PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Franky Finger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dominickoy Sotiropoulos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Sotiropoulos's choice of entrance music: bodies. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Finger
vs
Sotiropoulos

177 cm
22
169 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

178 cm
24
169 lbs
5 - 6 - 1

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Franky Finger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Dominickoy Sotiropoulos!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Ryoma Takatsuka and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Finger tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Finger tries to close the distance and clinch but Sotiropoulos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Finger misses with a head kick.
Finger misses with a wild body shot.
Finger throws a nice inside leg kick.
Finger takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sotiropoulos fails to land with a series of punches.

Finger rushes Sotiropoulos and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Sotiropoulos avoiding damage as Finger throws knees to the body.
Sotiropoulos avoids the elbow strike from Finger, against the cage.
Finger lands an elbow that stopped Sotiropoulos in his tracks for a moment.
Finger lands with a light punch inside.
Finger lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Dominickoy Sotiropoulos has been cut.
Finger lands an elbow inside that Sotiropoulos shrugs off.
Finger has Sotiropoulos pressed against the cage.
Sotiropoulos wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Finger taking a breather.
Sotiropoulos is looking to break free of the clinch but Finger has double underhooks.
Finger throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sotiropoulos avoiding damage as Finger throws knees to the body.
Sotiropoulos managing to block the knees to the body from Finger.
Finger displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sotiropoulos up against the cage.
Finger lands an elbow inside.
Sotiropoulos dodges an elbow strike from Finger.

Finger breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sotiropoulos misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sotiropoulos misses with a hook.
Sotiropoulos scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A thudding body kick lands there by Finger!
Finger has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Sotiropoulos swats away the attempt to clinch by Finger.
Finger throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Finger gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Finger leaning against his opponent.
Finger struggles to land a body shot inside as Sotiropoulos controls his hands.
Finger missing with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sotiropoulos takes an elbow to the temple.
Finger misses with an elbow over the top.
A frustrated look appears on Sotiropoulos's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Finger tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sotiropoulos's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finger pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Finger.
Finger gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Finger effectively controlling the action here.

Finger manages to break the clinch.
Sotiropoulos gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sotiropoulos shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Finger eats them both and turns towards Sotiropoulos to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Sotiropoulos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Finger moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A punch combination from Sotiropoulos misses.
Sloppy strikes from Sotiropoulos. Those never looked like landing.
Finger slips a jab and a cross from Sotiropoulos.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sotiropoulos misses with a wild combination.
A head kick misses from Finger.
Finger waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sotiropoulos.
Sotiropoulos fails to land with a series of punches.
Finger swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Finger is looking to clinch.
Sotiropoulos falls off balance throwing a combination
and Finger counters with a nice uppercut.
Finger throws the left hand but Sotiropoulos avoids the punch easily.
A punch combination from Sotiropoulos misses.
Sotiropoulos avoids the head kick by Finger.
Sotiropoulos avoids the head kick by Finger.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Finger gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Finger stalls.
Finger scores a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Franky Finger dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dominickoy Sotiropoulos's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Finger throws a head kick but Sotiropoulos moves out of range.
Sotiropoulos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sotiropoulos fails to land with a series of punches.
Sotiropoulos's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Finger connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Sotiropoulos scrambles back to his feet.
Sotiropoulos throws a combination. Finger tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The fighters circling - Finger throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Finger misses with a head kick.
Sotiropoulos misses with a jab, cross combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Finger looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sotiropoulos missing with a left hand there. Finger was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sotiropoulos throws a nice looking combination but Finger bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sotiropoulos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sotiropoulos uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Finger.

Finger closes the distance and clinches.
Sotiropoulos wants to break the clinch but can't.
Finger misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sotiropoulos.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sotiropoulos tries to break free but Finger pushes him back against the cage.
Sotiropoulos avoiding damage as Finger throws knees to the body.
Sotiropoulos is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sotiropoulos takes an elbow to the temple.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Finger.
Sotiropoulos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sotiropoulos is trying to break free.
Finger lands an elbow inside that Sotiropoulos shrugs off.
Finger lands a nice uppercut.

