PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marius Cepulis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ezekiel Finley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marius Cepulis has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Cepulis
vs
Finley

190 cm
23
185 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

173 cm
21
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marius Cepulis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ezekiel Finley!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Taro Takaoka and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Finley misses with a wild body shot.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Cepulis shoots in but Finley avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Cepulis lands a high kick!

It looks like Ezekiel Finley has been cut.
Finley stuffs the takedown.
Finley misses with a hook.
Cepulis throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Finley displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Cepulis.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marius Cepulis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cepulis slips a straight right by Finley.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cepulis shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Finley as he jumps to the side.
Finley is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cepulis.
Finley throws a jab when Cepulis was well out of range.
Finley misses with a wild body shot.
Cepulis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Finley circles away quickly and effectively.
Finley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Finley checks a leg kick nicely.
Finley misses with a body shot.
Cepulis shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Finley but Finley pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Cepulis is breathing heavily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Finley. Cepulis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Finley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Finley misses with a combination
and Cepulis counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Finley is lucky that one didn't land flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finley with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Finley paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

It looks like Marius Cepulis has been cut.
Cepulis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A shot to de liver by Finley. Beautiful body shot.
Marius Cepulis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Finley throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cepulis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Finley misses with a jab to the body
and Cepulis makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Finley really felt that one!
Finley is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Cepulis rather than just go for the knockout.
Finley misses with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finley throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Finley throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Finley misses with a two punch combination.
Finley jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Finley throws a body punch but Cepulis moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cepulis moves away from the strike by Finley.
Finley looks to land a combination but Cepulis avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ezekiel Finley dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Cepulis throws a head kick that misses.
Cepulis throws a right and a left that both miss.
Finley misses with a body shot.
Finley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cepulis manages to avoid it.
Cepulis throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Finley.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cepulis moves out of range as Finley strikes.
Finley connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cepulis moves out of range as Finley strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Finley drops Cepulis with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Cepulis! Finley dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ezekiel Finley!