PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Philip Cross (ranked 4643 p4p, 4682 weight class) and Torhte Finlayson (ranked 548 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Cross
vs
Finlayson

180 cm
18
205
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
210
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Self confident

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Philip Cross!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Torhte Finlayson!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Santiago Holmes and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cross throws a head kick that misses.
Finlayson jabs Cross to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Cross takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Finlayson stuffs the takedown attempt from Cross. Cross gets slowly back to his feet.
Cross moves in looking to clinch but Finlayson pushes him off.
It seemed like Finlayson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cross looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Finlayson lands a nice shot that snaps Cross's head back.

It looks like Philip Cross has been cut.
Cross wants to clinch up but Finlayson keeps it at a distance.
Finlayson let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Finlayson avoids the head kick by Cross.
Finlayson steps in with a hook that catches Cross right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Finlayson follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Cross looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Torhte Finlayson!