PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roger Huerte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Finnigan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Huerte comes to the cage accompanied by Master of Puppets. Finnigan has chosen Finnigan's wake as his entrance music. Tim Finnigan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Huerte
vs
Finnigan

200 cm
26
281 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

200 cm
25
279 lbs
7 - 10 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Knockout power

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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Roger Huerte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tim Finnigan!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Ren Mimura and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Huerte tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Finnigan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Finnigan tries to close the distance and clinch but Huerte swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Finnigan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Huerte manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Finnigan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Huerte manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Huerte circles away from the clinch attempt.

Finnigan clinches up against the cage.
Finnigan misses with a knee strike.
Huerte is looking to break free of the clinch but Finnigan has double underhooks.
Finnigan with a knee to the head.
Finnigan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Finnigan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Finnigan lands a knee to the head.
Huerte is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Finnigan lands a good knee to the midsection. Huerte won't want to take too many of those.
Knees to the body from Finnigan.
Finnigan lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Roger Huerte has been cut.
Huerte takes a knee to the side of the body.
Finnigan lands an elbow inside that Huerte shrugs off.
Finnigan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Huerte in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Finnigan lands a nice knee to the body.
Finnigan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Huerte's face.

Huerte is rocked!
Finnigan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Huerte in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Oh Huerte is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Finnigan scores with a knee to the head.
Finnigan landing knees to the body.
Finnigan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Finnigan landing knees to the head.
Finnigan landing knees to the body.
Huerte seems to have got his legs back now.
Finnigan lands a damaging elbow.
Finnigan connects with a knee to the head.
Finnigan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Huerte lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Huerte's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Finnigan landing knees to the head.
Huerte looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Finnigan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Finnigan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Huerte.
Huerte is trying to break free.
Huerte can't break the clinch.
Finnigan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Finnigan landing knees to the head.
Huerte throws a knee to the head but misses.
Finnigan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short right from Huerte.
Finnigan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Huerte's face.
Finnigan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Huerte avoids it.
Huerte avoids the elbow strike from Finnigan, against the cage.
Huerte throws a knee to the head but misses.
Finnigan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Finnigan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Finnigan missing with knees to the body.
Huerte tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Finnigan misses with a knee strike.

Huerte escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Huerte throws a head kick that half lands.

Finnigan drives through and clinches with Huerte against the cage.
Huerte doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finnigan lands a good knee to the midsection. Huerte won't want to take too many of those.
Finnigan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Huerte tries to land a knee to the head but Finnigan blocks with his arms.
Finnigan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Huerte wants to break free but Finnigan has control.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Finnigan lands a knee to the body.
Huerte takes a knee right on the jaw!
Finnigan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Huerte lands a knee to the body.
Finnigan tries to land a knee to the head but Huerte blocks with his arms.
Finnigan managing to block the knees to the body from Huerte.
Finnigan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Finnigan obliges.
Finnigan landing knees to the head.
Finnigan lands an elbow that stopped Huerte in his tracks for a moment.
Huerte is trying to break the clinch but Finnigan is controlling him.
Finnigan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Huerte's face.
Finnigan blocks an elbow strike from Huerte.
Finnigan has Huerte pressed against the cage, preventing Huerte from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Finnigan with a knee to the head.
Huerte using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Finnigan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Finnigan looking to throw knees to the head but Huerte is blocking nicely.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Finnigan obliges.
Huerte wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finnigan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Huerte blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Huerte wants to break the clinch but can't.
Huerte is trying to force a seperation but Finnigan has the dominant position.
Finnigan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Finnigan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Huerte avoiding damage as Finnigan throws knees to the body.
Finnigan keeps control of Huerte as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Huerte wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Finnigan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Huerte blocks it with crossed arms.
Finnigan misses with an elbow over the top.
Huerte can't break the clinch.
Finnigan tries to land a knee to the head but Huerte blocks with his arms.
Huerte working hard to break the clinch.
Huerte is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Huerte takes an elbow to the forehead.
Finnigan connects with a knee to the head.
Huerte is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Finnigan is defending well for now.
Finnigan misses with a knee to the head.
Huerte utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Huerte looking to slow down the pace here.
Finnigan misses with a knee strike.

