PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ray Finkle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pulla Sorsa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Finkle
vs
Sorsa

193 cm
29
203 lbs
17 - 11 - 1

187 cm
31
196 lbs
24 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Milwaukee's Best Nutrition

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 17 - 11 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ray Finkle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pulla Sorsa!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Finkle wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sorsa misses the jab.
Finkle tries to close the distance and clinch but Sorsa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Finkle is looking to slow Sorsa down with leg kicks.
Finkle throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sorsa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Finkle lands an overhand right.
Sorsa cracks Finkle with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Finkle avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sorsa lands with a good body shot.
Finkle blocks the body kick.
Finkle takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Finkle misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
It seemed like Sorsa was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Finkle tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Good exchange - Sorsa coming out on top.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Finkle has Sorsa up against the cage in a clinch.
Finkle using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sorsa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sorsa's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Finkle tries to land a knee to the head but Sorsa blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Finkle is looking to break free of the clinch but Sorsa has double underhooks.
Sorsa avoids the elbow strike from Finkle, against the cage.
Finkle creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sorsa avoids a wild elbow strike from Finkle.
Finkle lands an elbow that stopped Sorsa in his tracks for a moment.
Finkle tries a body shot but Sorsa blocks it.
Finkle lands with a light punch inside.
Finkle prevents a body shot from Sorsa.
Finkle throws an elbow but it misses.
Finkle using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sorsa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Finkle throws an elbow but it misses.
Sorsa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Finkle tries to land a knee to the head but Sorsa blocks with his arms.
Finkle blocks a body shot from Sorsa.
Sorsa just leaning against Finkle, taking a breather.
Sorsa avoids the elbow strike from Finkle, against the cage.
Sorsa dodges an elbow strike from Finkle.
Finkle tries to land knees in the clinch but Sorsa avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sorsa leaning against his opponent.
Finkle throws an elbow that misses.
Finkle throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sorsa working aggressively here.
Sorsa is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Finkle is keeping busy.
Finkle is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sorsa is defending well for now.
Finkle blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Finkle throws an elbow but it misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Finkle lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sorsa dodges an elbow strike from Finkle.
Nice body punch from Sorsa - that landed with a thud.
Finkle has had enough of the clinch but Sorsa keeps him there for the moment.
Finkle pushes off an throws an elbow but Sorsa leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Finkle pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Finkle lands a nice elbow.
Sorsa struggles to land a body shot inside as Finkle controls his hands.
Finkle misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sorsa lands with a right to the head.
Sorsa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sorsa takes a knee to the side of the body.
Finkle using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sorsa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Finkle lands with a short shot to the head.
Sorsa misses with the head strike.
Sorsa has a couple of punches blocked by Finkle.
Finkle misses with a knee strike.
Sorsa managing to block the knees to the body from Finkle.
Sorsa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Finkle looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Finkle blocking some punches.
Sorsa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sorsa managing to block the knees to the body from Finkle.
Sorsa tries to stall but Finkle uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Finkle blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sorsa takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sorsa.
Sorsa throws a head punch that misses.
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!
Sorsa blocks the elbow strike.
Finkle tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sorsa's elbow.
Sorsa is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Finkle just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sorsa's brow.
Sorsa taking a breather.
Finkle throws an elbow that misses.
Sorsa working aggressively here.
Sorsa lands a right hand.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Finkle just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sorsa's brow.
Finkle tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sorsa avoids it.
Finkle pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Finkle scores with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Finkle dominated that round.
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 fails in his attempt to clinch.
Finkle fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sorsa throws the kick towards the body but Finkle avoids it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sorsa cracks the inside of Finkle's front leg.
Finkle throws a sloppy head kick and Sorsa moves out of range easily.
Finkle buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sorsa moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Finkle lands a head shot.
Sorsa tries to clinch up.
Finkle slips under a jab from Sorsa.
Sorsa misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Finkle to counter with a crisp jab.
Finkle is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sorsa can do to turn this around?
Sorsa swings widly with a right hand
enabling Finkle to counter with a crisp jab.
Sorsa has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sorsa there as he acknowledges the shot.
