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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Roy Finnegan (ranked 596 p4p, 98 weight class) and Nelson Quinteros (ranked 347 p4p, 58 weight class). Finnegan comes to the cage accompanied by The Rogues - Gravel Walk. Roy Finnegan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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17 - 7 - 0 |
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179 lbs
13 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Dangerous knees
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Roy Finnegan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nelson Quinteros!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Stewart Dunkirk and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Finnegan works Quinteros's body with a nice hook.
Quinteros tries to clinch there but Finnegan circles away.
Finnegan appears to be looking for a big counter.
Finnegan lands a slapping body shot.
Finnegan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Quinteros tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Finnegan was well out of range. Poor timing from Quinteros.
Quinteros lands a lovely overhand right.
It looks like Roy Finnegan has been cut.
Quinteros moves out of range of the strikes.
A telegraphed right hand from Finnegan misses the target.
Finnegan cracks Quinteros with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Finnegan takes a swing at Quinteros's ribcage but misses.
Finnegan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nice defenses there by Quinteros.
Quinteros ducks under a wild hook from Finnegan.
Quinteros steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Finnegan.
Finnegan swats away the attempt to clinch by Quinteros.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Finnegan gets tackled into the cage by Quinteros. Quinteros maintains the clinch.
Quinteros fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Quinteros working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Quinteros breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Finnegan loads up on a big right hand but Quinteros slips the punch.
Finnegan misses with an uppercut.
Finnegan dodges the punch combination from Quinteros.
Quinteros scores with a shot to the body.
Finnegan looks to score with a jab to the body but Quinteros is just out of range.
Finnegan cracks Quinteros with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Finnegan scores with a hook to the body. Quinteros takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quinteros looks to land a right hand but Finnegan moved out of range.
Finnegan throws a body punch but Quinteros moves out of range.
Quinteros clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Finnegan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Quinteros.
Quinteros lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Quinteros throws a head punch that misses.
Quinteros with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Quinteros lands a left hand that snaps the head of Finnegan backwards.
Quinteros fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Finnegan can't find room to land a body shot as Quinteros controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Quinteros.
Quinteros breaks the clinch.
Finnegan throws a shot from downtown. Quinteros moves away and avoids it.
Quinteros looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Finnegan dips to his left and cracks Quinteros with an uppercut!
Finnegan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Finnegan is looking for a counter combo.
Roy Finnegan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quinteros throws a series of punches but Finnegan moves out of range.
Quinteros tries to clinch up but Finnegan circles away and keeps his distance.
Finnegan is looking to counter punch.
Finnegan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Quinteros moves out of range of the strikes.
Quinteros is looking to clinch.
A swing and a miss from Finnegan.
Finnegan's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Finnegan duly obliges.
Quinteros keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Quinteros cracks Finnegan with a good jab.
Quinteros lands a jab to Finnegan's midsection.
Finnegan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Quinteros! But no joy.
Finnegan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Finnegan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A swing and a miss from Finnegan.
Despite the aggression on Quinteros's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Quinteros's coach down at Russian Bears Training Center (14 Elite, 1 Double was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Quinteros's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Quinteros doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Quinteros avoids the body shot from Finnegan.
Quinteros throws a right hand that Finnegan ducks under and follows up with a left that Finnegan also avoids with ease.
Good shot there by Finnegan.
Finnegan misses with a looping right.
Nice defenses there by Quinteros.
Quinteros misses with a hook
and Finnegan makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Finnegan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Quinteros.
Quinteros uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Finnegan.
Finnegan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Quinteros moves away.
Finnegan is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roy Finnegan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roy Finnegan's cut.
That's time! Finnegan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Finnegan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Finnegan throws a body punch but Quinteros moves out of range.
A jab from Finnegan misses.
Quinteros's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Finnegan connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Quinteros scrambles back to his feet.
Finnegan with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Finnegan's corner calls for a 1-2. Finnegan obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Quinteros is rocked!
Roy Finnegan is winning the standup battle so far.
Finnegan throws a monster overhand right that drops Quinteros! Finnegan follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roy Finnegan!
During a confident post fight interview, Roy Finnegan thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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