That's four 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.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Finnigan as Huerte tries to tie him up.
Huerte is trying to break free.
Finnigan looking to throw knees to the head but Huerte is blocking nicely.
Huerte has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Huerte wants to stall.
Huerte wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Finnigan has him pressed against the cage.
Finnigan lands a damaging elbow.
Finnigan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Huerte lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Finnigan obliges.
Finnigan has Huerte pressed against the cage, preventing Huerte from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A knee to the head by Finnigan.
Finnigan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Huerte lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Huerte using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Finnigan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Finnigan scores with a knee to the head.
Huerte is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Finnigan is keeping busy.
Finnigan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Finnigan scores with a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Huerte trying to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Finnigan.
Huerte avoids a wild elbow strike from Finnigan.
Huerte doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Huerte avoiding damage as Finnigan throws knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Huerte's face as he tries to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Huerte tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Finnigan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Huerte circles away from the clinch attempt.
Huerte circles away from the clinch attempt.

Finnigan closes the distance and pushes Huerte back into the cage.
Finnigan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Huerte avoids it.
Finnigan working Huerte over with knees to the body.
Finnigan misses with a knee strike.
Finnigan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Huerte.
Huerte wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Finnigan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Huerte wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Finnigan has him pressed against the cage.
Huerte connects with a knee to the head.
Huerte takes a knee right on the jaw!
A knee to the head by Finnigan.
Finnigan misses with a knee strike.
Huerte looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tim Finnigan seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Finnigan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Huerte has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Huerte looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Knees to the body from Finnigan.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Finnigan landing knees to the head.
Finnigan misses with a knee to the head.
Huerte swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Finnigan keeps control of Huerte as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Finnigan trying to land knees to the body.
Huerte scores with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Finnigan misses with a knee strike.
Finnigan tries to land knees in the clinch but Huerte avoids the damage to the body.
Huerte is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Finnigan is defending well for now.
Huerte wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Huerte takes a knee right on the jaw!
Huerte is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Finnigan is defending well for now.
Huerte tries to break the clinch but Finnigan is controlling the position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Finnigan.
Huerte lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Huerte looking to slow down the pace here.
Finnigan landing knees to the head.
Finnigan connects with a knee to the head.
Huerte is looking to control Finnigan's arms but Finnigan gets an underhook and turns him. Now Huerte has his back to the cage.
Finnigan looking to throw knees to the head but Huerte is blocking nicely.
Huerte is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Huerte wants to break the clinch but can't.
Finnigan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Finnigan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Huerte takes a knee right on the jaw!
Finnigan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Finnigan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Huerte has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Finnigan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Huerte looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Huerte throws a knee to the head but misses.
Finnigan landing knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Huerte wants to break the clinch but can't.
Finnigan landing knees to the head.
Huerte is trying to push Finnigan away but Finnigan has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Huerte has had enough of the clinch but Finnigan keeps him there for the moment.
Finnigan lands a good knee to the midsection. Huerte won't want to take too many of those.
Knees to the body from Finnigan.
Finnigan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Finnigan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Huerte unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Finnigan tries a knee to the head but Huerte blocks it.
Huerte scores with a knee to the head.
Finnigan lands a knee to the head.
Huerte throws a knee to the head but misses.
Finnigan lands a knee to the head.
Finnigan misses with a knee strike.
Finnigan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Finnigan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Huerte blocks it with crossed arms.
Huerte tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Finnigan avoids it.
Finnigan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Finnigan tries a knee to the head but Huerte blocks it.
Finnigan misses with a knee strike.
Huerte creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Huerte tries a body shot but Finnigan blocks it.
Finnigan with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finnigan tries to land a knee to the head but Huerte blocks with his arms.
Huerte misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Finnigan.
Huerte has had enough of the clinch but Finnigan keeps him there for the moment.
Finnigan scores a nice knee to the body.
Huerte fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Huerte tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Huerte tries to break the clinch but Finnigan is controlling the position.
Finnigan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Huerte is trying to push Finnigan away but Finnigan has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Finnigan crunches a lovely knee into Huerte's ribcage.
Finnigan lands a knee to the head.
Huerte tries to break free but Finnigan pushes him back against the cage.
Finnigan landing knees to the head.
Finnigan working Huerte over with knees to the body.
Finnigan throws an elbow but it misses.
Huerte throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Finnigan blocks it with crossed arms.
Finnigan lands a nice knee to the body.
Huerte takes a knee right on the jaw!
Huerte avoiding damage as Finnigan throws knees to the body.
Finnigan blocks an uppercut.
Finnigan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A frustrated look appears on Huerte's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Huerte takes an elbow to the forehead.
Huerte takes an elbow to the temple.
Huerte landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Finnigan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Huerte blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Huerte avoiding damage as Finnigan throws knees to the body.
Finnigan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Huerte avoids it.
Huerte tries to land a knee to the head but Finnigan blocks with his arms.
Huerte on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Finnigan letting Huerte take a breather here.
Finnigan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Huerte's face.
Finnigan throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short right from Huerte on the inside.
Finnigan working Huerte over with knees to the body.
Finnigan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Huerte utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Huerte has had enough of the clinch but Finnigan keeps him there for the moment.
Huerte tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A knee to the head by Finnigan.
A frustrated look appears on Huerte's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Finnigan obliges.
Finnigan landing knees to the body.
Finnigan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Huerte blocks it with crossed arms.
Finnigan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Huerte is defending well for now.
Finnigan avoids a wild elbow strike from Huerte.
Huerte can't find room to land a body shot as Finnigan controls the action.
Finnigan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Huerte lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Huerte wants to break the clinch but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tim Finnigan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Roger Huerte's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Huerte darts in trying to clinch

