Stevie Ray entered the Skilled Fighters League (PFL) “Good Cage” earlier right now (Sat., Sept. 28, 2024) contained in the OVO Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland figuring out it might be the final struggle of his profession. And he walked out in spectacular vogue.
Coming into his foremost occasion scrap towards Lewis Lengthy, Ray had misplaced three straight towards Olivier Aubin-Mercier, Natan Schulte and Clay Collard, the longest shedding streak of his 14-year combined martial arts (MMA) profession. However the strain was not evident for Ray, who took the middle of the cage like a person on a mission towards a person trying to make an announcement in his promotional debut.
After a back-and-forth first 4 minutes, Ray managed to take Lengthy’s again as soon as the struggle hit the bottom. With a minute left within the first spherical, Lengthy tried to show round whereas he had his foe draped throughout him with a physique lock. That gave Ray the opening he wanted to maneuver his method into latching on the “Scottish Tornado,” which prompted “The Foot” to faucet nearly straight away.
It was a storybook ending for Ray, who not solely ends his shedding streak, however ends his profession on a excessive notice in entrance of his household, pals and multitude of followers who have been out to assist the house nation favourite.
This wasn’t the primary time that “Braveheart” managed to execute the uncommon submission transfer, as he had beforehand pulled it off towards former Final Preventing Championship (UFC) Light-weight champion, Anthony Pettis, again in 2022 at PFL 5 (see it right here), his first of two wins over “Showtime.” See that end beneath:
Now, the 34-year outdated fight veteran can journey off into the sundown in victory with among the best finishes of 2024. He leaves the struggle recreation with a 26-16 report, with seven of these wins coming contained in the UFC Octagon.
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