PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Antti Finn (ranked 195 p4p, 1053 weight class) and Morton Masters (ranked 32 p4p, 165 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Finn
vs
Masters

188 cm
20
190
14 - 0 - 0

178 cm
27
190
10 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Antti Finn!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Morton Masters!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Ackerman and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body kick from Masters.
Finn keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Masters.
Finn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Masters swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Masters throws a looping overhand right but Finn ducks down to avoid it.
Masters scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Masters misses with a leg kick.
Masters waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Finn.
Masters throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Masters throws a low kick but Finn avoids it.
Finn tries to clinch up.
Masters misses with an uppercut.
Masters fails to land with a series of punches.
Masters misses with a leg kick

and Finn counters by moving into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Finn lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Masters or not.
Finn working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Finn stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A shot in the inside from Finn.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Masters misses with a punch on the inside.
Masters is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Finn lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Finn lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Finn misses with a punch on the inside.
Masters lands a damaging elbow.
Masters tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Finn avoids it.
Finn definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Masters prevents a body shot from Finn.
Masters lands a nice elbow.
Finn takes an elbow to the forehead.
A knee to the head by Masters.
Masters looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Masters blocks a body shot from Finn.
Masters lands an uppercut.
Finn blocks the elbow strike.
Masters blocks an uppercut.
Masters looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Finn lands a right hand.
Masters told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Finn has a couple of punches blocked by Masters.
Masters looking to slow down the pace here.
Finn lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Finn dodges an elbow strike from Masters.
Finn lands a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Masters throws a punch but it's blocked by Finn.
Masters lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Finn gets through Masters's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Masters throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Finn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Finn on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Masters pushes off an throws an elbow but Finn leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Masters.
Finn avoids a wild elbow strike from Masters.
Finn lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Finn lands a left hand that snaps the head of Masters backwards.
Finn working aggressively here.
Nice body punch from Finn - that landed with a thud.
Masters trying to land knees to the body.
Masters misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice elbow from Masters.

It looks like Antti Finn has been cut.
Finn pushes Masters back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Masters is pushing Finn up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Finn swings wildly with an uppercut but Masters uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finn lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Masters or not.
Finn can't find room to land a body shot as Masters controls the action.
Masters looking to stall.
Finn dodges an elbow strike from Masters.
Masters pushes off an throws an elbow but Finn leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Finn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Masters blocking some punches.
Masters lands a damaging elbow.
Masters lands an elbow inside.
A shot in the inside from Masters.
Masters gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Finn blocks the elbow strike.
Finn lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Masters throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Finn.
Masters content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Masters throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Finn blocks it with crossed arms.
Finn avoids the elbow strike from Masters, against the cage.
Finn looking to stall.
Finn blocks an elbow strike.
Masters looks to throw an elbow but misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Finn blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Masters lands a knee to the head.
Masters's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Finn avoids a wild elbow strike from Masters.
Finn dodges an elbow strike from Masters.
Finn lands a left hand.
Finn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right hand to the body from Finn.
Finn lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short left from Finn.
Finn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Finn tries a body shot but Masters blocks it.
Masters blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Masters throws an elbow but it misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Morton Masters will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Antti Finn's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Masters tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Finn is able to avoid easily.
Masters misses with a straight right.
Masters looks to throw the jab but Finn is out of range.
Masters throws the left hand but Finn avoids the punch easily.
Finn ducks under a wild hook from Masters.
Masters loads up on a big right hand but Finn slips the punch.
Finn tries to counter by clinching up but Masters breaks away and moves out of range.
Masters throws a hook to the side of Finn's head but Finn sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Masters throws a big shot that misses.
Masters wants to land a leg kick but Finn is out of range.
Masters swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Masters misses the jab.
Morton Masters seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Finn instigates a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Masters prevents a body shot from Finn.
Masters working Finn over with knees to the body.
Finn blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Masters misses with an elbow strike.
Masters blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Finn misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Masters lands an elbow inside that Finn shrugs off.
Masters misses with an elbow strike.
Finn lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Masters throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nice elbow from Masters.
Finn lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Finn lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Masters trying to land knees to the body.
Finn blocks an elbow strike.
Still in the clinch, Finn scores with a nice short uppercut.
Finn lands a nice uppercut.
Finn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Masters lands a left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Finn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Masters's elbow.
A bit of stalling here from Masters.
Finn struggles to land a body shot inside as Masters controls his hands.
Finn misses with some punches.
Masters throws an elbow but it misses.
Antti Finn has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Masters misses with an elbow over the top.
Finn lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Finn scores with a shot to the side of Masters's head.
Masters swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Masters prevents a body shot from Finn.
Finn dodges an elbow strike from Masters.
Finn blocks an elbow strike.
Masters blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Masters blocks an uppercut.
Finn lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Finn.
Finn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Finn 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.
Masters looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A nice left hand lands by Finn.
Nice elbow from Masters.
Finn working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Finn tries to work over Masters's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Masters looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Finn stalling in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Finn.
Masters misses with an elbow strike.
Masters lands an elbow inside.
Finn lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Masters with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Masters.
Masters misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Finn.
Finn lands a nice uppercut.
Masters blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Masters creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Masters creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Finn's defenses.
Finn avoids a wild elbow strike from Masters.
Finn lands a right hand that snaps the head of Masters backwards.
Finn has a couple of punches blocked by Masters.
Knees in the clinch landing for Masters.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Finn scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short body shot lands from Finn as the two fighters clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Masters.
Masters looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Masters blocking some punches.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Masters just misses with a elbow thrown towards Finn's brow.
Finn digs a right hand underneath Masters's ribcage. Masters let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Finn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A bit of stalling here from Masters.
Finn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Finn lands a shoulder strike.
Finn lands a body punch.
Masters is breathing heavily.
A shot in the inside from Finn.
Finn lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Finn lands with a short shot to the head.
Masters misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Masters fails to land.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short right from Finn.
A left hand lands to the body for Finn.
Finn misses with a hook to the ribs.
A shot in the inside from Finn.
Finn lands an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Antti Finn dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Antti Finn's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Masters circles away from the clinch attempt.

