PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Josh Wentworth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Apollo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wentworth's entrance music is Spitfire by The Prodigy. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wentworth
vs
Apollo

173 cm
31
157 lbs
22 - 10 - 0

169 cm
27
165 lbs
19 - 11 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Hilo Clothing Co

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Josh Wentworth!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Ryan Apollo!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Colin Fray and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wentworth throws a right and a left that Apollo avoids nicely.
Apollo fakes the leg kick and cracks Wentworth in the body.
Wentworth circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wentworth comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Wentworth avoids the head kick by Apollo.
Josh Wentworth seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Apollo stuffs the takedown.
Apollo slips under a jab from Wentworth.
Good leg kick by Apollo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Wentworth tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Apollo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Wentworth looks to land a combination but Apollo avoids it well.
Apollo takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Wentworth avoids the head kick by Apollo.
Apollo slaps away a takedown attempt from Wentworth, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Apollo takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Wentworth has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Josh Wentworth. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Apollo walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Wentworth checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Apollo thumps Wentworth with a low kick.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Wentworth.
Apollo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
No luck for Wentworth with that takedown attempt.
Apollo misses with a kick to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Apollo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A good leg kick by Apollo.
Apollo keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Apollo throws a leg kick but Wentworth sees it coming and moves out of range.
Apollo throws a front kick that sends Wentworth stumbling back into the cage.
Wentworth throws a series of punches but Apollo moves out of range.
Ryan Apollo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wentworth shoots in for a double leg but Apollo sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Apollo ducks under a wild hook from Wentworth.
Apollo tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Decent striking displayed by Apollo there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice body kick from Apollo.
Wentworth tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Apollo counters with a low kick, right behind Wentworth 's knee.
Apollo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Good leg kick by Apollo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Some bone on bone action there as Wentworth checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Apollo tries to work over Wentworth's front leg with a kick but Wentworth checks it.
Wentworth misses with the combination.
Apollo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wentworth shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Apollo as he jumps to the side.
Wentworth fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Apollo throws a leg kick which misses Wentworth's front leg but catches the back leg as Wentworth tries to avoid it.
Wentworth looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Apollo misses with an attempted mid kick.
Wentworth throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Apollo scores with a shot to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Apollo.
Wentworth is breathing heavily.
Wentworth throws a series of punches but Apollo avoids them all with ease.
Wentworth throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wentworth stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Apollo.
No luck for Wentworth with that takedown attempt.
A leg kick checked by Wentworth.
Apollo slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Wentworth throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wentworth swinging wildly here.
Apollo blocks a jab.
Wentworth misses with a double jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
No joy there for Wentworth, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Apollo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Wentworth throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Apollo counters with a nice body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Apollo.
Apollo lands an overhand right.

Wentworth is rocked!
Wentworth walks forward, straight into a front kick from Apollo.
Oh Wentworth is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ohhhhhhhhhh, brutal head kick from Apollo! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Ryan Apollo!
Ryan Apollo is the new lightweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Ryan Apollo thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.