PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Diesel Armstrong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ross Barkley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Armstrong
vs
Barkley

185 cm
22
184 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

189 cm
19
173 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Diesel Armstrong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ross Barkley!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Russell Pearce and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A good leg kick by Barkley.
Barkley is looking to chop away at Armstrong's legs.
Armstrong misses with a series of wild punches.

Armstrong closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Barkley to the mat! Barkley manages to get full guard.
Armstrong throws a big right hand that misses.
Barkley is trying to control the position but Armstrong postures up.
Armstrong has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Armstrong sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Barkley's guard.
Armstrong works his way into side control.
Barkley tries to bench press Armstrong off him but Armstrong keeps the position.

Armstrong tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Armstrong has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Armstrong misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Armstrong lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Barkley felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Armstrong working away.
Barkley might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Armstrong haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Armstrong misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Armstrong looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Armstrong misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Armstrong working away.
Armstrong working the ground and pound but Barkley is defending the strikes.

Armstrong in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Barkley is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Diesel Armstrong!
Diesel Armstrong looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'Just shocked the World!'.