Finn moves into range and clinches up with Masters.
Finn lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short left from Finn.

Masters is rocked!
Masters throws an elbow but it misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Finn.
Masters is still on wobbly legs! Can Finn finish him?
Masters throws an elbow but it misses.
Finn throws a head punch that misses.
Masters seems to have recovered his senses.
Finn tries to work over Masters's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Finn dodges an elbow strike from Masters.
Finn misses with the head strike.
A nice left hand lands by Masters.
Finn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Finn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Masters working aggressively here.
Finn lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Masters backwards.
Finn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Masters tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Masters throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Finn blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Masters blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Masters throws a head punch that misses.
Finn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Masters creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Finn's defenses.
Masters tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A nice right hand lands inside from Finn.
Finn lands a hook that snaps the head of Masters backwards.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Masters just misses with a elbow thrown towards Finn's brow.
Finn lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Finn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Finn throws a punch but it's blocked by Masters.
Finn blocks an elbow strike from Masters.
Masters fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Finn working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Finn blocks an elbow strike.
A nice left hand lands by Finn.
Finn avoids a wild elbow strike from Masters.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Masters unloads a knee to the mid-section. Finn lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Masters misses with an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finn misses with the head strike.
Finn takes an elbow to the temple.
Finn throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Masterss head.
Finn lands a nice shot to the body.
Masters takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Stalling in the clinch from Masters.
Finn avoids the elbow strike from Masters, against the cage.
Masters blocks an uppercut.
Finn lands an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Finn.
Finn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Masters misses with a punch on the inside.
Finn blocks an elbow strike.
Finn lands a right hand that snaps the head of Masters backwards.
Masters prevents a body shot from Finn.
Finn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Finn lands a hook that snaps the head of Masters backwards.
Finn throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Finn creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finn throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Masterss head.
Finn lands an uppercut.
Finn lands a left hand that snaps the head of Masters backwards.
Finn throws a big uppercut that drops Masters! More strikes from Finn and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Masters lies dazed against the cage as Finn celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Antti Finn!
Antti Finn retains his middleweight title!
As Antti Finn got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: The Antti Finn wins everywhere!'.