PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tom Finch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Remnant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chris Remnant will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Finch
vs
Remnant

186 cm
29
199 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

181 cm
24
199 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very quick

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

The Dark Side
Pirates Powder

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tom Finch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chris Remnant!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Ryoma Takatsuka and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Remnant gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A punch lands to the side of Finch 's head but he takes it in his stride.

It looks like Tom Finch has been cut.
Remnant throws a poor cross that misses

and Finch counters with a takedown into side control.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

Finch thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
A bit of a lull in the action here.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Remnant manages to get back to half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The fighters are battling for position here. Remnant manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Finch landing some decent shots from guard.

Remnant escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Finch gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Finch with a flurry of punches that miss.
Finch connects with a couple of short punches.
Remnant looking to hit a scissor sweep but Finch is one step ahead there.
Finch distracts Remnant with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Finch is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Finch lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Remnant is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Finch tries to free his leg and advance position but Remnant is retaining full guard.
Finch throws a strike but Remnant rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Finch manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Remnant manages to get himself to full guard.
Finch trying to control the position from guard on top but Remnant is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Finch stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Remnant swivels though and keeps the full guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Remnant holds on and takes a little breather.

Remnant escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Finch gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Finch controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Finch won't allow Remnant to sweep him here.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Remnant is on top in guard.

Finch is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Remnant defends well.
Remnant throws a big right hand that misses.
Finch working a defensive guard here.
Remnant is in close to Finch's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Remnant's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Finch looking for a sweep. Not yet Finch, not yet.
Remnant scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Remnant is working Finch over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Finch seems keen to control Remnant's posture.
Remnant scoring with some ground and pound.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Finch lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Remnant!
Remnant tries to reverse the position but Finch maintains control.
Finch landing shots from mount.
Remnant is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Finch cracks Remnant with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Finch trying to control but Remnant is having none of it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Finch is landing with some decent strikes but Remnant is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Remnant is trying desperately to improve position.
Remnant wants to control but Finch is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finch is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Remnant manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Finch not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Finch is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Finch looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Remnant has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Finch is working away from the top position though.
Remnant is looking for a sweep. Finch is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Finch thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Remnant's head.
Finch missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Remnant blocking the ground and pound attempt from Finch.
Finch trying to control from half guard but Remnant is working away.
Finch not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Remnant looking for submissions off his back.
Finch is keen to just control but Remnant is a slippery customer.
Remnant gets full guard.
Finch wants to control from the top but Remnant keeps moving.
Remnant tries to strike from the bottom.
Remnant looking for a sweep. Not yet Remnant, not yet.

Finch drops back looking for a leg! Remnant is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Remnant manages to kick Finch off! Finch jumps back into Remnant's guard.
Remnant is trying to control the position but Finch postures up.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Remnant looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Remnant manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Finch manages to get himself to full guard.
Finch keeping full guard, as Remnant tries to pass.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Finch is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Remnant pushing down on Finch's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Remnant landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Remnant trying to control the action but Finch is working from the bottom.
Remnant trying to mount his opponent but Finch defends it.
Finch misses with some strikes from the bottom.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Finch controlling the position for now.

Remnant is trying to work for a kimura but Finch is defending well.

Remnant seems to be looking for submissions.
Finch lands a couple of sideways elbows.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Remnant lands a nice short elbow.
Finch is looking for a sweep. Remnant is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Remnant seems to be looking for submissions.
Finch wants to get back to full guard.
Remnant trying to control from half guard but Finch is working away.
Remnant is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.

Remnant is looking for a kimura but Finch is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Remnant to get the leverage.
The fighters are battling for position here. Finch manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Remnant makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Remnant working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Finch's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Finch is trying to keep Remnant in close.
Finch looking to hit a scissor sweep but Remnant is one step ahead there.
Remnant trying to control but Finch is working from the bottom.
Finch wants to sweep but no luck.
Remnant forces his way into half guard.
Remnant not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Remnant throwing shots but Finch is blocking nicely.

Remnant is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Finch defends it well.
Finch is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Finch is working hard here to advance position.
Remnant is trying to control. Finch wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Remnant is working for a submission of some sort.

Remnant is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Finch trying to control but Remnant postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Chris Remnant will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tom Finch's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Remnant rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Finch moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Finch stuffs the takedown.
Jab from Remnant.
Finch throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Remnant.
Remnant moves out of range of the strikes.
Finch misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Remnant misses with a wild combination.
Finch throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Finch throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Remnant takes a swing at Finch's ribcage but misses.
Finch slaps away a takedown attempt from Remnant, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Finch looking to score a takedown here. Remnant is defending well but Finch drives through and ends up in Remnant's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Remnant not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Finch trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Remnant is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Finch wants to control from the top but Remnant keeps moving.
Finch with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Finch preventing the sweep.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Finch accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Remnant utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Finch keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Remnant's head.
Finch is working Remnant over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Remnant working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Finch.
Finch in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finch landing some decent shots from guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Finch advances to half guard.
Finch is nestled in close to Remnant, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Finch missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Finch controlling the action here.
Finch working Remnant over with strikes.
Remnant moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Finch missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Finch trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Remnant working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Finch doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Remnant is tightening it up a little... Finch has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Finch reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Finch taps out! Nice BJJ there by Remnant!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Chris Remnant!
An out of breath Chris Remnant thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.