PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Halfdan Lodbrok (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Armas Lumpio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lodbrok comes to the ring accompanied by Killing in the name of.... Armas Lumpio has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Lodbrok
vs
Lumpio

180 cm
21
201 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

184 cm
21
220 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

World class MT
Insanely flexible

Dangerous knees
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Halfdan Lodbrok!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Armas Lumpio!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Steven Brown and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lodbrok fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Lodbrok cracks the inside of Lumpio's front leg.
Lumpio is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lodbrok.
Lodbrok bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Lumpio's head.
Lumpio moves out of range as Lodbrok strikes.
Lumpio is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lodbrok.
Lodbrok slips a jab from Lumpio.
Lumpio throws a right hand that Lodbrok ducks under and follows up with a left that Lodbrok also avoids with ease.
Lumpio jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lumpio takes a kick to the side of the head.
Both fighters circling a little - Lodbrok finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Lumpio throws a head kick that misses.
Lumpio wants to slow Lodbrok down by chopping away at his legs.

Lumpio instigates a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lodbrok landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Lumpio throws a punch but it's blocked by Lodbrok.
Lumpio blocks the elbow strike.
Knees to the body from Lodbrok.
Lumpio looks winded!
Lodbrok misses with an elbow over the top.
Lumpio missing with knees to the body.
Lumpio with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Lodbrok lands a damaging elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lumpio misses with some punches.
Lodbrok lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lumpio on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lodbrok throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Lumpio throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lodbrok blocks it with crossed arms.
Our sources have told us that Lodbrok has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Lumpio blocks an uppercut.
Lodbrok unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lumpio lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lodbrok tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lumpio's elbow.
A hook to the body from Lodbrok.
Lodbrok can't break the clinch.
Lumpio has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Lodbrok seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Lumpio can turn it around.
Lodbrok gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Lumpio misses with a punch to the body.
Lumpio swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lumpio lands a nice knee to the body.

Lodbrok breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lodbrok misses with a body kick.
Lumpio walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Lodbrok misses with a head kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lodbrok looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lumpio throws a looping overhand right but Lodbrok ducks down to avoid it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lodbrok.

Lodbrok looks low and kicks high, catching Lumpio right on the side of the head, sending him crashing to the canvas! Will he be able to beat the count? 3,4,5 - he's already back to his feet and ready to go! Let's see if he's still with it!

Lumpio is rocked!

It looks like Armas Lumpio has been cut.
Lumpio blocks a head kick by Lodbrok.
Lumpio is still on wobbly legs! Can Lodbrok finish him?
Lumpio walks straight into devastating uppercut and drops to the floor, clearly wobbled! Can he beat the count? 4,5,6,7... he's up! And he's down again! The ref steps in and calls an end to the fight! What a punch that was!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Halfdan Lodbrok!
Halfdan Lodbrok retains his light heavyweight title!
Halfdan Lodbrok was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.