PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tim Finnegan (ranked 4044 p4p, 5103 weight class) and Tyrei Cornrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Finnegan
vs
Cornrow

183 cm
25
183
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
170
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Senshi Fight Gear

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tim Finnegan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tyrei Cornrow!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Paul Gruel and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Finnegan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Finnegan tries to clinch up.
Cornrow lands a right hook to the body.
A head kick from Finnegan lands but Cornrow takes it in his stride.
Cornrow punishes Finnegan's body with a nice straight punch.
Finnegan has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Finnegan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A right-left combo lands from Cornrow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Cornrow!
Finnegan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cornrow moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Cornrow throws a right and a left that Finnegan avoids nicely.
Cornrow misses with a combination

and Finnegan counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Cornrow on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Finnegan misses with an elbow strike.
Cornrow blocks an elbow strike.
Finnegan definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Finnegan pushes off an throws an elbow but Cornrow leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Finnegan throws an elbow but misses.
Cornrow blocking some punches.
Finnegan has Cornrow pressed against the cage, preventing Cornrow from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Finnegan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Finnegan prevents Cornrow from breaking the clinch.
Finnegan misses with an elbow over the top.
Finnegan looking to throw knees to the head but Cornrow is blocking nicely.
Cornrow wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Finnegan has him pressed against the cage.
Finnegan throws an elbow but it misses.
Finnegan misses with a punch on the inside.
Finnegan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cornrow misses with a body punch.
Cornrow lands a body shot in the clinch.
Cornrow taking a breather.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Finnegan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cornrow's brow.
Finnegan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Finnegan blocks the elbow strike.
Finnegan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cornrow wants to break free but Finnegan has control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Finnegan throws an elbow but misses.
Finnegan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Finnegan prevents a body shot from Cornrow.
Finnegan keeps control of Cornrow as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cornrow tries to circle away but Finnegan has him pinned against the cage.
Finnegan has Cornrow pressed against the cage, preventing Cornrow from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cornrow trying to control the position but instead, Finnegan has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cornrow into the cage.
Finnegan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cornrow blocks it with crossed arms.
Cornrow scores with a nice hook to the head.
Finnegan lands an elbow inside that Cornrow shrugs off.

It looks like Tyrei Cornrow has been cut.
Cornrow looks winded!
Finnegan has Cornrow pressed against the cage, preventing Cornrow from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Finnegan misses with an elbow over the top.
Finnegan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Finnegan lands a nice elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cornrow tries to circle away but Finnegan has him pinned against the cage.
Cornrow blocks an elbow strike from Finnegan.
Cornrow trying to control the position but instead, Finnegan has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cornrow into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Finnegan throws an elbow but misses.
Finnegan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Cornrow is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Finnegan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Finnegan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cornrow looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Finnegan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cornrow lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cornrow avoids the elbow strike from Finnegan, against the cage.
Finnegan misses with an elbow strike.
Cornrow blocks the elbow strike.
Cornrow blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Finnegan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cornrow is defending well for now.
Finnegan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cornrow blocks an elbow strike from Finnegan.
With the fighters up against the cage, Finnegan throws an elbow but misses.
Finnegan has Cornrow pressed against the cage, preventing Cornrow from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finnegan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Finnegan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cornrow backwards.
Cornrow blocks the elbow strike.
Finnegan throws an elbow but it misses.
Finnegan throws an elbow that misses.
Finnegan misses with an elbow over the top.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Finnegan.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Finnegan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cornrow blocks an elbow strike from Finnegan.
Finnegan looking to throw knees to the head but Cornrow is blocking nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Finnegan fails to land.
Cornrow blocks an elbow strike from Finnegan.
Finnegan missing with knees to the body.
Cornrow avoids a wild elbow strike from Finnegan.
Finnegan keeps control of Cornrow as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cornrow is trying to push Finnegan away but Finnegan has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
With the fighters up against the cage, Finnegan throws an elbow but misses.
Finnegan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tim Finnegan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tyrei Cornrow's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Finnegan moves in looking to clinch but Cornrow pushes him off.
Finnegan misses with a head kick.
Cornrow throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Finnegan.
Finnegan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cornrow swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Finnegan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cornrow circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cornrow lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Finnegan circles away quickly and effectively.
Finnegan seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Cornrow throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Finnegan seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Finnegan doesn't manage to clinch there - Cornrow circles away.
Finnegan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Finnegan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Finnegan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cornrow manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Finnegan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cornrow takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Cornrow is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cornrow throws a right and a left that Finnegan avoids nicely.
Finnegan wants to clinch.
Cornrow avoids the head kick by Finnegan.
Finnegan tries to close the distance and clinch but Cornrow swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cornrow throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cornrow throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Finnegan.
Cornrow is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Finnegan.
Finnegan is looking to clinch but Cornrow is avoiding it.
Finnegan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Finnegan throws a head kick that misses.
Finnegan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cornrow can do to turn this around?
Finnegan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cornrow swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finnegan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cornrow staying out of range there.
Cornrow throws a counter combo.
Finnegan wants to clinch up but Cornrow keeps it at a distance.
Finnegan tries to clinch but Cornrow is having none of it.
Finnegan is looking to clinch.
Cornrow misses with a wild body shot.
Finnegan tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Cornrow manages to circle out of the way.
Finnegan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cornrow misses with a two punch combination.
Cornrow avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Finnegan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cornrow.
Finnegan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Finnegan throws a head kick but Cornrow moves out of range.
Cornrow throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Finnegan.
Finnegan wants to clinch.
Despite the aggression on Cornrow's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finnegan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cornrow swats away the attempt to clinch by Finnegan.
Finnegan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Finnegan tries to clinch up.

