PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Butch Steel (ranked 2644 p4p, 4106 weight class) and Roy Finnegan (ranked 357 p4p, 526 weight class). Finnegan has chosen The Rogues - Gravel Walk as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Steel
vs
Finnegan

176 cm
44
192
16 - 8 - 0

175 cm
39
180
26 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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PWNAGE

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 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Butch Steel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Roy Finnegan!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, George Francis and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steel rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Finnegan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Steel moves in looking to clinch but Finnegan pushes him off.

Steel drives through and clinches with Finnegan against the cage.
Steel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Steel on the inside.
Steel misses with a punch to the body.
Finnegan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Steel.

Finnegan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Steel has closed the distance and engaged Finnegan in a clinch.
Steel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Finnegan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Finnegan prevents a body shot from Steel.
Steel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Steel working aggressively here.
Steel misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Steel lands a hook that snaps the head of Finnegan backwards.
Finnegan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Finnegan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Steel backwards.
Steel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Steel throws a punch but it's blocked by Finnegan.
Finnegan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Steel's elbow.
Finnegan throws a punch but it's blocked by Steel.
A body shot lands from Finnegan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steel lands a shot to the body.
Steel throws a head punch that misses.
Steel lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Finnegan backwards.
Finnegan blocks an uppercut.
Steel blocks a body shot from Finnegan.
Finnegan throws a punch but it's blocked by Steel.
Finnegan throws a punch but it's blocked by Steel.
Steel lands a left hand that snaps the head of Finnegan backwards.
Steel lands a hook that snaps the head of Finnegan backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Finnegan fails to land.
Finnegan lands a right hand.
Steel throws a punch but it's blocked by Finnegan.
Steel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Steel.
Steel tries a body shot but Finnegan blocks it.
Finnegan throws a punch but it's blocked by Steel.
Finnegan lands a body punch in the clinch.
Finnegan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Steel on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Steel.
Steel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Steel misses with some punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Steel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Finnegan.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Finnegan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Steel throws a punch but it's blocked by Finnegan.
Steel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Finnegan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Steel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Steel prevents a body shot from Finnegan.
Steel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Finnegan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Finnegan is trying to force a seperation but Steel has the dominant position.
Steel lands a shoulder strike.
A nice left hand lands by Steel.
Steel misses with some punches.
A short body shot lands from Steel as the two fighters clinch.
Finnegan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nice body punch from Steel - that landed with a thud.
Finnegan is trying to break free.
Finnegan blocking some punches.
A shot in the inside from Finnegan.
Finnegan swings wildly with an uppercut but Steel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Steel misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finnegan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Steel lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Finnegan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Finnegan is working Steel over against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Steel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Finnegan lands a right hand.
Finnegan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Steel throws a punch but it's blocked by Finnegan.
Finnegan lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Finnegan.
Steel blocking some punches.
Finnegan scores with a shot to the side of Steel's head.
Steel tries to throw a body punch but Finnegan avoids it by throwing Steel back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Finnegan.
Finnegan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Finnegan lands a shoulder strike.
Finnegan blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Finnegan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Finnegan throws a looping overhand right but Steel ducks down to avoid it.
Finnegan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finnegan moves into range and connects with a jab.
Finnegan lands with an overhand left.
Steel tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Steel darts in trying to clinch
enabling Finnegan to counter with a crisp jab.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Finnegan.
Nice uppercut lands for Steel. That snapped Finnegan's head back.
Finnegan scores with a jab to the body.
A punch combination from Finnegan misses.
Finnegan throws a one two combo.

It looks like Butch Steel has been cut.
The fight stays on the outside here - Steel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Steel's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Finnegan connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Steel scrambles back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Steel moves into the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Steel as Finnegan tries to tie him up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Steel.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Roy Finnegan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Butch Steel's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Steel tries to clinch but Finnegan is having none of it.
Finnegan lands a nice shot to the body.
Finnegan cracks a nice hook into Steel's ribs.
Roy Finnegan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Finnegan digs a good body shot into Steel's ribs.
Butch Steel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Steel uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Finnegan.
Steel darts in trying to clinch
and Finnegan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Steel tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Finnegan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Steel 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.
Finnegan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Steel looks to clinch
enabling Finnegan to counter with a crisp jab.
Steel moves in looking to clinch but Finnegan pushes him off.
Finnegan let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

Steel moves into range and clinches up with Finnegan.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Still in the clinch, Finnegan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Finnegan working hard to break the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Steel fails to land.
Butch Steel has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Finnegan is trying to stall.
Finnegan tries a body shot but Steel blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steel misses with the head strike.
Finnegan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Finnegan working hard to break the clinch.
Steel's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Finnegan lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Finnegan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Steel closes the distance but Finnegan moves to the side
and Finnegan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Finnegan scores with a sloppy right hand. Steel should have avoided that one.

Finnegan cracks Steel with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Finnegan has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Steel to stand back up!

Steel is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Finnegan blocks a jab.
Oh Steel is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Finnegan closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Steel! Finnegan dives in looking to finish! Steel is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roy Finnegan!
An out of breath Roy Finnegan thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
The defeated Butch Steel had this to say: 'I'm an old fucking man, why am I still fighting???'.