PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mickey Finn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Costanza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Finn might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Von Bondies - C'mon c'mon. Costanza has chosen Do the Opposite as his entrance music. Mickey Finn has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Finn
vs
Costanza

182 cm
33
200 lbs
25 - 13 - 0

188 cm
27
202 lbs
16 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

Wolfpack Blood Labs Q158-Q155

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mickey Finn!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daniel Costanza!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Finn throws a leg kick which misses Costanza's front leg but catches the back leg as Costanza tries to avoid it.

Finn closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Costanza is looking for a sweep.
Finn cracks Costanza with a big elbow.
Costanza is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Finn throws an elbow but Costanza slips to the side and avoids it well.
Sloppy strikes there by Finn.
Finn looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Costanza is avoiding damage well.
Costanza struggling a bit here.
Finn tries to score with some ground and pound. Costanza controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Finn has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Finn misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Finn working the ground and pound but Costanza is defending the strikes.
Finn working the head and body with strikes.
Finn throwing strikes but Costanza manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!

Costanza stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Costanza throws a sloppy head kick and Finn moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Costanza takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Finn ducks under a wild hook from Costanza.
Mickey Finn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Finn misses with a hook.
Costanza closes the distance but Finn moves to the side
enabling Finn to counter with a crisp jab.
Finn swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Costanza counter with a right hand.

It looks like Mickey Finn has been cut.
Finn swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Finn shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Costanza sprawls well. Costanza wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Finn gets slowly back to his feet.
Costanza fails in his attempt to clinch.
Finn throws a leg kick which misses Costanza's front leg but catches the back leg as Costanza tries to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Costanza moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costanza misses with a body kick.
Costanza tries to score with a low kick but Finn moves his leg out of the way.
Finn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Finn.
Costanza pushes Finn away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Finn gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Finn in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Costanza managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Finn.
Costanza is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Finn lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Costanza down.
Finn misses with the ground and pound.
Finn tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Costanza is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An elbow from Finn crashes against the mat.
Finn landing a few strikes.
Finn working away.
Finn working the ground and pound.
Finn misses with the ground and pound.
Finn throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Finn throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Finn in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Costanza tries to buck Finn off but Finn is having none of it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A lull in the action here as Finn stalls from top position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Finn throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Finn working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Costanza is looking for a sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finn working the head with strikes.
Costanza is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Finn works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Finn tries to move into full mount but can't pass Costanza's legs.
Costanza is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Finn asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Finn is putting a hurting on Costanza here, landing some big shots from side control.
Finn tries to score with some ground and pound. Costanza controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Costanza regains half guard.
Costanza on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Costanza is refusing to be controlled, as Finn sits in half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Finn lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Costanza is rocked!
Finn is nestled in close to Costanza, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Costanza is still in real trouble! Can Finn finish him?
Finn winds up and cracks Costanza with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mickey Finn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mickey Finn's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Finn throws a hook to the side of Costanza's head but Costanza sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Costanza seems to have recovered his senses.
Costanza throws a nice inside leg kick.
Costanza throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Finn. Costanza does a little dance to reset his feet.
Costanza slips a jab from Finn.
Finn waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Costanza.
Costanza blocks a low kick nicely.
Costanza moves out of range of the strikes.
Finn tried to score with a low kick but Costanza checks it.
Nice takedown defense from Costanza. No joy for Finn on that attempt.
Costanza scores with a nice body kick.
Costanza throws a leg kick that misses.
Finn shoots in but Costanza avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Finn gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Finn throws a body punch but Costanza moves out of range.
Costanza throws a quick inside leg kick.
Finn misses with a body shot.

Costanza rushes Finn and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Costanza misses with a punch to the body.
Costanza lands a nice uppercut.
Costanza lands a left hand that snaps the head of Finn backwards.
Costanza tries to throw a body punch but Finn avoids it by throwing Costanza back against the cage.
Costanza lands a right hand.
Costanza misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costanza misses with some punches.
Costanza lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Costanza tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Costanza tries a knee to the head but Finn blocks it.
Costanza lands a left hand that snaps the head of Finn backwards.
Costanza prevents Finn from breaking the clinch.
Finn lands with a right to the head.

Finn gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Finn lands strikes from half guard.
Finn thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Costanza's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Finn thows a huge punch but Costanza dodges it nicely.
Finn scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Finn trying to control from half guard but Costanza is working away.
Finn frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costanza really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Costanza trying desperately to get to his feet.
Costanza tries to hold on but Finn pushes him away.
Finn with the ground and pound from mount.
Finn landing strikes from the mount.
Finn with good strikes from the mount here!
The referee warns Costanza that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
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!
Finn cracks Costanza with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mickey Finn!
Mickey Finn retains his middleweight title!
A less than humble Mickey Finn misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.