PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Esteban Finley (ranked 25159 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shawn MacGuire (ranked 7097 p4p, 0 weight class). Esteban Finley has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Finley
vs
MacGuire

150 cm
18
193 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

185 cm
22
175 lbs
0 - 1 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Esteban Finley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 1, fighting out of London, Shawn MacGuire!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Atkins and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

MacGuire scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Finley manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. MacGuire keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage.
Finley has a couple of punches blocked by MacGuire.
Finley struggles to land a body shot inside as MacGuire controls his hands.
MacGuire can't break the clinch.
Finley misses with a punch to the body.
Finley wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but MacGuire has him pressed against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Finley.

MacGuire has hold of one of Finley's legs. Finley is fighting the takedown attempt but MacGuire gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
MacGuire looks winded!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Finley punching from the bottom.
Finley doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
MacGuire really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Finley. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Finley manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. MacGuire manages to get himself to full guard.

A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Finley accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Finley has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Finley lands a couple of elbows.
Finley scoring with punches to the head and body.
Finley landing with the ground and pound.
Finley might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Finley throwing strikes but missing.
Finley throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Finley really is a fat lump.
Finley is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Finley scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's two 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.
Finley's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Finley works over MacGuire with some ground and pound from guard.
Finley scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Finley stands up over MacGuire, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Finley postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Finley is working MacGuire over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finley lands a couple of elbows.
Finley makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Finley chips away with some ground and pound.
Finley landing some decent shots from guard.
Finley stands up over MacGuire, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Finley lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Finley drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Finley jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Finley not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finley lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Finley engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Finley's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
MacGuire wants to hit a switch here but Finley passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for MacGuire there!
Finley looking to finish MacGuire with some ground and pound. This is bad for MacGuire!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Esteban Finley dominated that 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.

Finley closes the distance and clinches.
Finley missing with knees to the body.
Finley has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

Finley breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shawn MacGuire seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Excellent takedown into side control there by MacGuire.
MacGuire wants to lay and pray for a moment but Finley keeps working.
You can see the frustration on Finley's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Finley regains half guard.
MacGuire is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Finley wants to control but MacGuire is keeping busy.
Finley moves into full guard.
Finley trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Finley wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
MacGuire must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Finley bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in MacGuire's guard.

Finley is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Finley working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of MacGuire's head.
MacGuire wants to control the position but Finley says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Esteban Finley overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Finley drops an elbow to the side of MacGuire's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Finley drops an elbow to the side of MacGuire's head.
Finley controlling the action here.
MacGuire is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Finley scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finley is nestled in close to MacGuire, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Finley working the head and body with strikes.
MacGuire is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Finley scores with a couple of nice shots.
Finley is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that MacGuire can do to turn this around?
MacGuire is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Finley scores with a couple of nice shots.
Finley landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Finley connects with a nice short shot to MacGuire's temple.
Ground and pound from Finley.
MacGuire on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
MacGuire has hold of Finley's hands but Finley slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finley working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Finley lands a nice short elbow.
Finley drops an elbow to the side of MacGuire's head.

Finley seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. MacGuire is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Esteban Finley!