PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tyrone Albber (ranked 6427 p4p, 542 weight class) and Alex Knee (ranked 4191 p4p, 436 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Albber
vs
Knee

175 cm
25
164 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

177 cm
25
155 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Prefers standup

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tyrone Albber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alex Knee!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, Winston Howard and Ben Watson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Albber wants to clinch.
Knee is looking for the big counter here.

Knee closes the distance and clinches.
Knee goes for a takedown in the clinch but Albber prevents it.
Albber pushes off an throws an elbow but Knee leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Knee blocks an elbow strike from Albber.

Knee has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Albber uses from the top position.
Albber has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.

Albber decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Knee, up you get!

Albber clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Albber tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Knee jumps guard but Albber turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Knee is looking for a takedown.
Tyrone Albber has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Knee.
Albber fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Albber - that landed with a thud.
Knee is trying to pull guard but Albber turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Albber misses with a knee strike.
Knee prevents a body shot from Albber.
Knee tries to pull guard but Albber won't allow it.
Knee managing to block the knees to the body from Albber.
Knee looking to slow down the pace here.
Knee avoiding damage as Albber throws knees to the body.
Albber tries a knee to the head but Knee blocks it.
Knee is struggling to control the position.
Knee is looking for a takedown.
Albber missing with knees to the body.

Knee pulls guard.

Knee is working an open guard so Albber takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Albber tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Albber rushes Knee and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Knee has Albber pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Albber manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Knee is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Albber to keep the fight standing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Albber working aggressively here.
Albber throws a head punch that misses.
Knee blocks an uppercut.

Knee escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Albber is looking to clinch.
Knee is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

Albber has managed to clinch.
Albber connects with a nasty looking knee right to Knee's face.

It looks like Alex Knee has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knee changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Albber fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Knee looks winded!

Albber takes the fight into the clinch.
Albber is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Knee is defending well for now.
Albber pushes off an throws an elbow but Knee leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Albber.
Knee prevents a body shot from Albber.

Knee pulls Albber into guard.

Albber stands up from Knee's guard - Albber perhaps looking for a knockout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Albber darts in and clinches Knee up against the cage.
Albber misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Knee.
Albber landing knees to the body.
Albber with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Knee's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Albber is looking to slow Knee down with leg kicks.
Albber lands a body shot.
Albber is looking to clinch but Knee is avoiding it.

Albber gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Albber misses with a body punch.
Albber scores with a nice hook to the head.
Albber softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Albber is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Knee on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Albber creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knee lands a knee to the body.
Albber lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Knee backwards.
Albber tries to land a knee to the head but Knee blocks with his arms.
Knee fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Albber lands a nice uppercut.
Knee wants a takedown.
Albber with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Albber lands an uppercut.
Knee looking for a takedown.
Albber tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Knee's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Albber.
Knee has had enough of the clinch but Albber keeps him there for the moment.
Albber doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Albber.
Knee takes a knee right on the jaw!

Knee breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyrone Albber dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alex Knee's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Albber tries to clinch there but Knee circles away.
Albber scores with a hook to the body. Knee takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Knee shoots in looking for a takedown but Albber manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Knee's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Knee throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Albber's waist but Albber gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Knee off to one side.

Albber rushes Knee and presses him up against the cage.
Albber misses with a hook to the ribs.
Albber misses with a short punch on the inside.
Knee avoids a wild elbow strike from Albber.
Albber struggles to land a body shot inside as Knee controls his hands.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Knee managing to block the knees to the body from Albber.
Albber tries to work over Knee's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Knee breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Albber scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Knee throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Knee is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Albber tries to clinch but Knee is having none of it.
Knee feints a counter leg kick.
Albber rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Knee moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Albber fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tyrone Albber seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Albber tries to close the distance and clinch up but Knee swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Knee is looking to clinch but Albber is avoiding it.
Knee tries to clinch there but Albber circles away.
Albber blocks the body kick.
Albber lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Albber scores with a leg kick.
Knee shoots in looking for a takedown but Albber manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Knee's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Tyrone Albber has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Knee.
Knee is breathing heavily.
Knee throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Albber's waist but Albber gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Knee off to one side.
Albber is looking to clinch.
Albber fails with an attempt to clinch.

Albber has closed the distance and engaged Knee in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Albber fails to land.
Albber tries a body shot but Knee blocks it.
Albber has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

Knee ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Knee no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.