and Finnigan moves into the clinch.
Finnigan missing with knees to the body.
Finnigan with a knee to the head.
Huerte is trying to break the clinch but Finnigan has him pressed against the cage.
Huerte with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Finnigan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Huerte takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice elbow from Finnigan.
Huerte avoiding damage as Finnigan throws knees to the body.
Huerte using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Huerte with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Huerte tries to break free but Finnigan pushes him back against the cage.
Finnigan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Finnigan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Finnigan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Huerte blocks it with crossed arms.
Huerte misses with a knee to the head.
Finnigan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Huerte tries a knee to the head but Finnigan blocks it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Finnigan with a knee to the head.
Huerte looking to slow down the pace here.
Finnigan lands an elbow inside that Huerte shrugs off.
Finnigan throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Finnigan trying to land knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Huerte throws an elbow but misses.

Huerte breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Finnigan wants to clinch up but Huerte keeps it at a distance.
Huerte is looking to clinch.
Finnigan tries to clinch up but Huerte circles away and keeps his distance.
Finnigan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Finnigan avoids the head kick by Huerte.
Finnigan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Huerte manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Finnigan tries to clinch up but Huerte circles away and keeps his distance.
Finnigan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Finnigan stuffs the takedown.

Finnigan takes the fight into the clinch.
Finnigan with a knee to the head.
Finnigan throws an elbow that misses.
Finnigan misses with a knee to the head.
Huerte trying to control the position but instead, Finnigan has worked for underhooks and has pushed Huerte into the cage.
Finnigan landing knees to the body.
Huerte throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Finnigan blocks it with crossed arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Knees to the body from Finnigan.
Huerte tries a knee to the head but Finnigan blocks it.
Finnigan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Finnigan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Huerte's efforts to push away.
Finnigan blocks an uppercut.
Finnigan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Huerte lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Huerte blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Huerte is trying to push Finnigan away but Finnigan has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Finnigan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Huerte has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Huerte is trying to break the clinch but Finnigan has him pressed against the cage.
Huerte working hard to break the clinch.
Finnigan lands an elbow inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Finnigan.
A frustrated look appears on Huerte's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Finnigan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Finnigan lands a nice elbow.
Finnigan looking to throw knees to the head but Huerte is blocking nicely.
Huerte wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Knees to the body from Finnigan.
Huerte misses with an elbow over the top.
A knee to the head by Finnigan.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Finnigan obliges.
Huerte has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Finnigan lands a nice knee to the body.
Finnigan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finnigan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Huerte avoiding damage as Finnigan throws knees to the body.
Finnigan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Huerte.
Finnigan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Huerte's efforts to push away.
Huerte scores with a knee to the head.
Finnigan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tim Finnigan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Huerte using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Huerte with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Finnigan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Finnigan connects with a knee to the head.
Finnigan lands a knee to the head.
Huerte trying to land knees to the body.
Huerte can't break the clinch.
Huerte tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Finnigan working Huerte over with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Finnigan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Huerte in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Finnigan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Huerte misses with a hook from the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Huerte looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Huerte is trying to push Finnigan away but Finnigan has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Finnigan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Finnigan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Huerte looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Huerte throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Roger Huerte has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Finnigan lands an elbow that stopped Huerte in his tracks for a moment.
Huerte misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Finnigan.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tim Finnigan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Finnigan winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 26:30
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 26:30
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tim Finnigan!