PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Jamison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zackary Finyard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Finyard has chosen Your pussy's glued to a building on fire as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jamison
vs
Finyard

175 cm
29
145 lbs
18 - 10 - 0

173 cm
30
149 lbs
12 - 10 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Pearson Specter Litt
Spartan Nutrition

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Jamison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Zackary Finyard!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Finyard checks a low kick from Jamison.
Finyard cracks Jamison with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A left and a right from Finyard both land. Nice combination.
Finyard misses with a low kick.
Jamison lands a nice hook to Finyard's body. Finyard takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A combination from Finyard does no damage.
Jamison drops down looking for a counter takedown but Finyard sprawls and moves away.
Jamison shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Finyard but Finyard pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jamison looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Finyard is fending him off so far but Jamison persists. Nope, Finyard circles away and we're back to standing.
Jamison throws a sloppy head kick and Finyard moves out of range easily.
Jamison shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Finyard as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Jamison. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Finyard darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
John Jamison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jamison throws a leg kick but Finyard sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Finyard throws a head kick that misses.
Jamison changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jamison throws a predictable looking body shot
and Finyard counters with a stiff right hand.
Jamison fakes the leg kick and cracks Finyard in the body.
Jamison moves out of range as Finyard strikes.
Jamison ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jamison takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jamison. That's going to slow Finyard down.
Finyard scores with a shot to the body.
Jamison dives in and grabs Finyard's left leg, looking for a takedown. Finyard pushes down on Jamison's head and hops out.
Finyard misses with a body kick.
Finyard looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Zackary Finyard is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Finyard misses with a body shot.
Jamison attempts a counter takedown but Finyard avoids it well and moves away.

Jamison shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jamison is pressing down on Finyard's thigh, looking to free his foot. Finyard is holding on for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Finyard actively working from the bottom here.
Finyard keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Finyard looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Finyard regains full guard. Nicely done.
Jamison sitting in guard here, content to control.
Jamison definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Finyard utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jamison postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finyard is pulling down on Jamison's head. It's preventing any offense from Jamison, at least for the moment.

Finyard is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Jamison is aware though and is defending well.
Jamison trying to control but Finyard is working from the bottom.
Finyard is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Jamison trying to control but Finyard is working from the bottom.
Finyard is trying to control the position from the bottom.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Jamison slips nicely into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Jamison is working for a kimura but Finyard is defending it quite comfortably.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jamison lands a nice short elbow.

Finyard is defending against the submission attempts here by Jamison.
Finyard wants to control but Jamison is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Jamison working Finyard over with strikes.
Finyard is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jamison scores with a couple of nice shots.
Finyard wants to get back to full guard.
Finyard is refusing to be controlled, as Jamison sits in half guard.
Jamison throwing shots but Finyard is blocking nicely.
Jamison prevents Finyard from improving his position.
Jamison not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Jamison missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Jamison is looking to take a break and control but Finyard is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Finyard tries to roll over but Jamison keeps him under control.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Jamison not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Finyard looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Finyard trying to control but Jamison postures up.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Jamison misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Finyard.
Finyard throws a jab when Jamison was well out of range.
Jamison tries to counter with a takedown but Finyard is quick to defend against it.
Jamison lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Finyard throws a shot from downtown. Jamison moves away and avoids it.
Finyard takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Finyard throws a wild body kick that Jamison sees coming a mile off.
Finyard circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Finyard misses with a low kick.
Good work by Jamison as he checks the leg kick.
Jamison doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Finyard counters with a big head kick but Jamison shrugs it off.
Finyard blocks a head kick by Jamison.
No luck for Jamison with that takedown attempt.
Finyard connects with a solid leg kick.
Jamison slips under a jab from Finyard.
Jamison connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Jamison lands with a nice body punch.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Jamison does no damage.
A nice side step and Finyard releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Jamison throws a head kick but Finyard moves out of range.
Finyard looks to land a left hand but Jamison moved out of range nicely.
Finyard misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Finyard throws a shot from downtown. Jamison moves away and avoids it.
It appears Jamison was looking to counter with a kick there.
Finyard throws a lazy head kick
and Jamison counters with a stiff right hand.
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!
Finyard lands a nice looking body kick.
Jamison fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Finyard manages to avoid it.
Jamison on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Finyard moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

Finyard gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Jamison throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Finyard looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jamison is one step ahead there.

Finyard has an active guard here but Jamison has managed to pass into half guard.

Jamison is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Finyard sees it coming and defends easily.
Jamison working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Finyard's thigh. Finyard counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Jamison lands a couple of elbows.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Zackary Finyard.
I think Finyard has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 10:9
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 9:10
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 9:10

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Zackary Finyard!
A very excited looking Zackary Finyard rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.