PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Alberto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rock Random (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alberto's entrance music is Rap De Armas. A fine choice. Random has chosen Nas - Made you look as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Alberto
vs
Random

190 cm
28
217 lbs
12 - 4 - 1

184 cm
26
210 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Carlos Alberto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rock Random!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Random jabs at Alberto's body.
Alberto throws a leg kick that is checked
and Random counters with a stiff right hand.
Random shoots in but no luck this time.

Alberto tries to keep at a distance but Random has taken the fight into the clinch.
Random creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Alberto is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Alberto dodges an elbow strike from Random.
Random creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Alberto's defenses.
Alberto lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Random creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Random is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Alberto blocks an elbow strike.
Random looking to throw knees to the head but Alberto is blocking nicely.
Alberto stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Random trying to land knees to the body.
Random blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Random taking a breather.
Nice elbow from Random.
Alberto misses with an elbow strike.
Alberto's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Random gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Alberto missing with knees to the body.
Alberto avoids the elbow strike from Random, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alberto holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Random misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Alberto.
Alberto taking a breather.
Random lands with a light punch inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Random just misses with a elbow thrown towards Alberto's brow.
Alberto misses with an elbow strike.
Alberto avoids the elbow strike from Random, against the cage.
Random pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Random misses with an elbow strike.
Alberto takes an elbow to the forehead.
Alberto stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Alberto is trying to maintain a safe position but Random gets an underhook and turns Alberto into the cage.
Random pushes off an throws an elbow but Alberto leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Alberto is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Alberto wants to stall.
Random stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Alberto slowing the pace effectively.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Carlos Alberto.
Alberto falls off balance throwing a combination
and Random counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Random ducks under a wild hook from Alberto.
Alberto slips a straight right by Random.
A head kick by Random misses
and Alberto counters with a one-two to the body.
Random throws a right and a left that both miss.
Random doesn't manage to clinch there - Alberto circles away.
Random keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Alberto.
Some bone on bone action there as Random checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Random uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Alberto.
Random slips under a jab.
A thudding body kick lands there by Random!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alberto throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Random counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Alberto swats away the attempt to clinch by Random.

Random decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Random tries to pass to full mount but Alberto defends it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alberto is doing well to control the position and prevent Random from advancing to side control.
Random misses with a head shot. Alberto uses the momentum to regain guard.
Alberto looking to control.
Random trying to control the position from guard on top but Alberto is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Alberto can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Random controls the pace.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Alberto avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Random stops Alberto from standing up.
Random tries to free his leg and advance position but Alberto is retaining full guard.
Random trying to control the position from guard on top but Alberto is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Rock Random has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Random shoots in looking for a takedown but Alberto manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Random's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Random tries to close the distance and clinch but Alberto swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Random throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Random takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Random tries to clinch up.
Alberto uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Random.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Alberto throws a lazy uppercut
and Random counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Random rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Alberto moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Alberto throws a looping overhand right but Random ducks down to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rock Random dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Random throws a big shot that misses.
Alberto loads up on a big right hand but Random slips the punch.
Random keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Alberto throws a quick inside leg kick.
Random tries a head kick but it misses.
Alberto scores with a hook.
Random tries to clinch but Alberto moves out of range.
Random tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Random uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Alberto.
Random tries to clinch but Alberto is having none of it.
Alberto throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Alberto smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Random defending well as Alberto loads up on a big left hand.
Alberto tries to land a leg kick but Random saw it coming and moves away.
Alberto throws a series of punches but Random moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alberto moves out of range of the body kick from Random.
Alberto does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Carlos Alberto is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Alberto throws a looping overhand right but Random ducks down to avoid it.
Random lands with a kick to the temple. Alberto shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