Finnegan instigates a clinch.
Finnegan misses with an elbow over the top.
Finnegan misses with an elbow over the top.
A knee to the head by Finnegan.
Finnegan misses with an elbow strike.
Cornrow takes an elbow to the temple.
Finnegan throws an elbow but it misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Finnegan throws an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finnegan misses with an elbow over the top.
Cornrow blocks an elbow strike from Finnegan.
Finnegan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Cornrow blocks an elbow strike from Finnegan.
Finnegan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Finnegan pushes off an throws an elbow but Cornrow leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cornrow blocks an elbow strike from Finnegan.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Finnegan misses with an elbow over the top.
Finnegan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tim Finnegan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Cornrow looking to stall.
With the fighters up against the cage, Finnegan throws an elbow but misses.
Cornrow blocks the elbow strike.
Finnegan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Finnegan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Finnegan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cornrow blocks it with crossed arms.
Finnegan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cornrow is defending well for now.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tim Finnegan dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tyrei Cornrow's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Finnegan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cornrow looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cornrow throws a nice looking combination but Finnegan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Finnegan wants to clinch.
Cornrow lands a nice hook to Finnegan's body. Finnegan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Cornrow misses with a double jab.
Cornrow is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Finnegan rather than just go for the knockout.
Cornrow circles away from the clinch attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cornrow misses with a wild combination.
Cornrow takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Finnegan is looking to chop away at Cornrow's legs.
Sloppy strikes from Cornrow. Those never looked like landing.
Finnegan tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Cornrow manages to circle out of the way.
Tyrei Cornrow is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Finnegan throws a head kick but Cornrow moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Finnegan misses.
Finnegan takes a jab right on the kisser.
Finnegan throws a head kick but Cornrow moves out of range.
Finnegan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cornrow manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Finnegan is looking to clinch but Cornrow is avoiding it.
Finnegan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cornrow swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Finnegan misses with a body shot.
Tyrei Cornrow seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Finnegan ducks under a wild hook from Cornrow.
Finnegan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Finnegan takes a swing at Cornrow's ribcage but misses.
Finnegan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cornrow is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Cornrow scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finnegan tries to clinch there but Cornrow circles away.
Cornrow avoids the head kick by Finnegan.
Finnegan throws a nice head kick!
Cornrow circles away from the clinch attempt.
Despite the aggression on Cornrow's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Cornrow blocks a head kick by Finnegan.
Despite the aggression on Cornrow's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Finnegan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Finnegan tries to clinch but Cornrow moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Finnegan wants to clinch.
Cornrow takes a head kick and keeps coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cornrow keeps the fight on the outside.
Finnegan throws a sloppy head kick and Cornrow moves out of range easily.
Finnegan doesn't manage to clinch there - Cornrow circles away.
Cornrow throws a counter combo.
Finnegan throws a head kick that misses
and Cornrow counters with a nice body shot.
Cornrow avoids the head kick by Finnegan.
Finnegan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Finnegan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cornrow paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Finnegan tries to clinch but Cornrow is having none of it.
Cornrow circles away from the clinch attempt.
A little jabbing left from Cornrow on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Finnegan tries to clinch up.
Finnegan lands a head kick. Cornrow smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Cornrow misses with a wild combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finnegan throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Finnegan tries to clinch up.
Cornrow avoids the head kick by Finnegan.
Finnegan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cornrow circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tyrei Cornrow has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Finnegan throws a nice head kick!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Finnegan throws a head kick that half lands.
Finnegan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Finnegan misses with a head kick.
A combination from Cornrow does no damage.
Finnegan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Tim Finnegan.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Finnegan, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tim Finnegan!
Tim Finnegan decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.