PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nick Albodean (ranked 3147 p4p, 2528 weight class) and Frank Whitaker (ranked 362 p4p, 299 weight class). Albodean's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, I ain't worried - One Republic. Frank Whitaker struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 186.3lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Albodean
vs
Whitaker

185 cm
23
190
5 - 3 - 0

195 cm
23
205
9 - 5 - 0

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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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Nick Albodean!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Whitaker!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksandr Martynov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whitaker misses with an uppercut. Albodean saw that one coming.
A head kick misses from Albodean.
Donk. Albodean catches Whitaker right on the button with a cross.
Nick Albodean seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Whitaker misses with a lunging right hand
and Albodean counters with a big head kick but Whitaker shrugs it off.
Albodean lands a jab to the nose.
Albodean misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Albodean connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Albodean gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Whitaker misses with an uppercut

and Albodean counters with a big uppercut that knocks Whitaker off his feet! Albodean dives into side control looking to finish!

Whitaker is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Albodean wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Whitaker, who protects the arm well.
Whitaker is still in real trouble! Can Albodean finish him?

Albodean working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Whitaker wants to control but Albodean postures up.
Whitaker seems to have recovered his senses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitaker tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Albodean wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Albodean works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Whitaker tries to bench press Albodean off him but Albodean keeps the position.
Albodean landing strikes.
Albodean working the ground and pound.
Whitaker struggling a bit here.
Whitaker might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Albodean haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Whitaker is looking to reverse the position.
Albodean landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Whitaker is not content to let Albodean control the position.
Albodean in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Albodean working the head with strikes.
Albodean creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Albodean wants to lay and pray for a moment but Whitaker keeps working.
Whitaker is looking for a sweep.
Whitaker takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Whitaker taking punishment in the form of punches.
Albodean creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Albodean controlling the position.
Albodean has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Albodean trying to control the action but Whitaker is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Albodean is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Whitaker's shoulder. That is not cool.
Albodean grinds an elbow into Whitaker's temple.
Whitaker takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
We've been hearing that Albodean has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Albodean in side control lands a decent elbow.
Whitaker takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Albodean trying to control the action but Whitaker is working from the bottom.
Whitaker is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker tries to bench press Albodean off him but Albodean keeps the position.
Whitaker sneaks back into half guard.
Albodean landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Whitaker keeping hold of Albodean's head, controlling as best he can.
Albodean lands strikes from half guard.
Whitaker is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Albodean scores with a couple of nice shots.
Whitaker felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Albodean is keen to just control but Whitaker is a slippery customer.
Whitaker tries to roll over but Albodean keeps him under control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Albodean dominated that round.
That's time! Albodean's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Whitaker has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Albodean finds it's way round the side to connect with Whitaker's head.
Whitaker slips a jab and a cross from Albodean.
Whitaker fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Albodean manages to avoid it.

Albodean closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Whitaker quickly recovers to half guard.
Albodean is keen to just control but Whitaker is a slippery customer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Whitaker is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Whitaker gets back to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Albodean connects with a couple of short punches.
Albodean slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Whitaker taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitaker can't do much from the bottom here.
Whitaker is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Whitaker is looking to improve his position.
Nick Albodean overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Whitaker is trying to stand back up but Albodean is controlling him
Still in half guard, Albodean seems content to control.
Albodean is looking to advance position but Whitaker won't allow it.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Albodean passes to full mount!
Whitaker regains half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Whitaker trying to keep a closed guard but Albodean is proving a slippery customer.
Albodean scoring with some ground and pound.
Albodean working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Albodean connects with a couple of short punches.
Albodean trying to control the position from guard on top but Whitaker is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Albodean is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Albodean trying to control but Whitaker is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Albodean stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Whitaker swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Albodean trying to control the position from guard on top but Whitaker is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Whitaker looking for a sweep. Not yet Whitaker, not yet.
Whitaker keeps trying to improve his position.
Albodean lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Albodean scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Whitaker is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Whitaker has momentary wrist control but Albodean slips an elbow through the middle.
Albodean stands and throws Whitaker's legs to the side, diving into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Albodean trying to control the position but Whitaker is working away.
Albodean cracks Whitaker with a big elbow.
Whitaker is looking to regain half guard here but Albodean keeps moving and retains side control.
Albodean looking to control but instead Whitaker has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Whitaker is trying to get back to full guard.

Whitaker looking for submissions off his back.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Albodean is stalling here. Whitaker is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Albodean seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Whitaker has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Albodean dominated that second round.
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!

Whitaker takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Whitaker pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A punch lands to the side of Albodean 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A left lands for Whitaker.
Nick Albodean is winning the standup battle so far.

Albodean darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Whitaker pushes Albodean off but Albodean dives into side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Albodean cracks Whitaker with a big right hand but Whitaker just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Albodean cracks Whitaker with a big right hand but Whitaker just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Albodean working the ground and pound from side control.
Albodean in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Albodean working the head and body with strikes.
Whitaker is working to avoid the ground and pound but Albodean connects with a decent elbow.
Albodean wants to control but Whitaker is keeping him busy.
Whitaker taking punishment in the form of punches.
Albodean working away.
Check out the look on Albodean's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Albodean taking a break here but Whitaker is having none of it and regains half guard.
Albodean is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Albodean is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Whitaker!
Albodean is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Whitaker can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Albodean with shots to the head and body - Whitaker looks very uncomfortable down there.
Whitaker tries to hold on but Albodean pushes him away.
BOOM! Albodean connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Albodean wants to control the pace but Whitaker is squirming around nicely.
Albodean looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Whitaker is trying to escape the mount.
Albodean scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Whitaker?
Whitaker is trying to escape the mount.
Albodean looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
A big strike lands for Albodean! That's really hurt Whitaker and he's turned his back - Albodean keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Albodean jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nick Albodean!
After winning the bout, Nick Albodean thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.