PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Apache Creed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adrian Luis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Adrian Luis will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Creed
vs
Luis

170 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

215 cm
19
130 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Apache Creed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Adrian Luis!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Hugh Johnson and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luis wants to clinch up but Creed keeps it at a distance.
Creed clobbers Luis with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Luis is rocked!
Luis blocks a jab.
Luis ducks under a wild hook from Creed.
Luis tries for a takedown but Creed sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Left hook, right uppercut from Luis.
Luis with a poor takedown
and Creed makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Luis shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Creed pinned against the cage. Creed gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Apache Creed has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adrian Luis.
Creed lands a leg kick that knocks Luis off balance momentarily.
Luis misses with a takedown attempt - Creed sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Creed looks to land a right hand but Luis moved out of range.
Creed misses with a left hand
and Luis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Creed lands with an uppercut that bounces Luis off the cage and back into range.
Luis is still on wobbly legs! Can Creed finish him?
A big left from Creed misses.
Creed lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Luis.
A big right from Creed misses.
Luis is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Creed throws a looping overhand right but Luis ducks down to avoid it.
Creed throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Creed turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Luis looks winded!
Creed throws out a loose jab but Luis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Luis fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Luis slips under a jab from Creed.
Creed looks to throw the jab but Luis is out of range.
Luis bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Luis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Creed.
Creed misses the jab.
Creed waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Luis.
Creed throws a looping overhand right but Luis ducks down to avoid it.
Luis bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Luis shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Creed as he avoids it easily.
Creed throws an overhand right that lands on Luis's shoulder, as Luis tries to avoid the shot.
Apache Creed seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Creed throws a hook but Luis blocks it.
Luis ducks under a wild hook from Creed.
Creed throws a shot from downtown. Luis moves away and avoids it.
Luis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Creed.
Creed throws a hook but Luis blocks it.
Luis moves out of range of the strikes.
Luis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Creed.
Apache Creed is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Luis slips a jab from Creed.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A big left from Creed misses.
Creed misses with a hook.
Creed misses with a looping left.
Creed misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luis shoots in looking for a takedown. Creed tries to sprawl out of it but Luis keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Creed manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Luis seems to have recovered his senses.
Creed misses with a two punch combination.
Luis uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Creed.
A telegraphed right hand from Creed misses the target.
Creed throws a one two combo.
Creed looks to land a combination but Luis avoids it well.
Luis is trying desperately to land a takedown but Creed is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Luis.
Creed throws a jab when Luis was well out of range.
Creed slaps away a takedown attempt from Luis, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Creed swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Creed throws a hook but Luis avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luis slips under a jab from Creed.
A good leg kick by Creed.
Creed is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Luis's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Luis blocks a jab.
Luis bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Luis drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Creed misses with a straight left.
Creed loads up on a big right hand but Luis slips the punch.
Creed throws a right hand that misses
and Luis connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Creed clobbers Luis with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Luis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Luis staying out of range there.
Creed throws a hook but Luis blocks it.
Creed cracks Luis with a hook to the temple - Luis is on wobbly legs here! Creed swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Luis falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Creed wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Apache Creed!
Apache Creed tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.