PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sione Finau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Biggie Smalls (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Finau comes to the cage accompanied by "Ninja Gaiden" by The Minibosses. Biggie Smalls will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Finau
vs
Smalls

191 cm
23
300 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

215 cm
23
303 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Hell's Balls Fightwear

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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sione Finau!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Biggie Smalls!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, John Mangel and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Finau pushes Smalls up against the cage in a clinch.
Smalls has had enough of the clinch but Finau keeps him there for the moment.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Smalls wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Smalls wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Finau has him pressed against the cage.
Smalls has a couple of punches blocked by Finau.
Smalls wants to break the clinch but can't.
Finau landing knees to the body.
Finau misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Smalls.
Finau wants a takedown but no success here.

Smalls pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Finau looks to score with a jab to the body but Smalls is just out of range.
Finau doesn't manage to clinch there - Smalls circles away.

Finau gets a clinch.
Finau landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Smalls looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Finau effectively controlling the action here.
A right hook to the body lands for Finau.
Finau leaning his opponent against the cage.
Finau makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Smalls has had enough of the clinch but Finau keeps him there for the moment.
Nice body punch from Finau.
Finau landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Smalls blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Finau unloads a knee to the mid-section. Smalls lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smalls blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Finau works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Smalls is fighting off a takedown attempt but Finau is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Smalls to the mat. Smalls regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Finau advances position into side control!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Finau connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Smalls some visible discomfort.
Smalls gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Smalls can do anything to dispel that myth.
Finau looking to control and managing it successfully.
Smalls is desperately trying to improve his position but Finau has a good base and remains in mount.
Finau controlling the position easily from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Finau looking to control but Smalls is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smalls can't escape the position.
Finau trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Smalls can't escape the position.
Smalls is squirming around, avoiding Finau's attempts to control the action.
Smalls is trying desperately to improve position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finau controlling the pace for now.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Sione Finau just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Finau on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Smalls pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Finau tries to clinch up.
Smalls circles away from the clinch attempt.
Smalls misses with a straight left.
Finau throws a front kick that sends Smalls stumbling back into the cage.
Smalls takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Finau explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Finau swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smalls misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Finau jabs at Smalls's body.
Finau throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Finau throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Finau swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Smalls checks a leg kick.
Smalls ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A head kick by Smalls misses

and Finau moves into the clinch.
Smalls is trying to break the clinch but Finau has him pressed against the cage.
Smalls wants to break free but Finau has control.
Finau digs a right hand underneath Smalls's ribcage. Smalls let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Finau misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Smalls.

Finau has clasped his hands together around Smalls's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Smalls is looking for a sweep.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Smalls is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Finau advances nicely into full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sione Finau dominated that round.
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.

Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Finau.
Smalls throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Finau throws a leg kick but Smalls sees it coming and moves out of range.
Finau is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Smalls can do to turn this around?
Smalls throws a chopping leg kick but Finau manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Finau looks to land a combination. Smalls sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Smalls fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Finau closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Finau prevents Smalls from improving his position.
Finau controlling the action here.
Finau scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Finau is keen to just control but Smalls is a slippery customer.
Smalls has hold of Finau's hands but Finau slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Smalls has one foot on Finau's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Finau instigates a clinch.
Smalls wants to get back to striking at distance but Finau won't allow it.
Sione Finau has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Finau tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Smalls misses with a body punch.
Smalls is pressed up against the cage. Finau has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Smalls down to the mat. Smalls avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Finau uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Smalls.
Finau looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Sione Finau is winning the standup battle so far.
Smalls slips a jab and a cross from Finau.
Smalls scores with a hook.
Finau fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Smalls checks it well.
Smalls throws a leg kick that is checked
and Finau counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
A jab from Smalls misses.
Finau connects with a single shot there.
The fighters circling - Smalls throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Smalls avoiding damage as Finau throws knees to the body.
Smalls lands with a light punch inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finau lands a body punch.
Finau creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Smalls's defenses.

Finau drags the fight down to the ground.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Finau holds on and takes a little breather.
Smalls wants to stand and escape but instead Finau has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Finau forces his way into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Finau winds up and cracks Smalls with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Smalls looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Smalls is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Smalls tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Finau has advanced to mount. Uh oh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finau breaks from Smalls's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Finau looking to control but Smalls is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Finau is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Finau 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.
Finau scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Finau looking to finish Smalls with some ground and pound. This is bad for Smalls!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smalls takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Finau connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finau lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Smalls keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Smalls sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Finau works his foot free and advances to mount.
Finau sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Finau is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Smalls can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Finau postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Smalls looks a forlorn figure.
Smalls is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sione Finau dominated that second 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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Finau finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Smalls missing with a left hand there. Finau was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Smalls throws a jab when Finau was well out of range.
Smalls throws a head kick that misses.

Finau rushes Smalls and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Smalls wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Smalls lands a hook that snaps the head of Finau backwards.
Finau drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Smalls gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Finau can't get the takedown.
Finau keeps control of Smalls as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Finau has Smalls pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Smalls manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sione Finau. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Smalls tries to break the clinch but Finau is controlling the position.
Smalls is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Finau is trying to drag Smalls to the mat but Smalls just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Finau blocking some punches.
A short uppercut from Smalls.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Smalls escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Smalls fails to land with a series of punches.
Smalls throws a shot from downtown. Finau moves away and avoids it.
Smalls paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

Finau instigates a clinch.
Smalls wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Finau has him pressed against the cage.
Smalls is trying to break free.
Smalls is pressed up against the cage. Finau has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Smalls down to the mat. Smalls avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Finau takes a head kick and keeps coming.

It looks like Sione Finau has been cut.
Finau goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Smalls connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Finau looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Smalls wants to improve his position but Finau is controlling well.
Smalls is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Finau scores with a couple of nice shots.
Smalls wants to control but Finau is keeping busy.
Biggie Smalls has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sione Finau is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sione Finau overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smalls tries to kick Finau off but Finau keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Finau stalling.
Finau passes to side control.
Finau controls the position from side control.
Smalls is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smalls is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Finau is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Smalls is working to get back to half guard.
Smalls is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Finau controlling his opponent.
Smalls is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Finau controlling the pace for now.
Finau has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Smalls is wriggling around trying to escape.
Smalls is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Finau tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Biggie Smalls.
Well Finau has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 29:27
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 29:27
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sione Finau!