PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Billy Hope (ranked 3267 p4p, 418 weight class) and Cornelius Albatross (ranked 3467 p4p, 441 weight class). Hope comes to the cage accompanied by Welcome to the Jungle. Cornelius Albatross has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Billy Hope's chin.

Hope
vs
Albatross

189 cm
21
216 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

188 cm
25
215 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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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 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Billy Hope!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Cornelius Albatross!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Patrick Alders and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Albatross moves into the clinch.
Albatross looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hope is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hope looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hope lands a left hand.

It looks like Cornelius Albatross has been cut.
Hope has had enough of the clinch but Albatross keeps him there for the moment.
Hope blocks a body shot from Albatross.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Albatross misses with a punch on the inside.
Albatross tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Albatross tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Hope breaks from the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Albatross looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Albatross fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hope on the side of the head.
Hope seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hope misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Albatross instigates a clinch.
Hope is trying to stall.
A short left from Hope.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hope.
Hope blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hope is trying to break the clinch but Albatross has him pressed against the cage.
Albatross pushes Hope back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Albatross swings wildly with an uppercut but Hope uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hope looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Albatross.
Albatross stalling against the cage.
Hope lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hope goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hope blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hope blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Albatross lands a left hand.
Hope blocks an uppercut.
Hope wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Albatross has him pressed against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Albatross.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hope takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Albatross blocks a body shot from Hope.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Albatross.
Hope trying to control the position but instead, Albatross has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hope into the cage.
Hope lands with a right to the head.
Albatross prevents Hope from breaking the clinch.
Hope tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hope scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hope is trying to break the clinch but Albatross has him pressed against the cage.
Albatross swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Albatross fails to land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hope working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Albatross just leaning against Hope, taking a breather.
Albatross tries to work over Hope's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Albatross trying to stall but Hope improves his position.
Hope wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hope is looking to break free of the clinch but Albatross has double underhooks.
Albatross dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Hope lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hope tries to circle away but Albatross has him pinned against the cage.
Hope is trying to break free.
Albatross swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hope dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Hope working hard to break the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Hope.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Albatross.
Albatross lands a body shot in the clinch.
Albatross has a couple of punches blocked by Hope.

Hope's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Albatross wants to clinch up but Hope keeps it at a distance.
Hope throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Albatross closes the distance and clinches.
Albatross prevents Hope from breaking the clinch.
Hope fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Albatross tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hope blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Albatross lands a nice uppercut.
Albatross fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hope misses with a punch to the body.
Hope wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Albatross has him pressed against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Albatross.
Albatross is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hope is keeping busy.

Hope's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A head kick misses from Hope.

Albatross forces Hope back against the cage and clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Albatross lands with a right to the head.
Hope lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Albatross prevents Hope from breaking the clinch.
Albatross has a couple of punches blocked by Hope.
Hope taking a breather.
Albatross misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hope taking a breather.
Albatross is stalling here.
Hope blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hope blocking some punches.
Albatross lands a left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Hope waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Albatross.
Hope misses with a double jab.
Hope throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hope looks to land a combination but Albatross avoids it well.
Albatross avoids the body shot from Hope.
Albatross is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Albatross pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Hope back to the cage. Albatross follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Hope just misses with a punch to the body.
Hope circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hope avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A little feinted left hand from Hope on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Albatross fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Albatross looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hope avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hope lands a jab to the nose.
Billy Hope is winning the standup battle so far.
Albatross avoids the head kick by Hope.
Albatross fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Hope to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Hope looks to clinch but Albatross throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Hope taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Cornelius Albatross!
Billy Hope spoke after the fight, saying 'I want to thank Freebok for sponsoring me. Buy there the have cool stuff!!! FREEBOK!!!'.