PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gotard Krasnodebski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Franky Finger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Finger has chosen Eminem - You Don't Know ft. 50 Cent, Cashis, Lloyd Banks as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Krasnodebski
vs
Finger

180 cm
25
164 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

177 cm
28
169 lbs
13 - 6 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc
Brute

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Gotard Krasnodebski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Franky Finger!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Alan Glass and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Krasnodebski drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Krasnodebski trying to control the action but Finger is working from the bottom.
Finger wants to get back to his feet.

Krasnodebski is trying to get an arm triangle but Finger is defending well.

Krasnodebski tries for a kimura but Finger is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Finger is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Krasnodebski wants to lay and pray for a moment but Finger keeps working.
Krasnodebski prevents Finger from escaping the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Krasnodebski is trying to get an arm triangle but Finger is defending well.
Krasnodebski wants to control but Finger is keeping him busy.
Finger is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Krasnodebski sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Finger is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Krasnodebski just content to control the position.
Krasnodebski trying to control the action but Finger is working from the bottom.

Krasnodebski is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Finger is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finger is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Finger is trying to control Krasnodebski's posture but Krasnodebski avoids it.

Krasnodebski tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Krasnodebski has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Finger is not content to let Krasnodebski control the position.
Finger is trying to control Krasnodebski's posture but Krasnodebski avoids it.
Krasnodebski trying to control the action but Finger is working from the bottom.
Krasnodebski prevents Finger from escaping the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krasnodebski trying to control the action but Finger is working from the bottom.
Krasnodebski is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Finger's shoulder. That is not cool.
Finger is trying to control Krasnodebski's posture but Krasnodebski avoids it.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Finger is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Krasnodebski.
Krasnodebski shoots in and drives through. Finger sprawls well.
Finger ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finger swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Krasnodebski looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Finger misses with an attempted mid kick.
Krasnodebski dodges the punch combination from Finger.
Finger misses with the combination.
A telegraphed right hand from Finger misses the target.
Krasnodebski misses with a wild body shot.
A jab from Finger misses.
Finger connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Krasnodebski swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Finger misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Finger fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Krasnodebski ducks under a wild hook from Finger.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Gotard Krasnodebski will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Krasnodebski tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Finger paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sloppy strikes from Krasnodebski. Those never looked like landing.
Finger throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Krasnodebski connects with a crisp jab.
Krasnodebski avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Finger misses with an uppercut. Krasnodebski saw that one coming.
Krasnodebski checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Finger will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Krasnodebski finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Franky Finger is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Krasnodebski changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Finger tries to avoid it but Krasnodebski manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Finger to the ground. Finger escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Krasnodebski feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Fingers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Finger connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Krasnodebski momentarily.
Krasnodebski steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Finger.
Krasnodebski on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Finger. Finger obviously looking to wear him down.
Finger cracks Krasnodebski with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krasnodebski wants to land a leg kick but Finger is out of range.
Finger scores with a jab. Krasnodebski acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Krasnodebski defending well as Finger loads up on a big left hand.
Krasnodebski uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Finger.
Finger scores with a three punch combo!
Krasnodebski connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Finger misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Krasnodebski.
Krasnodebski explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

Finger gets caught napping as Krasnodebski dives in and scores a takedown. Finger manages to retain guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Krasnodebski prevents Finger from getting back to his feet.
Krasnodebski in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Finger wants to stand but Krasnodebski is controlling the position.
Finger is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finger keeping moving, preventing Krasnodebski from controlling successfully.
Finger looking for a sweep. Not yet Finger, not yet.
Finger keeping moving, preventing Krasnodebski from controlling successfully.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Finger keeping full guard, as Krasnodebski tries to pass.
Finger is adopting a defensive guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Finger moves away from the strike by Krasnodebski.
Finger avoids the head kick by Krasnodebski.
Finger lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Krasnodebski steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Finger.
Finger tries to clinch but Krasnodebski is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krasnodebski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Finger moves away.
Finger fails to land with a series of punches.
Finger scores with a head kick.
Finger slips under a jab from Krasnodebski.
Franky Finger seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Krasnodebski misses with an attempted mid kick.
Finger goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Franky Finger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Finger misses with a few strikes there.
Krasnodebski looks to land a right hand but Finger moved out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Krasnodebski.
A nice leg kick lands there from Krasnodebski.
Krasnodebski tries to clinch up.
Krasnodebski connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Franky Finger is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Krasnodebski lets loose with a powerful body kick. Finger will feel that in the morning.
Finger thows a body shot but no joy.
A nice inside leg kick there by Krasnodebski. That's going to slow Finger down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A bone on bone clash there as Finger blocks the leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krasnodebski looks to land a right hand but Finger moved out of range.
Krasnodebski takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Finger moves in looking to clinch but Krasnodebski pushes him off.
Finger keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Krasnodebski is looking to land body kicks.
Krasnodebski ducks under a wild hook from Finger.
Krasnodebski bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Krasnodebski displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Finger throws out the jab.
Finger with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Krasnodebski is looking to clinch.
Krasnodebski avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Krasnodebski uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Finger.
Krasnodebski throws a sloppy head kick and Finger moves out of range easily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Krasnodebski.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gotard Krasnodebski dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Krasnodebski ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Finger misses with a straight left.
Finger looks to land a left hand but Krasnodebski moved out of range nicely.
Nice defenses there by Finger.
Finger fails with an attempt to clinch.
Krasnodebski misses with a wild body shot.
Finger looks to land a combination. Krasnodebski sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Krasnodebski looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

Krasnodebski gets a takedown into half guard.

Krasnodebski in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Finger tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Krasnodebski!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Gotard Krasnodebski!
Gotard Krasnodebski thanked the fans post fight for their support.