PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Altair Ibn La Ahad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richie Furst (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). La Ahad comes into the arena with Hurt by Johnny Cash blaring out of the sound system. Altair Ibn La Ahad has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ibn La Ahad
vs
Furst

184 cm
18
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
18
177 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Altair Ibn La Ahad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Richie Furst!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Dillan Fox and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Furst takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
La Ahad throws a low kick but Furst avoids it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
La Ahad is trying to break free.
Furst has La Ahad pressed against the cage.
La Ahad dodges an elbow strike from Furst.
Furst tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
La Ahad blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Furst scores a nice knee to the body.
La Ahad is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Furst is keeping busy.
Furst missing with knees to the body.
La Ahad avoids the elbow strike from Furst, against the cage.
Furst throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
La Ahad working aggressively here.

La Ahad breaks the clinch.
La Ahad definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Furst wants to clinch up but La Ahad keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Furst moves to clinch but La Ahad breaks away
and La Ahad counters with an outside leg kick.
La Ahad tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Furst was well out of range. Poor timing from La Ahad.
Furst avoids a kick to the body.
Furst doesn't manage to clinch there - La Ahad circles away.
Furst ducks under a wild hook from La Ahad.
La Ahad thows a body shot but no joy.
La Ahad keeps Furst at a distance using the push kick.
Furst takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Furst tries to clinch up.
Furst looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Furst tries to close the distance and clinch up but La Ahad swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Furst tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Furst wants to clinch
and La Ahad counters with a slapping leg kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Ahad blocking some punches.
La Ahad on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Furst looking to throw knees to the head but La Ahad is blocking nicely.
Furst blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Furst throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but La Ahad blocks it with crossed arms.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Furst throws a head punch that misses.
Furst blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Furst tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Furst throws a knee to the head but misses.
La Ahad wants to get back to striking at distance but Furst won't allow it.
Furst creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through La Ahad's defenses.
La Ahad blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Furst prevents La Ahad from breaking the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, La Ahad just misses with a elbow thrown towards Furst's brow.
Furst throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but La Ahad blocks it with crossed arms.
La Ahad is trying to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Ahad tries to break free but Furst pushes him back against the cage.
Furst scores with a knee to the head.
Furst trying to land knees to the body.
Furst fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Furst is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. La Ahad is defending well for now.
Furst tries a knee to the head but La Ahad blocks it.
La Ahad blocks an uppercut.
Furst taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
La Ahad looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
La Ahad is trying to push Furst away but Furst has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
La Ahad tries to circle away but Furst has him pinned against the cage.
La Ahad trying to stall but Furst improves his position.
Furst blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Furst is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. La Ahad is defending well for now.

La Ahad breaks the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Furst shoots in but La Ahad avoids the takedown attempt easily.
La Ahad throws a hook but Furst avoids it easily.
La Ahad connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Furst is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
La Ahad waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Furst.
Furst tries to clinch up.
La Ahad keeps the fight on the outside.
Richie Furst seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Furst closes the distance and clinches.
La Ahad is trying to push Furst away but Furst has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Furst tries to land a knee to the head but La Ahad blocks with his arms.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
La Ahad is stalling here.
La Ahad takes an elbow to the forehead.
La Ahad trying to control the position but instead, Furst has worked for underhooks and has pushed La Ahad into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Richie Furst will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Furst tries to clinch but fails miserably
and La Ahad counters with a straight right hand.
La Ahad is looking to chop away at Furst's legs.
Furst tries to clinch but La Ahad moves out of range.
La Ahad pulls out of a head kick attempt.
La Ahad throws a sloppy head kick and Furst moves out of range easily.
La Ahad fails to land with a series of punches.
La Ahad swats away the attempt to clinch by Furst.
La Ahad thows a body shot but no joy.
Furst tries to clinch there but La Ahad circles away.
La Ahad has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Furst defending well as La Ahad loads up on a big left hand.
Furst is looking to clinch but La Ahad is avoiding it.
Furst tries to clinch up.
La Ahad tests Furst's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Furst tries to close the distance and clinch up but La Ahad swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Furst feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits La Ahads jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Furst takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
La Ahad swats away the attempt to clinch by Furst.
Furst wants to clinch up but La Ahad keeps it at a distance.
A swing and a miss from La Ahad.
La Ahad bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Furst looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
La Ahad throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A slow jab from La Ahad misses its intended target.
La Ahad looking to land some kicks to the body here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Furst tries to clinch up.
A telegraphed right hand from La Ahad misses the target.
Altair Ibn La Ahad is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Furst drops his hands momentarily and La Ahad takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Furst moves in looking to clinch but La Ahad pushes him off.
La Ahad swats away the attempt to clinch by Furst.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Furst steps to the side to avoid the strikes from La Ahad.
Furst wants to clinch.
Furst tries to clinch but La Ahad is having none of it.
Furst doesn't manage to clinch there - La Ahad circles away.
La Ahad circles away from the clinch attempt.
Altair Ibn La Ahad is winning the standup battle so far.
La Ahad slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Furst is looking to clinch.
Furst fails in his attempt to clinch.
Furst tries to clinch there but La Ahad circles away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Furst wants to clinch up but La Ahad keeps it at a distance.
Furst tries to clinch up
and La Ahad counters with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Ahad wants to slow Furst down by chopping away at his legs.
Furst tries to clinch but La Ahad moves away
and La Ahad counters with a two punch combo.
Furst keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from La Ahad.
Furst is looking to clinch.

