PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mickey Finn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cyrille Diabate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Finn might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Von Bondies - C'mon c'mon. Diabate has chosen The Snake as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!

Finn
vs
Diabate

182 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

199 cm
18
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mickey Finn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Cyrille Diabate!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, William Gold and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Finn misses its intended target.
Good leg kick by Diabate there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Diabate throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Finn.

It looks like Mickey Finn has been cut.
Finn misses with a wild body shot.
A head kick misses from Diabate.
Finn avoids the head kick by Diabate.

Finn shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Diabate is trying to defend but Finn finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Diabate is trying to stand.
Finn controlling the action here.
Diabate taking some punishment here, with Finn in his half guard.
Finn prevents Diabate from standing back up.
Ground and pound from Finn.
Diabate blocking the ground and pound attempt from Finn.
Finn prevents Diabate from standing back up.
Finn seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Finn is nestled in close to Diabate, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Finn is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Finn has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Nice strikes from Finn there.
Finn is pressing down on Diabate's thigh, looking to free his foot. Diabate is holding on for now.
Finn thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Diabate's head.
Diabate is trying to stand up here but Finn is controlling him well.
Finn is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Finn stops Diabate from getting back to his feet.
Diabate won't allow Finn to pass to mount.
Ground and pound from Finn.
Finn thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Diabate's head.
Diabate has hold of Finn's hands but Finn slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ground and pound from Finn.
Diabate is trying to stand.
Diabate looks gassed!
Diabate blocking the ground and pound attempt from Finn.
Finn lands strikes from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diabate is trying to stand back up but Finn is controlling him
Finn landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Finn lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Diabate is rocked!
Finn lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Diabate quite badly. Diabate pulls Finn in close trying to recover. Finn postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Diabate on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Diabate doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mickey Finn!