PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Buster Cherry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Finnigan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cherry's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Busters Back. Finnigan has chosen Finnigan's wake as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Buster Cherry has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Buster Cherry seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Cherry
vs
Finnigan

199 cm
22
283 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

200 cm
21
280 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power

Hell's Balls Recovery

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Buster Cherry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tim Finnigan!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cherry takes a swing at Finnigan's ribcage but misses.
Nice body punch from Cherry.
Cherry will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The fight stays on the outside here - Finnigan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cherry misses the shot to the body.
Finnigan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cherry paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A punch lands to the side of Cherry 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The fight stays on the outside here - Finnigan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cherry pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Finnigan tries to clinch up but Cherry circles away and keeps his distance.
Finnigan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Cherry throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Finnigan on the side of the head.

It looks like Tim Finnigan has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Finnigan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Finnigan wants to clinch.
Cherry keeps the fight on the outside.
Cherry avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cherry is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Finnigan.
The fight stays on the outside here - Finnigan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Finnigan doesn't manage to clinch there - Cherry circles away.
Cherry circles away from the clinch attempt.
Finnigan tries to clinch up but Cherry circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two 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.
Finnigan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cherry swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cherry shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Finnigan but Finnigan pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Cherry looks to land a left hand but Finnigan moved out of range nicely.

Cherry closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Finnigan to the mat! Finnigan manages to get full guard.
Cherry in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Cherry preventing the sweep.
Cherry throwing strikes from guard but Finnigan blocks nicely.
Finnigan pulls Cherry in to control the position.
Cherry trying to control but Finnigan is working from the bottom.
Cherry is working Finnigan over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finnigan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Finnigan controls Cherry momentarily but Cherry frees himself.
Cherry wants to control from the top but Finnigan keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Cherry's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Cherry wants to control from the top but Finnigan keeps moving.
Finnigan wants to sweep but no luck.
Finnigan working a defensive guard here.
Cherry trying to control the position from guard on top but Finnigan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Cherry wants to pass the guard but Finnigan is keeping the position.
Cherry sitting in guard here, content to control.
Cherry stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Finnigan swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Cherry keeps the fight on the outside.
Finnigan wants to clinch up but Cherry keeps it at a distance.
Cherry shoots for a double leg takedown but Finnigan sprawls well. He's pushed Cherry's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Buster Cherry dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tim Finnigan's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Finnigan tries to clinch there but Cherry circles away.
Cherry shoots in for a takedown but Finnigan shows good takedown defense.
Finnigan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cherry keeps the fight on the outside.
A big right from Cherry misses.
Finnigan tries to clinch but Cherry moves out of range.
Finnigan needs to keep his hands up - Cherry had a free shot at his head there.
Cherry lands a jab to Finnigan's midsection.
Finnigan moves in looking to clinch but Cherry pushes him off.
Cherry swats away the attempt to clinch by Finnigan.
The fight stays on the outside here - Finnigan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Finnigan fails with an attempt to clinch.

Cherry looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cherry tries to free his leg and advance position but Finnigan is retaining full guard.
Cherry throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Finnigan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cherry stopping the sweep attempt from Finnigan.
Cherry showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Cherry preventing the sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cherry postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Cherry thows a big elbow that misses.
Finnigan controls Cherry momentarily but Cherry frees himself.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Cherry circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cherry slips under a jab from Finnigan.

Cherry darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Finnigan on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finnigan is trying to maintain the position but Cherry is very close to passing his half guard.
Cherry tries to pass the half guard into mount. Finnigan knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Cherry lands strikes from half guard.
Finnigan on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Cherry throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Cherry is nestled in close to Finnigan, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Cherry is nestled in close to Finnigan, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Finnigan avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cherry.
Finnigan trying to hold on to Cherry's head to control him but Cherry postures up.
Cherry 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.
Cherry thows a huge punch but Finnigan dodges it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cherry trying to mount his opponent but Finnigan defends it.
Cherry seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Finnigan tries to get to full guard but Cherry has control of the leg.
Cherry is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Cherry missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Buster Cherry dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tim Finnigan's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Finnigan tries to clinch but Cherry is having none of it.
Finnigan wants to clinch up but Cherry keeps it at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Finnigan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Finnigan wants to clinch up but Cherry keeps it at a distance.
Finnigan wants to clinch.
Finnigan tries to clinch up but Cherry circles away and keeps his distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cherry scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Finnigan tries to clinch but Cherry is having none of it.
Finnigan walks into a jab.
Finnigan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Finnigan has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Finnigan there as he acknowledges the shot.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Cherry.
Finnigan wants to clinch.
Cherry looks to throw the jab but Finnigan is out of range.
Cherry lands a nice looking body shot.
Cherry keeps the fight on the outside.
Finnigan stuffs the takedown attempt from Cherry. Cherry gets slowly back to his feet.
Finnigan staying out of range there.
Tim Finnigan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cherry throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Finnigan tries to clinch up.
Finnigan ducks under a wild hook from Cherry.
Finnigan is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Cherry keeps the fight on the outside.
Finnigan tries to clinch but Cherry is having none of it.
Finnigan looks to land a body kick but Cherry moved away.
Cherry circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cherry misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Finnigan wants to clinch up but Cherry keeps it at a distance.
Horrible takedown by Cherry or perhaps it was just good defense by Finnigan which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Buster Cherry. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Finnigan defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Cherry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finnigan takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Cherry takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Cherry throws the left hand but Finnigan avoids the punch easily.
Tim Finnigan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Finnigan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cherry throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cherry connects with a right hand. Finnigan shakes it off.
Tim Finnigan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Finnigan moves in looking to clinch but Cherry pushes him off.
Nice defenses there by Finnigan.
Finnigan tries to clinch there but Cherry circles away.
Cherry connects with a right hand. Finnigan shakes it off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cherry feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Finnigan wants to sweep here but Cherry controlling him for the moment.
Cherry working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Finnigan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cherry wants to control from the top but Finnigan keeps moving.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Finnigan is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Finnigan manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Cherry manages to get himself to full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Buster Cherry showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cherry 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Buster Cherry!
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Buster Cherry!
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Buster Cherry!

Buster Cherry wins by unanimous decision!