PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Atticus Finch (ranked 696 p4p, 1226 weight class) and Gorgon Patriot (ranked 56 p4p, 100 weight class). Finch comes to the cage accompanied by Ghetto Bird- Ice Cube. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Finch
vs
Patriot

178 cm
39
156
35 - 18 - 0

165 cm
37
149
29 - 15 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 35 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Atticus Finch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 15 - 1, fighting out of London, Gorgon Patriot!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Patriot throws a half hearted mid kick.
Patriot is looking to chop away at Finch's legs.
Finch swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Patriot.
The fighters circling - Patriot throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Patriot throws a body shot but no joy.
Finch connects with a crisp jab.
Patriot works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Finch throws an overhand right that lands on Patriot's shoulder, as Patriot tries to avoid the shot.
A little jabbing left from Patriot on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Patriot has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Finch.
Finch dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Patriot. That did some damage!
Finch throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Patriot lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Finch slips a jab from Patriot.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Patriot lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Finch has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Finch and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Patriot misses with an uppercut.
Finch fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Patriot manages to avoid it.
Finch dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Patriot. That did some damage!
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!
Patriot ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Finch connects with a solid leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Finch lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Patriot has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Patriot and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Finch wants to slow Patriot down by chopping away at his legs.
Patriot is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Finch keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patriot throws a head kick but Finch moves out of range.
Finch jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Patriot misses with a few strikes there.
Finch appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Patriot.
Finch pivots, looking for a leg kick but Patriot is out of range and Finch settles back down.
Finch wants to slow Patriot down by chopping away at his legs.
Finch tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Patriot was well out of range. Poor timing from Finch.
Patriot is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Finch throws a leg kick
and Patriot counters with a nice uppercut.
Patriot shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Finch but Finch pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Patriot checks a leg kick nicely.
Finch lands a nice looking body shot.
Finch keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Finch has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Finch just misses with a punch to the body.
Atticus Finch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Patriot on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Finch. Finch obviously looking to wear him down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Finch lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Finch misses with a leg kick.
A low kick from Finch is predictable there
letting Patriot counter with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finch throws a series of strikes that have Patriot backpedaling.
Finch lands a nice shot that snaps Patriot's head back.
Patriot shoots in looking for a takedown. Finch tries to sprawl out of it but Patriot keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Finch manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Finch darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Finch uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A swing and a miss from Finch.
Finch connects with a single shot there.
Patriot connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Finch throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Patriot on the side of the head.
Patriot is looking to clinch but Finch is avoiding it.
A right-left combo lands from Finch.
Patriot misses with a double jab.
Patriot jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Finch is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Patriot lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Finch circles away quickly and effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Finch.
Finch takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Finch throws a solid leg kick but Patriot takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Finch.
Finch with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Finch with a nice calf kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Finch.
Finch is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Patriot fakes the leg kick and cracks Finch in the body.
Finch dodges the punch combination from Patriot.
Atticus Finch is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Patriot will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Good leg kick by Patriot.
Left hook, right uppercut from Finch.
Patriot misses with a hook. Finch ducked under it nicely.
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!
Finch fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Patriot's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Patriot throws a jab but it's blocked by Finch.
Finch lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Patriot scores with a nice head shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finch throws a hook but Patriot avoids it easily.
Finch takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

