PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ezekiel Finley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonny Romero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Romero's choice of entrance music: cant stop now. Jonny Romero is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Finley
vs
Romero

173 cm
21
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
24
185 lbs
3 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Fight Club Clothing™

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ezekiel Finley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jonny Romero!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Fujiwara and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romero lands a body shot.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Romero tries to close the distance and clinch up but Finley swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Romero tries to close the distance and clinch but Finley swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Finley avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Romero doesn't manage to clinch there - Finley circles away.
Finley throws a sloppy body shot
and Romero counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Finley thinking.
Romero ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero blocks a jab.
Finley misses with a shot to the body

and Romero moves into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Romero fails to land.
Finley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Finley.
Finley wants to break the clinch but can't.
Romero fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Finley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Romero misses with some punches.
Romero scores with a shot to the side of Finley's head.
Romero misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Romero lands with a left to the head.
Romero throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Finleys head.
Romero fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Romero makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

It looks like Ezekiel Finley has been cut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Finley blocking some punches.
Romero misses with a short punch on the inside.
Finley is trying to force a seperation but Romero has the dominant position.
Still in the clinch, Romero scores with a nice short uppercut.
Romero misses with some punches.
Finley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Romero working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Finley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Romero moves away from the strike by Finley.
Finley swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Romero counters with a stiff right hand.
Ezekiel Finley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romero tries to clinch up but Finley circles away and keeps his distance.
Finley throws a sloppy body shot

and Romero counters by moving into the clinch.
Romero misses with a short punch on the inside.
Romero lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Romero fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Romero fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Romero fails to land.
Romero swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Romero misses with the head strike.
Finley takes a shot to the head.
Romero pushes Finley back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Romero working aggressively here.
Romero working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Romero swings wildly with an uppercut but Finley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Romero makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Romero tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Finley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Finley blocks an uppercut.
Romero throws a head punch that misses.

Finley breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Finley swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Romero counters with a straight right hand.

Finley is rocked!
Romero wants to clinch.
Oh Finley is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Romero tries to close the distance and clinch but Finley swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonny Romero dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ezekiel Finley's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Finley throws a body punch but Romero moves out of range.
Finley seems to have got his legs back now.
Romero shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Romero ducks under a wild hook from Finley.
Romero tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Finley was well out of range. Poor timing from Romero.
Finley misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Finley circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice cross by Romero.
Romero doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Finley connects with a crisp jab.

It looks like Jonny Romero has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Finley misses the target.
Finley swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Romero to counter with a crisp jab.
Romero walks into a straight right hand from Finley.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Romero avoids the body shot from Finley.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romero takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Finley throws a hook to the side of Romero's head but Romero sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Finley swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Finley lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Romero circles away quickly and effectively.
Finley throws a left and a right that both miss
and Romero counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romero takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Jonny Romero seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Romero throws a head kick but Finley moves out of range.
Romero tries to clinch up.
A big right from Romero misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ezekiel Finley dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Finley keeps the fight on the outside.
Finley misses the jab.
Finley throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Finley swats away the attempt to clinch by Romero.
Romero swings away with a body shot that misses
and Romero takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Finley misses with a body punch
and Romero counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Romero tries to clinch up
and Finley counters with a nice body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finley throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Finley misses with a straight left.
Finley connects with the punch.
Romero uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Finley.
Finley throws a hook to the side of Romero's head but Romero sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Romero darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Finley throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Romero counters with a right hand to the body.
Romero keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Finley.
Finley misses with a shot to the body
and Romero makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finley misses with a jab to the body
and Romero counters with a nice uppercut.

Finley is rocked!

Ezekiel Finley's cut is getting worse.
Romero throws a head kick that misses.
Romero fails in his attempt to clinch.
Finley looks to land a left hand but Romero moved out of range nicely.
Finley misses with a combination
and Romero counters with a flying knee that drops Finley! Romero dives in and finishes the fight with a flurry of strikes from the mount!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jonny Romero!