PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dorian Ilic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shawn Albright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ilic's entrance music is Hardwell feat. Amba Shepherd - Apollo. A fine choice. Shawn Albright has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ilic
vs
Albright

190 cm
25
230 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

204 cm
25
250 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dorian Ilic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Shawn Albright!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ilic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ilic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ilic lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Dorian Ilic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Albright takes the fight into the clinch.
Albright lands an elbow that stopped Ilic in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Dorian Ilic has been cut.
Albright utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ilic is breathing heavily.
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!
Ilic looking for a takedown.
Albright lands an elbow inside that Ilic shrugs off.
I was talking to Ilic's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Albright lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Albright connects with a knee to the head.
Albright comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Albright unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ilic lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Albright connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ilic's face.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Albright obliges.
Knees to the body from Albright.
Albright using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Albright creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ilic's defenses.
Nice elbow from Albright.
Ilic takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Albright utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Albright crunches a lovely knee into Ilic's ribcage.
Albright slowing the pace effectively.
Albright lands a good knee to the midsection. Ilic won't want to take too many of those.
Ilic looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Albright lands a good knee to the midsection. Ilic won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ilic takes a knee to the side of the body.
Albright connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ilic's face.

Ilic is rocked!
Albright lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Ilic to his knees! Albright keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shawn Albright!