PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tyson Thor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Rabago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rabago has chosen Dance Gavin Dance - Strawberry Swisher Pt1 as his entrance music. Ray Rabago has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Thor
vs
Rabago

176 cm
27
163 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

180 cm
22
163 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Very quick

Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyson Thor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ray Rabago!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yuuki Gou and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thor misses with a takedown
and Rabago counters with a nice body shot.
Rabago slaps away a takedown attempt from Thor, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Thor closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Rabago to the mat! Rabago manages to get full guard.

Thor postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Rabago is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Thor, into his guard.

Rabago keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Thor's head.
Rabago working some strikes from top position.

Thor is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Rabago is aware though and is defending well.
We've been hearing good reports from Thor's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Rabago trying to control the position from guard on top but Thor is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rabago with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Rabago cracks Thor with a solid left hand.
Rabago is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Rabago lands a couple of elbows.

Thor is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Rabago working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rabago forces his way into half guard.

Thor is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Rabago pulls his head out easily.

Thor looking for submissions off his back.
Rabago is looking to advance position but Thor won't allow it.
Rabago lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Thor looking for submissions off his back.

Thor is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Rabago pulls his head out easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Thor looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Rabago looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Thor with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Thor is rocked!
Rabago working over Thor with some ground and pound. Thor looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Oh Thor is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rabago lands a big elbow - Thor is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Rabago!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ray Rabago!
After winning the bout, Ray Rabago thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.