That has opened up Dominickoy Sotiropoulos's cut even more.
Finger has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Finger lands a body punch in the clinch.
Finger lands a knee to the body.
Finger lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finger throws an elbow but it misses.
Sotiropoulos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Finger dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Finger looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sotiropoulos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sotiropoulos avoiding damage as Finger throws knees to the body.
Sotiropoulos avoids the elbow strike from Finger, against the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Sotiropoulos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Finger throws a nice looking combination but Sotiropoulos bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sotiropoulos misses with a few strikes there.
Sotiropoulos looks to land a combination but Finger avoids it well.
Sotiropoulos moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sotiropoulos avoids the head kick by Finger.

Finger closes the distance and clinches.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Finger working Sotiropoulos over with knees to the body.
Finger stalling in the clinch.
Sotiropoulos wants to break free but Finger has control.
Finger lands a left hand.
Finger pressing his opponent against the cage.
Franky Finger has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sotiropoulos is looking to break free of the clinch but Finger has double underhooks.
Finger scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Sotiropoulos's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Finger lands an elbow inside that Sotiropoulos shrugs off.
Sotiropoulos takes an elbow to the temple.

The cut above Dominickoy Sotiropoulos's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

Sotiropoulos manages to break the clinch.
Finger lands a jab to the head.
Sotiropoulos throws a series of punches but Finger avoids them all with ease.
Franky Finger is winning the standup battle so far.
Sotiropoulos avoids the head kick by Finger.
Finger swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Finger scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Finger tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sotiropoulos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sotiropoulos misses with the combination.
Dominickoy Sotiropoulos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sotiropoulos avoids the head kick by Finger.
Finger misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sotiropoulos misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Franky Finger dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dominickoy Sotiropoulos's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Sotiropoulos misses with a wild combination.
Sotiropoulos avoids the head kick by Finger.
Sotiropoulos misses with a combination
and Finger counters with a two punch combo.
Sotiropoulos misses with a jab, cross combination.
Finger misses with a head kick.
Nice defenses there by Finger.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Finger, as that shot connected.
Sotiropoulos circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sotiropoulos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sotiropoulos misses with a double jab.
Sotiropoulos throws out a leg kick but Finger moves out of range and Sotiropoulos only half commits.

Finger closes the distance and clinches.
Finger is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Sotiropoulos managing to block the knees to the body from Finger.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sotiropoulos is trying to force a seperation but Finger has the dominant position.
Finger holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Finger lands a nice elbow.
Finger landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Finger breaks from the clinch.
Finger tries a head kick but it misses.
Sotiropoulos throws a left and a right that both miss
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Sotiropoulos misses with a wild combination.
Finger thows a body kick. Sotiropoulos tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Finger tries to clinch there but Sotiropoulos circles away.
Finger misses with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Sotiropoulos scores with a four punch combination!
Finger displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Sotiropoulos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Finger throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Finger throws a series of strikes that have Sotiropoulos backpedaling.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A nice inside leg kick there by Finger. That's going to slow Sotiropoulos down.
Sotiropoulos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sotiropoulos throws a series of strikes that have Finger backpedaling.
Finger dodges the punch combination from Sotiropoulos.
Sotiropoulos tries to bum rush Finger with a series of wild strikes but Finger uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sotiropoulos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sotiropoulos throws a right and a left that Finger avoids nicely.
Sotiropoulos misses with a double jab
and Finger counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Finger dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sotiropoulos. That did some damage!

Finger forces Sotiropoulos back against the cage and clinches.
Dominickoy Sotiropoulos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finger lands an elbow just above Sotiropoulos 's eye.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Finger.

Sotiropoulos is rocked!
Finger prevents Sotiropoulos from breaking the clinch.
Sotiropoulos is still on wobbly legs! Can Finger finish him?
Finger lands an elbow that stopped Sotiropoulos in his tracks for a moment.
Franky Finger is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sotiropoulos takes an elbow to the temple.
Finger is struggling to control the position.
Finger working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sotiropoulos wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Finger has him pressed against the cage.
Finger creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sotiropoulos's defenses.

Dominickoy Sotiropoulos's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

Finger manages to break the clinch.
Sotiropoulos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Finger pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Finger ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sotiropoulos moves away.

Finger pushes Sotiropoulos up against the cage in a clinch.
Sotiropoulos wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finger comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Finger creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sotiropoulos's defenses.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Dominickoy Sotiropoulos's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Franky Finger!
A relieved looking Franky Finger thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.