PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gustav Ahr (ranked 1690 p4p, 184 weight class) and Richard Richards (ranked 2542 p4p, 255 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Ahr
vs
Richards

169 cm
26
152 lbs
5 - 3 - 1

155 cm
26
155 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Experienced

Good wrestler
Brawler
Fast

Woodhouse's

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Gustav Ahr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Richard Richards!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Peter Branson and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ahr scores with a jab to the jaw.

Ahr instigates a clinch.

Richards gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Richards throwing shots but Ahr is blocking nicely.
Ahr has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Richards is working away from the top position though.
Richards sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Ahr defending well though.
Ahr taking some punishment here, with Richards in his half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Richards lands a nice short elbow.
Ahr tries to get to full guard but Richards has control of the leg.
Richards trying to control from half guard but Ahr is working away.
Richards looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Richards really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ahr. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Richards wants to pass to mount but Ahr is defending the position.
Richards not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richards wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ahr keeps working.

Ahr looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The fighters are battling for position here. Ahr manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Ahr looking to control.
Richards wants to control from the top but Ahr keeps moving.
Ahr bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Richards's guard.

Richards managing to control the position.
Richards not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Ahr connects with a couple of short punches.
Ahr missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richards looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ahr is one step ahead there.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ahr with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Ahr postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Ahr will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Richards keeping full guard, as Ahr tries to pass.
Ahr in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Richards working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ahr.
Richards is trying to control the position but Ahr postures up.
Richards seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Ahr lands a couple of elbows.
Richards keeping full guard, as Ahr tries to pass.
Ahr wants to control from the top but Richards keeps moving.
Ahr scoring with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahr throws a big elbow that misses.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Richards can do anything to dispel that myth.
Ahr is fighting to break Richards's control of his arms but Richards is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Richards tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ahr working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Richards utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Richards pulls Ahr in close to prevent any damage.
Ahr scoring with some ground and pound.
Richards pulls Ahr in close to his closed guard and prevents Ahr from doing any damage or advancing position.
Ahr has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Ahr working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Richards's head.
Ahr loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Richards pulls Ahr in to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ahr with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Ahr trying to control the position from guard on top but Richards is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ahr won't allow Richards to sweep him here.
Richards trying to control the position here.
Richards throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Richards looking to control.
Richards has momentary wrist control but Ahr slips an elbow through the middle.
Ahr landing some decent shots from guard.

Richards is rocked!
Ahr is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Richards is still in real trouble! Can Ahr finish him?
Ahr preventing the sweep.
Richards has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Ahr postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Richards covers up, he's hurt! Ahr keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Ahr and the ref steps in to end the fight! Ahr can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gustav Ahr!
An out of breath Gustav Ahr thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.