PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Caius Creatine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aki Sunn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Creatine kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Sabaton - Metal Crue. The crowd seem to be enjoying Sunn's choice of entrance music: Yngwie Malmsteen Rising Force. Caius Creatine could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Aki Sunn's chin.

Creatine
vs
Sunn

160 cm
25
163 lbs
11 - 11 - 1

175 cm
26
168 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Caius Creatine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Aki Sunn!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Alec Ball and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sunn throws a hook to the side of Creatine's head but Creatine sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Creatine blocks a jab.
Sunn scores with a jab.
Sunn scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Creatine doesn't seem bothered though.
Sunn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Creatine fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sunn lands a nice shot that snaps Creatine's head back.
Creatine misses with a few strikes there.
Creatine moves forwards but Sunn connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Nice straight punches there by Sunn. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Sunn.
Sunn misses with a shot to the body
and Creatine counters with a three punch combo that has Sunn backing up. Sunn nods at Creatine to acknowledge the strikes.
Sunn looks to land a combination but Creatine avoids it well.
Sunn misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Creatine counters with a right hand to the body.
Creatine connects with a body shot.
Sunn is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
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!
Sunn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Creatine.
Sunn scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sunn lands a nice looking body shot.
Creatine misses with a two punch combination.
Sunn fakes the leg kick and cracks Creatine in the body.
Creatine misses with a series of wild punches.
Creatine looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sunn lands a body shot.
Sunn misses with a straight left.
A combination from Sunn does no damage.
Creatine throws a series of punches but Sunn avoids them all with ease.
Creatine wants to clinch up but Sunn keeps it at a distance.
Sunn keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Creatine checks a leg kick.
Sunn getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Sunn throws a nice looking combination but Creatine bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Creatine shoots for a double leg takedown but Sunn sprawls well. He's pushed Creatine's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Sunn throws a series of punches but Creatine avoids them all with ease.
Donk. Sunn catches Creatine right on the button with a cross.
A solid body kick from Sunn.
Creatine slips under a jab from Sunn.
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!
Creatine takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Sunn is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Creatine.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sunn.
Sunn misses with an uppercut.
Creatine tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sunn manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sunn scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Creatine throws a nice looking combination but Sunn bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Creatine looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Sunn lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sunn swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Aki Sunn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sunn lands with a nice combination. Creatine backs away looking to recover.
Creatine on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Creatine moves away from the strike by Sunn.
A jab lands there for Sunn.
Sunn misses with a wild body shot.
Sunn throws a big shot that misses.
Sunn scores with a decent looking hook.
Sunn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Creatine lands a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sunn connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The fighters circling - Sunn throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sunn lands a jab.
Creatine moves in looking to clinch but Sunn pushes him off.
Creatine throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sunn thows a body shot but no joy.
Nice body punch from Sunn.
Creatine takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sunn bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A big left from Sunn misses.
Sunn misses with a jab, cross combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aki Sunn dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Creatine throws a sloppy head kick and Sunn moves out of range easily.
Creatine steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sunn.
Sunn looks to land a combination but Creatine avoids it well.
Nice takedown defense from Sunn. No joy for Creatine on that attempt.
Creatine throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Creatine looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Sunn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Creatine.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sunn. Creatine does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sunn. Creatine does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sunn scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Creatine doesn't seem bothered though.
Creatine avoids a punch combination nicely.
A shot to the liver by Creatine. Beautiful body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sunn gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Creatine throws a big right hand that misses.
Sunn is pulling down on Creatine's head. It's preventing any offense from Creatine, at least for the moment.
Sunn really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Creatine. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Creatine wants to control from the top but Sunn keeps moving.

Creatine thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Creatine 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.

Creatine drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Sunn manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Creatine has Sunn in his guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sunn pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Creatine is keeping the position for now.

Sunn gets to his feet - Creatine follows without any prompting.
Creatine misses with a wild combination.
The fighters circling - Sunn throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Creatine will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Caius Creatine. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sunn lands a body shot.
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!
Sunn is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Sunn cracks a nice hook into Creatine's ribs.
Sunn misses with a looping left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sunn lands an overhand right.
Sunn listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Caius Creatine is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sunn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Creatine manages to avoid it.
Creatine takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sunn. Creatine does a little dance to reset his feet.
A left and a right from Creatine both land. Nice combination.
Sunn throws a looping overhand right but Creatine ducks down to avoid it.
Sunn slips a jab and a cross from Creatine.
Sunn with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sunn throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Creatine.
Creatine lands with a thumping leg kick.
Creatine misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Creatine throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sunn has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Sunn lands a nice shot that snaps Creatine's head back.
Creatine avoids a punch combination nicely.
Creatine throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Creatine takes one to the chin there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sunn connects with a body shot.
Creatine takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sunn throws a right and a left that both miss.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Creatine throws a leg kick but Sunn sees it coming and moves out of range.
Creatine uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sunn.
Sunn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Creatine.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aki Sunn showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Sunn misses with a wild body shot.
Sunn lands a slapping body shot.
Creatine steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sunn.
Sunn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sunn throws out a loose jab but Creatine uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sunn ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Creatine forces Sunn back against the cage and clinches.

Creatine escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Creatine gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sunn.
Sunn thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sunn scores with a nice strike.
Creatine avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sunn displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Creatine.
Sunn connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Creatine's hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Creatine stalks Sunn and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Sunn's face. Sunn staggers backwards, shaken.
Sunn misses with a body shot.
Sunn lands a jab.
Creatine looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Decent striking displayed by Sunn there.
Sunn throws an overhand right that lands on Creatine's shoulder, as Creatine tries to avoid the shot.
Creatine is looking to wear down Sunn with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Some bone on bone action there as Creatine checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sunn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Creatine.
Creatine gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sunn.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Creatine misses.
Creatine tries to close the distance and clinch but Sunn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Sunn!
Sunn slips a jab and a cross from Creatine.
Sunn misses with a head kick.
Sunn throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Creatine shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Sunn sprawls well. Sunn wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Creatine gets slowly back to his feet.
Sunn misses with a wild body shot.
Sunn moves out of range as Creatine strikes.
Nice cross by Sunn.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Creatine looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Caius Creatine. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Creatine bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Creatine shoots in for a takedown but Sunn shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Creatine shoots in and drives through. Sunn sprawls well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Creatine ducks under a wild hook from Sunn.
Nice takedown defense from Sunn. No joy for Creatine on that attempt.
Creatine is looking to clinch.
Sunn lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Creatine at a distance.
Sunn lands an overhand right.
Sunn scores with a crisp jab that stopped Creatine in his tracks.
Sunn misses with a wild combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Creatine looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sunn lands with a nice body punch.
Creatine moves in looking to clinch but Sunn pushes him off.
Sunn lands a jab.
Caius Creatine has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Creatine takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sunn changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Sunn lands a jab.
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.
Creatine takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Creatine ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sunn moves away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Aki Sunn comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Sunn winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aki Sunn!
An out of breath Aki Sunn thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.