PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tim Finnigan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Crazy Schildt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Finnigan comes to the cage accompanied by Finnigan's wake. The crowd seem to be enjoying Schildt's choice of entrance music: Blackeyed pees - Boom boom pow. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Finnigan
vs
Schildt

200 cm
19
280 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

225 cm
19
265 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tim Finnigan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Crazy Schildt!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Hirohito Nitta and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Schildt shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Schildt lands a couple of digs.
Schildt must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Schildt won't allow Finnigan to sweep him here.
Schildt throws a big right hand that misses.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Schildt's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Finnigan lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Schildt!
Finnigan blocks Schildt's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Finnigan blocks Schildt's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Finnigan controlling the pace for now.
Schildt throwing hammer fists to the chest of Finnigan. What's that going to do exactly?
Finnigan content just to control the position here.
Schildt keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Finnigan won't let Schildt get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Finnigan controlling his opponent.
Schildt is trying to stand up.
Schildt working to try and regain half guard.
Schildt swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Finnigan sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Finnigan has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

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.
Schildt really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Finnigan trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Schildt is wriggling around trying to escape.
Schildt flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Schildt is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Finnigan controlling his opponent.
Schildt wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schildt swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Finnigan controlling the position easily from mount.
Finnigan blocks Schildt's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Schildt is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Finnigan tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Tim Finnigan just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Schildt throws a series of punches but Finnigan avoids them all with ease.
Schildt keeps the fight on the outside.
Finnigan wants to clinch.
Tim Finnigan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Finnigan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Schildt looks gassed!
Nice takedown defense from Finnigan. No joy for Schildt on that attempt.

Finnigan closes the distance and clinches.
Finnigan with a knee to the head.
Schildt managing to block the knees to the body from Finnigan.
Finnigan lands a nice knee to the body.
Schildt tries for a takedown but Finnigan manages to get underhooks.
Nice elbow from Finnigan.
Finnigan crunches a lovely knee into Schildt's ribcage.
Finnigan keeps control of Schildt as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Finnigan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Schildt has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Finnigan landing knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Finnigan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Finnigan is struggling to control the position.

Schildt has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Finnigan clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Schildt lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tim Finnigan dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Schildt misses with a takedown attempt - Finnigan sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Schildt shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Schildt is fighting to break Finnigan's control of his arms but Finnigan is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Finnigan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Finnigan is pulling down on Schildt's head to control his posture.
Finnigan manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Schildt can do anything to dispel that myth.
Finnigan trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Schildt tries to buck Finnigan off but he can't manage it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schildt tries to reverse the position but Finnigan maintains control.
Finnigan tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Schildt throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Schildt is squirming around, avoiding Finnigan's attempts to control the action.
Schildt throwing hammer fists to the chest of Finnigan. What's that going to do exactly?
Finnigan trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Finnigan controlling from the full mount.
Schildt is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Schildt swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Finnigan blocks Schildt's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Schildt is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Schildt is squirming around, avoiding Finnigan's attempts to control the action.
Schildt throws some wild strikes from the bottom.
Schildt tries to reverse the position but Finnigan maintains control.
Finnigan sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Schildt flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schildt is trying to escape the mount.
Schildt really wants to buck Finnigan off and get back to his feet.
Schildt throwing hammer fists to the chest of Finnigan. What's that going to do exactly?
Schildt really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Finnigan sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Schildt's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Finnigan controlling from the full mount.
Schildt is trying to stand up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Finnigan sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Schildt working to try and regain half guard.
Finnigan controlling the pace for now.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Tim Finnigan just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Finnigan is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Schildt shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Finnigan pinned against the cage. Finnigan gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Finnigan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Schildt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Tim Finnigan will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Finnigan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Schildt.
Finnigan throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Finnigan lands a nice looking kick to the body. Schildt takes a step back to recover.
Finnigan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Finnigan lands with a kick to the temple. Schildt shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like Crazy Schildt has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Finnigan misses with a double jab.
Finnigan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Schildt keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Schildt throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Finnigan's waist but Finnigan gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Schildt off to one side.
Crazy Schildt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Schildt swats away the attempt to clinch by Finnigan.
Schildt fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Finnigan tries to close the distance and clinch but Schildt swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schildt throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Finnigan.
Finnigan attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Schildt slips a straight right by Finnigan.
Schildt tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Finnigan swivels and escapes.
Tim Finnigan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Crazy Schildt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Finnigan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Finnigan misses with a body shot.
Schildt lands a nice hook to Finnigan's body. Finnigan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Finnigan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Schildt throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Finnigan throws a series of punches but Schildt avoids them all with ease.
Schildt dips to his left and cracks Finnigan with an uppercut!
Finnigan misses with a head kick.
Schildt swings for the body but Finnigan moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Finnigan tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Schildt is able to avoid easily.
Schildt moves away from the strike by Finnigan.

Schildt feints and as Finnigan raises his hands in defense, Schildt changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Schildt lands a couple of digs.
Finnigan might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Schildt working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Finnigan manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Schildt manages to get himself to full guard.
Schildt wants to sweep here but Finnigan controlling him for the moment.
Schildt is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Finnigan is controlling him.
Schildt punching to the body, from the bottom.
Finnigan sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Schildt's guard.
Schildt is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schildt is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Finnigan's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Finnigan's back!
Finnigan breaks Schildt's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Finnigan throwing strikes from guard but Schildt blocks nicely.
Tim Finnigan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Schildt wants to stand and escape but Finnigan is having none of it.
Finnigan passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Schildt misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Finnigan content to control rather than advance.
Schildt is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Finnigan trying to control the pace.
Schildt pushes Finnigan off looking to stand but Finnigan dives back in and keeps control.
Finnigan is taking a breather. Schildt says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Schildt misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Finnigan looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Finnigan prevents Schildt from standing back up.
Crazy Schildt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Finnigan trying to control the pace.
Schildt punching from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tim Finnigan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Finnigan, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tim Finnigan!