PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lothar Matthaus (ranked 24583 p4p, 4740 weight class) and Albert Loki (ranked 575 p4p, 496 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Matthaus
vs
Loki

182 cm
19
208
0 - 1 - 0

195 cm
19
210
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Inexperienced

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lothar Matthaus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Albert Loki!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Roosa Järviläinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matthaus throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Loki counter with a right hand.

It looks like Lothar Matthaus has been cut.
Matthaus drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Loki drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Matthaus fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lothar Matthaus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Matthaus scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A looping hook to the body misses from Matthaus. Loki does a little dance to reset his feet.
Loki ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Loki showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Matthaus.
Matthaus fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Loki manages to avoid it.
Loki ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
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!
Loki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Matthaus.
Matthaus wants to clinch
and Loki counters with a right hand to the body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Loki lands a right hand that snaps the head of Matthaus backwards.
Loki taking a breather.
Matthaus lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Loki backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Loki lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Matthaus or not.
Loki scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Loki lands a body punch.
Loki lands a nice uppercut.
Loki holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Loki misses with a hook to the ribs.
Loki is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Loki.
Matthaus lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Matthaus fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Matthaus throws a punch but it's blocked by Loki.
Loki scores with a shot to the side of Matthaus's head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Loki creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Loki lands on the inside with an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Loki lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Loki stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Loki has Matthaus pushed against the cage.
Matthaus scores with a shot to the side of Loki's head.
Loki lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Matthaus or not.
Matthaus trying to control the position but instead, Loki has worked for underhooks and has pushed Matthaus into the cage.
Loki lands a left hand.
Loki scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Loki lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Matthaus throws a head punch that misses.
Matthaus looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Loki lands a shoulder strike.
A short left from Matthaus.
Matthaus swings wildly with an uppercut but Loki uses good head movement to avoid it.
A bit of stalling here from Loki.
Loki is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A shot in the inside from Matthaus.
Loki lands a left hand that snaps the head of Matthaus backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Loki as the two fighters clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Loki.
Matthaus working aggressively here.
Matthaus working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Matthaus misses with the head strike.
Matthaus fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Loki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Loki lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Loki lands a hook to the side of the head.
Matthaus digs a right hand into Loki's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Loki's gas tank.
Matthaus misses with some punches.
Matthaus misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Matthaus fails to land.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Loki takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Loki scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Matthaus misses with the head strike.
A short uppercut from Matthaus.
Loki prevents a body shot from Matthaus.
Loki has Matthaus pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Loki lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Loki blocks an uppercut.
Loki is stalling here.
Matthaus lands a body shot.
Loki is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Matthaus blocking some punches.
Matthaus lands a body punch.
Loki lands a body shot in the clinch.
Matthaus misses with the head strike.
Loki scores with a shot to the side of Matthaus's head.
Matthaus blocks an uppercut.
Loki scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Loki scores with a nice hook to the head.
Loki prevents a body shot from Matthaus.
Loki lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Matthaus is rocked!
Loki blocks an uppercut.
Oh Matthaus is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Loki stalling.
Matthaus seems to have got his legs back now.
Loki is struggling to control the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Albert Loki dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lothar Matthaus's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Matthaus swings widly with a right hand
and Loki counters with a thumping low kick.
Loki steps in with a hook that catches Matthaus right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Loki follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Matthaus looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Albert Loki!
Albert Loki seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.