Random drives through and clinches with Alberto against the cage.
Random misses with the head strike.
Random blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Random misses with an elbow over the top.
Random unloads a knee to the mid-section. Alberto lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Random creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Alberto tries to stall but Random uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Alberto dodges an elbow strike from Random.
Alberto blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Random lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Alberto avoids the elbow strike from Random, against the cage.
The referee calls for Alberto to work.
With the fighters up against the cage, Random throws an elbow but misses.
Random tries to land knees in the clinch but Alberto avoids the damage to the body.
Random cracks Alberto with a nice body shot.
Random lands an elbow inside that Alberto shrugs off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short right from Random on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Random lands an elbow inside that Alberto shrugs off.
Random lands a damaging elbow.
Random throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Random lands a knee to the body.
Random missing with knees to the body.
Alberto lands a body shot.
Random on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Random lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Alberto wants to stall.
Random swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Random throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Alberto with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Random creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Random misses with an elbow strike.
Alberto lands a shot to the body.
Alberto lands a body shot.
Alberto unloads a knee to the mid-section. Random lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Alberto leaning against his opponent.
Random throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Random throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Alberto blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Random is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Alberto is defending well for now.
Alberto is looking to control Random's arms but Random gets an underhook and turns him. Now Alberto has his back to the cage.
Alberto trying to land knees to the body.
Alberto digs a right hand underneath Random's ribcage. Random let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Alberto lands an elbow that stopped Random in his tracks for a moment.
Alberto is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Random is keeping busy.
Random gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Alberto avoids the elbow strike from Random, against the cage.
Random tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Alberto avoids it.
Alberto on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Random misses with a knee strike.
Alberto using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Alberto on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Alberto blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Alberto throws an elbow that misses.
Alberto throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Random takes an elbow to the forehead.
Alberto manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Random is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Alberto is defending well for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Random looking to throw knees to the head but Alberto is blocking nicely.
Stalling in the clinch from Alberto.
Alberto looking to slow down the pace here.
A hook to the body from Alberto.
Alberto lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Random pushes off an throws an elbow but Alberto leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Random tries to land knees in the clinch but Alberto avoids the damage to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Maybe Alberto would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Alberto scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nice elbow from Random.
Random using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Alberto has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Alberto lands a hook to the side of the head.
A bit of stalling here from Alberto.
Alberto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Random.
Alberto is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Carlos Alberto.
Alberto throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Alberto ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Alberto takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
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 Carlos Alberto will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Random on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Random throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Alberto.
Alberto missing with a left hand there. Random was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Alberto misses with a lunging right hand

and Random counters by moving into the clinch.
Alberto on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Random working aggressively here.
Random misses with an elbow over the top.
Random pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Random throws an elbow but it misses.
A hook to the body from Alberto.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Alberto misses with an elbow over the top.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Random lands a hook that snaps the head of Alberto backwards.
Random takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Alberto blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Random leaning his opponent against the cage.
Rock Random seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Alberto trying to control the position but instead, Random has worked for underhooks and has pushed Alberto into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Random crunches a lovely knee into Alberto's ribcage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Random.
Alberto lands a left hand that snaps the head of Random backwards.
Alberto lands with a left to the head.
Random throws an elbow but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Random.
Alberto tries to stall but Random uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Random.
Alberto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Random.
Random throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Random tries to land a knee to the head but Alberto blocks with his arms.
Random comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Alberto is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Random is defending well for now.
Random lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Alberto displaying some good clinch control by pressing Random up against the cage.
Random tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alberto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Random.
Alberto avoiding damage as Random throws knees to the body.
Alberto is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Random is defending well for now.
Random misses with an elbow strike.
Alberto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Random.
Random missing with knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Random just misses with a elbow thrown towards Alberto's brow.
Random lands an elbow just above Alberto 's eye.
Alberto lands a body punch.
Random misses with an elbow strike.
Alberto trying to control the position but instead, Random has worked for underhooks and has pushed Alberto into the cage.
Random throws an elbow that misses.
Random tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Random throws an elbow but it misses.
Alberto lands a nice uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Alberto.
Random pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Random looking to stall.
Random takes an elbow to the temple.
Alberto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Random.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Alberto.
Alberto pushes Random back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Random tries to land a knee to the head but Alberto blocks with his arms.
Random managing to block the knees to the body from Alberto.
A nice left hand lands by Alberto.
Random takes a knee to the side of the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Alberto tries to land knees in the clinch but Random avoids the damage to the body.
Alberto taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Random working Alberto over with knees to the body.
Random creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Random throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Alberto blocks it with crossed arms.
Random tries a knee to the head but Alberto blocks it.
Alberto lands a nice knee to the body.
Random tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Alberto avoids it.
Alberto tries to land knees in the clinch but Random avoids the damage to the body.
Alberto pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Alberto trying to control the position but instead, Random has worked for underhooks and has pushed Alberto into the cage.
Random pushes off an throws an elbow but Alberto leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Random looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Alberto stalls.
Alberto avoids a wild elbow strike from Random.
Alberto blocks an elbow strike from Random.
A bit of stalling here from Alberto.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Alberto.
Alberto stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Random throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Alberto blocks it with crossed arms.
Alberto avoids the elbow strike from Random, against the cage.
Random is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Random tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Random takes an elbow to the forehead.
Alberto lands with a left to the head.
Alberto lands a nice elbow.
Alberto wants to stall.
Random tries to land a knee to the head but Alberto blocks with his arms.

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 Carlos Alberto.
I think Alberto has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 29:28
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 29:29
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Carlos Alberto!