PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Aurelius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harry Richards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aurelius comes to the cage accompanied by Requiem For A Dream . Richards comes into a darkened arena with his song building. All My Life kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Aurelius
vs
Richards

195 cm
21
275 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

190 cm
27
257 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

MADE IN GERMANY

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marcus Aurelius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Harry Richards!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Robert Douchet and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richards misses with a two punch combination.
Aurelius looks to land a combination. Richards sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like Harry Richards has been cut.
Aurelius misses the shot to the body.

Richards gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Aurelius postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Richards trying to control the position.

Aurelius got a little sloppy there for a moment and Richards has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Aurelius has managed to get both his arms back between Richards's legs - danger averted.
Aurelius stands up over Richards, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Aurelius with a flurry of punches that miss.

Richards looking for a guillotine here but Aurelius defends easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Aurelius accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Aurelius got a little sloppy there for a moment and Richards has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Aurelius has managed to get both his arms back between Richards's legs - danger averted.
Richards looking to control.
Aurelius trying to control but Richards is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aurelius lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Aurelius postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Aurelius trying to control but Richards is working from the bottom.
Aurelius with a flurry of punches that miss.
Aurelius postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Richards looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Aurelius has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Aurelius got a little sloppy there for a moment and Richards has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Aurelius has managed to get both his arms back between Richards's legs - danger averted.
Richards thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Aurelius missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Richards has an active guard here but Aurelius has managed to pass into half guard.
Aurelius working Richards over with strikes.
Richards is refusing to be controlled, as Aurelius sits in half guard.
Richards is trying to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richards wants to control but Aurelius is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Aurelius lands strikes from half guard.

Richards looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Richards is looking to improve his position.
Richards manages to get to full guard.
Aurelius wants to control from the top but Richards keeps moving.

Richards is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Aurelius is aware though and is defending well.
Aurelius is working Richards over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Aurelius knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Richards on the ground.
Aurelius working some strikes from top position.

That has opened up Harry Richards's cut even more.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Richards is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Aurelius defends well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aurelius with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

The cut above Harry Richards's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Richards utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Aurelius is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Harry Richards's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Harry Richards's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Marcus Aurelius!