PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arvel Garnett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Finkle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Garnett
vs
Finkle

189 cm
26
195 lbs
8 - 10 - 1

193 cm
26
203 lbs
11 - 7 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Milwaukee's Best Nutrition
Milwaukee's Best 160

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 8 - 10 - 1, fighting out of New York, Arvel Garnett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ray Finkle!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Jonathan Paton and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garnett throws a looping overhand right but Finkle ducks down to avoid it.
Garnett looks to score with a jab to the body but Finkle is just out of range.
Garnett looks to throw the jab but Finkle is out of range.
Garnett chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Garnett slips under a jab from Finkle.
Finkle works Garnett's body with a nice hook.
Garnett looks to throw the jab but Finkle is out of range.
Finkle lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A swing and a miss from Finkle.
Garnett rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Finkle counters with a straight right hand.
Finkle slips a jab from Garnett.
Finkle lands a leg kick that knocks Garnett off balance momentarily.
Garnett takes a jab right on the kisser.
Garnett pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
We've been informed that Finkle has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Finkle keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garnett misses with a looping right.
Garnett uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Finkle defending well as Garnett loads up on a big left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garnett thows a body shot but no joy.
Garnett throws a big shot that misses.
Finkle dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Finkle lands a lovely overhand right.
Finkle tries to clinch but Garnett moves out of range.
Garnett misses with a wild body shot.
Finkle keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Finkle takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Garnett misses with a looping left.

Finkle instigates a clinch.
Garnett managing to block the knees to the body from Finkle.
Garnett looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A head punch on the inside from Garnett fails to land.
A frustrated look appears on Garnett's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Garnett wants to break the clinch but can't.
Finkle lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Finkle prevents Garnett from breaking the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finkle has Garnett pressed against the cage, preventing Garnett from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Finkle lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Arvel Garnett has been cut.
Finkle with a knee to the head.
Finkle lands an elbow inside.
Garnett wants to break free but Finkle has control.
Garnett has had enough of the clinch but Finkle keeps him there for the moment.
Garnett blocks an elbow strike from Finkle.
Garnett tries to break free but Finkle pushes him back against the cage.
Garnett wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Finkle misses with a knee strike.
Garnett tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Finkle's elbow.
Finkle keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Garnett's efforts to push away.
Garnett is trying to break the clinch but Finkle has him pressed against the cage.
Garnett wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Garnett tries to circle away but Finkle has him pinned against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finkle has Garnett pressed against the cage, preventing Garnett from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Garnett tries to break free but Finkle pushes him back against the cage.
Garnett working hard to break the clinch.

Garnett breaks from the clinch.
Garnett on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Finkle smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A lazy body kick from Garnett
and Finkle counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Garnett throws a jab when Finkle was well out of range.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Finkle just misses with a elbow thrown towards Garnett's brow.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Finkle lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Finkle using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Garnett has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Garnett's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garnett scores with a crisp jab that stopped Finkle in his tracks.
Garnett loads up on a big right hand but Finkle slips the punch.
A big right from Garnett misses.
Garnett misses with an uppercut. Finkle saw that one coming.
Garnett blocks a head kick by Finkle.
Garnett's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Finkle connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Garnett scrambles back to his feet.
A good leg kick by Finkle.
Finkle scores with a jab to the body.
Finkle moves out of range of the strikes.
Finkle uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Garnett throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fighters circle momentarily. Garnett darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Garnett swings for the body but Finkle moves out of range.
Ray Finkle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garnett fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Garnett on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Finkle. Finkle obviously looking to wear him down.
Finkle steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Garnett.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ray Finkle will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Arvel Garnett'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.

Finkle connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Finkle punishes Garnett's body with a nice straight punch.
Finkle slips a jab from Garnett.
Finkle scores with the left hand. Garnett knows he should have avoided that one.
Garnett throws a series of punches but Finkle avoids them all with ease.
Finkle turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Finkle scores with a hook to the body. Garnett takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Finkle connects with a high kick.
Garnett closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Garnett is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garnett throws a hook but Finkle blocks it.
Oh Garnett is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Garnett looks to land a body kick but Finkle moved away.
Finkle staying out of range there.
Finkle slips a straight right by Garnett.
Garnett throws an overhand right that lands on Finkle's shoulder, as Finkle tries to avoid the shot.
Garnett misses with a low kick.
Garnett seems to have got his legs back now.
Garnett walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Garnett misses the shot to the body.
Finkle lands a high kick!
Garnett slips a jab and a cross from Finkle.
Garnett walks straight into a right hand from Finkle - that's dropped him! Finkle jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Garnett from any more punishment! Garnett complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Ray Finkle!
Ray Finkle thanked the fans post fight for their support.