PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Richmond Finch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edwin Odesseiron (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Odesseiron comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Afterworld kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Finch
vs
Odesseiron

176 cm
22
156 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

180 cm
22
159 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

Namunamu Clothing

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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Richmond Finch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Edwin Odesseiron!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Fedor Mirinova and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Finch throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Odesseiron avoids the body shot from Finch.
Finch checks the leg kick nicely there.
Finch connects with a solid leg kick.
Finch pivots, looking for a leg kick but Odesseiron is out of range and Finch settles back down.
Odesseiron moves out of range of the leg kick from Finch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Odesseiron.
Finch scores with a body shot.
Finch takes one on the button.
Odesseiron throws a sloppy head kick and Finch moves out of range easily.
Finch throws a series of punches but Odesseiron moves out of range.
Finch throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Odesseiron sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Odesseiron needs to keep his hands up - Finch had a free shot at his head there.
Odesseiron bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Finch lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Odesseiron tries to clinch but Finch moves out of range.
Finch tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Finch misses with a two punch combination.
Finch throws a right and a left that Odesseiron avoids nicely.
Odesseiron lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Finch lands with a nice body kick.
Odesseiron throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Odesseiron scores with a spinning back kick!
Odesseiron dodges the punch combination from Finch.
Finch throws a leg kick
and Odesseiron counters with a head kick. That will keep Finch thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Odesseiron keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Finch misses with a punch on the inside.
Odesseiron landing knees to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A bit of stalling here from Finch.
Finch tries to work over Odesseiron's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A knee to the head by Odesseiron.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Odesseiron.
Odesseiron throws a knee to the head but misses.
Odesseiron lands a knee to the head.

Finch is rocked!
Finch tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Oh Finch is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Finch misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Finch seems to have got his legs back now.
Odesseiron scores with a knee to the head.
Odesseiron connects with a knee to the head.
Odesseiron throws a knee to the head but misses.
Finch has Odesseiron pushed against the cage.
Finch goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Odesseiron scores with a knee to the head.
Finch tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Finch doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Odesseiron misses with a knee strike.
Odesseiron tries to land a knee to the head but Finch blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Odesseiron looking to throw knees to the head but Finch is blocking nicely.
Finch wants to stall.
Odesseiron is stalling here.
Odesseiron stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Odesseiron wants to stall.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Odesseiron has Finch pressed against the cage, preventing Finch from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Odesseiron using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Odesseiron connects with a nasty looking knee right to Finch's face.
Finch misses with a punch to the body.
A short right from Odesseiron on the inside.
Odesseiron landing knees to the head.
Odesseiron connects with a nasty looking knee right to Finch's face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Odesseiron connects with a nasty looking knee right to Finch's face.
Finch lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Odesseiron misses with a knee to the head.
Finch tries to stall but Odesseiron uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Finch throws an elbow that misses.
Odesseiron tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Finch taking a breather.
Odesseiron tries a knee to the head but Finch blocks it.
Finch misses with a shot to the kidneys.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Odesseiron tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Finch misses with a hook from the clinch.
Finch wants to break the clinch but can't.
Finch trying to control the position but instead, Odesseiron has worked for underhooks and has pushed Finch into the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Odesseiron using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Finch has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edwin Odesseiron dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Finch throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Odesseiron lands with an uppercut that bounces Finch off the cage and back into range.
Finch throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Odesseiron throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Finch misses with a two punch combination.
A slapping leg kick lands for Odesseiron.
Finch looks to land a left hand but Odesseiron moved out of range nicely.
Odesseiron uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Odesseiron lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A big left from Finch misses.
Finch tries to land a front kick but Odesseiron steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Odesseiron tries to clinch but Finch is having none of it.

