PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zarius Matzischin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frankie Albert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Albert's choice of entrance music: My Way- Frank Sinatra. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Matzischin
vs
Albert

188 cm
22
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

Hell's Balls Fightwear

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Zarius Matzischin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Frankie Albert!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Albert gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Albert escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
No joy there for Albert, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Albert shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Matzischin as he jumps to the side.

Matzischin tries to keep at a distance but Albert has taken the fight into the clinch.
Matzischin lands a damaging elbow.

Albert breaks the clinch.
Matzischin moves out of range as Albert throws a body kick.
Matzischin lands a jab-cross combination.
Albert pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Albert throws a sloppy head kick and Matzischin moves out of range easily.
Albert tries for a takedown but Matzischin sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Albert misses the jab.
Albert moves in looking to clinch but Matzischin pushes him off.

Matzischin takes the fight into the clinch.
Matzischin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Matzischin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Albert lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Albert takes a shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Albert tries for a takedown. No joy.
Zarius Matzischin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frankie Albert.
Albert is trying to break the clinch but Matzischin has him pressed against the cage.
Albert drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Matzischin gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Matzischin with a knee to the head.
Matzischin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Albert blocks the elbow strike.

Matzischin breaks from the clinch.
Matzischin misses with a two punch combination.
Matzischin throws a nice looking combination but Albert bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Albert throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Matzischin counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Albert throws a head kick that misses.
Nice sprawl there from Matzischin as Albert shoots in.
Albert looks gassed!
Albert walks into a left hand.
Matzischin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Albert swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Albert gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Albert has a takedown stuffed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Matzischin gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Matzischin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Albert breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Matzischin lands a nice looking body shot.
Matzischin tries to clinch but Albert is having none of it.
Albert takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Albert tries to clinch up.
Albert shoots in but Matzischin avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Matzischin clinches.
Albert wants to break free but Matzischin has control.
Albert tries for a takedown but Matzischin manages to get underhooks.
Albert is trying to break free.
Matzischin creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

Matzischin breaks the clinch.

Matzischin rushes Albert and presses him up against the cage.

Matzischin manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matzischin circles away from the clinch attempt
and Matzischin counters with a one-two to the body.
Albert throws a body kick the misses

and Matzischin counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Matzischin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Albert throws a left and a right that both miss

and Matzischin counters by clinching up.
Albert misses with a knee to the head.
Albert tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Matzischin smiles and moves away.
Albert closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Albert closes the distance but Matzischin moves to the side
and Matzischin counters with a stiff right hand.
Albert throws a combination that misses

and Matzischin counters by moving into the clinch.

Matzischin manages to break the clinch.
Nice uppercut there from Matzischin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matzischin scoring well with a low kick there.
Frankie Albert seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Matzischin takes the fight into the clinch.
Matzischin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Matzischin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Matzischin lands a damaging elbow.
Matzischin lands a body shot.
Albert is trying to break the clinch but Matzischin has him pressed against the cage.
Matzischin slows down the pace here.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Matzischin for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Albert tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Matzischin just stands there and leans against the cage.
Albert wants to break the clinch but can't.
Albert is trying to break free.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Albert stalling in the clinch but Matzischin improves position.
With the fighters up against the cage, Matzischin throws an elbow but misses.
Albert wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Matzischin has him pressed against the cage.
Albert is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Matzischin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Matzischin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Albert can pounce on him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Albert tries to bum rush Matzischin with a series of wild strikes but Matzischin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Albert is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Matzischin moves into range and clinches up with Albert.

Matzischin breaks the clinch.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Albert.
Matzischin wants to clinch.
Albert takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Matzischin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Albert swats away the attempt to clinch by Matzischin.
Zarius Matzischin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Albert drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Albert throws a lazy head kick
and Matzischin counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Albert falls off balance throwing a combination
and Matzischin counters with a thumping low kick.
Albert is breathing heavily.
Albert lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jab from Matzischin.
Albert throws a nice looking combination but Matzischin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Albert gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Matzischin tries to clinch up but Albert circles away and keeps his distance.
Albert is trying desperately to land a takedown but Matzischin is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Albert.
Albert throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Matzischin's waist but Matzischin gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Albert off to one side.
Matzischin with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Albert throws a lazy head kick

and Matzischin counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Albert wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Matzischin has him pressed against the cage.
Albert is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Matzischin breaks from the clinch.
Nice uppercut lands for Matzischin. That snapped Albert's head back.

