PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brad Finley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don Lola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Finley's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Welcome to the Jungle. Don Lola has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Brad Finley's chin.

Finley
vs
Lola

180 cm
29
197 lbs
15 - 17 - 0

185 cm
26
198 lbs
11 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brad Finley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Don Lola!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Finley takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Good exchange - Finley coming out on top.
Finley takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Finley moves in looking to clinch but Lola pushes him off.
Lola misses with a body shot.
Lola takes a swing at Finley's ribcage but misses.
Finley displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lola throws out the jab.
Finley takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Finley takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Finley pushes Lola up against the cage in a clinch.
Finley is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Lola gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Finley drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Lola is trying to break free.
Finley keeps control of Lola as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Lola breaks from the clinch.
Lola jabs at Finley's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Finley avoids the body shot from Lola.
The crowd cheers as Lola lands an impressive looking overhand right. Finley doesn't seem phased though.
Lola fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Finley manages to avoid it.
Lola circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lola displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Lola swats away the attempt to clinch by Finley.
Finley misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lola connects with a body shot.
Lola connects with a crisp jab.
A slow jab from Lola misses its intended target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lola misses the body punch
letting Finley counter with a right hand.
Lola swings for the body but Finley moves out of range.
Lola keeps the fight on the outside.
Lola with a hook.
Lola looks to land a combination but Finley avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finley is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lola ducks under a wild hook from Finley.
Lola missing with a left hand there. Finley was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lola throws a hook but Finley avoids it easily.
Finley fails to land with a series of punches.
Finley fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brad Finley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lola misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lola throws a body punch but Finley moves out of range.
Lola avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Finley fails with an attempt to clinch.
Don Lola seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Finley tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lola rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Finley counters by moving into the clinch.
Finley tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finley throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Finley changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Lola fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Lola is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Finley rather than just go for the knockout.
Finley steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lola.
Lola misses with a shot to the body

and Finley moves into the clinch.
Finley working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Finley has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Lola uses from the top position.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

Lola postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Finley is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Lola, into his guard.
Lola trying to keep a closed guard but Finley is proving a slippery customer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finley throwing strikes but missing.

Finley avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lola is trying to control the position but Finley postures up.
Finley loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Finley throws a big right hand that misses.

Lola has his foot on Finley's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Finley works his way back into a safe position though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lola avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Finley gets to his feet. Lola looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
No luck for Lola with that takedown attempt.
Finley doesn't manage to clinch there - Lola circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Don Lola dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Finley tries to clinch there but Lola circles away.
Lola misses the shot to the body.
Finley closes the distance but Lola moves to the side
and Lola counters with a right hand to the body.
Finley tries to close the distance and clinch but Lola swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Finley tries to score with a low kick but Lola moves his leg out of the way.
Lola thows a body shot but no joy.
Lola swings widly with a right hand

and Finley holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Lola's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Finley can't find room to land a body shot as Lola controls the action.
Lola working aggressively here.
Lola wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lola wants to get back to striking at distance but Finley won't allow it.
Finley lands a body shot.

Finley turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Lola taking a bit of punishment here - Finley scoring with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Lola's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Finley is chipping away with strikes.
Lola is trying to improve his position.
Finley cracks Lola with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Lola can't do much from the bottom here.
Lola is looking for a sweep.
Finley looks up at the clock and then as Lola takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Finley smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Finley landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Finley working the ground and pound from side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
You can see the frustration on Lola's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Finley lands some shots froms side control.
Lola struggling a bit here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finley wants to control but Lola is keeping him busy.
Lola is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Finley scoring with punches and elbows.
Finley working the ground and pound.
Finley cracks Lola with a big right hand but Lola just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Finley working the ground and pound from side control.
A lull in the action here as Finley stalls from top position.
Finley landing strikes.
Finley lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here as Finley stalls from top position.
Finley looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Lola is avoiding damage well.
Lola manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Finley pushes Lola off looking to stand but Lola dives back in and keeps control.

Lola is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Lola is looking for a kimura here.
Lola wants to take a breather but Finley is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finley wants to control but Lola is keeping busy.

Lola is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Finley is just riding it out for now. Lola eventually gives up the hold.
Lola wants to take a breather but Finley is having none of it.
Finley trying to control but Lola postures up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lola tries to pass to full mount but Finley defends it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brad Finley dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Lola throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Finley gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Finley working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Good body shot from Finley.
Lola can't find room to land a body shot as Finley controls the action.
Lola tries to break free but Finley pushes him back against the cage.
Finley misses with a body punch.
Finley just leaning against Lola, taking a breather.
Lola wants to get back to striking at distance but Finley won't allow it.
Finley can't get the takedown.
Lola is trying to pull guard but Finley has him pressed against the cage.
Finley lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Finley turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Lola is trying to improve his position.
Lola defending against the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Finley gets to mount! Lola was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Brad Finley overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Finley takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Lola regains half guard.
Finley prevents Lola from improving his position.
Finley drops an elbow to the side of Lola's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lola manages to get to full guard.
Lola keeping moving, preventing Finley from controlling successfully.
Lola is trying to control the position but Finley postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lola keeping moving, preventing Finley from controlling successfully.
Lola lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Finley!
Finley tries to hold on but Lola pushes him away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Lola goes for an armbar but Finley turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Finley.
Lola tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finley throwing strikes but missing.
Lola wants to sweep but no luck.
Finley wanted to stand there but Lola had control of the position.
Finley working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Lola's head.
Finley loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Finley trying to control but Lola is working from the bottom.
Finley tries to free his leg and advance position but Lola is retaining full guard.
Finley with a flurry of punches that miss.
Finley wants to control from the top but Lola keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Brad Finley wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Lola scores with a jab to the body.

Finley darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Lola gets back to full guard.
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!
Lola wants to sweep but no luck.
Finley advances to half guard.
Nice strikes from Finley there.

Lola looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Lola takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Finley seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Lola does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Finley thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brad Finley showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Finley has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brad Finley!