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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Franck Pompi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Finkle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pompi comes to the cage accompanied by Dirty House. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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193 lbs
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203 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ White Belt
World class MT
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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
9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Franck Pompi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ray Finkle!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, David Schapiro and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pompi swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Finkle.
Finkle scores with a jab to the head.
Pompi throws a solid leg kick but Finkle takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Pompi.
Pompi misses with a low kick.
Finkle checks a leg kick nicely.
Finkle displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pompi throws out the jab.
Finkle has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Pompi finds it's way round the side to connect with Finkle's head.
Pompi scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Finkle can do anything to dispel that myth.
Finkle trying to control here.
Pompi is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Pompi works his way into full mount!
Pompi thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pompi looking to control and managing it successfully.
Pompi seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Finkle for as long as he can get away with.
BOOM! Pompi connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Pompi unloads with some shots from mount but Finkle bucks and avoids them well.
Pompi has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pompi punishing his opponent with strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pompi is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Finkle can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Pompi controlling from the full mount.
Finkle is in a horrible position here. Pompi smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Pompi prevents Finkle from getting the reversal.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pompi tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Pompi working Finkle over with strikes here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pompi lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Pompi takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Finkle really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Pompi. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Finkle tries to lock up and control but Pompi gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pompi lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Pompi controlling his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Franck Pompi dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Finkle tries to clinch up but Pompi circles away and keeps his distance.
Finkle jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pompi misses with a low kick.
Sloppy strikes from Pompi. Those never looked like landing.
Finkle moves in looking to clinch but Pompi pushes him off.
Pompi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Finkle.
Pompi clinches up against the cage.
Finkle prevents Pompi from breaking the clinch.
Pompi is looking to break free of the clinch but Finkle has double underhooks.
Finkle throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Finkle swings wildly with an uppercut but Pompi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Finkle lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Finkle tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pompi's elbow.
Pompi blocking some punches.
Finkle lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pompi backwards.
Pompi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pompi misses with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A cross from Finkle lands.
A jab from Pompi misses.
Jab, jab by Finkle - just one landing.
Finkle misses with a head kick.
Finkle avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pompi lands with an uppercut that bounces Finkle off the cage and back into range.
Pompi gets a clinch.
Finkle is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pompi is defending well for now.
Finkle lands with a light punch inside.
Pompi working hard to break the clinch.
Finkle missing with knees to the body.
Finkle tries to land knees in the clinch but Pompi avoids the damage to the body.
Pompi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pompi avoiding damage as Finkle throws knees to the body.
Pompi has had enough of the clinch but Finkle keeps him there for the moment.
Finkle goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Finkle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pompi breaks from the clinch.
Finkle lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A swing and a miss from Finkle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pompi clinches up against the cage.
Pompi is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Finkle pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Finkle has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Pompi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pompi blocks a body shot from Finkle.
Pompi drops down looking for an ankle pick but Finkle pulls his leg out and moves away.
Franck Pompi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Finkle lands with a kick to the ribs.
Pompi misses with a leg kick.
Pompi closes this distance looking for a takedown but Finkle circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Franck Pompi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Finkle does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Pompi lands with a straight right. Finkle didn't see that one coming.
Finkle throws a leg kick but Pompi moved away.
Pompi throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pompi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Finkle looks to land a body kick but Pompi moved away.
Pompi throws a big shot that misses.
Pompi lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Pompi misses with a hook. Finkle ducked under it nicely.
A combination from Pompi does no damage.
Pompi avoids the body shot from Finkle.
Franck Pompi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Finkle tries to clinch up.
A telegraphed right hand from Pompi misses the target.
Pompi slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Finkle throws a lazy right hand but Pompi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Finkle tries to clinch but Pompi is having none of it.
Good leg kick by Finkle there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Finkle uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pompi.
Pompi misses with an uppercut.
Finkle gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Pompi.
Pompi looks to land a combination but Finkle avoids it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finkle instigates a clinch.
Finkle controlling the action here for a moment.
Pompi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Finkle.
Pompi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pompi takes a knee to the side of the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Finkle lands an elbow just above Pompi 's eye.
Finkle working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pompi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Finkle creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pompi's defenses.
It looks like Franck Pompi has been cut.
Pompi can't break the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Finkle tries a body shot but Pompi blocks it.
Finkle comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pompi.
Finkle stalling in the clinch.
Pompi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ray Finkle showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Franck Pompi's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Finkle with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Pompi to score with a decent uppercut.
Finkle tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pompi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pompi rushes Finkle and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Pompi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Finkle.
Finkle lands a hook that snaps the head of Pompi backwards.
Pompi wants to break free but Finkle has control.
Finkle tries to work over Pompi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Finkle gets through Pompi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Finkle lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pompi or not.
Pompi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Finkle checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A big right from Finkle misses.
A big left from Pompi misses.
Finkle moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Finkle thows a left - swing and a miss!
Finkle throws the left hand but Pompi avoids the punch easily.
Finkle fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Pompi checks it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pompi throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Finkle fails with an attempt to clinch.
Finkle tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pompi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A slow jab from Pompi misses its intended target.
Finkle lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Pompi at a distance.
Franck Pompi is winning the standup battle so far.
Finkle tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pompi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Finkle showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pompi.
Pompi shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Finkle but Finkle pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Pompi misses with a looping left.
Pompi throws a lazy right hand but Finkle sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Finkle scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Pompi works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Pompi darts in and clinches Finkle up against the cage.
Pompi breaks from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finkle throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Pompi.
A slow jab from Pompi misses its intended target.
Pompi drives through with a takedown into guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pompi passes Finkle's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Well, if Pompi is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Pompi uses his free foot to push down on Finkle's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Finkle.
Pompi sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Pompi takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pompi is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Finkle can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Pompi takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Pompi has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Pompi fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pompi controlling from the full mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Pompi cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Pompi cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Pompi looking to isolate an arm here. Finkle doesn't see it coming and as Pompi extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Pompi!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Franck Pompi!
A relieved looking Franck Pompi thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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hype
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