PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Apollo Creed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tien Shinhan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shinhan has chosen Skillet - Forsaken as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Creed
vs
Shinhan

185 cm
20
215 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

191 cm
20
223 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Good elbows
Powerful

REAR NAKED CHOKE NUTRITION

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 3 - 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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tien Shinhan!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Sano and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
That kick from Shinhan tenderised Creed's leg. Creed is trying to keep his angry face on.
An inside leg kick lands from Shinhan.
Shinhan thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Creed if he has to take too many more of those.
Creed throws a series of punches but Shinhan avoids them all with ease.
Danga de danga de dang - Creed scores with a four punch combination!
Creed misses with an uppercut. Shinhan saw that one coming.
Creed lands a jab to the head.
Creed takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A good leg kick by Shinhan.
Shinhan misses with a leg kick
and Creed counters with a stiff right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A good leg kick by Shinhan.
Shinhan misses with a low kick.

Shinhan moves into the clinch.
Our sources have told us that Creed has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Creed digs a right hand underneath Shinhan's ribcage. Shinhan let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Creed tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shinhan avoids it.
Creed tries to work over Shinhan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Creed has a couple of punches blocked by Shinhan.
Creed throws a punch but it's blocked by Shinhan.
Creed throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Shinhan blocks it with crossed arms.
Creed swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Creed tries to throw a body punch but Shinhan avoids it by throwing Creed back against the cage.
Creed misses with a body punch.
Creed tries to land knees in the clinch but Shinhan avoids the damage to the body.
Shinhan prevents Creed from breaking the clinch.
Creed has a couple of punches blocked by Shinhan.
Creed wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Shinhan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Creed scores with a nice hook to the head.
Creed misses with a punch to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Shinhan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Creed's brow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Creed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Creed misses with a body punch.
Shinhan told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Creed lands a body punch.
Shinhan blocks a body shot from Creed.
Shinhan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Creed blocks an elbow strike.
Creed fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Shinhan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Creed swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Creed swings wildly with an uppercut but Shinhan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shinhan prevents a body shot from Creed.
Shinhan blocking some punches.
Creed misses with a punch on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Creed misses with the head strike.
Shinhan lands a nice elbow.
Creed misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Creed takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Apollo Creed has been cut.
Shinhan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Creed blocks an elbow strike.
Creed has a couple of punches blocked by Shinhan.
Creed blocks an elbow strike from Shinhan.
Shinhan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Creed tries to break the clinch but Shinhan is controlling the position.
Creed struggles to land a body shot inside as Shinhan controls his hands.
A right hand to the body from Creed.
With the fighters up against the cage, Shinhan throws an elbow but misses.
A short body shot lands from Creed as the two fighters clinch.
Shinhan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Creed tries a body shot but Shinhan blocks it.
Creed lands with a short punch from the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Shinhan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Creed's brow.
A head punch on the inside from Creed fails to land.
Creed misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shinhan blocks an uppercut.
Shinhan misses with an elbow strike.
Shinhan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Creed doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Creed fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Shinhan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shinhan displaying some good clinch control by pressing Creed up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Creed misses with some punches.
Shinhan keeps control of Creed as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Creed dodges an elbow strike from Shinhan.
Creed tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shinhan.
Creed misses with a punch to the body.
Shinhan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Creed blocks an elbow strike from Shinhan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Apollo Creed will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Apollo Creed's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Shinhan gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Creed.
The fighters circling - Creed throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Shinhan appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Creed tries a head kick but it misses.
Shinhan feints a counter leg kick.
Creed pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Shinhan feints a counter leg kick.
Shinhan misses with a low kick.
Creed thows a left - swing and a miss!
Creed jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Shinhan attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
It looked like Creed wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Creed takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Shinhan thows a leg kick but Creed checks it

and Creed counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Creed throws an elbow that misses. Shinhan uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Creed's guard. Nice move by Shinhan!

