PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Apache Creed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dean Corll (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dean Corll has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Creed
vs
Corll

180 cm
21
180 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

180 cm
20
180 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Apache Creed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dean Corll!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Creed scoring well with a low kick there.
Corll misses the jab.
Creed connects with an inside leg kick.
Corll is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Creed.
Creed takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Creed throws a lazy uppercut
and Corll counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Corll throws a hook but Creed avoids it easily.
Corll throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Creed.
Creed wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Corll takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Corll lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Creed circles away quickly and effectively.
Corll on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Creed. Creed obviously looking to wear him down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A big left from Corll misses.
Creed throws a jab but it's blocked by Corll.
Creed thows a body kick. Corll tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Creed lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Creed takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Creed.
Corll waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Creed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Corll throws an overhand right that lands on Creed's shoulder, as Creed tries to avoid the shot.
Creed needs to keep his hands up - Corll had a free shot at his head there.
Creed looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Creed swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Creed displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Corll throws out the jab.
Creed connects with a high kick.
Corll uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Creed.
Creed slips under a jab.
Corll misses with a straight right.
Corll misses with a wild body shot.
Creed feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Creed scores with a kick to the body.
No joy there for Corll, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Corll staying out of range there.
Creed misses with a double jab.
Creed feints and then cracks Corll's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Corll down.
Creed fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Corll on the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Creed cracks the inside of Corll's front leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Creed.
Corll swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Creed slips a jab from Corll.
Corll misses with the combination.
A little feinted left hand from Creed on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Corll throws out a loose jab but Creed uses good head movement to avoid it.
Creed throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Corll chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Creed can pounce on him.
Corll misses with a lunging right hand
and Creed counters with a slapping leg kick.
Apache Creed seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Creed misses with an uppercut.
Corll moves out of range as Creed strikes.
Corll chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Creed can pounce on him.
Corll takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Creed displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Corll throws out the jab.
Corll throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Corll throws a right hand that misses
and Creed counters with a low kick, right behind Corll 's knee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corll throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Corll uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Creed.
Creed keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Corll 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.
Creed throws the kick towards the body but Corll avoids it.
A jab from Creed misses.
Corll slips under a jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Corll! But no joy.
Corll's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The fighters circling - Corll throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Corll uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Creed.
Creed tried to score with a low kick but Corll checks it.
Creed lands a leg kick that knocks Corll off balance momentarily.
Corll uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Creed.
A solid leg kick lands there for Creed.
Creed connects with a jab.
Corll is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Creed.
Creed sizes up Corll with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Creed blocks a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corll keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Creed uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Corll.
Creed lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Creed lands with a thumping leg kick.
A low kick from Creed is predictable there
and Corll counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Creed drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Creed tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Creed.
Corll throws a looping overhand right but Creed ducks down to avoid it.
Creed cracks Corll with a right hand to the side of the head.
Corll throws a lazy uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Creed fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Corll.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Corll uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Creed.
Creed jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Creed throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Corll.
Corll keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Apache Creed dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Corll missing with a left hand there. Creed was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
An inside leg kick lands from Creed.
Creed connects with a nice looking jab.
Creed takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Corll misses with the combination.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Corll might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Creed has got the better of the exchanges.
Corll throws a big shot that misses.
Creed connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Corll thows a left - swing and a miss!
Creed was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Corll misses with a hook to the body
and Creed makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Corll takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Creed looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Creed fakes the leg kick and cracks Corll in the body.
Corll misses with a shot to the body
and Creed counters with a nice uppercut.
Creed is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Corll can do to turn this around?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Creed bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Corll's head backwards.
Corll misses with a looping left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Corll misses with an uppercut. Creed saw that one coming.
Creed lands a leg kick that knocks Corll off balance momentarily.
Corll throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Creed counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Corll moves out of range of the body kick from Creed.
Corll misses with a straight left.
Creed scores with a nice right hand.
Creed throws a nice outside leg kick.
Creed connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Creed just misses with a punch to the body.
Creed misses with a straight left.
Corll looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Corll gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Creed lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Creed lands a head kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice defenses there by Corll.
Corll tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Corll misses the target.
Corll swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Corll looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Corll has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Creed.
Creed lands a nice shot to the body.
Creed fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Corll has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Corll throws a hook to the side of Creed's head but Creed sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Corll on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Apache Creed is winning the standup battle so far.
Corll throws a body punch but Creed moves out of range.
It looked like Creed wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Creed throws a leg kick which misses Corll's front leg but catches the back leg as Corll tries to avoid it.
Creed displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Corll throws out the jab.
Corll throws an off balance right hand
and Creed counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Creed bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Corll misses with a lunging right hand
and Creed counters with a good low kick that Corll was not able to check.
A slapping body kick lands there for Creed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Creed bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Creed throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Corll.
A little jabbing left from Corll on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Corll lands a head shot.
Creed throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Corll.
Creed swings widly with a right hand
and Corll connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Creed lands a leg kick that knocks Corll off balance momentarily.

Creed is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Corll misses with a looping right.
Oh Creed is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Creed lands a jab to the nose.
Creed feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Corll's calf.
Creed throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Creed throws a jab but it's blocked by Corll.

Corll feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Creed sprawling to the canvas! Creed rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Corll finish him?!
Creed ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Corll! Creed is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dean Corll!