PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tiger Bear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Virgil Albers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Virgil Albers is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Bear
vs
Albers

188 cm
19
195 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

180 cm
22
195 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Forbidden Apple

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tiger Bear!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Virgil Albers!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bear takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Albers scores with a one two! Bear had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Bear tries to clinch but Albers is having none of it.
Bear lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bear wants to clinch up but Albers keeps it at a distance.
Bear tries to clinch up.
Bear fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bear is looking to clinch but Albers is avoiding it.
Bear tries to close the distance and clinch but Albers swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bear tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bear wants to clinch up but Albers keeps it at a distance.
Albers avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Albers circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bear wants to clinch.
Albers lands a two punch combo.
Bear moves in looking to clinch but Albers pushes him off.
Albers swats away the attempt to clinch by Bear.
Bear takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bear tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bear looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Albers cracks Bear with a right hand to the side of the head.
Bear looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Albers is fending him off so far but Bear persists. Nope, Albers circles away and we're back to standing.
Bear tries to clinch up but Albers circles away and keeps his distance.
Bear wants to clinch up but Albers keeps it at a distance.
Bear ducks right into an uppercut from Albers.
Albers circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bear tries to clinch but Albers moves out of range.
Albers closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Albers throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bear.
Albers circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bear wants to clinch up but Albers keeps it at a distance.
Bear fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bear tries to close the distance and clinch but Albers swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bear closes this distance looking for a takedown but Albers circles away.
Albers avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Albers uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Bear tries to close the distance and clinch but Albers swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bear misses with a lunging right hand
and Bear takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bear closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Albers to counter with a crisp jab.
Bear fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tiger Bear. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bear is breathing heavily.
Albers lands with an overhand left.
Albers ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Bear closes the distance but Albers moves to the side
and Albers counters with a nice uppercut.
Bear tries to clinch but Albers moves away
and Albers counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Bear tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Albers counters with a left to the body.
Bear tries to clinch
and Albers counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bear tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Albers counters with a stiff right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Albers closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Bear fails with the takedown.
Albers jabs at Bear's body.
Albers scores with a sloppy right hand. Bear should have avoided that one.
Bear tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Albers counters with a stiff right hand.
Nice cross by Albers.
A jab from Albers does it's job there.

Bear is rocked!
Albers throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends Bear stumbling backwards into the cage! Bear bounces back off the cage towards Albers, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Albers lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Albers celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Virgil Albers!