PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ray Finkle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Amirezza Pourramenazanali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pourramenazanali has chosen Godsmack - Cryin' Like A Bitch!! as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. This should be fireworks!

Finkle
vs
Pourramenazanali

193 cm
37
203 lbs
31 - 21 - 3

179 cm
35
187 lbs
24 - 19 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

KAISER Nutrition - Q160/$250
Voodoo Nutrition

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 31 - 21 - 3, fighting out of New York, Ray Finkle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 19 - 0, fighting out of New York, Amirezza Pourramenazanali!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Robert Twigg and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Finkle thumps Pourramenazanali with a low kick.

Finkle clinches up with Pourramenazanali and pushes him back against the cage.
Finkle creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pourramenazanali's defenses.
Pourramenazanali lands an elbow inside that Finkle shrugs off.
Pourramenazanali tries for a takedown but Finkle manages to get underhooks.
Pourramenazanali lands an elbow just above Finkle 's eye.

Pourramenazanali has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Finkle clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Finkle turns into Pourramenazanali and is now in his guard.
Pourramenazanali trying to control the position.
Pourramenazanali wants to sweep here but Finkle controlling him for the moment.
Pourramenazanali keeping moving, preventing Finkle from controlling successfully.
Finkle is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Pourramenazanali looking to hit a scissor sweep but Finkle is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pourramenazanali preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Finkle wants to control from the top but Pourramenazanali keeps moving.
Pourramenazanali utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Finkle has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Pourramenazanali looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Finkle trying to control but Pourramenazanali is working from the bottom.
Pourramenazanali looking to hit a scissor sweep but Finkle is one step ahead there.
Finkle sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Finkle will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Pourramenazanali bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Finkle's guard.

Pourramenazanali throwing strikes but missing.
Finkle has control of Pourramenazanali's left arm, preventing Pourramenazanali from doing any damage.
Finkle keeping moving, preventing Pourramenazanali from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pourramenazanali working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Pourramenazanali scoring with some ground and pound.
Pourramenazanali postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Pourramenazanali throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Pourramenazanali lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Finkle managing to control the position.
Pourramenazanali looking to sit in guard and control but Finkle gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Finkle wants to control from the top but Pourramenazanali keeps moving.
Pourramenazanali has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Pourramenazanali trying to control the position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pourramenazanali is trying to keep Finkle in close.
Finkle trying to control the position from guard on top but Pourramenazanali is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pourramenazanali working a defensive guard here.
Pourramenazanali wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Finkle tries to free his leg and advance position but Pourramenazanali is retaining full guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Finkle trying to control but Pourramenazanali is working from the bottom.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Finkle takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Amirezza Pourramenazanali dominated that round.
That's time! Finkle's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Pourramenazanali gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Finkle.
Finkle takes a swing at Pourramenazanali's ribcage but misses.
Ray Finkle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Finkle!
Finkle rushes Pourramenazanali with punches - Pourramenazanali moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Pourramenazanali goes down! Finkle follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ray Finkle!
A very excited looking Ray Finkle made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.