PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Agansing Rai (ranked 1068 p4p, 2142 weight class) and Octavio Dos Anjos (ranked 155 p4p, 295 weight class). Rai comes to the cage accompanied by Break Stuff. The crowd seem to be enjoying Dos Anjos's choice of entrance music: Somebodies' Gonna Get They Ass Kicked. 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?

Rai
vs
Dos Anjos

180 cm
20
170
6 - 1 - 0

199 cm
20
186
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Agansing Rai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Octavio Dos Anjos!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Elvis Blanc and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rai connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Dos Anjos momentarily.
Dos Anjos misses with a body shot.
Dos Anjos looks to score with a jab to the body but Rai is just out of range.
Dos Anjos just misses with a punch to the body.
Dos Anjos throws a right hand that Rai ducks under and follows up with a left that Rai also avoids with ease.
Rai rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dos Anjos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rai clobbers Dos Anjos with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Dos Anjos gets tackled into the cage by Rai. Rai maintains the clinch.
Rai swings wildly with an uppercut but Dos Anjos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rai swings wildly with an uppercut but Dos Anjos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rai lands with a short shot to the head.
Dos Anjos is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rai tries to work over Dos Anjos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rai lands a right hand.
Dos Anjos wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rai drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Dos Anjos gets the underhooks and prevents it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dos Anjos holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Dos Anjos is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rai scores with a shot to the side of Dos Anjos's head.

Rai pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dos Anjos takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rai. Dos Anjos does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rai lands with a hook. Dos Anjos tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Rai cracks Dos Anjos with an open hand slap.
Rai misses with a hook.
Rai lands with a right hand.
Rai takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Dos Anjos ducks right into an uppercut from Rai.
Rai throws a series of punches but Dos Anjos avoids them all with ease.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dos Anjos uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Rai takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A slow jab from Rai misses its intended target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rai keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rai misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rai takes a shot to the body in his stride.

Rai rushes Dos Anjos and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Rai lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dos Anjos backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rai.

Rai breaks from the clinch.
Dos Anjos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
An attempted straight right counter from Rai misses the target.
Rai's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Rai duly obliges.
Rai misses with a shot to the body
and Dos Anjos counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

It looks like Agansing Rai has been cut.
Rai throws a looping overhand right but Dos Anjos ducks down to avoid it.
Rai misses with a wild body shot.
Rai takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Rai looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Rai lands with a right hand.

Rai has managed to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Rai.
Rai scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right from Rai on the inside.
Dos Anjos is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rai.

Rai breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rai misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dos Anjos.
Rai misses with a body punch
and Dos Anjos counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rai slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Dos Anjos misses with a wild combination.
Rai slips a jab and a cross from Dos Anjos.
Agansing Rai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rai misses the body punch
and Dos Anjos counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rai thinking.
Dos Anjos takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dos Anjos throws a poor cross that misses
and Rai counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Anjos takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Dos Anjos is rocked!
Rai fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Dos Anjos is still on wobbly legs! Can Rai finish him?
Dos Anjos swings widly with a right hand
and Rai counters with a crisp right that sends Dos Anjos to the canvas! Rai follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Agansing Rai!
A very excited looking Agansing Rai made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.