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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Virgil Albers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brown has chosen Emanuel - The Hey Man as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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180 cm
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195 lbs
12 - 5 - 0 |
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183 cm
22
195 lbs
11 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Virgil Albers! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mark Brown! The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Franklyn Lucas and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! A decent looking cross lands there for Albers. Albers misses with a leg kick. Brown moves out of range as Albers strikes. A big left from Albers misses. Brown ducks under a wild hook from Albers. Albers takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away. Brown avoids the body shot from Albers.
Albers takes a swing at Brown's ribcage but misses. Albers looks to throw the jab but Brown is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round. Albers misses with a series of wild punches.
Albers misses with a jab, cross combination.
Albers scores with a hook. Albers looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it. Albers throws a right and a left that Brown avoids nicely. Albers motions for Brown to come forward. Albers throws a leg kick but it misses it's target. Brown moves away from the strike by Albers.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Brown feints and then cracks Albers's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Albers down. A combination from Albers does no damage. Albers fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brown manages to avoid it. Albers lands a body shot.
Albers throws a hook to the side of Brown's head but Brown sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Brown keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Albers. Brown goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Albers will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Some wild striking there from Albers.
Albers scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent. Brown staying out of range there. Virgil Albers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Albers doesn't manage to clinch there - Brown circles away.
A solid body kick from Brown.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Albers pushing out the jab but it's not landing. The fighters circling - Albers throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Albers misses with a wild combination.
Brown takes one to the side of the head.
A nice leg kick lands there from Brown. Brown has taken the fight to the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Virgil Albers dominated that round. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
No joy there for Albers, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Albers thows a leg kick but Brown checks it and Brown counters with a big head kick but Albers shrugs it off. Albers tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target. Albers swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Brown counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. A solid leg kick lands there for Albers.
Albers swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Brown throws a head kick that misses. Albers throws the left hand but Brown avoids the punch easily.
That's one minute gone in the round. Albers thumps Brown with a low kick. Brown has Albers up against the cage in a clinch.
Brown wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. Brown's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. The fight stays on the outside here - Albers looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Brown throws a hook but Albers blocks it. Brown circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's two 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. That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Albers crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Brown - the referee stops the clock and Albers gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Brown. Albers manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes. Albers tests Brown's chin there with a solid looking shot. Virgil Albers is winning the standup battle so far. Albers throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Brown on the side of the head. Albers checks a low kick from Brown. Albers throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Brown counters with a nice body kick.
Brown scores with a kick to the body.
Brown slips a jab from Albers.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Albers ducks down and throws a hook to the body. Albers missing with a left hand there. Brown was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Virgil Albers is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Albers throws a combination that misses and Brown makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick. Albers just misses with a punch to the body.
Albers misses the jab. Albers misses with a combination
and Brown makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Albers throws a leg kick and Brown connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Albers moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot. Brown misses with a head kick.
Albers moves out of range as Brown throws a body kick.
Albers throws a leg kick and Brown counters with a good low kick that Albers was not able to check. Albers swinging wildly here.
Albers misses with a hook. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Mark Brown will probably get the nod - 10:9. 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. This is the final round!
A slow jab from Albers misses its intended target. Brown misses with a head kick.
Albers throws a predictable looking body shot
and Brown makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick. Albers misses with a double jab
and Brown counters with a body kick that stops Albers in his tracks momentarily. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Albers throws a right hand that Brown ducks under and follows up with a left that Brown also avoids with ease. Brown moves out of range as Albers strikes. Albers swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round. Brown tries to close the distance and clinch up but Albers swats him away and circles back towards the center. Brown moves away from the strike by Albers. Brown lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh. Brown keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Albers pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Brown buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Albers swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action. Albers jabbing away but nothing is landing. Albers misses with a combination
and Brown counters with a solid body kick. Brown goes for a high kick. It partially lands. Brown ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Brown slips under a jab. Albers throws the left hand but Brown avoids the punch easily. Albers throws a predictable looking body shot
and Brown counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Albers tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brown was well out of range. Poor timing from Albers. Albers throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Brown counters with a big head kick but Albers shrugs it off. Albers throws a combination that misses and Brown counters with a nice body kick. Both fighters are breathing heavily. Albers throws a combination that misses and Brown makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Albers really felt that one! Brown lands with a thumping leg kick.
Brown scores with a slapping inside leg kick. Brown thumps Albers with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Brown pushes Albers up against the cage in a clinch. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Brown looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. Brown is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. Knees to the body from Brown.
Brown breaks the clinch.
Brown clinches. Brown wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. Brown breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Albers swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Brown counters with a leg kick. Brown pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Brown tries to close the distance and clinch up but Albers swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that's the end of the fight! Mark Brown comfortably won the final round on my scorecard. Well Brown has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Steve Montenegro scores the fight for Mark Brown! Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight for Mark Brown! Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight for Mark Brown!
Mark Brown wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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