PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Polite Efficient (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brigstock Albany (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brigstock Albany told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Efficient
vs
Albany

180 cm
25
220 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Sully's Bar & Grill

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Polite Efficient!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Brigstock Albany !
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Santiago Holmes and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Albany connects with a jab.
Albany looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Efficient misses with an uppercut
and Efficient takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Albany cracks Efficient with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Efficient on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Albany is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Efficient instigates a clinch.
A short left from Albany .
Albany blocks an elbow strike from Efficient.
Albany working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A right handed body shot lands from Albany .
Albany gets through Efficient's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Efficient lands an elbow that stopped Albany in his tracks for a moment.
Efficient blocks a body shot from Albany .
Albany takes an elbow to the temple.
Efficient creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Albany 's defenses.
Albany misses with a short punch on the inside.
Albany fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Efficient lands an elbow inside.
Albany can't find room to land a body shot as Efficient controls the action.
Efficient lands an elbow inside that Albany shrugs off.
Albany wants to get back to striking at distance but Efficient won't allow it.
Albany is trying to push Efficient away but Efficient has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Albany looking to slow down the pace here.
Albany avoids the elbow strike from Efficient, against the cage.
Albany misses with the head strike.
Efficient lands an elbow inside.
Albany lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short right from Albany on the inside.
Efficient keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Albany 's efforts to push away.
Efficient throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Efficient throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Albany tries a body shot but Efficient blocks it.
Efficient pushes off an throws an elbow but Albany leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Albany tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Albany swings wildly with an uppercut but Efficient uses good head movement to avoid it.
Efficient lands a nice elbow.
Nice elbow from Efficient.
Albany lands a body punch in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Efficient.
Albany wants to get back to striking at distance but Efficient won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Albany can't find room to land a body shot as Efficient controls the action.
Efficient throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Efficient looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Efficient creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Albany lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Albany swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Efficient creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Albany 's defenses.

It looks like Brigstock Albany has been cut.
Albany misses with a punch on the inside.
Albany misses with a body punch.
Efficient creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Albany blocks the elbow strike.
Albany misses with a body punch.
Albany has had enough of the clinch but Efficient keeps him there for the moment.
Efficient lands an elbow just above Albany 's eye.
Efficient pushes off an throws an elbow but Albany leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Albany tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Efficient's elbow.
Albany tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Efficient's elbow.
Albany misses with a hook from the clinch.
Albany misses with the head strike.
Efficient lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Albany scores with a nice short uppercut.
Albany has a couple of punches blocked by Efficient.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Efficient.
Still in the clinch, Albany scores with a nice short uppercut.
Albany swings wildly with an uppercut but Efficient uses good head movement to avoid it.
Efficient lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Efficient.
Efficient throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Efficient throws an elbow but misses.
Albany swings wildly with an uppercut but Efficient uses good head movement to avoid it.
Albany lands a right hand.
Albany tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Efficient creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Albany 's defenses.
Efficient comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Albany wants to break the clinch but can't.
Albany lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Efficient backwards.
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!
Albany dodges an elbow strike from Efficient.
Albany blocks an elbow strike.
Albany misses with some punches.
Albany avoids a wild elbow strike from Efficient.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Efficient.
Nice elbow from Efficient.
Albany tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Efficient throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Efficient.
Efficient lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Efficient comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Albany has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Efficient pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Efficient creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Albany 's defenses.
Albany tries to work over Efficient's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Albany avoids a wild elbow strike from Efficient.
A head punch on the inside from Albany fails to land.
Albany takes an elbow to the forehead.
Albany misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Efficient throws an elbow that misses.
Albany takes an elbow to the temple.
Albany working aggressively here.
Albany is trying to force a seperation but Efficient has the dominant position.
Efficient creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Albany 's defenses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Polite Efficient dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brigstock Albany 's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Efficient tries to clinch but Albany moves out of range.
Albany loads up on a big right hand but Efficient slips the punch.
A big right from Efficient misses.
Polite Efficient seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Efficient, as that shot connected.
Albany jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Albany swats away the attempt to clinch by Efficient.
Efficient throws a hook but Albany avoids it easily.
Albany raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Albany punishes Efficient's body with a nice straight punch.
Albany throws a body shot but no joy.
Albany slips under a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Efficient moves into range and clinches up with Albany .
With the fighters up against the cage, Efficient throws an elbow but misses.
Albany is looking to break free of the clinch but Efficient has double underhooks.
Albany working aggressively here.
Albany fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Albany .

