PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Smell Finger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Liam Rosen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Finger
vs
Rosen

180 cm
22
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

173 cm
22
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent knees
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Smell Finger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Liam Rosen!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Rosen.
Finger takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Finger shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Rosen regains half guard.
Rosen is looking for a sweep. Finger is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Rosen looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Finger looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Finger wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rosen keeps working.
Finger is nestled in close to Rosen, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Finger is trying to control the action in half guard but Rosen is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Finger sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rosen manages to get to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rosen can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Finger controls the pace.
Finger postures up and lands a big shot to Rosen's brow.
Finger sitting in guard here, content to control.

Rosen is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Rosen is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Finger controls from within his opponent's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Rosen is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Rosen looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Finger is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Smell Finger just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Finger misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Rosen has his takedown stuffed

and Finger counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Rosen!
Rosen can't escape the position.
Rosen is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Finger tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finger scoring with strikes but Rosen is staying in there.
Rosen keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Finger lands a heavy elbow.
Finger lands a heavy elbow.
Finger controlling from the full mount.
Rosen is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finger is landing with some decent strikes but Rosen is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Rosen flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Finger controlling from the full mount.
Rosen tries to hold on but Finger pushes him away.
Rosen is desperately trying to improve his position but Finger has a good base and remains in mount.
Rosen is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Finger is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Rosen can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Finger lands a big elbow.
Finger lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Finger landing strikes from the mount.
Rosen tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Smell Finger dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Finger fails with the takedown
and Rosen counters with a big head kick but Finger shrugs it off.
Finger fails with the takedown
and Rosen counters with a nice body kick.
Finger misses with a takedown
and Rosen finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Smell Finger. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Finger has his takedown stuffed
and Rosen counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Finger tries for a takedown but Rosen circles away easily

and Rosen counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Finger is looking to control Rosen's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Finger avoid being mounted?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Finger is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Rosen not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Finger is looking to improve his position.

Rosen is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Finger is just riding it out for now. Rosen eventually gives up the hold.
Finger blocking the ground and pound attempt from Rosen.
Rosen thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Finger to regain full guard.
Finger trying to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Finger shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Finger was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Finger lands a heavy elbow.
Rosen tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Finger fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Rosen sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Rosen missing with punches from the bottom.
Rosen is looking for a sweep. Finger is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Rosen is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Finger controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finger lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Rosen trying to hold on to Finger's head to control him but Finger postures up.
Finger is controlling the pace.
Finger scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Finger stalling.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Rosen is not content to let Finger control the position.
Finger lands with a punch from half guard.
Rosen is pressing down on Finger's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Finger keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Rosen's head.

Finger avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Finger showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Finger postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Liam Rosen will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Finger looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Rosen throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Finger scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Rosen wants to control but Finger is keeping busy.
Finger is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Finger tries to pass the half guard into mount. Rosen knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Rosen tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Rosen works his way to full guard. Good work.
Finger postures up.

Rosen looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Finger working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Rosen's head.
Smell Finger overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Finger not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Rosen thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Finger slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Rosen being controlled for a moment.
Finger working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Finger gets to mount! Rosen was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Finger landing strikes from the mount.
Finger sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Finger avoids the attempt from Rosen to control.
Finger dominating with strikes here.
Finger tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rosen is looking to improve his position but Finger isn't that keen on the idea.
Rosen throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Finger controlling from the full mount.
Rosen is desperately trying to improve his position but Finger has a good base and remains in mount.
Finger lands a big shot there that rocks Rosen but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Finger has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Rosen's face.
Finger cracks Rosen with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Rosen swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Finger landing strikes from the mount and Rosen is in trouble!
Finger controlling from the full mount.
Finger with good strikes from the mount here!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Finger cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Rosen throwing hammer fists to the chest of Finger. What's that going to do exactly?
Finger sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Rosen wants to get back to his feet.
Finger dominating with strikes here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Smell Finger showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Finger has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Smell Finger!