Knee is working an open guard so Albber takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Knee pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Albber wants to clinch.
Tyrone Albber is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Albber misses with a body shot.
Albber tries to close the distance and clinch but Knee swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Albber lands a nice leg kick that just misses Knee's sensitive parts.
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!
Albber fails in his attempt to clinch.
Knee doesn't manage to clinch there - Albber circles away.
Knee takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Albber tries to close the distance and clinch but Knee swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Knee takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Albber tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Good work by Knee as he checks the leg kick.

Albber has managed to clinch.
Tyrone Albber has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Knee missing with knees to the body.
Knee avoids the elbow strike from Albber, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knee tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Albber throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Knee is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Albber scores a nice knee to the body.
Albber lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Knee backwards.
A short right from Albber on the inside.
Knee avoiding damage as Albber throws knees to the body.
Albber tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice elbow from Albber.
Knee blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Albber tries to land knees in the clinch but Knee avoids the damage to the body.
Knee jumps guard but Albber stands there with Knee around his waist. Knee gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Albber gets through Knee's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Knee wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Albber tries to land knees in the clinch but Knee avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knee tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Albber landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Albber with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Albber lands with a short head shot on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Albber lands with a right to the head.
Albber softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Albber fails to land.
Knee takes a shot to the head.
Albber tries to work over Knee's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Albber is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Knee can do to turn this around?
Knee managing to block the knees to the body from Albber.
Knee blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Albber misses with a knee strike.
Albber throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Albber misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Knee.
With the fighters up against the cage, Albber throws an elbow but misses.
Albber throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyrone Albber dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alex Knee's cut.
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. And we move into the final round!

Albber tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Albber moves in looking to clinch but Knee pushes him off.
Albber tries to score with a low kick but Knee moves his leg out of the way.

Knee drives through and clinches with Albber against the cage.
Albber tries a body shot but Knee blocks it.
Knee drops down looking for an ankle pick but Albber pulls his leg out and moves away.
Knee tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Knee closes the distance and clinches up with Albber, looking for a takedown. Knee pushes Albber against the cage but Albber circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Albber tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Albber moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromKnee.
Albber misses with a low kick.
Albber is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Albber throws a series of punches but Knee moves out of range.
Knee tries to counter with a clinch but Albber shakes him off and moves away.
Albber misses the shot to the body.
Some bone on bone action there as Knee checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Knee blocks a leg kick.
Albber displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Knee.
Tyrone Albber has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Knee.
Knee takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knee shoots in looking for a takedown. Albber tries to sprawl out of it but Knee keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Albber manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Albber turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Albber closes the distance and clinches.
A short body shot lands from Albber as the two fighters clinch.
Albber misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Knee.
Albber missing with knees to the body.
Albber lands a body shot in the clinch.
Albber misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Knee.
Knee on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Albber softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Albber is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Knee is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Albber misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Knee.
Albber misses with a body punch.
Knee blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Knee breaks the clinch.

Knee rushes Albber and presses him up against the cage.
Knee jumps guard but Albber stands there with Knee around his waist. Knee gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Good body shot from Albber.
Albber softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short uppercut from Albber.
Albber lands a knee to the body.
Albber misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Knee.
Albber trying to land knees to the body.
Albber unloads a knee to the mid-section. Knee lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Albber is working Knee over against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Albber lands a nice elbow.
Albber can't find room to land a body shot as Knee controls the action.
Albber misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Knee.
Knee blocks an elbow strike from Albber.
Albber landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knee blocks a body shot from Albber.
Albber pushes Knee back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Knee blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Albber swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Knee is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Albber trying to land knees to the body.
Knee avoiding damage as Albber throws knees to the body.
Knee has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Albber after a bit of a struggle.
Albber tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Albber pushes off an throws an elbow but Knee leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Albber trying to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Albber with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Albber misses with a body punch.
Knee managing to block the knees to the body from Albber.

Knee manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Albber gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Albber throws a leg kick but Knee sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Albber misses with a double jab.
Tyrone Albber is winning the standup battle so far.
Albber connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Albber takes the fight into the clinch.
Albber lands a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Knee.
With the fighters up against the cage, Knee throws an elbow but misses.
Alex Knee has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tyrone Albber is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Albber lands a knee to the body.
Knee prevents a body shot from Albber.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tyrone Albber showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Albber, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Topper Green scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyrone Albber!