PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Albright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Albright comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Another One Bites The Dust kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Alex Albright has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Love
vs
Albright

182 cm
22
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 1

189 cm
18
185 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bobby Love!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alex Albright!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Stewart Dunkirk and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Love throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Love swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A punch combination from Albright misses.
Albright tries to clinch but Love moves out of range.
Love tries to clinch up but Albright circles away and keeps his distance.
Love has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Albright tries to bum rush Love with a series of wild strikes but Love uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
No luck for Albright with that takedown attempt.
No joy there for Albright, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A jab lands there for Love.
Love lands a head kick. Albright smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

It looks like Alex Albright has been cut.

Love shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Love postures up and lands a big shot to Albright's brow.
Albright wants to improve his position but instead Love has moved into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Albright gets full guard.
Love controls from within his opponent's guard.
Love stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Albright swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love wants to stand but Albright is controlling his posture from full guard.
Love looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Love makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Love is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Love is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Love stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Albright swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Albright throws a low kick but it's checked well by Love.

Love changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Albright looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Love trying to control the position but Albright is working away.
Albright struggling a bit here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Albright tries to improve position but can't.
Albright wants to get back to his feet.
Albright sneaks back into half guard.
Love is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Albright is refusing to be controlled, as Love sits in half guard.
Love is breathing heavily.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Albright slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Albright keeping moving, preventing Love from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Albright is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Love trying to control the position from guard on top but Albright is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Albright looking for a guillotine here but Love defends easily.
Love sitting in guard here, content to control.

Love is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's four 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.
Albright trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Albright is trying to control the position but Love postures up.
Love wants to control from the top but Albright keeps moving.
Love slips nicely into half guard.
Albright gets back to full guard.
Love throwing strikes from guard but Albright blocks nicely.
Albright working a defensive guard here.
Love trying to control the position from guard on top but Albright is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobby Love dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alex Albright's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Albright moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Love will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Albright fails with a takedown attempt.
Love scores with a jab to the body.
Albright stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Love.
Albright lands with a shot to the body.
Albright fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Love throws a right and a left that Albright avoids nicely.
Albright takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Albright moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Albright misses with a double jab

and Love counters by moving into the clinch.

Love breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Love clinches.
Love creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Albright breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A head kick misses from Love.
Love showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Albright.
Love misses with a head kick.
Albright throws a left and a right that both miss

and Love counters by moving into the clinch.
Love stalling.
Albright tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Love just stands there and leans against the cage.
Bobby Love has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Albright.
Love stalling in the clinch.
Albright wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Love has him pressed against the cage.

Love breaks from the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Love jumps guard but Albright stands there with Love around his waist. Love gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Love escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Albright throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Albright gets a takedown into half guard.
Albright thows a huge punch but Love dodges it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Love avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Love looking for a sweep. Not yet Love, not yet.
Love keeping moving, preventing Albright from controlling successfully.
Albright won't allow Love to sweep him here.

Love has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Albright can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Love manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Love content just to control the position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love takes Albright's back.
Albright grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Love gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.

Love is cranking Albright's head sideways - that looks painful. He's managed to get his other arm under the chin and this looks bad for Albright! He's tightened the choke and Albright is tapping out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Bobby Love!