PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Silver Briscoe (ranked 4020 p4p, 4687 weight class) and Decebal Cretu (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.

Briscoe
vs
Cretu

181 cm
25
164
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
16
160
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Inexperienced

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Silver Briscoe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Decebal Cretu!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Eliza Hachem and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cretu lands with a nice body punch.
Cretu lands with a hook. Briscoe tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Briscoe misses with a wild combination.

Cretu fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Briscoe, pushing him back against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Cretu.
Briscoe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cretu prevents a body shot from Briscoe.
Cretu throws a head punch that misses.
Cretu working aggressively here.
A right hook to the body lands for Cretu.
Cretu swings wildly with an uppercut but Briscoe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cretu lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Briscoe backwards.
Briscoe working aggressively here.
Cretu scores with a shot to the side of Briscoe's head.
Cretu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cretu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Briscoe lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cretu backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cretu blocks an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cretu.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Cretu misses with the head strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cretu.
Cretu lands a body shot.
A short uppercut from Cretu.
Cretu misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Briscoe.
A right handed body shot lands from Cretu.
Cretu lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Briscoe is rocked!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cretu.
Oh Briscoe is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Briscoe blocking some punches.
Cretu swings wildly with an uppercut but Briscoe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Briscoe blocks an uppercut.
Cretu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Briscoe seems to have got his legs back now.
Cretu misses with some punches.
Briscoe wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cretu misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Cretu.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short left from Cretu.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Cretu digs a right hand into Briscoe's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Briscoe's gas tank.
Cretu lands a big right hand that drops Briscoe! The killer instinct kicks in and Cretu finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Cretu!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Decebal Cretu!
Our winner, Decebal Cretu, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.