PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Finlay Flanagan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alejandro Torres (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Flanagan
vs
Torres

175 cm
25
166 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

184 cm
20
171 lbs
2 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
Determined

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Finlay Flanagan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Alejandro Torres!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, William Gold and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Torres's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Flanagan connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Torres scrambles back to his feet.
Torres throws a shot from downtown. Flanagan moves away and avoids it.
Torres throws a right and a left that Flanagan avoids nicely.
Torres misses with a double jab
and Flanagan counters with a two punch combo.
Torres lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Flanagan circles away quickly and effectively.
Horrible takedown by Torres or perhaps it was just good defense by Flanagan which made him look bad.
A punch combination from Torres misses.
Torres swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Flanagan counters with a low kick, right behind Torres 's knee.
Torres has a takedown stuffed.
Flanagan throws a nice looking combination but Torres bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Torres lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Flanagan at a distance.
Torres misses with a takedown
and Flanagan counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Finlay Flanagan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alejandro Torres.
Torres looks gassed!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Flanagan lands a slapping body shot.
Flanagan jabs at Torres's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flanagan misses with a double jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Torres misses the target.
Torres slips a jab and a cross from Flanagan.
Flanagan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Alejandro Torres seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Torres rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Flanagan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Torres scores a takedown into full mount!
Torres thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Torres punching from mount but Flanagan doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Flanagan really wants to buck Torres off and get back to his feet.
Flanagan is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Torres lands a big elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flanagan is looking to improve his position but Torres isn't that keen on the idea.

Flanagan defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Torres.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Torres thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Flanagan on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Flanagan tries to get out of the position.
Torres throws some wild stikes that Flanagan manages to avoid easily.
Torres misses with a head shot.
Torres fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Torres has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Torres throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Flanagan because Torres loaded up on that one.
Torres throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Flanagan because Torres loaded up on that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torres thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
A nice elbow there by Torres.
Flanagan avoids a series of strikes thrown by Torres.
Torres postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Flanagan looks a forlorn figure.
Torres scoring with strikes but Flanagan is staying in there.
Flanagan knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Torres on the ground.
Torres pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
A nice elbow there by Torres.
Torres punching from mount but Flanagan doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Torres lands a big shot there that rocks Flanagan but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Torres thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torres postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Flanagan looks a forlorn figure.
Torres lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Torres throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Torres thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Torres is landing with some decent strikes but Flanagan is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Torres with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Torres cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Torres looking to secure an arm triangle but Flanagan defends it well.
Torres connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alejandro Torres dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Torres tries to clinch but Flanagan is having none of it.
Flanagan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Torres.
Torres displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
No joy there for Torres, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Some wild striking there from Flanagan.
Torres throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Flanagan throws a right and a left that Torres avoids nicely.
Torres shoots for a takedown but Flanagan saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Flanagan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Torres moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Torres closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Alejandro Torres seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Flanagan misses with a double jab.
Torres throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Flanagan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Torres moves away.
Finlay Flanagan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Flanagan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Torres throws a right hand that Flanagan ducks under and follows up with a left that Flanagan also avoids with ease.
Torres is breathing heavily.
Flanagan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Torres moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Finlay Flanagan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A punch combination from Torres misses.
Flanagan swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Flanagan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sloppy strikes from Flanagan. Those never looked like landing.
Torres misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Torres shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Flanagan eats them both and turns towards Torres to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Flanagan blocks a head kick by Torres.
Torres throws a right hand that misses
and Flanagan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Flanagan misses with the combination.
Torres tries to bum rush Flanagan with a series of wild strikes but Flanagan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flanagan goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Torres takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Flanagan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Torres misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Torres jabs Flanagan right on the nose. Flanagan blinks but takes it well.
Flanagan throws a right and a left that Torres avoids nicely.
Torres tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Flanagan scores with a kick to the body.
Torres shoots in but Flanagan avoids the takedown attempt easily.
A head kick misses from Flanagan.
Torres misses with a double jab
and Flanagan counters with a series of strikes. Torres will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flanagan swats away the attempt to clinch by Torres.
Torres throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Flanagan's head.
Flanagan digs a good hook to Torres's body.
That kick from Torres tenderised Flanagan's leg. Flanagan is trying to keep his angry face on.
Flanagan lands a two punch combo.
Torres throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Flanagan counters with a left to the body.
A combination from Flanagan does no damage.
Some wild striking there from Flanagan.
Flanagan checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Torres dodges the punch combination from Flanagan.
Torres closes this distance looking for a takedown but Flanagan circles away.
Finlay Flanagan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alejandro Torres.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flanagan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Flanagan throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Flanagan is looking to wear down Torres with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Flanagan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Flanagan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Torres bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Flanagan is trying to control Torres's posture but Torres avoids it.

Torres in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Flanagan is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Alejandro Torres!