PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ulrich Scherer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joseph Richardson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Scherer
vs
Richardson

192 cm
22
212 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

190 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ulrich Scherer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joseph Richardson!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Alyssa Summers and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Richardson dives in and scores a takedown into Scherer's guard.

Scherer pushes Richardson off and gets back to his feet.
Richardson slips a jab and a cross from Scherer.

Richardson closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Scherer to the mat! Scherer manages to get full guard.

Scherer scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Richardson looks winded!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
We've been informed that Richardson has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.

Scherer closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Scherer lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

Scherer gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Richardson trying to keep a closed guard but Scherer is proving a slippery customer.
Scherer is stalling in the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scherer postures up and lands a big shot to Richardson's brow.
Scherer slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Scherer works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Scherer perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Richardson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Scherer is nestled in close to Richardson, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Scherer sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Scherer scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scherer frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
BOOM! Scherer connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Scherer content just to control the position here.
Scherer 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.
Scherer lands a big elbow.

Richardson is rocked!
Scherer unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Richardson wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Scherer celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ulrich Scherer!