PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Karl Christiansen (ranked 3829 p4p, 429 weight class) and Rahim Shabazz (ranked 5772 p4p, 542 weight class). Rahim Shabazz acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Christiansen
vs
Shabazz

190 cm
25
205 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

187 cm
20
221 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Karl Christiansen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rahim Shabazz!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Daniel Franklin and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Shabazz lands a high kick to the side of Christiansen's head that stuns him and send him tumbling down to the canvas! Shabazz dives into guard, looking to finish.

Christiansen is rocked!

It looks like Karl Christiansen has been cut.
Christiansen is looking to stand up but Shabazz isn't so interested in that idea.
Oh Christiansen is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Christiansen seems to have got his legs back now.
Shabazz controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Christiansen wants to stand but Shabazz is controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shabazz sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Shabazz slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Shabazz landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shabazz just content to control the position.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!

Shabazz has hold of Christiansen's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Christiansen tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Shabazz cranks the arm and Christiansen screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Christiansen, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Rahim Shabazz!
An out of breath Rahim Shabazz thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.