PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Middle Finger (ranked 2388 p4p, 6229 weight class) and Two Of Five (ranked 246 p4p, 434 weight class). Finger's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Side to Side. Middle Finger has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Finger
vs
Of Five

176 cm
21
158
4 - 1 - 0

175 cm
21
155
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Middle Finger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Two Of Five!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Finger wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Finger throws an overhand right that lands on Of Five's shoulder, as Of Five tries to avoid the shot.
Finger misses with a looping left.
Of Five keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Finger throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Of Five throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Finger was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Of Five slips under a jab.
Of Five shoots in but no luck this time.
Middle Finger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Of Five will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Finger is looking to counter the offense by Of Five and move into the clinch.
Finger swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Finger looks to land a left hand but Of Five moved out of range nicely.
Of Five blocks a jab.
Finger jabbing away but nothing is landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Finger throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Of Five clinches up against the cage.
Finger pushes Of Five back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Finger misses with a punch on the inside.
Of Five blocks a body shot from Finger.
Finger fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Of Five.
Of Five looking for a takedown.
Middle Finger has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Two Of Five.

Of Five's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Finger definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Of Five dives in and grabs Finger's left leg, looking for a takedown. Finger pushes down on Of Five's head and hops out.
Of Five on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Finger throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Of Five sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Finger avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Finger was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Finger throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Of Five sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Finger throws the left hand but Of Five avoids the punch easily.
Finger throws an off balance right hand
and Of Five counters with a good, hard body kick but Finger shrugs it off.
Finger throws a jab but it's blocked by Of Five.
Finger wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Of Five slips a straight right by Finger.
Finger looks to throw the jab but Of Five is out of range.
Finger leaves Of Five with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finger throws a jab when Of Five was well out of range.

Of Five gets a clinch.

Of Five pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Finger misses the jab.
Of Five tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Finger paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Finger swings for the body but Of Five moves out of range.
Finger looks to land a right hand but Of Five moved out of range.
Finger misses with a looping left.
Of Five shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Finger throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Finger lands with a hook. Of Five tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Of Five blocks a jab.
Of Five swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Finger keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice takedown defense from Finger. No joy for Of Five on that attempt.
A shot to the liver by Finger. Beautiful body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Of Five takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Finger slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Finger misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Of Five.
Finger takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Of Five swings for the body but Finger moves out of range.
Of Five uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Finger.
Of Five shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Finger but Finger pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Of Five blocks a jab.
Finger defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Of Five.
Of Five uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Finger.
Of Five slips under a jab from Finger.
Of Five on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Of Five lands a nice looking kick to the body. Finger takes a step back to recover.
Of Five uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Finger.
Of Five closes this distance looking for a takedown but Finger circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Of Five fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Finger misses with an uppercut. Of Five saw that one coming.
Of Five uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Finger.
Of Five takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Finger swings for the body but Of Five moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Finger.
Finger tests Of Five's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Finger throws out a loose jab but Of Five uses good head movement to avoid it.
Middle Finger is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Finger lands a glancing blow to the side of Of Five's head.
Finger throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Of Five walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

Of Five is rocked!
Of Five tries to clinch but Finger is having none of it.
Of Five is still on wobbly legs! Can Finger finish him?
Finger misses with a hook
and Of Five counters with an inside leg kick.
Finger lands a nice looking body shot.
Of Five seems to have recovered his senses.
Nice sprawl there from Finger as Of Five shoots in.
Finger fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Of Five manages to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Middle Finger dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Finger misses with a body shot.
Of Five fails with the takedown.
Finger throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Of Five unleashes a big counter combination but Finger bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Of Five slips under a jab.

Of Five rushes Finger and presses him up against the cage.
Of Five has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Finger is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Of Five has Finger pressed against the cage.
Of Five is trying to pull guard but Finger has him pressed against the cage.
Middle Finger has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Two Of Five.
Finger prevents the takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Of Five breaks the clinch.
Of Five has a takedown stuffed.
Finger fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Of Five on the side of the head.
Of Five ducks under a wild hook from Finger.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Of Five on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Of Five defending well as Finger loads up on a big left hand.
Of Five appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Finger lands a right hook to the body.
Finger lands a jab.
Of Five takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Of Five chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Finger lands with a good body shot.

Of Five moves into range and clinches up with Finger.
Finger is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Of Five can do to turn this around?
Of Five blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Of Five escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Finger misses the jab.
Of Five wants to counter the offense by Finger and move into the clinch position.
A jab from Finger finds it's way through Of Five's defenses.
Two Of Five is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Finger misses with an uppercut. Of Five saw that one coming.
Finger fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Of Five manages to avoid it.
Of Five ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finger throws a lazy uppercut
and Of Five counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Finger fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Of Five manages to avoid it.
Of Five appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Finger connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Of Five's hands.
Of Five avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Finger throws a hook to the side of Of Five's head but Of Five sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Finger throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Finger thows a left - swing and a miss!
Finger scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Of Five doesn't seem bothered though.
Finger thuds a left hand into Of Five's body.
Of Five changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Finger tries to avoid it but Of Five manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Finger to the ground. Finger escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Of Five throws a hook but Finger avoids it easily.
Nice jab there from Finger.
Of Five with a lazy takedown attempt

and Finger moves into the clinch.
Of Five is breathing heavily.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Finger.
Of Five taking a breather.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Finger.
Finger misses with a short punch on the inside.
Finger tries a body shot but Of Five blocks it.
A hook to the body from Finger.
Of Five goes for a takedown attempt but Finger pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Nice shot by Finger.
Finger cracks Of Five with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Of Five falls to his knees and Finger doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Middle Finger!
Middle Finger seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.