PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ante Raos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ste Passmoor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Raos might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Zagreb. Passmoor has chosen Hammer Time as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. This should be a great matchup!

Raos
vs
Passmoor

180 cm
24
170 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

181 cm
25
166 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Knockout power

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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Ante Raos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Ste Passmoor!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Atkins and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Raos.
Raos misses with a few strikes there.
Passmoor slaps away a takedown attempt from Raos, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Raos shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Passmoor but Passmoor pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Passmoor stuns Raos with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

Passmoor fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Raos, pushing him back against the cage.
Passmoor with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Passmoor decides to pull guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Passmoor is on top in guard.
Passmoor slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Passmoor throwing strikes from guard but Raos blocks nicely.
Passmoor preventing the sweep.
Passmoor loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Passmoor chips away with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Passmoor thows a big elbow that misses.

Passmoor stands up from Raos's guard - Passmoor perhaps looking for a knockout.

Passmoor rushes Raos and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Passmoor is fighting off a takedown attempt but Raos is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Passmoor to the mat. Passmoor regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.

Passmoor working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Raos doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Passmoor is tightening it up a little... Raos has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Raos reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Raos taps out! nice BJJ there by Passmoor!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Ste Passmoor!