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They’re lighting the match to release the gasses in the match head, and then they’re putting the glass over it to trap the gasses. Then, the foil at the bottom that the match is mounted in starts an arcing reaction, which combined with the gas and the fuel in the match stick creates fire and the tiny little bit of plasma (the glowing light) at the top of the glass.
There was a ball of superheated gas in the glass from the match. It created a ball of plasma because of the radiation used to heat things in the microwave. The plasma heated the glass extremely quickly, and the gas under the glass also expanded very rapidly. It likely exploded from the heat though – they said it had melted the glass also. Glass melts anywhere between 900 and 3180 degrees Fahrenheit.
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