PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Rabago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and AJ Pasion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Rabago might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Senses Fail - New Years Eve. Pasion has chosen Enter Sandman as his entrance music. Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Rabago
vs
Pasion

180 cm
26
170 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
170 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Atlantis

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ryan Rabago!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, AJ Pasion!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Winston Alpacca and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rabago closes the distance looking to clinch
and Pasion counters with a two punch combo.
Rabago tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Pasion counters with a three punch combo that has Rabago backing up. Rabago nods at Pasion to acknowledge the strikes.
Rabago moves to clinch but Pasion breaks away
and Pasion counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rabago thinking.
Rabago darts in trying to clinch
and Pasion counters with a two punch combo.
Rabago wants to clinch but Pasion slips to the side
and Pasion counters with a three punch combo that has Rabago backing up. Rabago nods at Pasion to acknowledge the strikes.
Rabago closes the distance looking to clinch
and Pasion counters with a right hand to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rabago closes the distance looking to clinch
and Pasion counters with a two punch combo.
Rabago misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rabago tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Pasion counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Rabago tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Pasion counters with a three punch combo that has Rabago backing up. Rabago nods at Pasion to acknowledge the strikes.
Rabago seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Rabago tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pasion manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ryan Rabago is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rabago tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Pasion counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Rabago tries to clinch
and Pasion counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rabago thinking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rabago closes the distance looking to clinch
and Pasion counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Rabago wants to clinch but Pasion slips to the side
and Pasion counters with a series of strikes. Rabago will be more careful next time no doubt.
Rabago closes the distance looking to clinch
and Pasion counters with a one-two to the body.
Rabago scores with a jab to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rabago closes the distance looking to clinch
and Pasion counters with a series of strikes. Rabago will be more careful next time no doubt.
Rabago misses with a looping right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rabago lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Rabago tries to clinch
and Pasion counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Rabago wants to clinch
and Pasion counters with a three punch combo that has Rabago backing up. Rabago nods at Pasion to acknowledge the strikes.
Rabago tries to clinch
and Pasion counters with a two punch combo.
Rabago tries to clinch
and Pasion counters with a two punch combo.
Rabago moves to clinch but Pasion breaks away
and Pasion counters with a one-two to the body.
Rabago tries to clinch but Pasion moves away
and Pasion makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Rabago looks to clinch
and Pasion counters with a three punch combo that has Rabago backing up. Rabago nods at Pasion to acknowledge the strikes.
Rabago looks to clinch
and Pasion counters with a three punch combo that has Rabago backing up. Rabago nods at Pasion to acknowledge the strikes.
Rabago moves to clinch but Pasion breaks away
and Pasion counters with a one-two to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rabago tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pasion manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rabago wants to clinch up but Pasion keeps it at a distance.
Rabago moves to clinch but Pasion breaks away
and Pasion counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Pasion is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Rabago rather than just go for the knockout.
Rabago tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Pasion counters with a three punch combo that has Rabago backing up. Rabago nods at Pasion to acknowledge the strikes.
Pasion circles away from the clinch attempt
and Pasion counters with a nice body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rabago misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ryan Rabago will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A combination from Rabago does no damage.
Rabago moves to clinch but Pasion breaks away
and Pasion counters with a one-two to the body.
Rabago darts in trying to clinch
and Pasion counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Rabago darts in trying to clinch
and Pasion counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Rabago closes the distance but Pasion moves to the side
and Pasion counters with a series of strikes. Rabago will be more careful next time no doubt.
Rabago tries to clinch
and Pasion counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rabago closes the distance looking to clinch
and Pasion counters with a one-two to the body.
Rabago fails to land with a series of punches.
Pasion swats away the attempt to clinch by Rabago.
Rabago moves to clinch but Pasion breaks away
and Pasion counters with a three punch combo that has Rabago backing up. Rabago nods at Pasion to acknowledge the strikes.
Rabago looks to clinch
and Pasion counters with a right hand to the body.
Rabago tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Pasion counters with a series of strikes. Rabago will be more careful next time no doubt.
Rabago wants to clinch
and Pasion counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Rabago looks to clinch
and Pasion counters with a one-two to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rabago throws a jab when Pasion was well out of range.
Rabago tries to clinch up
and Pasion counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Pasion keeps the fight on the outside.
Rabago looks to clinch
and Pasion counters with a right hand to the body.
Rabago tries to clinch up
and Pasion counters with a left and a right that stings Rabago.
Rabago tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Pasion counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rabago looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rabago tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Pasion counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rabago thinking.
Pasion is working the combinations to good effect here.
Rabago closes the distance looking to clinch
and Pasion counters with a two punch combo.
Rabago wants to clinch but Pasion slips to the side
and Pasion counters with a two punch combo.
Rabago tries to clinch
and Pasion counters with a left to the body.
Rabago throws a hook but Pasion avoids it easily.
Ryan Rabago seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pasion circles away from the clinch attempt
and Pasion counters with a one-two to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Pasion is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Rabago is defending well.
Rabago misses with an elbow over the top.
Rabago misses with an elbow strike.
Pasion blocks an elbow strike.
Rabago misses with an elbow strike.
Rabago throws an elbow but it misses.
Rabago throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Pasion blocks the elbow strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rabago misses with an elbow over the top.
Pasion blocking some punches.
Rabago working some nice short punches in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Rabago dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Rabago is looking to clinch but Pasion is avoiding it.
Rabago is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rabago tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Pasion counters with a one-two to the body.
Rabago tries to clinch but Pasion is having none of it.
Rabago tries to clinch but Pasion moves away
and Pasion counters with a series of strikes. Rabago will be more careful next time no doubt.
Rabago misses with the combination.
Rabago tries to clinch up
and Pasion makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Rabago closes the distance looking to clinch
and Pasion counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rabago tries to clinch
and Pasion counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Rabago wants to clinch but Pasion slips to the side
and Pasion makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Pasion circles away from the clinch attempt
and Pasion counters with a two punch combo.
Ryan Rabago is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rabago closes the distance but Pasion moves to the side
and Pasion counters with a nice body shot.
Pasion circles away from the clinch attempt
and Pasion counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Rabago moves to clinch but Pasion breaks away
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
and Pasion counters with a nice body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rabago tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Pasion counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Rabago looks to clinch
and Pasion counters with a one-two to the body.
Rabago looks to clinch
and Pasion counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Rabago tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Pasion counters with a nice body shot.
Rabago closes the distance looking to clinch
and Pasion counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rabago thinking.
Rabago tries to clinch
and Pasion counters with a one-two to the body.
Rabago tries to clinch but Pasion moves away
and Pasion counters with a series of strikes. Rabago will be more careful next time no doubt.
Rabago tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pasion paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rabago looks to clinch
and Pasion makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Rabago looks to clinch
and Pasion counters with a left to the body.
Rabago tries to clinch
and Pasion counters with a left and a right that stings Rabago.
Rabago throws a left and a right that both miss
and Pasion counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Rabago is rocked!
Rabago tries to clinch
and Pasion counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Oh Rabago is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rabago moves to clinch but Pasion breaks away
and Pasion counters with a left to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rabago misses with a double jab.
Rabago tries to clinch up
and Pasion counters with a series of strikes that practically lifts Rabago off his feet! He tumbles backwards, his head bouncing off the mat - Pasion follows up with more strikes before the ref can step in but Rabago was out before he hit the floor.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). AJ Pasion!
AJ Pasion is the new welterweight champion!
AJ Pasion decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.