Matzischin clinches up against the cage.
Matzischin lands a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Matzischin manages to break the clinch.
Matzischin goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Albert with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Matzischin to score with a decent uppercut.
A head kick by Albert misses

and Matzischin counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Matzischin manages to break the clinch.
Albert falls off balance throwing a combination
and Matzischin counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Matzischin moves in looking to clinch but Albert pushes him off.
Albert has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Matzischin finds it's way round the side to connect with Albert's head.
Nice cross by Matzischin.
Albert doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Matzischin wants to clinch.
Albert throws a left and a right that both miss

and Matzischin counters by moving into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Matzischin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Matzischin rushes Albert and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Matzischin.
Matzischin lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Albert or not.
Albert wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Albert fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Zarius Matzischin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frankie Albert.
Albert can't get the takedown.
Albert tries a body shot but Matzischin blocks it.

Matzischin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Matzischin scores with a jab to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Matzischin. That's going to slow Albert down.
Albert closes the distance but Matzischin moves to the side
and Matzischin counters with a series of strikes. Albert will be more careful next time no doubt.
Matzischin wants to clinch.
Matzischin looks to score with a jab to the body but Albert is just out of range.
Matzischin misses with a hook.
Matzischin tries to clinch but Albert is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Albert swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Matzischin counters with an outside leg kick.
Albert tries to close the distance and clinch up but Matzischin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Matzischin looks to score with a jab to the body but Albert is just out of range.
Matzischin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Albert is looking to clinch.
Albert misses with a head kick.
Albert throws a right and a left that both miss.
Albert looks to land a body kick but Matzischin moved away.
Albert walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Matzischin throws a jab but it's blocked by Albert.
Albert takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Albert tries to bum rush Matzischin with a series of wild strikes but Matzischin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Albert fails with an attempt to clinch.
Matzischin wants to clinch.
Albert fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zarius Matzischin 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!

Albert throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Matzischin.
Albert avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Albert misses with a double jab.
Albert takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Albert takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Crunch! Albert slams his shin into Matzischin's torso.
Matzischin waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Albert.
Albert pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Albert rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Matzischin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Albert shoots for a takedown but Matzischin saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Albert pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Danga de danga de dang - Albert scores with a four punch combination!
Matzischin doesn't manage to clinch there - Albert circles away.
Albert throws a leg kick that is checked
and Matzischin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Albert fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Matzischin moves into the clinch.

Albert manages to break the clinch.
A combination from Matzischin does no damage.
Albert throws a head kick that misses.
Albert keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Matzischin doesn't manage to clinch there - Albert circles away.
Matzischin avoids the head kick by Albert.
Matzischin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Matzischin wants to clinch.
Albert throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Albert circles away from the clinch attempt.
Matzischin displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Matzischin moves into the clinch.
Matzischin stops a takedown attempt from Albert.
Zarius Matzischin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frankie Albert.
Albert is trying to break free.
Albert blocks the elbow strike.
Albert wants to break the clinch but can't.
Matzischin leaning against his opponent.
Albert tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Matzischin lands a hook that snaps the head of Albert backwards.
Matzischin lands with a left to the head.
Matzischin stalling the fight.
Matzischin creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Matzischin keeps control of Albert as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Matzischin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Matzischin.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Matzischin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Matzischin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Albert dodges the punch combination from Matzischin.
A nice combination there by Albert.
Zarius Matzischin is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Albert needs to keep his hands up - Matzischin had a free shot at his head there.
Albert shoots for a takedown but Matzischin saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Matzischin gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Albert lands a hook that snaps the head of Matzischin backwards.

Albert breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Albert shoots for a double leg takedown but Matzischin sprawls well. He's pushed Albert's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Matzischin checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A nice combination there by Albert.
Albert closes the distance but Matzischin moves to the side

and Matzischin holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Matzischin missing with knees to the body.
Albert on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Albert wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Albert pulls guard successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Albert looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Albert has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Matzischin doesn't defend quickly enough and Albert has managed to lock this one up! Can Matzischin escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Albert on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Frankie Albert!