PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marc Wreck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fionn Finnegan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Marc Wreck has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Wreck
vs
Finnegan

180 cm
22
220 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

198 cm
18
264 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Marc Wreck!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Fionn Finnegan!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Colin Fotheringham and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Wreck closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Finnegan to the mat! Finnegan manages to get full guard.
Finnegan tries to strike from the bottom.

Wreck decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

Finnegan shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Finnegan must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Wreck is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Finnegan stops Wreck from standing up.
Wreck might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Wreck manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Finnegan can't escape the position.
Finnegan throwing hammer fists to the chest of Wreck. What's that going to do exactly?
Finnegan is working to get back to half guard.
Finnegan is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Wreck controlling from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wreck connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Finnegan is looking to get to half guard.
Wreck controlling from mount.
Wreck could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Finnegan working to try and regain half guard.
Wreck cracks Finnegan with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Wreck sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Finnegan is looking to improve his position but Wreck isn't that keen on the idea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Finnegan is trying to reverse the position but instead Wreck has taken his back - oops!
What can Finnegan do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
Wreck throwing damaging strikes from the back! Finnegan could be in trouble here!
Wreck trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Wreck is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Finnegan. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Finnegan is trying to break free.
Wreck is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Finnegan looking very determined here, making life difficult for Wreck.
Wreck is breathing heavily.
Wreck is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finnegan turns into Wreck and is now in his guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Finnegan's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Finnegan scoring with punches to the head and body.
Finnegan wants to pass the guard but Wreck is keeping the position.
Finnegan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Wreck. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Wreck pulls Finnegan in close to prevent any damage.
Finnegan lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Finnegan distracts Wreck with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Finnegan lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Finnegan sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Wreck's guard.
Finnegan not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finnegan thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Wreck's head.
Wreck trying to hold on to Finnegan's head to control him but Finnegan postures up.
Finnegan looks to land a strike but Wreck avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Wreck working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Finnegan.
Wreck preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Finnegan postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Finnegan lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Wreck is rocked!
Finnegan loads up on a big left hand. Wreck felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Finnegan looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Wreck can't hide his disappointment, as Finnegan celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fionn Finnegan!