PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Peter Finney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hard Knocks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Finney
vs
Knocks

190 cm
22
195 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

185 cm
21
192 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Peter Finney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Hard Knocks!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Daniel Bishop and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice combo by Finney! Oh, that's hurt him - Knocks falls to the canvas and Finney follows him into side control.

Knocks is rocked!

It looks like Hard Knocks has been cut.

Knocks sneaks out the side door and pushes Finney away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Knocks is still on wobbly legs! Can Finney finish him?
Finney throws a right hand that Knocks ducks under and follows up with a left that Knocks also avoids with ease.
Knocks seems to have recovered his senses.
Both fighters circling a little - Knocks finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Finney shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Knocks as he avoids it easily.
Knocks goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knocks keeps the fight on the outside.
Finney throws a left and a right that both miss
and Knocks counters with a body kick.
Knocks swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Finney counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A punch combination from Knocks misses.
Finney throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Knocks counters with a leg kick.
Finney showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Knocks.
A solid body kick from Knocks.
Knocks throws a combination that misses
and Finney counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Knocks.
Finney tries to clinch
letting Knocks counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knocks throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Finney darts in trying to clinch
and Knocks makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Finney really felt that one!
No joy there for Knocks, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Finney tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Knocks counters with a nice body kick.
Knocks scores with a head kick.
Finney swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Knocks counters with a good, hard body kick but Finney shrugs it off.
Knocks throws a one two combo.
Finney is breathing heavily.
Knocks falls off balance throwing a combination
and Finney counters with a series of strikes. Knocks will be more careful next time no doubt.
Knocks throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Finney has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Knocks.
Knocks misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Knocks falls off balance throwing a combination
and Finney counters with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knocks looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Knocks throws a series of punches but Finney moves out of range.
Knocks misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hard Knocks is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Knocks throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Finney slips a jab and a cross from Knocks.
Finney avoids a punch combination nicely.
Knocks misses with the combination.
Knocks misses with a combination
and Finney counters with a stiff right hand.
Finney closes the distance but Knocks moves to the side
and Knocks counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Knocks swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Knocks throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Knocks swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Finney counters with a nice body kick.
Finney throws an off balance right hand
and Knocks counters with a three punch combo that has Finney backing up. Finney nods at Knocks to acknowledge the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finney has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Finney gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Knocks misses with a few strikes there.
Some wild striking there from Knocks.
Knocks thuds his shin into the meat of Finney's side.
Knocks lands a jab to the nose.
Knocks fails to land with a series of punches.
Knocks fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Peter Finney seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Knocks throws a combination. Finney tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Finney misses with a combination
and Knocks counters with a left and a right that stings Finney.
Knocks throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Finney.
Knocks circles away from the clinch attempt
and Knocks makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knocks lunges at Finney with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Finney's hand.
Finney fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Finney throws a right hand that Knocks ducks under and follows up with a left that Knocks also avoids with ease.
Knocks throws a series of punches but Finney moves out of range.
Finney clinches but Knocks breaks the clinch
and Knocks counters with a solid body kick.
Finney avoids a punch combination nicely.

Finney instigates a clinch.

Knocks escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Finney will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Knocks moves away from the strike by Finney.
Knocks fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Knocks takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Knocks throws a lazy head kick

and Finney counters with a right hand that sends Knocks tumbling to the canvas! Can Finney finish him? He dives into Knocks's guard looking to do just that!

Knocks is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Finney thows a big elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Finney dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hard Knocks's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Finney misses with a combination
and Knocks counters with a body kick that stops Finney in his tracks momentarily.
Finney throws a combination that misses
and Knocks counters with a body kick.
No joy there for Knocks, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A head kick by Finney misses
and Knocks counters with a nice low kick that buckles Finney's knee momentarily.
Knocks fails to land with a series of punches.
Knocks swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Finney counters by clinching up.

Knocks breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Knocks throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Finney.
Finney avoids a punch combination nicely.
Knocks lands with a nice body kick.
Knocks swinging wilding here.
Finney falls off balance throwing a combination
and Knocks counters with a series of strikes. Finney will be more careful next time no doubt.
Finney looks to clinch
and Knocks counters with a two punch combo.
Finney rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Knocks counters with a series of strikes. Finney will be more careful next time no doubt.
Knocks goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knocks circles away from the clinch attempt
and Knocks counters with a nice low kick that buckles Finney's knee momentarily.
Some wild striking there from Knocks.
A slapping body kick lands there for Knocks.
Finney will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Finney showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Knocks.
Knocks throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Finney counters with a left and a right that stings Knocks.
Knocks is working the combinations to good effect here.
Finney showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Knocks.
Knocks throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Finney counters with a series of strikes. Knocks will be more careful next time no doubt.

