PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Murtaz Vatsadze (ranked 772 p4p, 383 weight class) and Torhte Finlayson (ranked 116 p4p, 68 weight class). Finlayson has chosen Scotland the Brave, Black Bear as his entrance music. Murtaz Vatsadze could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Torhte Finlayson's chin.

Vatsadze
vs
Finlayson

186 cm
26
205
6 - 1 - 0

190 cm
26
210
7 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Murtaz Vatsadze!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Torhte Finlayson!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Michael Johnstone and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vatsadze throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Vatsadze misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Finlayson counters with a nice uppercut.
Vatsadze avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Vatsadze throws out a powerful jab.
Finlayson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Vatsadze looks to land a left hand but Finlayson moved out of range nicely.
Vatsadze displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Finlayson throws out the jab.
Finlayson just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vatsadze has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Finlayson finds it's way round the side to connect with Vatsadze's head.
Finlayson misses with a hook.
Finlayson throws out a loose jab but Vatsadze uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Vatsadze has managed to clinch.
Vatsadze misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vatsadze misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short uppercut from Finlayson.
Finlayson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short uppercut from Finlayson.
Vatsadze lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Finlayson backwards.
Still in the clinch, Finlayson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Finlayson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Finlayson works on Vatsadze's body with a couple of short punches.
Vatsadze working aggressively here.
Finlayson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Vatsadze backwards.
Vatsadze misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vatsadze.
Finlayson lands a nice shot to the body.
A short uppercut from Finlayson.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vatsadze fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vatsadze lands an uppercut.
Vatsadze blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Finlayson scores with a shot to the side of Vatsadze's head.
Finlayson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vatsadze has a couple of punches blocked by Finlayson.
Vatsadze blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Vatsadze on the inside.
Finlayson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Vatsadze backwards.
Vatsadze working aggressively here.
Finlayson lands a body punch.
Finlayson misses with a punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Finlayson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Vatsadze blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Finlayson lands a body shot.
Finlayson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Vatsadze backwards.
Still in the clinch, Finlayson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Vatsadze misses with a body punch.
A hook to the body from Finlayson.
Vatsadze is breathing heavily.
Vatsadze fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Finlayson lands an uppercut.
Vatsadze misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Vatsadze fails to land.
Vatsadze has a couple of punches blocked by Finlayson.
Finlayson digs a right hand underneath Vatsadze's ribcage. Vatsadze let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Finlayson tries to throw a body punch but Vatsadze avoids it by throwing Finlayson back against the cage.
Finlayson pushes Vatsadze back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Finlayson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finlayson lands a hook that snaps the head of Vatsadze backwards.
Finlayson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Finlayson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Finlayson struggles to land a body shot inside as Vatsadze controls his hands.
Still in the clinch, Finlayson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Vatsadze tries to work over Finlayson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vatsadze.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vatsadze.
Finlayson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Vatsadze tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Finlayson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vatsadze misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vatsadze.
Finlayson misses with a punch on the inside.
Vatsadze goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Finlayson can't find room to land a body shot as Vatsadze controls the action.
A shot in the inside from Finlayson.
Vatsadze blocks an uppercut.
Finlayson works on Vatsadze's body with a couple of short punches.
Vatsadze tries to throw a body punch but Finlayson avoids it by throwing Vatsadze back against the cage.
Finlayson lands with a left to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vatsadze misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vatsadze tries a body shot but Finlayson blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finlayson pushes Vatsadze back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Finlayson blocks an uppercut.
Finlayson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Vatsadze backwards.
Vatsadze throws a head punch that misses.
Finlayson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Vatsadze misses with a short punch on the inside.
Finlayson misses with a punch on the inside.
Vatsadze fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vatsadze working aggressively here.
Finlayson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Finlayson tries to work over Vatsadze's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Finlayson swings wildly with an uppercut but Vatsadze uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vatsadze tries to work over Finlayson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Finlayson swings wildly with an uppercut but Vatsadze uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Finlayson.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Finlayson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Finlayson lands a shot to the body.
Vatsadze takes a shot to the head.
Vatsadze misses with some punches.
Finlayson misses with some punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Torhte Finlayson dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Vatsadze swings for the body but Finlayson moves out of range.
Finlayson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Vatsadze.
Nice body punch from Finlayson.
Finlayson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vatsadze moves away.
A quick step to the side and Vatsadze tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
A telegraphed right hand from Finlayson misses the target.
Finlayson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vatsadze was well out of range. Poor timing from Finlayson.
Finlayson throws an overhand right that lands on Vatsadze's shoulder, as Vatsadze tries to avoid the shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vatsadze is looking to clinch but Finlayson is avoiding it.
Finlayson appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Vatsadze takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Murtaz Vatsadze has been cut.
Finlayson scores with a punch to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Finlayson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vatsadze.
Finlayson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Vatsadze displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Finlayson throws out the jab.
Vatsadze works the jab nicely.
Finlayson moves away from the strike by Vatsadze.
A countering left hand to the body from Finlayson misses.
Vatsadze looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Vatsadze tries to move into range but Finlayson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Finlayson scores with a jab to the body.

Finlayson cracks Vatsadze with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Vatsadze looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Finlayson finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vatsadze throws an off balance right hand
and Finlayson counters with a stiff right hand.

Vatsadze is rocked!
Vatsadze throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Finlayson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finlayson cracks Vatsadze with an open hand slap.
Oh Vatsadze is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Finlayson looks to land a right hand but Vatsadze moved out of range.
Vatsadze seems to have got his legs back now.
Finlayson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vatsadze slips under a jab.
Vatsadze connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Finlayson misses with a left hand
and Vatsadze counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Vatsadze scores with a hook to the body. Finlayson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A jab lands there for Vatsadze.
Vatsadze missing with a left hand there. Finlayson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Finlayson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finlayson moves out of range as Vatsadze strikes.
Finlayson has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Finlayson slips under a jab from Vatsadze.
Vatsadze swings away with a body shot that misses

and Finlayson counters with a crisp right hand that drops Vatsadze! Finlayson lets Vatsadze back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Finlayson lands a big right hand that sends Vatsadze crashing to the mat! Finlayson stays standing though and waves Vatsadze back to his feet!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Finlayson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Vatsadze.
A little jabbing left from Finlayson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Finlayson misses with a hook. Vatsadze ducked under it nicely.
Finlayson defending well as Vatsadze loads up on a big left hand.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Finlayson! Vatsadze is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Torhte Finlayson! Torhte Finlayson retains his light heavyweight title!
After winning the bout, Torhte Finlayson thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.