Shinhan controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shinhan with a flurry of punches that miss.
Shinhan trying to control the position from guard on top but Creed is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Shinhan seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Shinhan trying to control the position from guard on top but Creed is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Shinhan showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Shinhan throwing strikes but missing.
Shinhan throws a big right hand that misses.
Shinhan is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Shinhan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Creed is keeping the position for now.
Creed on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Creed tries to get out of the position.
Shinhan trying to control but Creed is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shinhan moves to clinch but Creed breaks away
and Creed counters with a nice uppercut.
Shinhan ducks under a wild hook from Creed.
A leg kick checked by Creed.
Shinhan defending well as Creed loads up on a big left hand.
Shinhan moves out of range of the strikes.
Creed backing away here, and Shinhan unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Shinhan looks to land a body kick but Creed moved away.
Tien Shinhan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shinhan throws a quick inside leg kick.
Good shot there by Creed.
Shinhan throws a leg kick but Creed checks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Creed fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Creed avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
It looked like Creed wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Shinhan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Creed.
Creed throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Shinhan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Creed misses with a head kick.
A low kick from Shinhan is predictable there
and Creed connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A leg kick checked by Creed.
Shinhan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Creed.
Shinhan feints a counter leg kick.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Shinhan finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
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!
Shinhan throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Creed swings widly with a right hand
and Shinhan counters with a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Apollo Creed dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Apollo Creed's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Creed throws the left hand but Shinhan avoids the punch easily.
Shinhan flicks out a counter leg kick but Creed steps away.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Creed checks a leg kick.
Creed blocks a low kick nicely.
The crowd cheers as Creed lands an impressive looking overhand right. Shinhan doesn't seem phased though.
Creed looks to land a left hand but Shinhan moved out of range nicely.
Shinhan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Shinhan feints a counter leg kick.
Creed swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Creed pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Shinhan was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Creed is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shinhan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Creed checks the leg kick.
Creed checks a leg kick.
Shinhan misses with a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Creed misses with a head kick.
Creed takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Creed tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Shinhan pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Creed changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Apollo Creed is winning the standup battle so far.
Creed scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A thudding body kick lands there by Shinhan!
Creed checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A solid leg kick lands there for Shinhan.
Shinhan misses with a low kick as Creed jumps back.
Creed throws a wild body kick that Shinhan sees coming a mile off.
A solid leg kick lands there for Shinhan.
Apollo Creed is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Creed throws a jab when Shinhan was well out of range.
Shinhan connects with an inside leg kick.
Shinhan throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Good work by Creed as he checks the leg kick.
Creed lands a jab to the head.
Shinhan looks for the body kick but Creed saw that one coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shinhan avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Creed lands with a straight right. Shinhan didn't see that one coming.
Shinhan scores with a kick to the body.
Shinhan wants to slow Creed down by chopping away at his legs.
Creed lands with a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shinhan misses with a low kick as Creed jumps back.
Shinhan is looking to clinch but Creed is avoiding it.
Creed appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Creed throws a solid leg kick but Shinhan takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Creed.
Shinhan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Creed. That did some damage!
Shinhan throws a low kick but Creed moves out of range easily.
Tien Shinhan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Creed avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Creed checks a low kick from Shinhan.
Creed rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Shinhan counters with a nice low kick that buckles Creed's knee momentarily.
Creed misses with the combination.
Shinhan throws a front kick aimed at Creed's knee but Creed avoids it well.
A quick step to the side and Creed tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Creed keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Creed misses with a hook.
A clash of legs there as Creed blocks the low kick.
Creed checks the leg kick.
Shinhan misses with a low kick.
A low kick from Shinhan misses
and Creed cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Shinhan tries to score with a low kick but Creed moves his leg out of the way.
Creed misses with a hook.
A low kick from Shinhan misses
letting Creed counter with a right hand.
Creed checks a low kick from Shinhan.
Shinhan throws a leg kick that is checked

and Creed counters with a single leg into guard. Shinhan didn't expect that.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Apollo Creed.
Well Creed has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Apollo Creed!