PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tribbiani Joey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abdul The Refugee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joey comes into the arena with Clasic Sofl Rock blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Joey
vs
The Refugee

173 cm
21
175 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

190 cm
20
180 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

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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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tribbiani Joey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Abdul The Refugee!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, David Schapiro and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Refugee lands with a slapping head kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Joey.
Joey attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
We've been informed that The Refugee has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
The Refugee tries to clinch but Joey moves out of range.

The Refugee tries to sprawl but Joey drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Joey works his way into full mount!
The Refugee keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The Refugee manages to regain half guard. Good work.
The Refugee is trying to maintain the position but Joey is very close to passing his half guard.

Joey seems to be working for a kimura but The Refugee defends the submission attempt.
The Refugee wants to control but Joey is keeping busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joey passes the guard and advances to mount!
The Refugee is working to get back to half guard.
The Refugee is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Joey looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Joey takes The Refugee's back. Could be looking for a rear naked choke here - either way, The Refugee is in trouble.
The Refugee wants to control his opponent's hands but Joey gets his hands free.

Joey is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. The Refugee defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.

Joey is working the back position looking for the choke. Oh, he's slid into an armbar! Beautiful transition and The Refugee taps out! Fantastic Jiu Jitsu from Joey.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tribbiani Joey!
Tribbiani Joey seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.