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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tyrone Albber (ranked 1799 p4p, 203 weight class) and Del Werthers (ranked 2769 p4p, 290 weight class). Albber's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Absolution . Del Werthers acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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150 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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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
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tyrone Albber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Del Werthers!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Albber fails with an attempt to clinch.
Werthers drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Albber pushes Werthers off and gets back to his feet.
Albber tries to land a leg kick but Werthers saw it coming and moves away.
Albber tries to clinch but Werthers moves out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Albber.
Albber doesn't manage to clinch there - Werthers circles away.
Werthers with the counter takedown but Albber avoids it easily.
Werthers scores with the left hand. Albber knows he should have avoided that one.
Albber has taken the fight to the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Albber fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Werthers tries to break free but Albber pushes him back against the cage.
Albber throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Werthers is looking to break free of the clinch but Albber has double underhooks.
Werthers pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Werthers swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Albber rushes Werthers and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Come on Werthers - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Werthers.
Werthers turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Albber throws Werthers to one side and escapes!
That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Albber misses.
Albber lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Werthers shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Werthers was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Werthers wants to lay and pray for a moment but Albber keeps working.
Albber is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Werthers is controlling him well.
We've been hearing good reports from Albber's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Werthers landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Albber wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Albber is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Albber is pushing Werthers's head away, looking to escape. Werthers manages to hold on to the position though.
Werthers misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Albber is trying to buck Werthers off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Albber is not content to let Werthers control the position.
The referee asks Werthers politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Werthers prefers to stall for the moment though.
Albber bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Albber darts in and clinches Werthers up against the cage.
Albber lands a body punch in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Albber throws an elbow but misses.
Werthers has had enough of the clinch but Albber keeps him there for the moment.
Albber landing knees to the body.
Albber misses with an elbow strike.
Albber swings wildly with an uppercut but Werthers uses good head movement to avoid it.
Albber misses with a knee to the head.
Werthers takes a knee to the side of the body.
Werthers has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Werthers tries to circle away but Albber has him pinned against the cage.
Werthers's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Albber tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Werthers manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Werthers throws a counter combo.
Albber lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Albber rushes Werthers and presses him up against the cage.
Werthers avoiding damage as Albber throws knees to the body.
Werthers pushes Albber back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Werthers breaks the clinch.
Albber moves into range and clinches up with Werthers.
Werthers wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Albber looking to throw knees to the head but Werthers is blocking nicely.
Albber struggles to land a body shot inside as Werthers controls his hands.
Werthers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Werthers managing to block the knees to the body from Albber.
Albber misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Werthers.
Werthers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Good body shot from Albber.
Werthers is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Albber tries to land knees in the clinch but Werthers avoids the damage to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Werthers looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Werthers pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Albber tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Albber clinches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Albber lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Albber.
Albber lands an elbow inside that Werthers shrugs off.
Albber using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Werthers looks winded!
Albber lands with a right to the head.
Werthers tries to break the clinch but Albber is controlling the position.
Albber missing with knees to the body.
Albber trying to land knees to the body.
Albber lands with a left to the head.
Werthers's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Albber fails in his attempt to clinch.
Albber tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Werthers on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Albber with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyrone Albber dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Werthers avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice defenses there by Albber.
Werthers throws a series of punches but Albber avoids them all with ease.
Albber tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Werthers paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Albber avoids a punch combination nicely.
Albber is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Werthers fails to land with a series of punches.
Werthers swats away the attempt to clinch by Albber.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Albber slips a jab and a cross from Werthers.
Werthers circles away from the clinch attempt.
Werthers misses with a double jab.
Werthers blocks a low kick nicely.
Werthers looks to throw the jab but Albber is out of range.
Albber fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Werthers checks it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Albber looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Albber takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Del Werthers seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Albber tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Albber will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Albber throws a leg kick
and Werthers counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Albber!
Albber throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Albber tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Albber fails with an attempt to clinch.
Albber tries to close the distance and clinch up but Werthers swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Werthers circles away from the clinch attempt.
Werthers with the counter takedown but Albber avoids it easily.
Werthers keeps the fight on the outside.
Albber tries to close the distance and clinch up but Werthers swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And Werthers tries to counter it with a takedown but Albber pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Werthers connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Albber momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Werthers lands a nice looking body shot.