That's one minute gone in the round.
Albany can't find room to land a body shot as Efficient controls the action.
Albany scores with a shot to the side of Efficient's head.
Efficient creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Albany takes an elbow to the forehead.
Albany is trying to push Efficient away but Efficient has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Albany misses with the head strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Efficient just misses with a elbow thrown towards Albany 's brow.
Polite Efficient has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Efficient lands an elbow inside.
Efficient blocking some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Albany .
Albany misses with some punches.
Albany misses with a body punch.
Efficient creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Albany 's defenses.
Albany goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Albany fails to land.
Nice elbow from Efficient.
Efficient blocking some punches.
Albany misses with a short punch on the inside.
Albany takes an elbow to the temple.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Efficient lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Efficient lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Efficient lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Efficient lands an elbow that stopped Albany in his tracks for a moment.
Efficient lands an elbow inside.
Efficient lands a damaging elbow.
Albany takes an elbow to the temple.

Albany is rocked!

That has opened up Brigstock Albany 's cut even more.
Efficient is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Albany can do to turn this around?
Efficient lands an elbow just above Albany 's eye.
Albany is still on wobbly legs! Can Efficient finish him?
Albany misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Albany seems to have recovered his senses.
Efficient pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Efficient creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Efficient pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Albany looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Efficient lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Efficient throws an elbow but misses.
Albany avoids the elbow strike from Efficient, against the cage.
Efficient creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Efficient misses with an elbow over the top.
Efficient lands an elbow inside.
Albany misses with a hook from the clinch.
Efficient lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Albany blocks the elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Albany takes an elbow to the temple.
With the fighters up against the cage, Efficient throws an elbow but misses.
Albany takes an elbow to the forehead.
Efficient comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Albany avoids a wild elbow strike from Efficient.
Efficient blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Albany has a couple of punches blocked by Efficient.
Albany struggles to land a body shot inside as Efficient controls his hands.
Albany misses with a punch on the inside.
Albany fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Efficient lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Albany .
Efficient prevents a body shot from Albany .
Albany blocks an elbow strike.
Efficient misses with an elbow strike.
Albany misses with a body punch.
Albany avoids the elbow strike from Efficient, against the cage.
Albany is trying to break the clinch but Efficient is controlling him.
Efficient creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Efficient lands an elbow inside.
Albany lands a left hand that snaps the head of Efficient backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Albany dodges an elbow strike from Efficient.
Albany lands a right hand that snaps the head of Efficient backwards.
Efficient lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Efficient lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

The cut above Brigstock Albany 's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Efficient looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A hook to the body from Albany .
Efficient lands a damaging elbow.
Albany misses with some punches.
Albany blocks an elbow strike.
Albany has a couple of punches blocked by Efficient.
Efficient creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Efficient misses with an elbow over the top.
Albany throws a punch but it's blocked by Efficient.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Efficient lands a nice elbow.
Albany is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Albany works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Albany takes an elbow to the forehead.
Albany throws a punch but it's blocked by Efficient.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Polite Efficient dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Brigstock Albany 's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Efficient misses with a straight left.
Efficient is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice body punch from Albany .
Albany lands a glancing blow to the side of Efficient's head.

Efficient moves into the clinch.
Efficient gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Efficient.
Efficient blocks a body shot from Albany .
Albany misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Efficient.
Albany tries to throw a body punch but Efficient avoids it by throwing Albany back against the cage.
Albany tries to break the clinch but Efficient is controlling the position.
Efficient misses with an elbow strike.
Albany lands a right hand that snaps the head of Efficient backwards.
Albany tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Albany is looking to break free of the clinch but Efficient has double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Albany lands a right hand.
Albany blocks an elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Efficient.
Albany blocks an elbow strike from Efficient.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Efficient.
Efficient creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Albany 's defenses.
Efficient lands an elbow inside that Albany shrugs off.

Brigstock Albany 's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Albany lands with a short shot to the head.
Efficient lands an elbow that stopped Albany in his tracks for a moment.

Efficient lands a vicious elbow to the side of Albany 's head that scrambles his senses and sends him wobbling down to the canvas! Efficient tries to finish him with strikes but Albany still seems able to defend himself so Efficient steps back and lets Albany get back to his feet - he wants no part of the ground game.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Brigstock Albany 's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Polite Efficient!