PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ross Glinner (ranked 23770 p4p, 636 weight class) and Laimonas Zemaitis (ranked 5446 p4p, 527 weight class). Glinner comes to the cage accompanied by Macklemore - Cowboy Boots. Laimonas Zemaitis will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Glinner
vs
Zemaitis

198 cm
20
200 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

193 cm
19
205 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Ross Glinner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Laimonas Zemaitis!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Vladimir Khabensky and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zemaitis with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Zemaitis misses with a jab, cross combination.
Horrible takedown attempt by Glinner or perhaps it was just good defense by Zemaitis, which made it look bad.
We've been hearing reports that Glinner has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Nice cross by Zemaitis.
Glinner fails with an attempt to clinch.
Zemaitis throws a combination that misses

and Glinner counters with a shoot takedown. Zemaitis fights it but they end up in guard.
Glinner passes Zemaitis's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Zemaitis is trying to control Glinner's posture. Glinner takes advantage of the lull and advances to side control. He also appears to have an arm triangle here! Uh oh, big trouble for Zemaitis! Glinner is rotating here... this could be the end... Zemaitis is out! Glinner has ended this one emphatically! Great submission!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Ross Glinner!
Ross Glinner was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.