PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Costanza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mickey Finn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Costanza comes to the cage accompanied by Do the Opposite. Finn is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Von Bondies - C'mon c'mon. Daniel Costanza had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Costanza
vs
Finn

188 cm
26
202 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

182 cm
32
200 lbs
21 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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Brute

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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 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daniel Costanza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mickey Finn!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Finn misses with a hook.
Costanza is looking to score with low kicks.

Finn tries to keep at a distance but Costanza has taken the fight into the clinch.
Costanza lands with a right to the head.
Costanza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Finn lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Costanza backwards.
Finn lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Costanza with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Costanza can't find room to land a body shot as Finn controls the action.
A right hand to the body from Costanza.
Finn on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Finn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Finn is trying to maintain a safe position but Costanza gets an underhook and turns Finn into the cage.
Still in the clinch, Costanza scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Costanza tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Finn avoiding damage.
Costanza misses with some punches.
Costanza misses with a punch to the body.
Costanza misses with a knee strike.
Finn is looking for a takedown.
Costanza swings wildly with an uppercut but Finn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Finn blocks an uppercut.
Finn stalling against the cage.

Finn pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Costanza scoring well with a low kick there.
Finn shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Costanza but Costanza pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Costanza.
Finn doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Finn throws a jab when Costanza was well out of range.
Costanza slaps away a takedown attempt from Finn, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Daniel Costanza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mickey Finn.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Finn misses with a left hand
and Costanza counters with a good low kick that Finn was not able to check.
Costanza catches Finn with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

It looks like Mickey Finn has been cut.
Costanza throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Daniel Costanza is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Costanza slips a jab from Finn.
A big right from Finn misses.
Finn works Costanza's body with a nice hook.
Costanza leaves Finn with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Costanza throws a body kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costanza walks into a stiff left hand from Finn.

Costanza rushes Finn and presses him up against the cage.
Finn blocks a body shot from Costanza.
Costanza lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Finn's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Costanza misses the shot to the body.
Finn throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Costanza stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Finn throws an overhand right that lands on Costanza's shoulder, as Costanza tries to avoid the shot.
Finn throws a jab but it's blocked by Costanza.
No luck for Finn with that takedown attempt.
Finn misses with a low kick.
Finn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finn swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Costanza.
Costanza takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Costanza finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice defenses there by Finn.
Finn misses with an uppercut
and Costanza counters with an outside leg kick.
Mickey Finn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A solid leg kick lands there for Finn.
Finn fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Costanza scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Costanza lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Finn takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A slow jab from Finn misses its intended target.
Finn misses with an uppercut. Costanza saw that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Costanza dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mickey Finn's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Costanza misses with a series of wild punches.
Finn tries to score a power double leg takedown but Costanza sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Finn somewhat.
Costanza throws the kick towards the body but Finn avoids it.
Costanza wants to clinch up but Finn keeps it at a distance.
Finn digs a good body shot into Costanza's ribs.
Daniel Costanza is winning the standup battle so far.
Finn misses the shot to the body.
Costanza is looking to clinch but Finn is avoiding it.
Finn misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Finn pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Finn misses with a hook. Costanza ducked under it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
That kick from Finn tenderised Costanza's leg. Costanza is trying to keep his angry face on.

Finn shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Finn throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Finn wants to pass to mount but Costanza is defending the position.
Costanza is pressing down on Finn's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Costanza is trying to keep Finn in close.
Costanza is really struggling to control Finn but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Costanza preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Costanza is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Finn dives into side control.
Finn postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costanza tries to bench press Finn off him but Finn keeps the position.
Costanza is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sloppy strikes there by Finn.
Costanza is looking for a sweep.
Costanza struggling a bit here.
Finn works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Finn scores with a couple of short elbows.
Costanza struggling a bit here.
An elbow from Finn crashes against the mat.
Finn working the ground and pound but Costanza is defending the strikes.
Costanza gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Costanza wants to hold on but Finn pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finn is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Finn is landing with some decent strikes but Costanza is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Finn scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Costanza is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Finn loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Costanza scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Finn land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Finn stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mickey Finn!
After winning the bout, Mickey Finn thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.