Tyrone Albber seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Albber throws a leg kick
and Werthers counters with a takedown into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Werthers thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Albber tries to escape but Werthers is in control.
Werthers tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Albber is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Werthers working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Albber explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Werthers circles away from the clinch attempt.
Some wild striking there from Werthers.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Albber tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Werthers manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Albber has Werthers up against the cage in a clinch.
Werthers is trying to force a seperation but Albber has the dominant position.
Albber working aggressively here.
Werthers escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tyrone Albber is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Albber has Werthers up against the cage in a clinch.
Albber putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Werthers in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Werthers is breathing heavily.
Werthers has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Werthers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Werthers breaks the clinch.
Albber fails in his attempt to clinch.
Albber closes the distance and clinches.
Werthers managing to block the knees to the body from Albber.
Werthers working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Werthers tries to circle away but Albber has him pinned against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Werthers avoids the elbow strike from Albber, against the cage.
Werthers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Albber throws an elbow that misses.
Albber misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Werthers.
Albber trying to land knees to the body.
Albber trying to land knees to the body.
Werthers manages to break the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Albber tries to clinch but Werthers moves out of range.
Werthers swats away the attempt to clinch by Albber.
Albber wants to clinch up but Werthers keeps it at a distance.
Albber tries to clinch but Werthers is having none of it.
Albber showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Werthers.
Albber drops down looking for a counter takedown but Werthers sprawls and moves away.
Werthers throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Albber.
Good standup being displayed there by Werthers as he connects with a hook.
Albber wants to clinch up but Werthers keeps it at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Del Werthers showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Albber is looking to clinch.
Albber tries to clinch up.
Werthers lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Albber needs to keep his hands up - Werthers had a free shot at his head there.
Albber closes the distance and pushes Werthers back into the cage.
Werthers takes an elbow to the forehead.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Albber.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Albber.
Albber looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Werthers breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Albber blocks a body shot from Werthers.
Albber doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Albber scores with a shot to the side of Werthers's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Albber lands a hook that snaps the head of Werthers backwards.
Werthers breaks the clinch.
Albber fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tyrone Albber is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Albber moves in looking to clinch but Werthers pushes him off.
Albber looks to clinch
and Werthers counters with a three punch combo that has Albber backing up. Albber nods at Werthers to acknowledge the strikes.
Albber wants to clinch.
Albber keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Albber is looking to clinch.
Albber fails in his attempt to clinch.
Werthers drives through with a takedown into guard.
Albber is wriggling around but Werthers manages to pass to half guard.
Albber is looking to escape.
Albber makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Werthers feints a jab promting Albber to slip. Werthers then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Albber slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Albber moves into the clinch successfully.
Albber tries a body shot but Werthers blocks it.
Albber working Werthers over with knees to the body.
Werthers escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Albber fails in his attempt to clinch.
Werthers keeps the fight on the outside.
Albber tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Werthers manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Werthers swats away the attempt to clinch by Albber.
Albber wants to clinch.
Albber tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Werthers counters with a one-two to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Albber. Those never looked like landing.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Werthers! But no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Albber tries to clinch there but Werthers circles away.
A punch combination from Albber misses.
Werthers is looking for the big counter here.
Werthers keeps the fight on the outside.
Werthers tries to bum rush Albber with a series of wild strikes but Albber uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The fight stays on the outside here - Albber looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Albber tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Werthers manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Werthers is looking for the big counter here.
Albber fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Werthers now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Werthers looks to land a combination but Albber avoids it well.
Werthers blocks a leg kick.
Werthers circles away from the clinch attempt
and Werthers counters with a left and a right that stings Albber.
Werthers throws a series of punches but Albber moves out of range.
Albber fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Albber tries to clinch but Werthers moves out of range.
Werthers scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Werthers keeps the fight on the outside.
Albber closes the distance looking to clinch
so Werthers counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Albber pushes Werthers off and gets back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Werthers bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Albber closes the distance looking to clinch
and Werthers counters with a right hand to the body.
Albber doesn't manage to clinch there - Werthers circles away.
Werthers is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Albber lands a nice leg kick that just misses Werthers's sensitive parts.
And that's the end of the fight!
Del Werthers comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Werthers 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Del Werthers!
A relieved looking Del Werthers thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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hype
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