Odesseiron clinches.
Odesseiron tries to land a knee to the head but Finch blocks with his arms.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Finch trying to stall but Odesseiron improves his position.
Odesseiron with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Odesseiron.
Finch tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Odesseiron throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Odesseiron throws a knee to the head but misses.
Odesseiron tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Odesseiron putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Finch in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Finch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Finch tries to throw a body punch but Odesseiron avoids it by throwing Finch back against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Odesseiron - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Finch tries to work over Odesseiron's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A right handed body shot lands from Finch.
Odesseiron looking to throw knees to the head but Finch is blocking nicely.
Odesseiron using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Finch has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Odesseiron misses with a knee strike.
Odesseiron swings wildly with an uppercut but Finch uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finch struggles to land a body shot inside as Odesseiron controls his hands.
Odesseiron connects with a nasty looking knee right to Finch's face.
Odesseiron displaying some good clinch control by pressing Finch up against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Finch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Finch is leaning against Odesseiron and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Odesseiron is stalling here.
Odesseiron tries to stall but Finch uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Edwin Odesseiron.
Odesseiron ducks under a wild hook from Finch.
Odesseiron moves out of range of the body kick from Finch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good work by Finch as he checks the leg kick.
Odesseiron stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Finch.
Finch throws a right hand that misses
and Odesseiron counters with an inside leg kick.
Richmond Finch is winning the standup battle so far.
Finch scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A punch combination from Finch misses.
Finch lands an overhand right.
Odesseiron tries a head kick but it misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Odesseiron tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Odesseiron wants to slow Finch down by chopping away at his legs.
Left hook, right uppercut from Finch.
Finch throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Odesseiron on the side of the head.
Finch throws out a loose jab but Odesseiron uses good head movement to avoid it.
Finch throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Finch throws an off balance right hand

and Odesseiron counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Odesseiron.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Odesseiron lands a right hand.

Finch pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Finch throws a quick inside leg kick.
Finch swats away the attempt to clinch by Odesseiron.
Finch tries to land a leg kick but Odesseiron saw it coming and moves away.
Odesseiron throws a front kick aimed at Finch's knee but Finch avoids it well.
Finch throws a big shot that misses.
Finch cracks Odesseiron with a right hand to the side of the head.
A jab from Odesseiron misses.
Finch misses with a hook. Odesseiron ducked under it nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Odesseiron takes one on the button.
Odesseiron tries to close the distance and clinch but Finch swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Finch throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richmond Finch dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

A chopping leg kick lands by Odesseiron.
Odesseiron misses with an attempted mid kick.
Finch lands with a thumping leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Odesseiron.
Finch scores with a body shot.
Finch fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Odesseiron is looking to clinch but Finch is avoiding it.
Finch throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Odesseiron throws the kick towards the body but Finch avoids it.
Odesseiron dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Finch. That did some damage!
Odesseiron throws a wild body kick that Finch sees coming a mile off.
Odesseiron tries to close the distance and clinch up but Finch swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Finch dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Finch takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Finch is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Finch digs a good hook to Odesseiron's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Odesseiron tries to clinch but Finch is having none of it.
Odesseiron throws a low kick, looking for Finch's leg but Finch calmly moves out of range.
Finch cracks a nice hook into Odesseiron's ribs.
Odesseiron takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Odesseiron throws a head kick that misses
and Finch counters with a straight right hand.
Finch keeps the fight on the outside.
Finch connects with a good right hand that stumbles Odesseiron. Odesseiron circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Finch connects with a body shot.
Finch lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Odesseiron circles away quickly and effectively.
Finch throws a good cross that connects.
Odesseiron cracks Finch with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Odesseiron tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Finch paws at him with a jab and circles away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Finch avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Finch cracks Odesseiron with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Finch stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Odesseiron.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Odesseiron gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

Odesseiron is rocked!
Finch lands a slapping body shot.
A low kick from Odesseiron misses
and Finch connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Odesseiron is still on wobbly legs! Can Finch finish him?
Odesseiron tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Finch cracks Odesseiron with a brutal left hook that knocks him out cold! This one is over in a flash! Game over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Richmond Finch!
After the fight, Richmond Finch was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.