PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ray Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Luis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luis has chosen Creu as his entrance music. Ray Thomas has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Thomas
vs
Luis

192 cm
23
194 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

174 cm
25
186 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Experienced

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ray Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gabriel Luis!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yuuki Gou and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Luis scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Thomas is staying active underneath Luis, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Luis looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Thomas with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Luis prevents Thomas from improving his position.
Thomas controlling the position well.
Thomas is staying active underneath Luis, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Luis lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Thomas is looking to improve his position.
Luis tries to pass to full mount but Thomas defends it.
Thomas trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Luis is landing with some decent strikes but Thomas is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

It looks like Ray Thomas has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Luis can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Thomas is looking to escape.
Thomas is trying to escape the mount.
Luis trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Luis is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Thomas to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Thomas shrugs it off.
Luis unloading with bombs!
Luis trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Luis is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Thomas can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Luis trying to control but Thomas is having none of it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Luis is landing with some decent strikes but Thomas is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Luis trying to control but Thomas is having none of it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Luis breaks from Thomas's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Thomas squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gabriel Luis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ray Thomas's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Luis misses with a takedown attempt - Thomas sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Luis fails to land the takedown.
Thomas fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Luis shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Luis was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Luis trying to control but Thomas is having none of it.

Luis is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Thomas has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Thomas swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Gabriel Luis has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas doing his best to control the position. Can he escape?
Luis lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Thomas is looking to improve his position but Luis isn't that keen on the idea.
A nice elbow there by Luis.
Luis trying to control but Thomas is having none of it.
Luis prevents Thomas from getting the reversal.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Luis sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luis landing strikes, looking to finish!
Luis pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Luis can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Thomas is looking to escape.

Luis is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Thomas is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Gabriel Luis!
A less than humble Gabriel Luis misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.