PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason Trades (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roger Rabago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Trades
vs
Rabago

191 cm
25
223 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
215 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jason Trades!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Roger Rabago!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Peter Branson and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trades wants to clinch.
Trades rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rabago counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Rabago jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Trades takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Rabago has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Rabago with a hook.

Rabago has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rabago lands a shoulder strike.
Rabago tries a body shot but Trades blocks it.
Trades wants to break the clinch but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rabago scores with a hook to the body.
Rabago working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short left from Rabago.
A short uppercut from Rabago.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rabago gets through Trades's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

It looks like Jason Trades has been cut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rabago creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trades is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A short left from Rabago.

Trades is rocked!
Trades is breathing heavily.
Rabago lands with a short shot to the head.
Oh Trades is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Trades trying to control the position but instead, Rabago has worked for underhooks and has pushed Trades into the cage.
Trades is trying to maintain a safe position but Rabago gets an underhook and turns Trades into the cage.
Maybe Trades would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Rabago lands a body punch in the clinch.
Trades seems to have got his legs back now.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rabago creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Come on Rabago - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Rabago scores with a shoulder strike.
Trades is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A body shot lands from Rabago.
We've been hearing reports that Trades has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Nice body punch from Rabago - that landed with a thud.
Rabago lands a nice uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rabago.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rabago lands an uppercut.
Rabago lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Rabago lands with a light punch inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rabago lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rabago lands a shoulder strike.
Trades has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Rabago avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Rabago lands a nice uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Rabago.
Rabago pushes Trades against the cage. Rabago is working some dirty boxing. Rabago pushes off with a quick right hook! Trades goes down! Trades tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Rabago moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roger Rabago!