PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Atticus Finch (ranked 924 p4p, 792 weight class) and Ryan Rodriguez (ranked 111 p4p, 95 weight class). Finch comes to the cage accompanied by Ghetto Bird- Ice Cube. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Finch
vs
Rodriguez

178 cm
31
156
19 - 10 - 0

178 cm
35
160
26 - 19 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Atticus Finch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryan Rodriguez!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Finch fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rodriguez manages to avoid it.
Finch has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Yellow Lotus Center of Healing and Meditative Arts in the buildup to the fight.
Rodriguez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rodriguez looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Finch lands a big right hand that sends Rodriguez crashing to the mat! Finch stays standing though and waves Rodriguez back to his feet!

Rodriguez is rocked!
Rodriguez connects with the punch.
Rodriguez is still on wobbly legs! Can Finch finish him?
Rodriguez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Finch.
Finch scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Rodriguez seems to have recovered his senses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Finch takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Finch takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Rodriguez misses with a left hand
and Finch counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Finch walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A big left from Finch misses.
Rodriguez slips a straight right by Finch.
Finch backing away here, and Rodriguez unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Rodriguez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Finch misses with an uppercut.
Rodriguez pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Finch has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Rodriguez finds it's way round the side to connect with Finch's head.
Finch stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez scores with a spinning back kick!
Rodriguez throws the left hand but Finch avoids the punch easily.
Rodriguez looks to land a left hand but Finch moved out of range nicely.
Finch bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rodriguez tries to move into range but Finch moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Finch moves out of range of the strikes.
Rodriguez throws a sloppy head kick and Finch moves out of range easily.
Rodriguez scores with a crisp jab that stopped Finch in his tracks.
Rodriguez misses with a straight right.
Rodriguez slips a jab from Finch.
Rodriguez throws a lazy right hand but Finch sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rodriguez misses with a lunging right hand

and Finch counters with a crisp right hand that drops Rodriguez! Finch lets Rodriguez back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rodriguez thumps Finch with a low kick.
Finch throws the left hand but Rodriguez avoids the punch easily.
Rodriguez throws out a loose jab but Finch uses good head movement to avoid it.
Finch moves away from the strike by Rodriguez.

Finch sends Rodriguez crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Finch is motioning to the referee to let Rodriguez up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Rodriguez swings for the body but Finch moves out of range.
Rodriguez thuds his shin into the meat of Finch's side.
Finch throws a right hand that misses
and Rodriguez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Finch buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rodriguez connects with a single shot there.
Finch slips a straight right by Rodriguez.
Finch swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Rodriguez to counter with a crisp jab.
Rodriguez misses with a straight left.
Rodriguez scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finch misses with a series of wild punches.
Finch lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A slow jab from Finch misses its intended target.
Rodriguez scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A shot to the liver by Finch. Beautiful body shot.
Rodriguez throws out a powerful jab.
Rodriguez loads up on a big right hand but Finch slips the punch.
Rodriguez lands a really nice looking cross but Finch seems unphased.
Rodriguez with a nice calf kick.
Rodriguez misses with a left hand
and Finch counters with a stiff right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Finch uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez misses with an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finch bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rodriguez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Finch.
Rodriguez looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Finch throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Finch drops Rodriguez with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Rodriguez looks back up at him and smiles so Finch waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Finch sees an opening and throws a straight punch right through Rodriguez's defenses. It connects perfectly with Rodriguez's jaw and knocks him out cold! Wow - that's a contender for knockout of the year - absolutely brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Atticus Finch!
A very excited looking Atticus Finch made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.