PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Manke One (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Rabao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

One
vs
Rabao

180 cm
18
184 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Can Moonwalk

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Manke One!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Adam Rabao!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Taro Takaoka and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rabao closes this distance looking for a takedown but One circles away.
One leaves Rabao with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Rabao changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. One tries to avoid it but Rabao manages to keep hold of a leg and drag One to the ground. One escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Manke One has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adam Rabao.
The fight stays on the outside here - One looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
One is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
One moves in looking to clinch but Rabao pushes him off.
Rabao fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Rabao takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rabao looks winded!
One wants to clinch up but Rabao keeps it at a distance.
Rabao avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
One fails with an attempt to clinch.
One moves in looking to clinch but Rabao pushes him off.
Rabao circles away from the clinch attempt

and Rabao counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
One lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
One landing knees to the body.
One unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rabao lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rabao takes a knee to the side of the body.

One pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

One moves into the clinch.
One connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Adam Rabao has been cut.
One connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rabao's face.
One scores a nice knee to the body.
One holding his opponent close, against the cage.

One breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
One moves in looking to clinch but Rabao pushes him off.
Rabao fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but One avoids it really well and circles away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
One tries to clinch up but Rabao circles away and keeps his distance.
Rabao avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Horrible takedown by Rabao or perhaps it was just good defense by One which made him look bad.
One lands with a nice body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rabao keeps the fight on the outside.
Rabao avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
One tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
One is looking to clinch.
Rabao shoots in but One avoids the takedown attempt easily.
One lands a leg kick that knocks Rabao off balance momentarily.
A punch combination from One misses.
Rabao avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
One fails with an attempt to clinch.
One fails with an attempt to clinch.
One scores with a leg kick.
Rabao circles away from the clinch attempt.
One tries to clinch but Rabao is having none of it.

One forces Rabao back against the cage and clinches.
One utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

One's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
One is looking to clinch.
One tries to clinch there but Rabao circles away.
One wants to clinch.
One moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
One lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Rabao is rocked!

One clinches.
Rabao is still on wobbly legs! Can One finish him?
One with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by One.
One jerks Rabao's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Rabao drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! One goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from One because Rabao was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Manke One!