PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Shogun Quinn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dakota Finley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Finley has chosen Roll With The Punches as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Quinn
vs
Finley

225 cm
22
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
25
164 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shogun Quinn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dakota Finley!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Nice combo by Quinn! Oh, that's hurt him - Finley falls to the canvas and Quinn follows him into side control.

It looks like Dakota Finley has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Finley sneaks back into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Quinn wants to get back to his feet.

Finley looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Quinn wants to stand but his hand is trapped. Finley uses the opportunity to regain full guard.
Finley bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Quinn's guard.
Finley wants to control from the top but Quinn keeps moving.
Quinn really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Finley accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Finley gets to his feet - Quinn follows without any prompting.
Quinn dodges the punch combination from Finley.
Finley misses with the combination.
Quinn fails to land with a series of punches.
Quinn lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Finley circles away quickly and effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Finley misses.
Some wild striking there from Quinn.
A punch combination from Finley misses.
Quinn swinging wildly here.
Quinn lands a jab-cross combination.
Quinn avoids a punch combination nicely.

Finley shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Quinn is trying to defend but Finley finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Quinn tries to kick Finley off but Finley keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Quinn is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Finley trying to control the pace.
Finley has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

Finley has hold of Quinn's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Quinn manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Finley is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Quinn is surviving well by controlling Finley's body position as best he can.
Finley tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The referee warns Quinn that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Finley won't let Quinn get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Finley thowing shots but they're missing.
Finley moves to take his opponent's back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Finley sinks in the hooks and is looking for the choke. He's got it! Quinn taps out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Dakota Finley!
Our winner, Dakota Finley, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.