PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mickey Finn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juska Timoska (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Finn's entrance music is Von Bondies - C'mon c'mon. A fine choice. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Finn
vs
Timoska

182 cm
32
200 lbs
19 - 12 - 0

180 cm
24
196 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Wolfpack Blood Labs Q158-Q155

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 19 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mickey Finn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Juska Timoska!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Timoska throws out a powerful jab.
Finn connects with a nice looking jab.
Finn scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Finn avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Finn is looking to land body kicks.
Juska Timoska seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Timoska avoids a punch combination nicely.
Timoska fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Finn lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Finn misses with a lunging right hand

and Timoska counters with a nice double leg into side control. Finn won't be happy with that.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Timoska throws an elbow but Finn slips to the side and avoids it well.

Timoska goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Finn rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Timoska's guard! Nice work there by Finn!
Finn looking to pass the guard.
Finn stopping the sweep attempt from Timoska.
Timoska is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Timoska looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Finn postures up.
Timoska wants to sweep but no luck.
Finn throwing strikes but missing.
Timoska keeping moving, preventing Finn from controlling successfully.
Finn passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Timoska is trying to improve his position.
Finn scores with punches from side control.
Finn misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Timoska takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Timoska is trying to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finn misses with the ground and pound.
Finn 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.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Timoska can't do much from the bottom here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Finn cracks Timoska with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Finn lands some shots froms side control.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Timoska is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Timoska taking a bit of punishment here - Finn scoring with strikes.
Finn looks up at the clock and then as Timoska takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Finn smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Timoska tries to buck Finn off but Finn is having none of it.
Check out the look on Finn's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Finn throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Finn working the ground and pound from side control.
Finn cracks Timoska with a big right hand but Timoska just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Finn in side control lands a decent elbow.

It looks like Juska Timoska has been cut.
Finn working the ground and pound.

Timoska is rocked!
Finn cracks Timoska with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Timoska is still in real trouble! Can Finn finish him?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Timoska is looking for a sweep.
Finn in side control lands a decent elbow.
Check out the look on Finn's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Finn lands a big elbow and you can see that really hurt Timoska! Finn senses the opportunity and scores with more strikes - he's put Timoska out! The ref tackles him out of the way to prevent him landing more strikes - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Mickey Finn!
During a confident post fight interview, Mickey Finn thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.