PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harry Richards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Garland Oars (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Richards's entrance music is All My Life. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Richards
vs
Oars

190 cm
32
280 lbs
12 - 11 - 0

200 cm
25
264 lbs
11 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Harry Richards!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Garland Oars!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Igor Prikhodko and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oars uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Richards finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Oars throws the left hand but Richards avoids the punch easily.
Oars throws a hook but Richards avoids it easily.

Oars rushes Richards and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Oars fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Richards lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Garland Oars has been cut.
Oars throws a head punch that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Richards.
Richards lands a damaging elbow.
Richards throws a head punch that misses.
Oars tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Oars lands with a left to the head.

Harry Richards's cut is getting worse.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oars blocks the elbow strike.
Richards throws an elbow but it misses.
Oars working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Oars lands with a right to the head.

Harry Richards's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Oars tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short uppercut from Oars.
Oars tries to work over Richards's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Richards looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Richards throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Oars doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richards throws a head punch that misses.
Oars swings wildly with an uppercut but Richards uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oars has a couple of punches blocked by Richards.
Oars tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Richards's elbow.
Richards pushes off an throws an elbow but Oars leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Oars.
Oars throws a head punch that misses.
Richards misses with the head strike.
Oars lands a shoulder strike.
Richards swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Richards.
Oars tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Richards blocks an uppercut.
Richards comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Richards misses with an elbow over the top.
Richards looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Richards lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Richards lands with a short punch from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Oars lands a hook to the side of the head.

Jeez, Harry Richards's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Richards using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Oars has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oars tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Richards's elbow.
Richards throws an elbow that misses.
Oars misses with the head strike.
Oars doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Richards misses with a punch on the inside.
Richards lands an elbow just above Oars 's eye.
A short right from Richards on the inside.
Oars lands a hook to the side of the head.

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 2:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Garland Oars!
After winning the bout, Garland Oars thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.