PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Richie O Grady (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sione Finau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think O Grady might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to (no) Self Esteem. Finau has chosen Ninja Gaiden as his entrance music. 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?

O Grady
vs
Finau

200 cm
25
300 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

191 cm
33
300 lbs
22 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Richie O Grady!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sione Finau!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Eliza Hachem and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

O Grady darts in and clinches Finau up against the cage.
Finau is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Finau doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
O Grady tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
O Grady lands a good knee to the midsection. Finau won't want to take too many of those.
O Grady throws an elbow that misses.
O Grady tries a knee to the head but Finau blocks it.
O Grady misses with a knee strike.
Finau taking a breather.
O Grady misses with a knee strike.
Finau takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Sione Finau has been cut.
Finau is trying to maintain a safe position but O Grady gets an underhook and turns Finau into the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
O Grady lands a hook to the side of the head.
Finau avoids the elbow strike from O Grady, against the cage.
Finau can't find room to land a body shot as O Grady controls the action.
O Grady takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Richie O Grady has been cut.
Knees in the clinch landing for O Grady.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Finau.
Finau lands a body shot in the clinch.
O Grady tries a knee to the head but Finau blocks it.
Good body shot from Finau.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
O Grady with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for O Grady.
Finau doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Finau lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt O Grady or not.
Finau working aggressively here.
O Grady connects with a nasty looking knee right to Finau's face.
Finau tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
O Grady looking to throw knees to the head but Finau is blocking nicely.

Finau gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Finau wants to lay and pray for a moment but O Grady keeps working.
Finau missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Finau sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. O Grady defending well though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Finau throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Grady is looking to escape.
O Grady won't allow Finau to pass to mount.
Finau wants to lay and pray for a moment but O Grady keeps working.
O Grady pushes Finau off looking to stand but Finau dives back in and keeps control.
Finau throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Finau seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but O Grady does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Finau wants to work for an arm triangle but O Grady is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Finau is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Finau looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

O Grady kicks Finau off and gets back to his feet.
Nice shot lands for Finau.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finau misses the shot to the body.
O Grady slips a jab from Finau.
Good shot there by Finau.

O Grady has managed to clinch.
O Grady landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Finau takes a knee right on the jaw!

That has opened up Sione Finau's cut even more.
O Grady tries to land a knee to the head but Finau blocks with his arms.
Finau tries to throw a body punch but O Grady avoids it by throwing Finau back against the cage.
Finau takes a knee right on the jaw!
Finau lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of O Grady backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Finau blocks an elbow strike.
Finau misses with a shot to the kidneys.
O Grady throws a knee to the head but misses.
O Grady tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Finau avoids it.
O Grady with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Finau can't find room to land a body shot as O Grady controls the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finau throws a punch but it's blocked by O Grady.
Finau misses with a short punch on the inside.
Finau is looking to take this one to the mat.
Finau blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
O Grady tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Finau pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Finau avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Finau throws a half hearted mid kick.
O Grady tries to clinch up.
O Grady darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
O Grady tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Finau paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Finau, right into the meat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Finau throws a low kick but it's checked well by O Grady.
O Grady moves out of range of the body kick from Finau.
Finau keeps the fight on the outside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Sione Finau will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

O Grady fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

O Grady has managed to clinch.
Finau trying to stall but O Grady improves his position.
O Grady working aggressively here.
Finau lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Finau avoiding damage as O Grady throws knees to the body.
Finau lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Finau tries to work over O Grady's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
O Grady lands a shoulder strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Finau blocks the elbow strike.
Finau lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
O Grady misses with a knee to the head.
Finau lands with a left to the head.
O Grady tries to land a knee to the head but Finau blocks with his arms.
O Grady tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, O Grady just misses with a elbow thrown towards Finau's brow.
O Grady looking to throw knees to the head but Finau is blocking nicely.
Finau misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Finau misses with an elbow over the top.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nice body punch from Finau.
Finau scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Finau misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from O Grady.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Finau.

Richie O Grady's cut is getting worse.
O Grady with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Finau misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sione Finau seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
O Grady tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Finau scores with a shot to the side of O Grady's head.
Finau softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Finau lands a shoulder strike.

O Grady is rocked!
O Grady is pressed against the cage. Finau pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts O Grady! Two more big strikes from Finau and O Grady crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Sione Finau!
Sione Finau made sure to mention his sponsor, Supersize Me in his post fight interview.