PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Samus Finnerty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eric Knight is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Finnerty
vs
Knight

188 cm
21
204 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

183 cm
19
213 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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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 New York, Samus Finnerty!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eric Knight!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Reed Andrews and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Finnerty misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Finnerty fails with a takedown attempt.
Knight doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Finnerty counters with a shoot takedown. Knight fights it but they end up in guard.
Finnerty wants to control from the top but Knight keeps moving.
Finnerty postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Finnerty stays in close to Knight's body and controls the position.
Knight working a defensive guard here.
Finnerty trying to control but Knight is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Finnerty misses with a takedown

and Knight decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Finnerty's guard.
Knight is looking to stand up but Finnerty won't let him.
Knight looks gassed!
Knight trying to control the position from guard on top but Finnerty is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Finnerty throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

Finnerty looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Finnerty is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Finnerty holds on and takes a little breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finnerty is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Knight wants to control from the top but Finnerty keeps moving.
Knight slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Finnerty wants to control but Knight postures up.
Finnerty stops Knight from passing to mount.
Finnerty is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Finnerty sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finnerty has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Knight is working away from the top position though.
Finnerty wants to get back to full guard.
Knight throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Knight gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Finnerty counters with a nice double leg into side control. Knight won't be happy with that.
Knight is not content to let Finnerty control the position.

Finnerty stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Knight lands a high kick!
Knight throws a lazy head kick

so Finnerty counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Knight working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Finnerty doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Finnerty manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Finnerty lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Finnerty throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Knight works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Finnerty wants to control from the top but Knight keeps moving.
Finnerty is stalling in the full guard.

Knight keeping busy on the bottom but Finnerty has passed one foot through into half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Knight is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Samus Finnerty dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Knight tries to keep at a distance but Finnerty has taken the fight into the clinch.

Finnerty has picked Knight up - he's going for a ride! Finnerty dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Finnerty takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Knight trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Finnerty wants to control the pace but Knight is squirming around nicely.
BOOM! Finnerty connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Knight is breathing heavily.
Finnerty postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Knight looks a forlorn figure.
Finnerty trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight is looking to improve his position but Finnerty isn't that keen on the idea.
Knight tries to hold on but Finnerty postures up.
Finnerty trying to control but Knight is having none of it.
Finnerty postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Knight looks a forlorn figure.
Finnerty controlling from the full mount.
Finnerty cracks Knight with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Knight has left one of his arms exposed and Finnerty doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Knight screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Samus Finnerty!