PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Virgil Albers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tiger Bear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Albers
vs
Bear

180 cm
26
195 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

188 cm
23
195 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Broken Halo Pride Nutrition
Firebird Designs

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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Virgil Albers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tiger Bear!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Albers lands a nice looking body shot.
Albers throws a shot from downtown. Bear moves away and avoids it.
Albers lands a nice hook to Bear's body. Bear takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bear missing with a left hand there. Albers was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Albers throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Albers swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bear showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Albers.
Albers misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bear.
Bear misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Albers connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tiger Bear seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Albers chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bear can pounce on him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Albers misses with a low kick.
A slow jab from Albers misses its intended target.
A left and a right from Albers both land. Nice combination.
Bear avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bear keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Albers.
Bear lands a jab to the head.

Bear has closed the distance and engaged Albers in a clinch.
Albers stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bear misses with a body punch.
A short left from Albers.
Albers lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bear tries to land a knee to the head but Albers blocks with his arms.
Bear tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Albers cracks Bear with a nice body shot.
Bear prevents a body shot from Albers.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Albers.
Albers stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bear missing with knees to the body.
Bear scores with a hook to the body.
Albers managing to block the knees to the body from Bear.
Bear is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Albers is defending well for now.
Bear connects with a knee to the head.
Bear lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Albers lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bear backwards.
Albers lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Bear looks gassed!
Bear looking to throw knees to the head but Albers is blocking nicely.
Albers softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right from Bear on the inside.
Albers cracks Bear with a nice body shot.
Bear missing with knees to the body.
Bear looking to throw knees to the head but Albers is blocking nicely.
Albers lands a body shot in the clinch.
Albers pushes Bear back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Albers lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Albers lands an uppercut.
Albers stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A body shot lands from Albers.
Good body shot from Albers.
Albers works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Good body shot from Albers.
A right hook to the body lands for Albers.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Albers works on Bear's body with a couple of short punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Albers.
Albers gets through Bear's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Albers is leaning against Bear and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Albers stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Still in the clinch, Albers scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nice body punch from Albers.
Albers scores with a hook to the body.
A right hand to the body from Albers.
Albers lands with a right to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Albers.
Good body shot from Albers.
Good body shot from Albers.
Albers lands a left hand.
Nice body punch from Albers - that landed with a thud.
Albers lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bear backwards.
Albers lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bear or not.
Albers scores with a shoulder strike.
Albers throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Albers lands a body shot.
Albers lands with a right to the head.
Albers lands a body punch.
Albers lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Albers lands a nice shot to the body.
Bear takes a shot to the head.
Albers lands a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bear tries to throw a body punch but Albers avoids it by throwing Bear back against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Albers.
A short uppercut from Albers.
Bear misses with a knee to the head.
Albers lands a body punch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Albers.
Albers lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bear backwards.
Albers presses Bear against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Albers lands a shot to the body.
Good body shot from Albers.
A right hand to the body from Albers.
Albers cracks Bear with a nice body shot.
Albers lands a shoulder strike.
Albers lands with a short shot to the head.
Bear trying to land knees to the body.
Albers lands a shot to the body.
Albers cracks Bear with a nice body shot.
A body shot lands from Albers.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Albers managing to block the knees to the body from Bear.
A left hand lands to the body for Albers.
Albers lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Albers struggles to land a body shot inside as Bear controls his hands.
Albers lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bear.
A right hand to the body from Albers.
Albers lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Virgil Albers dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A combination from Albers does no damage.
Albers looks to land a combination but Bear avoids it well.
Bear ducks under a wild hook from Albers.
Bear takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Bear throws a right and a left that Albers avoids nicely.
Bear takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Bear tries to clinch up
and Albers counters with a two punch combo.
Bear is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Albers throws a series of punches but Bear moves out of range.
Bear misses with the combination.
Albers plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Albers throws a combination that misses
and Albers takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Albers throws a head kick but Bear moves out of range.
Albers tries to move into range but Bear moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Albers is looking to slow Bear down with leg kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bear thuds his shin into the meat of Albers's side.
Albers misses with a jab to the body
enabling Bear to counter with a crisp jab.
Albers misses with a double jab

and Bear holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Albers lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bear backwards.
Albers works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Albers misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bear landing knees to the head.

