PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between ayman homayed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gordy Richardson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). ayman homayed had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

homayed
vs
Richardson

175 cm
23
170 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

185 cm
18
175 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Prefers ground

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, ayman homayed!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gordy Richardson!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Chad Campbell and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Richardson feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

homayed looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
homayed wants to sweep but no luck.
Richardson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Richardson working some strikes from top position.
Richardson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as homayed works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Richardson throwing strikes from guard but homayed blocks nicely.
Richardson postures up in homayed's guard and throws a big left but homayed blocks it.
homayed wants to sweep but no luck.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
homayed shoots and misses

and Richardson counters with a single leg into guard. homayed didn't expect that.
Richardson sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed homayed's guard.

Richardson is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Richardson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Richardson is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and homayed defends it well.
Richardson looks gassed!
homayed has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Richardson is working away from the top position though.
homayed wants to get back to full guard.
Nice strikes from Richardson there.
Richardson lands strikes from half guard.
homayed is looking for a sweep. Richardson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Richardson wants to pass to mount but homayed is defending the position.
homayed wants to control but Richardson is keeping busy.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
homayed has his takedown stuffed

and Richardson counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for homayed!
The referee warns homayed that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
homayed is trying desperately to improve position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richardson avoids the attempt from homayed to control.
homayed is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Richardson is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
homayed can't escape the position.
Richardson working homayed over with strikes here.
homayed wants to hold on but Richardson pushes him away.
A nice elbow there by Richardson.
Richardson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
homayed is desperately trying to improve his position but Richardson has a good base and remains in mount.
homayed tries to lock up and control but Richardson gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
homayed is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richardson blocks homayed's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
homayed tries to hold on but Richardson postures up.
Richardson has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of homayed's face.
homayed is wriggling around trying to escape.
Richardson looking to finish homayed with some ground and pound. This is bad for homayed!
homayed is trying desperately to improve position.
homayed is working hard here to advance position.
Richardson lands a big elbow.
Richardson cracks homayed with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
homayed gets back to half guard.
Richardson thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing homayed to regain full guard.
Richardson thows a big elbow that misses.
homayed trying to keep a closed guard but Richardson is proving a slippery customer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richardson throws a strike but homayed rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
homayed is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
homayed won't allow Richardson to sweep him here.
homayed passes Richardson's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Richardson throws a sloppy strike from the bottom. He's now off balance and homayed manages to pass to side control.
homayed scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Richardson to see if he's OK.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
homayed taking a breather here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gordy Richardson dominated that round.
That's time! homayed's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

homayed looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Richardson moves into full guard.
homayed with a nice head shot there.
homayed trying to control the position from guard on top but Richardson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
homayed throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Richardson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Richardson trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
homayed works over Richardson with some ground and pound from guard.
Richardson keeping moving, preventing homayed from controlling successfully.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Richardson is on top in guard.
Richardson is breathing heavily.
homayed not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.

homayed throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
homayed controls Richardson momentarily but Richardson frees himself.
Richardson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. homayed swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Richardson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Richardson trying to control the position from guard on top but homayed is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Richardson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

homayed escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Richardson gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
homayed looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Richardson working some strikes from top position.
Richardson preventing the sweep.
Richardson is looking to work some ground and pound but homayed has wrist control.
Richardson wants to control from the top but homayed keeps moving.
homayed is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

homayed throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Richardson working some strikes from top position.
homayed avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richardson makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
homayed is trying to control the position from the bottom.
homayed working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Richardson.
Richardson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
homayed is trying to control the position but Richardson postures up.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
homayed misses with a takedown attempt

and Richardson counters with a single leg into guard. homayed didn't expect that.
homayed trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Richardson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
homayed utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
homayed trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Richardson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Richardson throws a big right hand that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
homayed pulls Richardson in close to prevent any damage.
Richardson postures up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
homayed misses with a takedown

and Richardson counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for homayed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
homayed keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Richardson looking to finish homayed with some ground and pound. This is bad for homayed!
A nice elbow there by Richardson.
homayed gets back to half guard.
homayed trying to hold on to Richardson's head to control him but Richardson postures up.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Richardson connects with a nice short shot to homayed's temple.
Richardson throwing shots but homayed is blocking nicely.
Richardson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed homayed's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gordy Richardson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Richardson doesn't succeed with the takedown

and homayed counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Richardson's guard now.
Richardson wants to sweep but no luck.
Richardson keeping moving, preventing homayed from controlling successfully.
homayed lands a couple of digs.
Richardson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
homayed stands and throws Richardson's legs to the side, diving into side control.

homayed is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Richardson knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Richardson wants to improve his position, back to half guard but homayed has ideas of his own. He's got hold of Richardson's far side arm and it looks like he's got an Americana. Ohh! Ohhhh! OOOOOOOOOH! A human being's arm is not meant to bend like that! Richardson is tapping like a morse code operator on the Titanic! SOS SOS! He's out of here! Great win for homayed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). ayman homayed!
ayman homayed is the new welterweight champion!