PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chuck Finley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Slimbo Nice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Finley
vs
Nice

183 cm
24
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
23
174 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

5th Round Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chuck Finley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Slimbo Nice!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Joseph Jones and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice tries to score a power double leg takedown but Finley sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Nice somewhat.
Nice throws a combination that misses
and Finley counters with a big head kick but Nice shrugs it off.
Slimbo Nice seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No luck for Nice with that takedown attempt.

Finley clinches up with Nice and pushes him back against the cage.
Finley tries to land a knee to the head but Nice blocks with his arms.
Finley changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Nice fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Nice misses with a right hand

and Finley moves into the clinch.
Finley misses with a knee strike.
Finley throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nice blocks it with crossed arms.
Finley throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nice blocks it with crossed arms.
Finley tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Finley tries to land a knee to the head but Nice blocks with his arms.
A knee to the head by Finley.
Nice is trying to force a seperation but Finley has the dominant position.
Finley wants to break the clinch but can't.
Finley crunches a lovely knee into Nice's ribcage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Finley is trying to push Nice away but Nice has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Finley throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nice blocks it with crossed arms.
Nice is trying to break the clinch but Finley has him pressed against the cage.
Nice is trying to stall.
Finley throws a knee to the head but misses.
Finley tries a knee to the head but Nice blocks it.
Finley effectively controlling the action here.
Nice prevents Finley from breaking the clinch.
Finley is looking to break free of the clinch but Nice has double underhooks.
Finley wants to stall.
Finley is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Finley is breathing heavily.
Finley tries to land a knee to the head but Nice blocks with his arms.
Finley looking to stall.

Nice turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Nice manages to end up in side control.
Nice working the head and body with strikes.
You can see the frustration on Finley's face as Nice controls the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finley is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Finley is being controlled here.
Finley tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Nice just content to control the position.
Finley wants to control but Nice postures up.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Finley is looking to reverse the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Finley's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nice working the body and head with strikes.
Finley tries to improve position but can't.
Nice wants to stand but Finley has his arm trapped.
Finley is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Finley is letting Nice control him for a moment.
Nice working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Finley pushes Nice away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Nice gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Finley wants to control but Nice postures up.
Finley tries to bench press Nice off him but Nice keeps the position.
Nice wants to stand but Finley is controlling his arm.
Finley is looking for a sweep.
Finley throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Nice tries to stand but Finley is controlling his head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Finley is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Nice off and has taken his back!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Slimbo Nice dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Nice falls off balance throwing a combination
and Finley counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Nice is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Nice looks for a takedown but Finley sprawls well.
Nice shoots in looking for a takedown but Finley manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Nice's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Nice lands a nice looking body shot.
Nice misses with a series of wild punches.
Nice shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Finley eats them both and turns towards Nice to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice misses with a right hand
and Finley counters with a flying knee. Nice.

Finley pushes Nice up against the cage in a clinch.
Nice tries to break free but Finley pushes him back against the cage.
Finley using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nice has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Finley is pressed up against the cage. Nice has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Finley down to the mat. Finley avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Chuck Finley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Slimbo Nice.
Nice throws a left and a right that both miss
and Finley counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Nice looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Finley clinches up with Nice and pushes him back against the cage.
Finley prevents Nice from breaking the clinch.
Finley looking to throw knees to the head but Nice is blocking nicely.
Nice changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Finley fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Finley closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finley with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nice has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Finley throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nice blocks it with crossed arms.
Finley throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nice is trying to break the clinch but Finley has him pressed against the cage.
Finley missing with knees to the body.
Finley is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Finley tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Finley goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Finley breaks from the clinch.
Finley circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Finley's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Finley instigates a clinch.
Finley with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Finley using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nice has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Finley using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nice has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nice is trying to drag Finley to the mat but Finley just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Nice has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Finley misses with a knee to the head.
Finley throws a head punch that misses.
Finley tries to land knees in the clinch but Nice avoids the damage to the body.
Finley throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nice is trying to force a seperation but Finley has the dominant position.
Finley is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Finley wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nice tries to circle away but Finley has him pinned against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Finley looking to stall.
Finley tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Finley with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nice wants a takedown but no success here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nice.
Nice looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nice wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Finley has him pressed against the cage.
Nice is looking to break free of the clinch but Finley has double underhooks.
Finley goes for a takedown attempt but Nice pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Finley keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nice throws a hook but Finley blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Chuck Finley will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Nice does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

Nice shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Nice was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Finley really wants to buck Nice off and get back to his feet.
Finley keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Nice really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Finley. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Nice avoids the attempt from Finley to control.
Nice content just to control the position here.
Finley squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Finley is desperately trying to improve his position but Nice has a good base and remains in mount.
Nice trying to control but Finley is having none of it.
Finley wants to try and get back to his feet.
Finley wants to hold on but Nice pushes him away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Nice takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Finley trying desperately to get to his feet.
Nice tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finley is looking to improve his position but Nice isn't that keen on the idea.
Finley is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Nice blocks Finley's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Nice avoids the attempt from Finley to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Finley is working to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Finley is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Nice controlling the pace for now.
Nice avoids the attempt from Finley to control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

And that's the end of the fight!
Slimbo Nice comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Nice has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 28:29
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 28:29
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Slimbo Nice!