PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lucas Marston (ranked 573 p4p, 13 weight class) and Roy Finnegan (ranked 743 p4p, 20 weight class). Marston comes to the cage accompanied by Bring it on motherfucker. Finnegan is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Rogues - Gravel Walk. 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?

Marston
vs
Finnegan

187 cm
39
220 lbs
36 - 22 - 0

175 cm
35
180 lbs
23 - 10 - 0

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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 36 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lucas Marston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Roy Finnegan!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Bruno Lombardi and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Finnegan has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

It looks like Roy Finnegan has been cut.
Finnegan avoids the body shot from Marston.
Finnegan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Marston counters with a stiff right hand.
Marston connects with a solid leg kick.
Finnegan looks to land a left hand but Marston moved out of range nicely.
As Finnegan backs away, Marston returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Finnegan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Marston was well out of range. Poor timing from Finnegan.
Marston connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Roy Finnegan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Finnegan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Finnegan scores with a crisp jab that stopped Marston in his tracks.
Finnegan shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marston turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Marston looks to land a left hand but Finnegan moved out of range nicely.
It seemed like Finnegan was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Marston swings for the body but Finnegan moves out of range.
Despite the aggression on Finnegan's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Finnegan throws a jab when Marston was well out of range.
Finnegan throws a looping overhand right but Marston ducks down to avoid it.
Finnegan throws a jab but it's blocked by Marston.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Marston.
Finnegan lands a really nice looking cross but Marston seems unphased.
Finnegan cracks Marston with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A combination from Finnegan does no damage.
Finnegan slips a straight right by Marston.
Marston scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Marston throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Marston lands a nice leg kick that just misses Finnegan's sensitive parts.
Finnegan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The fighters circling - Marston throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Finnegan blocks a low kick nicely.
Finnegan throws a lazy uppercut
and Marston counters with a solid body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marston tries to land a leg kick but Finnegan saw it coming and moves away.
Marston throws a nice head kick!
Marston pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finnegan cracks Marston with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nice uppercut lands for Finnegan. That snapped Marston's head back.
Finnegan misses the shot to the body.
Finnegan takes a swing at Marston's ribcage but misses.
Finnegan swings widly with a right hand
letting Marston counter with a right hand.
Nice uppercut there from Marston.
Finnegan might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Finnegan staying out of range there.
Finnegan misses with a series of wild punches.
It looked like Marston wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Finnegan ducks under a wild hook from Marston.
Marston misses with a head kick.
Marston gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Marston. Finnegan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Finnegan throws a series of punches but Marston avoids them all with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Marston, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Finnegan lands a glancing blow to the side of Marston's head.
Marston keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Finnegan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Finnegan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A left lands for Finnegan.
Marston pushes Finnegan away with a front kick.
Finnegan just misses with a punch to the body.
Marston attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Finnegan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Marston. Finnegan does a little dance to reset his feet.
It seemed like Finnegan was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Marston fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Finnegan throws a lazy uppercut
and Marston cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Finnegan loads up on a big right hand but Marston slips the punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marston keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Finnegan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marston scores with a kick to the midsection.
Finnegan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Finnegan now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Marston takes one to the chin there.
Marston scores with a head kick. Finnegan tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Marston lands with a straight right. Finnegan didn't see that one coming.
Marston takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Finnegan is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Marston uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Finnegan.
A big right from Finnegan misses.
Finnegan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Marston.
Marston is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marston uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Finnegan.
Finnegan misses with an uppercut. Marston saw that one coming.
Marston takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lucas Marston dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roy Finnegan's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Finnegan stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Marston.
Finnegan scores with a sloppy right hand. Marston should have avoided that one.
Marston takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Marston connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Finnegan looks to land a left hand but Marston moved out of range nicely.
Marston connects with a right hand. Finnegan shakes it off.
Lucas Marston is winning the standup battle so far.
Marston takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Marston lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Marston lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Finnegan looks to land a left hand but Marston moved out of range nicely.
A little feinted left hand from Marston on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Finnegan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marston slips a straight right by Finnegan.
Finnegan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Marston.
Finnegan moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marston misses with a wild body shot.
Finnegan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Marston lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Finnegan backs up against the cage.
Nice defenses there by Marston.
Finnegan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Marston definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Finnegan lands a body shot.
Finnegan loads up on a big right hand but Marston slips the punch.
Finnegan digs a good hook to Marston's body.
Marston uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Finnegan.
