the way.
Ribeiro moves out of range of the strikes.
It seemed like Ribeiro was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glover throws a shot to the body.
Ribeiro on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Glover rushes Ribeiro and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Glover misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ribeiro lands a right hand.
Glover blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Glover digs a right hand into Ribeiro's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ribeiro's gas tank.
Ribeiro swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Glover tries to work over Ribeiro's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice right hand lands inside from Glover.
A short right from Ribeiro.
Glover avoiding damage as Ribeiro throws knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Glover fails to land.

Glover breaks the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Roger Glover had his way with Beto Ribeiro in that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Glover clinches up with Ribeiro and pushes him back against the cage.
Ribeiro is trying to break the clinch but Glover has him pressed against the cage.
Ribeiro misses with the head strike.
Glover tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Glover lands with a right to the head.
Glover has a couple of punches blocked by Ribeiro.

Ribeiro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ribeiro lands with a straight right. Glover didn't see that one coming.
Ribeiro misses with a lunging right hand
and Ribeiro takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Glover lands a slapping body shot.
Ribeiro misses with a lunging right hand
and Glover connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Glover fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ribeiro looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Glover looks to score with a jab to the body but Ribeiro is just out of range.
Glover misses with a right hand
and Ribeiro counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ribeiro with a hook.
Ribeiro drops his hands momentarily and Glover takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Glover lands a nice shot to the body.
Ribeiro takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro drops his hands momentarily and Glover takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

Glover darts in and clinches Ribeiro up against the cage.
Glover tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ribeiro's elbow.
A short right from Glover.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Glover struggles to land a body shot inside as Ribeiro controls his hands.
Ribeiro has a couple of punches blocked by Glover.
Glover doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Glover swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Glover blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Glover struggles to land a body shot inside as Ribeiro controls his hands.
Ribeiro misses with some punches.
Glover lands with a short shot to the head.
Ribeiro misses with a knee strike.
Ribeiro blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Glover gets through Ribeiro's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glover misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Ribeiro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Glover lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Some wild striking there from Glover.
Ribeiro connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Glover's hands.
Glover works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro throws a poor cross that misses
and Glover counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Roger Glover is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Glover feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Ribeiros jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Ribeiro scores with a jab to the head.
Glover misses with a wild body shot.
Ribeiro takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Glover slips a jab from Ribeiro.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Glover fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ribeiro manages to avoid it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Roger Glover showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Glover 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 49:46
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 50:45
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roger Glover!
Roger Glover retains his welterweight title!
A very excited looking Roger Glover made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.