PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bako King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sione Finau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Finau comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Ninja Gaiden kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

King
vs
Finau

225 cm
34
289 lbs
21 - 14 - 0

191 cm
36
300 lbs
29 - 15 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Syndicate Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bako King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sione Finau!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Skip Squint and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by King.
Sione Finau seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
King takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Finau with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Finau throws a leg kick that misses.
King shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Finau but Finau pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Finau throws a quick inside leg kick.
King is breathing heavily.
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!
Finau keeps King at a distance using the push kick.
King avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Finau lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Finau misses the jab.
King tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Finau lands a nice shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Finau decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Finau trying to control from half guard but King is working away.

King looking for a kimura from the bottom but Finau passes into side control!
Finau scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at King to see if he's OK.
Finau landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
King struggling a bit here.
Finau slows the pace down.
King is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Finau's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Finau looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks King with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Finau prevents King from improving his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Finau seems content to control.

Finau is looking for a kimura but King is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Finau to get the leverage.
King taking some punishment here, with Finau in his half guard.
Finau lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
King is not content to let Finau control the position.
Finau is nestled in close to King, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
King is refusing to be controlled, as Finau sits in half guard.
King really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Finau lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

King is rocked!
Finau lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked King! More strikes land and this one is all over! Finau jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sione Finau!
After the big win, Sione Finau made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Supersize Me and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.