Furst instigates a clinch.
La Ahad is trying to push Furst away but Furst has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
La Ahad throws a head punch that misses.

La Ahad escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Furst closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

La Ahad has picked Furst up - he's going for a ride! La Ahad dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Furst tries to regain full guard. Instead though, La Ahad has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
La Ahad throws some wild stikes that Furst manages to avoid easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
La Ahad throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Furst tries to hold on but La Ahad pushes him away.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
La Ahad content just to control the position here.
La Ahad throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Furst is desperately trying to improve his position but La Ahad has a good base and remains in mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Altair Ibn La Ahad dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Furst tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and La Ahad counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
La Ahad throws a big shot that misses.
Furst tries to clinch but La Ahad moves away
and La Ahad counters with a good low kick that Furst was not able to check.
Furst wants to clinch.
La Ahad just misses with a punch to the body.
Furst tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
La Ahad jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Furst tries to clinch up but La Ahad circles away and keeps his distance.
La Ahad scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Furst is looking to clinch.
Furst is looking to clinch but La Ahad is avoiding it.
Furst takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Furst has closed the distance and engaged La Ahad in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La Ahad is trying to break the clinch but Furst has him pressed against the cage.
Furst changes levels and goes for a takedown here. La Ahad fights it off and pushes away nicely.
La Ahad circles away from the clinch attempt.
Furst is looking to clinch.
La Ahad throws the kick towards the body but Furst avoids it.
La Ahad throws a head kick but Furst moves out of range.

Furst rushes La Ahad and presses him up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Furst fails to land.
Furst tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Furst misses with an elbow over the top.
La Ahad lands a shoulder strike.
La Ahad doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Furst looking to throw knees to the head but La Ahad is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Furst landing knees to the head.
Furst tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Furst misses with a knee to the head.
Furst throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Furst swings wildly with an uppercut but La Ahad uses good head movement to avoid it.
La Ahad lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

La Ahad's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Furst fails in his attempt to clinch.
Furst tries to close the distance and clinch but La Ahad swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Furst tries to close the distance and clinch up but La Ahad swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Furst tries to clinch up.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
La Ahad takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Furst doesn't manage to clinch there - La Ahad circles away.
La Ahad lands a jab to the nose.
Furst is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Furst looks for a takedown but La Ahad sprawls well.
La Ahad tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Furst was well out of range. Poor timing from La Ahad.
Furst is looking to clinch but La Ahad is avoiding it.
La Ahad throws a shot from downtown. Furst moves away and avoids it.
Furst shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Altair Ibn La Ahad has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Richie Furst.
La Ahad jabbing away but nothing is landing.
La Ahad lands a jab to the nose.
Furst doesn't manage to clinch there - La Ahad circles away.
A head kick from La Ahad lands but Furst takes it in his stride.
Furst tries to clinch up but La Ahad circles away and keeps his distance.

La Ahad gets tackled into the cage by Furst. Furst maintains the clinch.
La Ahad is trying to push Furst away but Furst has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
La Ahad missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Furst blocks the elbow strike.
A frustrated look appears on La Ahad's face as he tries to break the clinch.
La Ahad dodges an elbow strike from Furst.
Furst fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Furst keeps the fight in the clinch, despite La Ahad's efforts to push away.
La Ahad is trying to stall.
Furst swings wildly with an uppercut but La Ahad uses good head movement to avoid it.

La Ahad has Furst pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. La Ahad pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Furst tumbling to the mat - La Ahad dives into Furst's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Furst is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst La Ahad is controlling him.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Altair Ibn La Ahad.
I think La Ahad has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Altair Ibn La Ahad!
Altair Ibn La Ahad decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.