PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Doug Parham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Virgil Albers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Parham kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is None. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Parham
vs
Albers

187 cm
25
193 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

180 cm
24
195 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Doug Parham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Virgil Albers!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Albers is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Parham.
Albers throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Parham on the side of the head.
Parham looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Albers misses the jab.
Albers ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A punch lands to the side of Parham 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Parham decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Albers pushes Parham off and gets back to his feet.
Parham displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Albers throws out the jab.
Parham showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Albers.
Parham uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Albers.
Parham fails to land with a series of punches.
Albers lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Parham circles away quickly and effectively.
Virgil Albers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Albers takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Albers misses the shot to the body.
Parham scores with a three punch combo!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Albers lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Parham circles away quickly and effectively.
Albers swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Albers misses with a looping right.
A shot to de liver by Parham. Beautiful body shot.
Albers throws a series of punches but Parham avoids them all with ease.
Parham smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Parham falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Albers counter with a right hand.
Parham steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Albers.
Parham ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Albers misses with a straight right.
Albers lands a really nice looking cross but Parham seems unphased.
Albers lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Parham circles away quickly and effectively.
Albers misses the jab.
Parham wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Albers swings away with a body shot that misses
and Albers takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parham misses with an uppercut.
Albers throws a shot from downtown. Parham moves away and avoids it.
Albers looks to score with a jab to the body but Parham is just out of range.
Parham takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Parham throws a hook to the side of Albers's head but Albers sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Albers throws the left hand but Parham avoids the punch easily.
Parham tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Albers was well out of range. Poor timing from Parham.
Albers lands a with a good body shot.
Albers misses with a hook. Parham ducked under it nicely.
A cross from Parham lands.
Parham shoots in and drives through. Albers sprawls well.
Parham fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Albers misses with a body shot.
Parham swinging wilding here.
Albers dodges the punch combination from Parham.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parham connects with a crisp jab.
Albers throws a combination that misses
and Parham counters with a left and a right that stings Albers.
Decent striking displayed by Albers there.
Albers misses with a wild combination.
A big right from Albers misses.
Albers tries to bum rush Parham with a series of wild strikes but Parham uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Albers lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Parham defending well as Albers loads up on a big left hand.
Parham misses with a takedown attempt - Albers sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Albers showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Parham.
Parham displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Albers throws out the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Albers misses with a body shot
and Parham counters with a nice body shot.
Parham missing with a left hand there. Albers was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Albers swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Parham counters with a one-two to the body.
Parham lands with an overhand left.
Albers throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Albers misses with a straight left.
Virgil Albers is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Albers throws an overhand right that lands on Parham's shoulder, as Parham tries to avoid the shot.
Albers ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Parham moves away.
Some wild striking there from Albers.

Parham feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Parham stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Albers swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Albers keeping moving, preventing Parham from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Doug Parham will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Parham throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Parham throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A big right from Albers misses.
Albers throws a hook to the side of Parham's head but Parham sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Parham tries to bum rush Albers with a series of wild strikes but Albers uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Albers misses with a few strikes there.
Albers misses with a looping right.
Parham looks to score with a jab to the body but Albers is just out of range.
Parham shoots for a takedown but Albers saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Albers throws a right and a left that Parham avoids nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Parham slips a straight right by Albers.
Albers dodges the punch combination from Parham.
Parham uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Albers.
Albers swings away with a body shot that misses
and Parham counters with a three punch combo that has Albers backing up. Albers nods at Parham to acknowledge the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parham displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Albers throws out the jab.
Doug Parham is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Parham misses with a two punch combination.
Parham scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Albers throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Parham counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Parham works the jab nicely.
A combination from Albers does no damage.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Parham is defended easily by Albers.
Albers throws an overhand right that lands on Parham's shoulder, as Parham tries to avoid the shot.
Parham misses with a jab, cross combination.
Parham slips under a jab.
Parham slips under a jab from Albers.
Albers looks to land a right hand but Parham moved out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Albers throws a combination. Parham tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Parham tries to bum rush Albers with a series of wild strikes but Albers uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Parham defending well as Albers loads up on a big left hand.
Parham misses with a series of wild punches.
Parham blocks a jab.
Albers misses with a double jab
and Parham counters with a series of strikes. Albers will be more careful next time no doubt.
Albers misses with a combination
and Parham counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Nice defenses there by Parham.
Parham showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Albers.
Albers scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Albers slips a jab from Parham.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Albers misses the shot to the body.
Albers throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Albers throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Parham displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Albers throws out the jab.
Parham is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Albers swings away with a body shot that misses
and Parham makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Albers is breathing heavily.
A punch combination from Parham misses.
Parham looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Parham dodges the punch combination from Albers.
Albers throws a body punch but Parham moves out of range.
Parham wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Parham throws a right and a left that Albers avoids nicely.
Parham throws a one two combo.
Parham takes one on the button.
Albers gets cracked there but stands up to it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parham punishes Albers's body with a nice straight punch.
Albers throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Albers thows a left - swing and a miss!
Albers takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Albers throws a predictable looking body shot
and Parham counters with a stiff right hand.
Albers lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Albers throws a series of punches but Parham avoids them all with ease.
Albers misses with a combination
and Parham counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Parham throws a right and a left that Albers avoids nicely.
Albers misses with a body shot.
Albers misses with a shot to the body
letting Parham counter with a right hand.

Albers gets caught flat footed, as Parham shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Parham trying to control the position from guard on top but Albers is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Doug Parham dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

Albers throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Parham counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A big left from Albers misses.
A lazy left from Albers finds it's target.
Albers lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Parham circles away quickly and effectively.
Parham fails with a takedown attempt.
Parham throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Parham ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Albers moves into range and connects with a jab.
Parham scores with a decent looking hook.
Nice defenses there by Parham.
Albers throws a big shot that misses.
Parham takes a swing at Albers's ribcage but misses.
Virgil Albers seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Albers jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Parham scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck for Parham with that takedown attempt.
Parham doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

Parham shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Parham was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Albers wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Albers takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Albers is squirming around, avoiding Parham's attempts to control the action.
Albers tries to lock up and control but Parham gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Parham trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Virgil Albers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parham throws some wild stikes that Albers manages to avoid easily.

Parham goes for an armbar but Albers turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Albers.
Parham looking to hit a scissor sweep but Albers is one step ahead there.
Parham looking to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parham wants to sweep but no luck.

Albers decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Parham misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Albers is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Parham.
Albers misses with a double jab
and Parham counters with a stiff right hand.
Parham misses with a series of wild punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Albers misses the jab.
Albers swinging wilding here.
Parham throws a nice looking combination but Albers bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Albers looks to land a combination but Parham avoids it well.
Parham rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Albers moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Albers swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Parham misses with a wild body shot.
Parham slips under a jab.
Albers has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Parham misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Doug Parham is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Parham bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

Parham tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Albers regains half guard there - taking advantage of Parham's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Doug Parham.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Parham, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Doug Parham!