It looks like Virgil Albers has been cut.
Bear is working Albers over against the cage.
Bear pushes Albers back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Albers scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bear misses with an elbow over the top.
Bear missing with knees to the body.
Virgil Albers has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bear struggles to land a body shot inside as Albers controls his hands.
Albers swings wildly with an uppercut but Bear uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bear lands a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bear pushes Albers back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bear blocks a body shot from Albers.
Bear is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Albers is defending well for now.
Bear tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Albers's elbow.
Bear throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bear lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Albers backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Albers.
Bear working Albers over with knees to the body.
Albers cracks Bear with a nice body shot.
Albers blocks the elbow strike.
Still in the clinch, Albers scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bear lands a body punch.
Nice body punch from Bear.
Bear tries to land knees in the clinch but Albers avoids the damage to the body.
Albers tries a body shot but Bear blocks it.
Nice body punch from Bear.
Bear is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Albers managing to block the knees to the body from Bear.
Albers scores with a shot to the side of Bear's head.
Bear working aggressively here.
Albers lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bear backwards.
Bear lands a left hand that snaps the head of Albers backwards.
Bear gets through Albers's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Albers works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Albers blocks a body shot from Bear.
Bear misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bear lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Albers - that landed with a thud.
Albers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Albers lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bear prevents a body shot from Albers.
Bear misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Albers.
Bear working aggressively here.
A right hook to the body lands for Bear.
Albers lands a body shot in the clinch.
Albers is working Bear over against the cage.
A hook to the body from Albers.
Albers digs a right hand underneath Bear's ribcage. Bear let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Albers lands a body shot.
A short body shot lands from Albers as the two fighters clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Albers creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A shot in the inside from Albers.
Bear throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Albers blocks it with crossed arms.
Albers is working Bear over against the cage.
Albers is working Bear over against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Albers.
Nice body punch from Albers.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Virgil Albers will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Virgil Albers's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Albers works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Bear misses with a series of wild punches.
Bear misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Albers wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Some wild striking there from Bear.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bear thows a leg kick but Albers checks it
and Albers counters with a two punch combo.
Bear takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bear looks to throw the jab but Albers is out of range.
Bear takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Albers steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bear.
Bear lands an overhand right.
Bear uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Albers.
Bear throws a looping overhand right but Albers ducks down to avoid it.
Bear dodges the punch combination from Albers.
Albers moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Albers sizes up Bear with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Virgil Albers is winning the standup battle so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Albers connects with a body shot.
Bear closes the distance but Albers moves to the side
and Albers counters with a two punch combo.
Bear throws a low kick, looking for Albers's leg but Albers calmly moves out of range.
Bear throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Albers is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bear can do to turn this around?
Albers presses Bear against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Albers prevents a body shot from Bear.
Bear lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nice body punch from Albers - that landed with a thud.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bear with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Albers blocks a body shot from Bear.
Bear misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bear misses with a knee strike.
Albers prevents a body shot from Bear.
Good body shot from Albers.
Albers lands a hook that snaps the head of Bear backwards.
Bear tries to land knees in the clinch but Albers avoids the damage to the body.
Bear is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Albers is defending well for now.
Albers lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bear.
Albers scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Albers presses Bear against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Virgil Albers is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Albers can't find room to land a body shot as Bear controls the action.
Albers tries to throw a body punch but Bear avoids it by throwing Albers back against the cage.
Albers managing to block the knees to the body from Bear.
Albers tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bear's elbow.
Albers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A left hand lands to the body for Albers.
Albers lands a body shot in the clinch.
Albers digs a right hand into Bear's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bear's gas tank.
Albers lands a body shot.
Albers is working Bear over against the cage.
Albers lands a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Albers works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A right hook to the body lands for Albers.
A short body shot lands from Albers as the two fighters clinch.
Albers avoiding damage as Bear throws knees to the body.
Albers lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Albers gets through Bear's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Albers - that landed with a thud.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Albers.
Albers working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Albers lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Albers lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bear backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Albers.
Bear tries to work over Albers's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Albers lands a shot to the body.
Bear doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bear struggles to land a body shot inside as Albers controls his hands.
Bear struggles to land a body shot inside as Albers controls his hands.
Bear tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Albers's elbow.
Tiger Bear has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bear has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Albers scores with a nice hook to the head.
Albers lands a nice uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Virgil Albers showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Albers 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Virgil Albers!