PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Josh Albert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Jorge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James Jorge has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Josh Albert's chin.

Albert
vs
Jorge

173 cm
22
150 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

170 cm
26
163 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Josh Albert!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, James Jorge!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Matheus Silva and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Albert keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Albert misses with a lunging right hand

and Jorge counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Albert's guard now.
Albert is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Albert trying to control the pace.
Albert looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Jorge trying to control here.
Albert trying to mount his opponent but Jorge defends it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Albert in particular looking to stall.
Albert prevents Jorge from improving his position.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

Josh Albert has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Jorge takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Albert misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A swing and a miss from Albert.
Jorge moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
No joy there for Albert, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Albert throws a predictable looking body shot

and Jorge counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Jorge is trying to control the action in half guard but Albert is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jorge thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Albert to regain full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jorge is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Jorge stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Albert swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Jorge wants to control from the top but Albert keeps moving.
Albert wants to sweep but no luck.
Albert on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Albert tries to get out of the position.
Jorge wants to control from the top but Albert keeps moving.
Albert can't keep his opponent in guard - Jorge advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jorge controlling the pace.
Jorge wants to take a breather but Albert is having none of it.
Jorge missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Jorge trying to control from half guard but Albert is working away.
Jorge throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Jorge is taking a breather. Albert says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Jorge missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Albert wants to get back to full guard.
Jorge wants to lay and pray for a moment but Albert keeps working.
Jorge tries to pass the half guard into mount. Albert knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. James Jorge wasn't active enough on the ground.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jorge shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A punch lands to the side of Jorge 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nice defenses there by Jorge.

Jorge looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Jorge dominated that round.
That's time! Albert's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Albert lands with a cross.

Jorge scores a takedown into full mount!
Albert is bucking up trying to escape but Jorge cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Jorge sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Jorge can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Albert is looking to escape.
Albert tries to hold on but Jorge pushes him away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jorge looking to finish with strikes here!
Jorge controlling from mount.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Jorge with a couple of short strikes.
Albert takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jorge looking to control but Albert is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Jorge working Albert over with strikes here.
Albert is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Albert is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Albert can't escape the position.
Jorge tries to control but Albert wriggling away.
Albert takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Albert avoids a series of strikes thrown by Jorge.
Jorge takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Jorge lands a big shot there that rocks Albert but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Jorge trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Jorge lands with some strikes.
Jorge throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Albert is squirming around, avoiding Jorge's attempts to control the action.
Albert wants to control but Jorge is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jorge looking to control but Albert is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Albert wants to control but Jorge is having none of it.
Jorge lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Jorge tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Jorge throwing strikes here but Albert is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Jorge showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Jorge takes a jab right on the kisser.
Jorge takes a swing at Albert's ribcage but misses.
Albert comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Jorge looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Jorge misses with a takedown
and Albert makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Jorge on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Albert misses with a body shot.
Albert lands with a straight right. Jorge didn't see that one coming.
Jorge takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Jorge closes the distance and clinches up with Albert, looking for a takedown. Jorge pushes Albert against the cage but Albert circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Josh Albert has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Jorge.
A lazy left from Albert finds it's target.
Jorge takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Albert takes the fight into the clinch.
Albert misses with a punch on the inside.
Albert working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jorge drops down looking for an ankle pick but Albert pulls his leg out and moves away.
Nice jab there from Albert.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Albert. Jorge does a little dance to reset his feet.
Albert cracks Jorge with a right hand to the side of the head.
Albert throws a lazy uppercut
and Jorge counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jorge on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Albert. Albert obviously looking to wear him down.
Albert misses with a lunging right hand

and Jorge counters with a single leg into guard. Albert didn't expect that.
Jorge trying to control the position from guard on top but Albert is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Albert trying to control the position here.
Albert keeping moving, preventing Jorge from controlling successfully.
Albert is adopting a defensive guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Albert scores with a nice right hand.

Jorge drives through and clinches with Albert against the cage.
Jorge blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Albert stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Albert stops a takedown attempt from Jorge.
Jorge drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Albert swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Albert lands a body punch.
Albert lands a shot to the body.
Jorge is trying to stall.
A right hook to the body lands for Albert.
Albert slowing the pace effectively.
Albert lands a left hand.
Albert lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jorge backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Albert lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Jorge.
Jorge takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jorge wants a takedown.
Albert lands a shot to the body.
Albert scores with a shot to the side of Jorge's head.
Albert lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Albert avoiding damage.
A short right from Albert on the inside.
Albert lands a hook that snaps the head of Jorge backwards.
Albert is pushing Jorge up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Jorge goes for a takedown attempt but Albert pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Albert looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Albert fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jorge, pushing him back against the cage.
Albert lands a body punch in the clinch.
Albert lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Albert working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Albert.
Albert digs a right hand into Jorge's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jorge's gas tank.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Albert taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Albert works on Jorge's body with a couple of short punches.
The referee is keeping an eye on Albert - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Jorge drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Albert avoiding damage.
James Jorge is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Albert lands with a light punch inside.
Jorge letting Albert take a breather here.
Albert throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Albert lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Jorge.
A body shot lands from Albert.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Albert lands a body shot in the clinch.
Albert pushes Jorge back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Albert pushes Jorge back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Josh Albert has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Albert working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Josh Albert showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Jorge has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Jorge!