PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tim Finley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hima Laya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Finley comes to the cage accompanied by sparta. 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.

Finley
vs
Laya

225 cm
26
316 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

225 cm
19
376 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Raptorz Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tim Finley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hima Laya!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Saam Ante and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Laya instigates a clinch.
Finley prevents a body shot from Laya.

Laya escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Laya closes the distance and clinches.
Finley scores with a shot to the side of Laya's head.
Laya is looking to break free of the clinch but Finley has double underhooks.
Finley misses with a punch on the inside.
Laya working hard to break the clinch.
Laya wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Finley has him pressed against the cage.
Finley scores with a nice hook to the head.
Finley lands a right hand that snaps the head of Laya backwards.
Laya has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Laya can't break the clinch.
Laya wants to break the clinch but can't.
Laya fails to pull guard.
Finley lands with a short shot to the head.
Laya tries to circle away but Finley has him pinned against the cage.
Finley lands a left hand that snaps the head of Laya backwards.
A short left from Finley.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Laya is trying to break the clinch but Finley has him pressed against the cage.
Finley has Laya pressed against the cage, preventing Laya from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laya has had enough of the clinch but Finley keeps him there for the moment.
Finley working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Laya is rocked!
A head punch on the inside from Finley fails to land.
Laya is still on wobbly legs! Can Finley finish him?
Finley misses with the head strike.
Laya tries to break the clinch but Finley is controlling the position.
A frustrated look appears on Laya's face as he tries to break the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Finley.
A head punch on the inside from Finley fails to land.
Laya blocks an uppercut.
Finley has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Finley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Laya blocks an uppercut.
Finley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Finley has a couple of punches blocked by Laya.
Finley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Finley throws a head punch that misses.
Finley lands a nice shot to the body.
Laya looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Laya looks winded!
Laya blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Laya trying to control the position but instead, Finley has worked for underhooks and has pushed Laya into the cage.
Finley throws a head punch that misses.
Finley working aggressively here.
Finley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Laya blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Finley working aggressively here.
Finley has a couple of punches blocked by Laya.
Laya seems to have recovered his senses.
Finley working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Finley creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Laya's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Laya drops to his knees and Finley pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tim Finley!
A relieved looking Tim Finley thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.