PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lee Bandit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brad Finley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Finley is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Welcome to the Jungle. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bandit
vs
Finley

193 cm
24
191 lbs
8 - 12 - 1

180 cm
30
197 lbs
17 - 19 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Lee Bandit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brad Finley!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Arvi Lind and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

A momentary lapse in concentration from Bandit enables Finley to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Bandit manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Bandit throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Finley throws a big right hand that misses.
Bandit is trying to keep Finley in close.
Bandit striking off his back but it's not causing Finley any problems.
Finley chips away with some ground and pound.
Bandit striking off his back but it's not causing Finley any problems.
Finley trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Finley working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Finley is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Finley distracts Bandit with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Finley loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bandit trying to strike off his back.
Finley scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Bandit working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Finley doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Finley manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Bandit throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Finley keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Bandit's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Finley lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Finley content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Finley postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Bandit can't keep his opponent in guard - Finley advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Bandit taking some punishment here, with Finley in his half guard.
Finley is taking a breather. Bandit says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Bandit missing with punches from the bottom.
Finley scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Finley working Bandit over with strikes.
Finley has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bandit taking some punishment here, with Finley in his half guard.
Finley working Bandit over with strikes.

Bandit is rocked!
Bandit is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Finley scores with a couple of nice shots.
Oh Bandit is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Finley lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Finley lands a nice short elbow.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brad Finley!