PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Torhte Finlayson (ranked 85 p4p, 380 weight class) and Khalil Burnett (ranked 5 p4p, 19 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Finlayson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Scotland the Brave, Black Bear. Khalil Burnett acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Finlayson
vs
Burnett

190 cm
36
210
47 - 7 - 0

194 cm
34
215
15 - 5 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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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 47 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Torhte Finlayson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Khalil Burnett!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Finlayson misses with a looping right.
Finlayson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Finlayson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Finlayson throws a body shot but no joy.
Burnett now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Burnett blocks a jab.
Burnett throws a lazy right hand but Finlayson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Good standup being displayed there by Finlayson as he connects with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Burnett clinches up with Finlayson and pushes him back against the cage.
Finlayson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Burnett goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Finlayson prevents a body shot from Burnett.
Burnett blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Burnett misses with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burnett tries to work over Finlayson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Burnett can't find room to land a body shot as Finlayson controls the action.
Finlayson 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.
Finlayson scores with a shoulder strike.
Burnett misses with a body punch.
Finlayson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Burnett tries a body shot but Finlayson blocks it.
A short body shot lands from Finlayson as the two fighters clinch.
Burnett goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Burnett working aggressively here.
Finlayson pushes Burnett back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Burnett looks winded!
Nice body punch from Finlayson - that landed with a thud.
Burnett misses with a hook from the clinch.
Burnett struggles to land a body shot inside as Finlayson controls his hands.
Finlayson lands with a light punch inside.
Finlayson struggles to land a body shot inside as Burnett controls his hands.
Finlayson lands with a light punch inside.
Burnett has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Finlayson seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Burnett can turn it around.
Finlayson lands a nice uppercut.
Burnett misses with a punch to the body.
Finlayson pushes Burnett back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Finlayson lands a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Finlayson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Finlayson scores with a shoulder strike.
Finlayson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Finlayson lands a hook that snaps the head of Burnett backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Finlayson - that landed with a thud.
Finlayson lands a hook that snaps the head of Burnett backwards.
Finlayson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Finlayson lands an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Finlayson.
Burnett prevents a body shot from Finlayson.
Burnett misses with a punch to the body.
Finlayson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Finlayson lands a nice shot to the body.
Finlayson lands a left hand.
A short uppercut from Finlayson.
Still in the clinch, Finlayson scores with a nice short uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Finlayson.
Finlayson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Finlayson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short left from Finlayson.
A short body shot lands from Finlayson as the two fighters clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Finlayson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Burnett is rocked!
Finlayson lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Burnett to his knees! Finlayson keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Torhte Finlayson!
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.