PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Quang Le (ranked 3651 p4p, 374 weight class) and Crusher Creel (ranked 3808 p4p, 382 weight class). Crusher Creel looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Le
vs
Creel

178 cm
18
213 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

193 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Quang Le!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Crusher Creel!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Edson Gomes and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Le misses with a head kick.
Creel looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Le drives through and clinches with Creel against the cage.
Creel blocks a body shot from Le.
Creel jumps guard but Le stands there with Creel around his waist. Creel gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Creel jumps guard but Le turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Le content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Creel looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Le decides to pull guard.
Creel must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Le wants to stand and escape but Creel is having none of it.

Le has his feet on Creel's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Le clinches with his opponent.
Good body shot from Le.
Creel avoiding damage as Le throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Creel breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Creel avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Le tries to clinch but Creel is having none of it.
Crusher Creel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Le gets a clinch.
Le tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Creel avoids it.
Le jumps guard but Creel turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Le jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Creel walks away with a smile on his face. Le gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Le content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Creel prevents Le from breaking the clinch.
We've been hearing reports that Le has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Le jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Creel walks away with a smile on his face. Le gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Quang Le. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Creel throws a series of punches but Le avoids them all with ease.
Quang Le is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Creel paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Le throws a sloppy head kick and Creel moves out of range easily.
Le tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Creel manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Creel is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Le tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Creel tries to counter with a clinch but Le shakes him off and moves away.
Le scores with a head kick.

Le moves into range and clinches up with Creel.

Creel escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Le could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Le tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Le has closed the distance and engaged Creel in a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Le is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Creel to keep the fight standing.
Le throws a head punch that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A right handed body shot lands from Le.
Le fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Le throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Creel blocks it with crossed arms.

Le pulls guard successfully.

Le manages to escape and get back to his feet.

Le moves into the clinch.
Le trying to land knees to the body.
Creel tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Le scores with a knee to the head.

Le breaks the clinch.

Le drives through and clinches with Creel against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Le tries to pull guard but Creel won't allow it.
Le tries to work over Creel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Le manages to break the clinch.
Le tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Creel paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Creel throws a sloppy head kick and Le moves out of range easily.
Le wants to clinch but Creel slips to the side

so Creel counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Le keeping moving, preventing Creel from controlling successfully.
Le keeping full guard, as Creel tries to pass.

Le is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Creel presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Quang Le dominated that round.
That's time! Le's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Le tries to clinch up.
Creel follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Le tries to clinch but Creel moves away

and Creel counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Le has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Creel off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Quang Le is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Le defending well as Creel loads up on a big left hand.
Le tries to close the distance and clinch but Creel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Le misses with a few strikes there.
Le tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Creel paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Le tries to close the distance and clinch but Creel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Creel is breathing heavily.
Creel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Creel circles away from the clinch attempt.
Creel throws a big counter head kick but Le avoids it with no problem.
Le tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Le throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Creel.
Le misses with a few strikes there.
Le tries a head kick but it misses.
Creel circles away from the clinch attempt.
A punch combination from Le misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Le looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Creel tries to close the distance and clinch up but Le swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Le throws a head kick that misses.

Le moves into range and clinches up with Creel.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Creel's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Le scores a nice knee to the body.

Le decides to pull guard.
Creel looking to sit in guard and control but Le gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Le might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
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!
Le wants to stand but Creel is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Le stands and steps away. Creel gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Le has closed the distance and engaged Creel in a clinch.

Le breaks the clinch.
Creel fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Quang Le is winning the standup battle so far.
Le fails in his attempt to clinch.
Le fails in his attempt to clinch.

Le drives through and clinches with Creel against the cage.

Le drags the fight down to the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le wants to stand and escape but Creel is having none of it.

Le has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Creel is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Le trying to control the position but instead, Creel has worked for underhooks and has pushed Le into the cage.

Le pulls Creel into guard.

Le is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Creel presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Le throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Creel creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

Le breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Creel crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Le - the referee stops the clock and Creel gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Le. Creel manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Quang Le dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Le tries to clinch up.
Le wants to clinch up but Creel keeps it at a distance.
Le tries to clinch but Creel moves out of range.
Le throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Creel.
Le lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Le wants to clinch up but Creel keeps it at a distance.
Creel changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Le is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Creel takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Creel shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Creel was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Creel trying to control the action but Le is working from the bottom.
Le is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Creel can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Le is pushing Creel's head away, looking to escape. Creel manages to hold on to the position though.
Creel is looking to take a break and control but Le is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Quang Le overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Le is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Creel has just dragged him back down to the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Le managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Creel.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Le is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Creel tries to clinch but Le is having none of it.

Le rushes Creel and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le is looking for a takedown.
Le keeps control of Creel as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Le trying to land knees to the body.
Le is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Creel pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Le unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Le tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Le tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Creel just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Quang Le. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Le's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Le jumps guard but Creel stands there with Le around his waist. Le gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Quang Le has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Le misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Creel jumps guard.
Creel is trying to hold Le in close to prevent damage but Le has managed to pass into half guard.
Creel tries to roll over but Le keeps him under control.

Creel looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Creel is looking for a sweep. Le is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

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 Quang Le.
Well Le 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:27
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Quang Le!
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