PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tom Finn (ranked 3473 p4p, 3984 weight class) and Ryan Rafferty (ranked 233 p4p, 261 weight class). Rafferty is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Metallica- The Four Horsemen. Ryan Rafferty will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Finn
vs
Rafferty

166 cm
25
140
1 - 1 - 0

169 cm
25
142
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

KRAKEN Nutrition + Laundry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tom Finn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ryan Rafferty!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Donald Grub and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rafferty lands a right hook to the body.

Finn shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Finn looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Rafferty really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Finn. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Finn winds up and cracks Rafferty with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Rafferty trying to control but Finn postures up.
Rafferty is looking to improve his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Finn with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Finn works his way into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Finn lands a nice forearm strike.
Rafferty looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Finn lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Finn has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Rafferty!
Finn landing strikes, looking to finish!
Finn lands a heavy elbow.
Finn pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Finn sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Finn is landing with some decent strikes but Rafferty is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Finn is landing with some decent strikes but Rafferty is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Finn cracks Rafferty with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Finn scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Rafferty?
Finn controlling his opponent.
Finn looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Finn with a couple of short strikes.

Rafferty is rocked!
Finn landing punches.
Rafferty is still in real trouble! Can Finn finish him?
Finn landing strikes from the mount.
Finn looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Rafferty covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tom Finn!
Our winner, Tom Finn, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.