PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Apollo Creed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drago Novak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Creed comes to the cage accompanied by James Brown - Living in America. Novak has chosen Battle Ready - Otep as his entrance music. Drago Novak will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Creed
vs
Novak

195 cm
26
265 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

216 cm
20
285 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Cold Blooded Kemists ↑ 5x160Q

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Apollo Creed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Drago Novak!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, John Kavanagh and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Novak lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

It looks like Apollo Creed has been cut.
Novak connects with the punch.
Novak shoots in for a takedown but Creed shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Creed works Novak's body with a nice hook.
Creed staying out of range there.
Creed staying out of range there.
Novak misses with a hook. Creed ducked under it nicely.
Creed keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Novak.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Novak is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Creed.
Creed ducks under a wild hook from Novak.
Creed ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The fighters circling - Novak throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Novak throws out a loose jab but Creed uses good head movement to avoid it.
Creed lands a nice looking body shot.
A shot to the liver by Novak. Beautiful body shot.
A big left from Novak misses.
Novak scores with a jab. Creed acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Creed. No joy for Novak on that attempt.
Novak throws a shot from downtown. Creed moves away and avoids it.
Novak loads up on a big right hand but Creed slips the punch.
Novak shoots for a takedown but Creed saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Apollo Creed has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Drago Novak.
Creed throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Novak might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Novak swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Creed counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Creed ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Novak moves away.
Creed is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The fighters circling - Creed throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Creed throws a big shot that misses.
Novak looks to land a left hand but Creed moved out of range nicely.
Novak scores with a jab. Creed acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Novak throws a body punch but Creed moves out of range.
Novak throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Creed takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Novak throws a shot from downtown. Creed moves away and avoids it.
Novak thows a left - swing and a miss!
Novak swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Creed missing with a left hand there. Novak was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Novak avoids the body shot from Creed.
Creed uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Novak.
Creed throws a hook to the side of Novak's head but Novak sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Drago Novak seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Novak swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Novak misses with a hook
enabling Creed to counter with a crisp jab.
Creed takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Novak throws a hook to the side of Creed's head but Creed sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Novak lands with an uppercut that bounces Creed off the cage and back into range.
Novak fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Creed moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Creed avoids the body shot from Novak.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Creed thows a body shot but no joy.
Creed tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Novak was well out of range. Poor timing from Creed.
Creed scores with a jab to the body.
Novak uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Creed.
Creed throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Creed takes one on the button.
Creed stuffs the takedown.
Creed thows a body shot but no joy.
Novak throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Creed wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
No luck for Novak with that takedown attempt.
Creed changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A cross from Novak lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Novak throws a body punch but Creed moves out of range.
Novak shoots in but Creed avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Creed uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Novak.
Novak misses with a body shot.
Novak takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Novak is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Creed moves out of range of the strikes.
Creed loads up on a big right hand but Novak slips the punch.
Creed tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Novak was well out of range. Poor timing from Creed.
Creed moves out of range of the strikes.
Creed lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Creed could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Creed moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Apollo Creed is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Novak misses with a wild body shot.
Novak is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Creed had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Creed slips under a jab from Novak.
Creed swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Drago Novak dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Apollo Creed's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Novak swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Creed avoids the body shot from Novak.
Novak throws the left hand but Creed avoids the punch easily.
Novak throws a hook but Creed blocks it.
A big right from Creed misses.
Creed ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Jab by Creed.
Novak throws a looping overhand right but Creed ducks down to avoid it.
Novak scores with a body shot.
Novak takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Creed throws a body punch but Novak moves out of range.
Novak just misses with a punch to the body.
Novak throws the left hand but Creed avoids the punch easily.
Novak throws out a loose jab but Creed uses good head movement to avoid it.
Novak lands with a hook. Creed tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Creed avoids the body shot from Novak.
Creed fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Novak manages to avoid it.
Creed misses with a wild body shot.
Creed keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Novak thows a left - swing and a miss!
Creed misses with a wild body shot.
Novak slips under a jab.

Novak clinches.
Novak misses with a short punch on the inside.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Novak.
Creed wants to break free but Novak has control.
Novak tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Creed has a couple of punches blocked by Novak.
Novak is looking to take this one to the mat.
Novak fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Novak gets control of Creed's arms and successfully pulls guard. Novak will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Novak lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Creed!
Novak controlling from mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Novak looking to finish with strikes here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Novak looking to ground and pound but Creed is blocking nicely.
BOOM! Novak connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Novak looking to finish with strikes here!
Novak unloading with bombs!

Creed is rocked!

Apollo Creed's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Apollo Creed's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Drago Novak!
Drago Novak thanked the fans post fight for their support.