PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Joseph Caridi (ranked 4935 p4p, 4007 weight class) and Muhammad Arslan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Caridi
vs
Arslan

178 cm
18
178
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
27
170
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joseph Caridi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Muhammad Arslan!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Steve Montenegro and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Arslan closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Arslan lands in his opponent's guard.
Caridi tries to strike from the bottom.
Arslan engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Arslan with a nice head shot there.
Caridi keeping moving, preventing Arslan from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Arslan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Caridi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Arslan is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Caridi looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Arslan is defending well. Caridi quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Arslan has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Caridi celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Joseph Caridi!