PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jackson Finnegan (ranked 3243 p4p, 344 weight class) and Ariel At Night (ranked 3587 p4p, 371 weight class). At Night comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Kat Dahlia - Mirror kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Finnegan
vs
At Night

190 cm
26
170 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

179 cm
19
180 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Big heart

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Pit Bull Development

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jackson Finnegan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ariel At Night!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Skip Squint and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Finnegan slips under a jab from At Night.
Finnegan avoids the body shot from At Night.
Finnegan feinted with a counter takedown.
At Night throws a combination that misses

and Finnegan decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in At Night's guard.
At Night tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Finnegan trying to control but At Night is working from the bottom.
At Night 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.
At Night being controlled here, momentarily.
At Night tries to land a sweep but no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Finnegan stays in close to At Night's body and controls the position.
Finnegan wants to control from the top but At Night keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.

At Night looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Finnegan trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
At Night keeping moving, preventing Finnegan from controlling successfully.
At Night manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Finnegan manages to get himself to full guard.

Finnegan trying to keep a closed guard but At Night is proving a slippery customer.
At Night won't allow Finnegan to get back to his feet.
Finnegan pulls At Night in close to his closed guard and prevents At Night from doing any damage or advancing position.
At Night throwing strikes from guard but Finnegan blocks nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
At Night working some strikes from top position.
At Night working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
At Night missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
At Night makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
At Night throws a big elbow that misses.
At Night passes easily into side control. Nice work.
At Night misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
At Night grinds an elbow into Finnegan's temple.
At Night sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Finnegan is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

Finnegan explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
At Night instigates a clinch.
Finnegan really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Finnegan working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
At Night working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Finnegan gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from At Night.
At Night tries to throw a body punch but Finnegan avoids it by throwing At Night back against the cage.
Finnegan trying to land knees to the body.
At Night lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Finnegan or not.
A short left from At Night.
At Night misses with a short punch on the inside.
Finnegan misses with a body punch.
At Night can't find room to land a body shot as Finnegan controls the action.
Finnegan misses with a knee to the head.
Finnegan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but At Night has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
At Night avoiding damage as Finnegan throws knees to the body.
Finnegan is breathing heavily.
Finnegan missing with knees to the body.
At Night lands a hook to the side of the head.
At Night lands an uppercut.
At Night lands with a light punch inside.
Finnegan is trying to break the clinch but At Night is controlling him.
At Night misses with a hook from the clinch.
At Night lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Finnegan misses with a knee strike.
At Night works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
At Night has a couple of punches blocked by Finnegan.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Finnegan just misses with a elbow thrown towards At Night's brow.
At Night lands a shoulder strike.
At Night lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Finnegan backwards.
At Night throws a punch but it's blocked by Finnegan.
At Night swings wildly with an uppercut but Finnegan uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice right hand lands inside from At Night.
At Night lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
At Night scores with a nice hook to the head.

Finnegan is rocked!
At Night misses with the head strike.
Finnegan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but At Night has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from At Night.
Finnegan missing with knees to the body.
Finnegan tries to work over At Night's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
At Night throws a head punch that misses.
At Night can't find room to land a body shot as Finnegan controls the action.
A short uppercut from At Night.
At Night struggles to land a body shot inside as Finnegan controls his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ariel At Night dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Finnegan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

At Night forces Finnegan back against the cage and clinches.
At Night throws a head punch that misses.
Finnegan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Finnegan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but At Night has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
At Night managing to block the knees to the body from Finnegan.
Finnegan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
At Night lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A knee to the head by Finnegan.

It looks like Ariel At Night has been cut.
Finnegan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
At Night lands a hook to the side of the head.
At Night lands a shoulder strike.
Finnegan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but At Night has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
At Night misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Finnegan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from At Night.

Finnegan is fighting off a takedown attempt but At Night is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Finnegan to the mat. Finnegan regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Ariel At Night has got the better of the ground game so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
At Night postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
At Night throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Finnegan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
At Night postures up and lands a big shot to Finnegan's brow.
Oh Finnegan is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
At Night is working Finnegan over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Finnegan 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.
At Night postures up and lands a big shot to Finnegan's brow.
At Night content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Finnegan looking to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
At Night trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
At Night with a flurry of punches that miss.
Finnegan seems to have got his legs back now.
At Night won't allow Finnegan to sweep him here.
At Night with a nice head shot there.
At Night distracts Finnegan with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
At Night is working Finnegan over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
At Night with a nice head shot there.
Finnegan knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for At Night on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
At Night gets to his feet and stands over Finnegan, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Finnegan felt that one! At Night unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Finnegan from any more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ariel At Night!
Ariel At Night seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
Jackson Finnegan spoke after the fight, saying 'Congratulations to my opponent. He was the better fighter tonight.'.