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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tim Finnegan (ranked 2828 p4p, 25158 weight class) and Vardas Pavarde One (ranked 116 p4p, 374 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Vardas Pavarde One!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Micheangelo Fripello and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pavarde One throws a body punch but Finnegan moves out of range.
Finnegan takes a swing at Pavarde One's ribcage but misses.
Finnegan tries to clinch up.
Finnegan tests Pavarde One's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Finnegan bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Pavarde One's head.
Finnegan swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Finnegan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pavarde One.
Pavarde One throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pavarde One throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Finnegan.
Finnegan throws a quick counter head kick but Pavarde One was just out of range.
Finnegan walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Pavarde One checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good leg kick by Finnegan.
Pavarde One drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A slapping leg kick lands for Finnegan.
Finnegan connects with a leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Finnegan keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Finnegan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Finnegan ducks under a wild hook from Pavarde One.
A cross from Finnegan lands.
Pavarde One misses with a wild body shot.
Finnegan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Finnegan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Finnegan throws a jab when Pavarde One was well out of range.
Pavarde One tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Finnegan was well out of range. Poor timing from Pavarde One.
Finnegan scores with a leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Finnegan.
Pavarde One with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Finnegan does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A punch lands to the side of Finnegan 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Finnegan rushes Pavarde One and presses him up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A frustrated look appears on Pavarde One's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Finnegan trying to land knees to the body.
Finnegan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pavarde One tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pavarde One throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Pavarde One fails to land.
Pavarde One breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Finnegan takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Pavarde One lands with an uppercut that bounces Finnegan off the cage and back into range.
Pavarde One throws a good cross that connects.
Finnegan cracks Pavarde One with an open hand slap.
Pavarde One with a jab.
Pavarde One throws a shot from downtown. Finnegan moves away and avoids it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Finnegan.
Finnegan connects with a solid leg kick.
Finnegan throws a shot from downtown. Pavarde One moves away and avoids it.
Finnegan works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Pavarde One throws a hook to the side of Finnegan's head but Finnegan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finnegan tries to close the distance and clinch but Pavarde One swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Finnegan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
It looks like Finnegan has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Pavarde One fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Finnegan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Finnegan stuns Pavarde One with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Pavarde One misses with an uppercut. Finnegan saw that one coming.
Pavarde One throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Finnegan counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Pavarde One throws the left hand but Finnegan avoids the punch easily.
Finnegan half committed to a counter leg kick.
Finnegan clinches with his opponent.
Finnegan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Pavarde One looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pavarde One throws an elbow but it's blocked.
We've been informed that Pavarde One has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pavarde One.
Finnegan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Finnegan swings wildly with an uppercut but Pavarde One uses good head movement to avoid it.
Finnegan prevents a body shot from Pavarde One.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finnegan misses with a punch on the inside.
Finnegan throws an elbow but it misses.
Pavarde One lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Finnegan crunches a lovely knee into Pavarde One's ribcage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Finnegan misses with a knee strike.
Finnegan blocks an uppercut.
Finnegan lands an elbow inside that Pavarde One shrugs off.
Finnegan lands a nice uppercut.
Pavarde One misses with a punch on the inside.
Pavarde One lands an elbow just above Finnegan 's eye.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Finnegan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Finnegan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Finnegan scores with a knee to the head.
Finnegan lands a body punch in the clinch.
Finnegan avoids a wild elbow strike from Pavarde One.
Finnegan manages to break the clinch.
Finnegan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Finnegan moves out of range of the strikes.
A clash of legs there as Pavarde One blocks the low kick.
A little jabbing left from Pavarde One on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Pavarde One tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Finnegan was well out of range. Poor timing from Pavarde One.
Nice uppercut lands for Finnegan. That snapped Pavarde One's head back.
A big left from Pavarde One misses.
Finnegan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Finnegan misses with a looping right.
Pavarde One misses with a straight right.
Finnegan slips a jab from Pavarde One.
A cross from Finnegan lands.
Pavarde One circles away from the clinch attempt.
Finnegan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pavarde One paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Finnegan ducks under a wild hook from Pavarde One.
A good leg kick by Finnegan.
Pavarde One swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Finnegan has Pavarde One up against the cage in a clinch.
Finnegan throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Finnegan avoids a wild elbow strike from Pavarde One.
Finnegan throws an elbow that misses.
Pavarde One takes an elbow to the temple.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pavarde One just misses with a elbow thrown towards Finnegan's brow.
Pavarde One wants to take the fight to the mat but Finnegan manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Pavarde One.
Pavarde One throws a punch but it's blocked by Finnegan.
Pavarde One blocking some punches.
Pavarde One misses with a short punch on the inside.
Finnegan scores with a hook to the body.
Pavarde One working aggressively here.
Pavarde One misses with a hook to the ribs.
Finnegan misses with some punches.
A shot in the inside from Finnegan.
Finnegan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Pavarde One looks winded!
Finnegan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pavarde One.
Finnegan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pavarde One throws an elbow but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Finnegan.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Pavarde One fails to land.
Finnegan misses with an elbow over the top.
Finnegan misses with an elbow strike.
Finnegan takes an elbow to the temple.
Pavarde One takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Vardas Pavarde One has been cut.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Finnegan.
Finnegan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pavarde One backwards.
A right hook to the body lands for Finnegan.
Finnegan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pavarde One is defending well for now.
Finnegan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pavarde One backwards.
Finnegan lands a nice elbow.
Finnegan lands with a right to the head.
Finnegan breaks from the clinch.
Finnegan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pavarde One throws a body shot but no joy.
Pavarde One moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Pavarde One's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Finnegan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pavarde One was well out of range. Poor timing from Finnegan.
Nice body kick from Finnegan.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Finnegan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Finnegan closes the distance and clinches.
Finnegan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pavarde One backwards.
Pavarde One is rocked!
Finnegan lands an elbow that stopped Pavarde One in his tracks for a moment.
Pavarde One is still on wobbly legs! Can Finnegan finish him?
Finnegan scores a nice knee to the body.
Finnegan looking to throw knees to the head but Pavarde One is blocking nicely.
Finnegan with a knee to the head.
Pavarde One is pressed against the cage. Finnegan pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Pavarde One! Two more big strikes from Finnegan and Pavarde One crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Tim Finnegan!
After the fight, Tim Finnegan was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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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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