Finnegan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marston moves away.
Marston misses with a shot to the body
and Finnegan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Finnegan misses with a combination
and Marston counters with a solid body kick.
Finnegan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Marston counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Finnegan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Marston!
Finnegan slips under a jab.
Finnegan fails to land with a series of punches.
Marston throws a body shot but no joy.
Finnegan misses with a two punch combination.
Marston throws a body punch but Finnegan moves out of range.
Finnegan appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Marston uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Finnegan.
Marston slips a jab and a cross from Finnegan.
Marston cracks Finnegan with a right hand to the side of the head.
Finnegan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Marston moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Finnegan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
As Finnegan backs away, Marston returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Marston takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marston scores with a hook to the body. Finnegan takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Marston misses with a few strikes there.
Finnegan throws a shot to the body.
Marston throws a nice inside leg kick.
Finnegan checks the leg kick.
Marston throws a looping overhand right but Finnegan ducks down to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Finnegan misses the target.
Finnegan blocks a jab.
Finnegan ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Finnegan with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Finnegan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sloppy strikes from Finnegan. Those never looked like landing.
Finnegan has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Marston.
Finnegan misses with a right hand
and Marston counters with a two punch combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Finnegan checks a leg kick nicely.
Finnegan let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Finnegan throws a shot to the body.
Marston blocks a jab.
Finnegan lands with a nice body punch.
Finnegan just misses with a punch to the body.
Finnegan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Marston.
Finnegan walks into a left hand.
Marston thuds his right hand into Finnegan's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Finnegan connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Finnegan misses with an uppercut
and Marston counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marston misses with a looping left.
Marston scores with a jab to the jaw.
Marston lands a nice leg kick that just misses Finnegan's sensitive parts.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Roy Finnegan will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Roy Finnegan's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Marston keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marston doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Finnegan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Marston doesn't seem bothered though.
Marston throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Finnegan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marston moves away.
Marston avoids the body shot from Finnegan.
Finnegan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Marston on the side of the head.
Finnegan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Marston just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Finnegan looks to land a left hand but Marston moved out of range nicely.
A shot to the liver by Finnegan. Beautiful body shot.
Finnegan scores with a decent looking hook.
Finnegan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Finnegan ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Marston takes one to the chin there.
Finnegan just misses with a punch to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Marston misses the target.
Finnegan connects with a looping right hand.
Marston looks to score with a jab to the body but Finnegan is just out of range.
Finnegan scores with a crisp jab that stopped Marston in his tracks.
Marston lands with a straight right. Finnegan didn't see that one coming.
Nice uppercut lands for Finnegan. That snapped Marston's head back.
Finnegan blocks a jab.
Marston works Finnegan's body with a nice hook.
Finnegan lands a lovely overhand right.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Marston avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Marston lands with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finnegan keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Finnegan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Marston cracks Finnegan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Finnegan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Marston.
Marston thumps Finnegan with a low kick.
Marston avoids a punch combination nicely.
Marston is looking to counter punch.
Marston blocks a jab.
Marston half committed to a counter leg kick.
Finnegan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Finnegan connects with a body shot that sends Marston's belly button to the back.
Finnegan has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Marston fakes the leg kick and cracks Finnegan in the body.
Finnegan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Marston fails to land with a series of punches.
Finnegan looks to score with a jab to the body but Marston is just out of range.
Marston is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Marston's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Finnegan connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Marston scrambles back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marston misses with a body shot.
Marston lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Finnegan slips a straight right by Marston.
Marston throws a chopping leg kick but Finnegan manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Marston moves out of range of the strikes.
Finnegan throws a lazy uppercut
and Marston makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Marston lands an overhand right.
An inside leg kick from Marston misses.
Finnegan let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Finnegan throws an off balance right hand
and Marston counters with a stiff right hand.
Finnegan looks to land a left hand but Marston moved out of range nicely.
Marston appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Marston ducks under a wild hook from Finnegan.
Donk. Marston catches Finnegan right on the button with a cross.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finnegan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Marston throws a shot to the body.
Marston throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Marston takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Finnegan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Marston fires out a quick counter leg kick but Finnegan just manages to avoid it.
Marston slips under a jab from Finnegan.
Marston misses with a series of wild punches.
Marston lands a nice leg kick that just misses Finnegan's sensitive parts.
Finnegan misses with a straight left.
Marston throws a right hand that misses
and Finnegan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Marston swings away with a body shot that misses
and Finnegan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Marston blocks a jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Roy Finnegan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Finnegan has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Lucas Marston!
Lucas Marston took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, The Juice Haven for their support in the buildup to the fight.