PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Frankie Curreri (ranked 3046 p4p, 5595 weight class) and Aman Alban (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Curreri
vs
Alban

179 cm
25
166
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
18
164
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Inexperienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frankie Curreri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Aman Alban!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Lou da Vinci and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Curreri shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Curreri showed some decent athleticism there.
Curreri thows a huge punch but Alban dodges it nicely.

Alban looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Alban looking for submissions off his back.
Alban is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Curreri scores with a couple of nice shots.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Alban is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Curreri pulls his head out easily.

Alban looking for submissions off his back.
Curreri knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Alban on the ground.
Curreri is trying to control the action in half guard but Alban is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

Alban looking for submissions off his back.
Alban taking some punishment here, with Curreri in his half guard.
Curreri working Alban over with strikes.

Alban looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Alban actively working from the bottom here.
Curreri lands strikes from half guard.

Alban looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Curreri slips a nice elbow through Alban's hands, connecting with Alban's forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curreri trying to control the action but Alban is working from the bottom.

Alban looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Alban looks winded!
Curreri takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Alban is trying to maintain the position but Curreri is very close to passing his half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Curreri lands a nice short elbow.
Alban is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Curreri scores with a couple of nice shots.

Alban looking for submissions off his back.
Curreri lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Curreri looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Alban with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Curreri seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Alban does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Alban looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Curreri seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Alban is rocked!

Curreri is trying to work for a kimura but Alban is defending well.
Curreri working Alban over with strikes.
Alban is still in real trouble! Can Curreri finish him?
Curreri lands with a punch from half guard.
Curreri scores with a big shot! Alban's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Alban! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Frankie Curreri!