PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Apollo Creed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wallace Treadwell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Creed
vs
Treadwell

185 cm
18
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Inexperienced

REAR NAKED CHOKE NUTRITION

Kangaroo Punch (Formally Happy Pills) - Laundry 90

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Apollo Creed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Wallace Treadwell!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Sosuke Kotani and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Treadwell dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Creed. That did some damage!
An inside leg kick from Treadwell misses.
Treadwell goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Creed drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
You can see the frustration on Treadwell's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Creed in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Creed scoring with punches and elbows.
Sloppy strikes there by Creed.
Creed tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Treadwell stops Creed from passing to mount.
Creed working the ground and pound.
Treadwell struggling a bit here.
Treadwell manages to work his way to half guard, despite Creed's best efforts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Creed throwing shots but Treadwell is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Treadwell wants to control but Creed is keeping busy.

Treadwell looking for submissions off his back.
Creed scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Treadwell is trying to maintain the position but Creed is very close to passing his half guard.
Creed seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Creed lands a nice short elbow.
Nice strikes from Creed there.
Treadwell on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Creed is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Creed is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Creed seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Treadwell does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Treadwell is defending against the submission attempts here by Creed.

Treadwell is defending against the submission attempts here by Creed.
Treadwell wants to control but Creed is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Treadwell is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Creed pulls his head out easily.
Creed is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Creed is trying to control. Treadwell wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Nice strikes from Creed there.
Treadwell trying to control here.
Treadwell has hold of Creed's hands but Creed slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Treadwell is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Treadwell gets full guard.
Treadwell preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Creed keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Treadwell's head.
Creed throws an elbow that misses. Treadwell uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Creed's guard. Nice move by Treadwell!

Treadwell looking to sit in guard and control but Creed gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Creed is working Treadwell over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Creed cracks Treadwell with a solid left hand.
Creed landing some decent shots from guard.

Treadwell is rocked!
Creed works over Treadwell with some ground and pound from guard.
Treadwell is still in real trouble! Can Creed finish him?
Treadwell has a closed guard, preventing Creed from standing up.
Treadwell controls Creed momentarily but Creed frees himself.
Creed keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Treadwell's head.
Creed postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Treadwell covers up, he's hurt! Creed keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Creed and the ref steps in to end the fight! Creed can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Apollo Creed!