Patriot rushes Finch and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Finch.
Finch misses with some punches.
Patriot tries to throw a body punch but Finch avoids it by throwing Patriot back against the cage.
Patriot blocks an uppercut.
Finch fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Patriot pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Patriot breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Patriot throws a jab when Finch was well out of range.
Finch feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Finch lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A jab from Finch misses.
Patriot walks into a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Finch tried to score with a low kick but Patriot checks it.
Finch is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Patriot slips under a jab.
Finch connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Finch moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Atticus Finch dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Finch misses with a two punch combination.
Patriot misses with a jab, cross combination.
Patriot tries to score a power double leg takedown but Finch sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Patriot somewhat.
Patriot throws a body shot but no joy.
No joy there for Patriot, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Finch cracks Patriot with a good jab.
Patriot avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Patriot lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Finch, as that shot connected.
Finch cracks Patriot with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Gorgon Patriot is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Finch fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Patriot on the side of the head.
Patriot takes one to the side of the head.
Patriot pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Finch lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice cross by Finch.
Patriot tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Finch is able to avoid easily.
Finch connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Patriot has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Patriot has a takedown stuffed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Finch ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Finch darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Patriot misses with a looping left.
Finch missing with a left hand there. Patriot was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Finch thows a left - swing and a miss!
Finch is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Patriot can do to turn this around?
Finch slips a jab from Patriot.
Patriot throws a low kick but it's checked well by Finch.
Patriot wants to clinch up but Finch keeps it at a distance.
Patriot on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Finch misses with a looping right.
Patriot drops his hands momentarily and Finch takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Patriot moves out of range of the leg kick from Finch.
Patriot pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Patriot throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Finch scores with a jab. Patriot acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Finch chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Patriot throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Finch throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Atticus Finch is winning the standup battle so far.
Finch walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Patriot checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Finch fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Patriot has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Patriot avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Finch slips under a jab from Patriot.
Finch's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Finch duly obliges.
A jab from Finch finds it's way through Patriot's defenses.
Finch scores with a jab to the head.
Patriot lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Finch wants to land a leg kick but Patriot is out of range.
Patriot appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Patriot.
Finch throwing a counter right hand but Patriot manages to avoid it.
Patriot moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Patriot takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Finch getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Finch lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Patriot has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Patriot and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Finch throws a nice outside leg kick.
Finch walks into a straight right hand from Patriot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finch fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Patriot looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Patriot misses with a body kick.
Patriot misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Finch throws a low kick but it's checked well by Patriot.
Finch lands with an overhand left.
Patriot tries to clinch but Finch is having none of it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Finch.
Patriot takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Patriot throws a leg kick but Finch sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Finch throws a hook to the side of Patriot's head but Patriot sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Patriot throws a counter combo.
Finch misses with a low kick.
Finch works the jab nicely.
Patriot tried to score with a low kick but Finch checks it.
Finch seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Finch loads up on a big right hand but Patriot slips the punch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Finch.
Patriot uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Finch.
Patriot now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Finch misses with a body shot
and Patriot counters with a lovely straight right hand!
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!
Finch thuds his right hand into Patriot's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finch lands with a thumping leg kick.
Finch is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Patriot.
Finch throws out a powerful jab.
Patriot misses with a low kick.
Finch throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Finch jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Finch's jab looks to have found its range, popping Patriot under the eye.
Finch misses with a low kick as Patriot jumps back.
Patriot tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Patriot tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Finch manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Finch stalks Patriot and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Patriot's face. Patriot staggers backwards, shaken.
Patriot misses with a takedown attempt - Finch sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Atticus Finch has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gorgon Patriot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Finch's corner calls for a 1-2. Finch obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Patriot on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Finch. Finch obviously looking to wear him down.
Finch misses with a looping right.
Patriot fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Atticus Finch dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Patriot avoids the head kick by Finch.
Finch missing with a left hand there. Patriot was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Patriot clinches up against the cage.
Patriot cracks Finch with a nice body shot.
Patriot struggles to land a body shot inside as Finch controls his hands.
Patriot lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Finch fails to land.
Patriot trying to land knees to the body.

Patriot breaks from the clinch.
Finch takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Patriot will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Finch with a hook.
Finch feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Patriots jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The fighters circling - Finch throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Finch moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A jab from Finch does it's job there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Finch works the jab nicely.
Finch ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Finch with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patriot tries to clinch but Finch is having none of it.
Finch takes a swing at Patriot's ribcage but misses.
Patriot misses with a looping left.
Patriot throws a lazy right hand but Finch sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Patriot doesn't manage to clinch there - Finch circles away.
Jab by Finch.
Finch shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Patriot eats them both and turns towards Finch to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Finch uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Patriot.
The fighters circling - Finch throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Finch throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Patriot misses with a jab, cross combination.
A jab from Finch does it's job there.
Finch connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A solid leg kick lands there for Finch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Patriot tries to clinch but Finch moves out of range.
Finch bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Patriot's head.
Patriot tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patriot ducks under a wild hook from Finch.
Patriot doesn't manage to clinch there - Finch circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Patriot looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Finch keeps the fight on the outside.
Patriot tries to clinch but Finch moves out of range.
Finch keeps the fight on the outside.
Patriot is looking to clinch but Finch is avoiding it.
Finch misses with a leg kick.

Patriot closes the distance and clinches.
Finch swings wildly with an uppercut but Patriot uses good head movement to avoid it.
Finch swings wildly with an uppercut but Patriot uses good head movement to avoid it.

Patriot manages to break the clinch.

Patriot has taken the fight to the clinch.
Finch avoiding damage as Patriot throws knees to the body.
Patriot throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finch gets through Patriot's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Patriot missing with knees to the body.
Finch has a couple of punches blocked by Patriot.
Patriot blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Finch breaks the clinch.
Patriot tries to close the distance and clinch but Finch swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Patriot steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Finch.
The crowd cheers as Finch lands an impressive looking overhand right. Patriot doesn't seem phased though.
Finch tries to work over Patriot's front leg with a kick but Patriot checks it.
A cross from Finch lands.
Patriot fails with an attempt to clinch.

Finch gets tackled into the cage by Patriot. Patriot maintains the clinch.
Gorgon Patriot seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Patriot throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A right hook to the body lands for Patriot.
Patriot tries a body shot but Finch blocks it.
Patriot blocks an uppercut.
Finch lands a shoulder strike.
Finch lands a hook that snaps the head of Patriot backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Patriot.
Patriot misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Finch.
Finch blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Finch lands a hook to the side of the head.
Finch lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Patriot backwards.
Patriot blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Patriot working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Finch on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Finch swings wildly with an uppercut but Patriot uses good head movement to avoid it.
Patriot tries to land knees in the clinch but Finch avoids the damage to the body.
Finch avoids a wild elbow strike from Patriot.
A left hand lands to the body for Patriot.
Finch has a couple of punches blocked by Patriot.
Finch misses with the head strike.
Finch throws a head punch that misses.
Gorgon Patriot has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Atticus Finch is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Patriot blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Patriot prevents a body shot from Finch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Atticus Finch showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Finch, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Atticus Finch!
During a confident post fight interview, Atticus Finch thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.