That has opened up Hard Knocks's cut even more.
Finney clinches but Knocks breaks the clinch
and Knocks counters with a solid body kick.
Knocks throws a right hand that Finney ducks under and follows up with a left that Finney also avoids with ease.
Knocks throws a one two combo.
Finney is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Knocks.
Knocks lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Knocks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finney showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Knocks.
Knocks lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Knocks misses with a jab, cross combination.
Finney throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Knocks counters with a good, hard body kick but Finney shrugs it off.
Finney throws a left and a right that both miss
and Knocks counters with a nice low kick that buckles Finney's knee momentarily.
Crunch! Knocks slams his shin into Finney's torso.
Knocks throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Finney.
Finney throws a combination that misses
and Knocks counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Knocks throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Finney.
Finney throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Knocks counters with a two punch combo.
Finney misses with a two punch combination.
Finney misses with a jab, cross combination.
Finney misses with a combination
and Knocks counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A left and a right from Finney both land. Nice combination.
Finney looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Finney misses with a takedown attempt
letting Knocks counter with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finney looks to clinch
and Knocks makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Finney throws a combination that misses
and Knocks counters with a solid body kick.
Knocks throws a combination that misses
and Finney counters with a one-two to the body.
Knocks scores with a nice head shot.
Knocks fails to land with a series of punches.
Knocks tries to bum rush Finney with a series of wild strikes but Finney uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
No joy there for Knocks, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Knocks looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Knocks throws a series of punches but Finney moves out of range.
A head kick by Finney misses
and Knocks counters with a series of strikes. Finney will be more careful next time no doubt.
Knocks misses with a combination
and Finney counters with a two punch combo.

The cut above Hard Knocks's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Knocks goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Finney misses with a double jab
and Knocks counters with a good, hard body kick but Finney shrugs it off.
Finney throws a left and a right that both miss
and Knocks counters with a low kick, right behind Finney 's knee.
Knocks misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knocks pushes Finney away with a front kick.
Knocks throws a nice looking combination but Finney bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Finney swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Knocks counters with a two punch combo.
Nice cross by Knocks.
Knocks misses with a wild combination.
Finney wants to clinch
and Knocks counters with a two punch combo.
Knocks misses with a combination

and Finney counters with a left and a right that hurts Knocks! He wobbles and falls to the floor - he's in big trouble! Finney jumps into full mount!
Knocks is still in real trouble! Can Finney finish him?
Finney 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.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Finney wants to control the pace but Knocks is squirming around nicely.
Finney is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Knocks is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Peter Finney will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Hard Knocks's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Finney misses with a double jab
and Knocks makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Finney really felt that one!
Knocks seems to have recovered his senses.
Finney throws a combination that misses
and Knocks counters with a nice body kick.
Finney shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Knocks pinned against the cage. Knocks gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Finney will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Knocks swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Finney to counter with a crisp jab.
Knocks moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Knocks looks to land a combination but Finney avoids it well.
Knocks throws a series of punches but Finney avoids them all with ease.
Knocks throws out a powerful jab.
Finney throws a head kick that misses
and Knocks counters with a thumping low kick.
Finney tries to clinch
and Knocks counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Finney sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Knocks connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Finney momentarily.
Peter Finney is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Finney throws a leg kick
and Knocks makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Knocks looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Finney lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Finney.
Knocks throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Finney.
Knocks fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Knocks misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A punch combination from Knocks misses.
Peter Finney is winning the standup battle so far.
Knocks scores with a one two! Finney had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Knocks circles away from the clinch attempt
and Knocks counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Finney wants to clinch but Knocks slips to the side
and Knocks counters with a solid body kick.
Knocks scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Finney falls off balance throwing a combination
and Knocks counters with a left and a right that stings Finney.
Finney misses with a combination
and Knocks counters with a left and a right that stings Finney.
Knocks throws a front kick that sends Finney stumbling back into the cage.
Finney looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finney falls off balance throwing a combination
and Knocks counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Finney is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Knocks misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Finney fails to land the takedown.
Finney misses the shot to the body.
Knocks swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Finney counter with a right hand.
Finney misses with a double jab
and Knocks makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Finney really felt that one!
Knocks throws a left and a right that both miss
and Finney counters with a two punch combo.
Knocks fakes the leg kick and cracks Finney in the body.
Finney misses with a double jab
and Knocks counters with a body kick that stops Finney in his tracks momentarily.
Knocks throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Finney counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Knocks pushes Finney away with a front kick.
Finney steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Knocks. That one must have hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Finney swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Knocks counters with a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knocks misses with a two punch combination.
Knocks misses with a double jab
and Finney counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Left hook, right uppercut from Knocks.
No joy there for Knocks, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Knocks fails to land with a series of punches.
Knocks misses with a series of wild punches.
Knocks throws a series of punches but Finney avoids them all with ease.
Finney throws a combination that misses
and Knocks counters with a three punch combo that has Finney backing up. Finney nods at Knocks to acknowledge the strikes.
Knocks swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Finney fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Peter Finney. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Finney throws a combination that misses
and Knocks counters with a nice leg kick.
Finney moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Finney throws a right and a left that both miss.
Finney misses with a series of wild punches.
Nice combo by Finney! Oh, that's hurt him - Knocks falls to the canvas and Finney follows him into side control.

Knocks is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finney content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Knocks is still in real trouble! Can Finney finish him?
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!
Finney trying to control the position but Knocks is working away.
Hard Knocks has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Knocks seems to have recovered his senses.
Finney tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knocks strikes from the bottom but Finney takes advantage and advances to full mount!

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Peter Finney.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Finney, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:28
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Peter Finney!