PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mickey Finn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sutton Ripley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Finn comes to the cage accompanied by Von Bondies - C'mon c'mon. Ripley has chosen Danzig - Hand Of Doom as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Finn
vs
Ripley

182 cm
26
203 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

188 cm
21
190 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Mickey Finn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Sutton Ripley!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Colin Fotheringham and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ripley misses with a wild combination.
Ripley looks to clinch
and Finn counters with a straight right hand.
Finn gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ripley.

It looks like Mickey Finn has been cut.
A lazy left from Ripley finds it's target.
Finn walks into a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Finn clinches up against the cage.

Finn turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Finn prevents Ripley from escaping the position.
Ripley gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Finn lands a big elbow.
Finn content just to control the position here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Finn unloading with bombs!
Finn working Ripley over with strikes here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Finn looking to control and managing it successfully.
Finn lands a big shot there that rocks Ripley but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Finn lands with some strikes.
Finn looking to control and managing it successfully.
Finn has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Finn.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Finn looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finn pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

Finn is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Ripley is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mickey Finn!