Stevie Ray entered the Skilled Fighters League (PFL) “Sensible Cage” earlier at the moment (Sat., Sept. 28, 2024) contained in the OVO Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland realizing it might be the final battle of his profession. And he walked out in spectacular style.
Coming into his fundamental 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 blended martial arts (MMA) profession. However the stress was not evident for Ray, who took the middle of the cage like a person on a mission towards a person seeking to make a press release in his promotional debut.
After a back-and-forth first 4 minutes, Ray managed to take Lengthy’s again as soon as the battle 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 approach into latching on the “Scottish Tornado,” which prompted “The Foot” to faucet nearly immediately.
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, buddies and multitude of followers who had been out to help 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 Combating 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 under:
Now, the 34-year outdated fight veteran can journey off into the sundown in victory with among the best finishes of 2024.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 battle recreation with a 26-16 document, with seven of these wins coming contained in the UFC Octagon.
For full PFL Glasgow outcomes and highlights click on right here.