Ray Finkle is winning the standup battle so far.
Sorsa staying out of range there.
Sorsa throws a lazy right hand but Finkle sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Finkle on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Finkle takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sorsa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Finkle throws a wild body kick that Sorsa sees coming a mile off.
Sorsa only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Finkle misses with a wild body shot.
Finkle scores with a jab. Sorsa acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Finkle throws a shot from downtown. Sorsa moves away and avoids it.
Ray Finkle is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sorsa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Finkle.
Finkle takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sorsa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sorsa moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Sorsa misses with a straight left.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Finkle, right into the meat.
Finkle ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sorsa moves away.
Finkle has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sorsa.
Sorsa throws a chopping leg kick but Finkle manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Finkle throwing a counter right hand but Sorsa manages to avoid it.
Finkle blocks a low kick nicely.
Sorsa checks the leg kick.
Finkle blocks a low kick nicely.
Finkle connects with a solid leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finkle steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sorsa.
Sorsa takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Finkle fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sorsa checks it well.
Finkle fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sorsa manages to avoid it.
Sorsa connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Sorsa throws a jab when Finkle was well out of range.
Finkle is looking to counter with head kicks.
Finkle just misses with a punch to the body.
Sorsa throws a body punch but Finkle moves out of range.
Finkle tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sorsa goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Finkle throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Sorsa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Finkle sets himself, and Sorsa steps forward looking for the clinch! Finkle avoids it this time.
Sorsa feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Finkle's calf.
Sorsa on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Sorsa looks to score with a jab to the body but Finkle is just out of range.
Finkle throws a big counter combination but Sorsa scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Finkle gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Finkle misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sorsa rushes Finkle and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Finkle misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sorsa.
A short right from Sorsa.
A short left from Finkle.
Sorsa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Finkle backwards.
Finkle connects with a knee to the head.
Finkle lands an elbow inside that Sorsa shrugs off.
Sorsa throws a head punch that misses.
Finkle digs a right hand into Sorsa's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sorsa's gas tank.
Finkle blocks an uppercut.
Sorsa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Finkle's elbow.
Sorsa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ray Finkle has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sorsa lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sorsa misses with the head strike.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Sorsa.
Sorsa tries to stall but Finkle uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sorsa misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Finkle looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Finkle blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sorsa stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Finkle lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Finkle's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Finkle lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right from Sorsa on the inside.
The referee calls for Sorsa to work.
Sorsa takes an elbow to the forehead.
Finkle presses Sorsa against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Sorsa avoiding damage as Finkle throws knees to the body.
Finkle throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sorsa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Finkle comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Finkle connects with a knee to the head.

Sorsa is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Finkle 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. This is the final round!

Sorsa fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Finkle, pushing him back against the cage.
Sorsa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sorsa misses with a body punch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Finkle throws an elbow but misses.
Finkle is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sorsa is defending well for now.
Sorsa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sorsa trying to stall but Finkle improves his position.
Sorsa avoids a wild elbow strike from Finkle.
With the fighters up against the cage, Finkle throws an elbow but misses.
Sorsa avoids the elbow strike from Finkle, against the cage.
Sorsa lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Finkle or not.
Finkle misses with a knee strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sorsa lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sorsa slows down the pace here.
Sorsa has a couple of punches blocked by Finkle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sorsa can't find room to land a body shot as Finkle controls the action.
Sorsa gets through Finkle's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sorsa.
Finkle lands on the inside with an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Finkle creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sorsa is still on wobbly legs! Can Finkle finish him?
Finkle lands a damaging elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Sorsa fails to land.
Finkle pushes Sorsa against the cage. Finkle is working some dirty boxing. Finkle pushes off with a quick right hook! Sorsa goes down! Sorsa tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Finkle moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ray Finkle!
Ray Finkle got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'