PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Charles Eric Cheese (ranked 3 p4p, 154 weight class) and Lindsay Apollo (ranked 1 p4p, 10 weight class). Cheese comes to the cage accompanied by The Midnight NAMBLA. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Cheese
vs
Apollo

175 cm
28
135
21 - 6 - 0

168 cm
35
140
35 - 13 - 3

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

Conviction
Conquer

NARCOS
© Trap House

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Charles Eric Cheese!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 13 - 3, fighting out of Montreal, Lindsay Apollo!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Leandro Rodrigues and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cheese throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Apollo looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Apollo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cheese.
Cheese really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Apollo misses with a hook
and Cheese counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Apollo looks to throw the jab but Cheese is out of range.
Cheese misses with an uppercut.
Cheese dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Apollo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Apollo keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
We've been told by Cheese's head coaches at Tosen's Home for Lost Boys that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
A solid leg kick lands there for Apollo.
Cheese throws a jab when Apollo was well out of range.
Apollo missing with a left hand there. Cheese was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Apollo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Cheese has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Cheese smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Cheese misses with a left hand
enabling Apollo to counter with a crisp jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cheese throws the left hand but Apollo avoids the punch easily.
Apollo lands a jab to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cheese uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Apollo.
Apollo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The fighters circling - Cheese throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Apollo swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Cheese misses with a hook. Apollo ducked under it nicely.
Apollo scores with a hook to the body. Cheese takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Apollo throws a body shot but no joy.
Apollo misses with an uppercut.
Cheese stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Apollo.
Apollo connects with an inside leg kick.
Apollo lands a head shot.
We've been informed that Apollo has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Cheese scores with a kick to the midsection.
A low kick from Cheese is predictable there
and Apollo counters with a stiff right hand.
Apollo attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Cheese, as that shot connected.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Apollo takes one to the chin there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cheese throws a body shot but no joy.
Apollo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Cheese has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Cheese misses with a hook
and Apollo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The fighters circling - Cheese throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Apollo catches Cheese with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Cheese swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Apollo slips under a jab.
Apollo tries to clinch up.
Cheese needs to keep his hands up - Apollo had a free shot at his head there.
Decent striking displayed by Apollo there.
Lindsay Apollo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slow jab from Apollo misses its intended target.
Apollo is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Cheese had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Cheese avoids the body shot from Apollo.
Cheese takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Apollo throws a jab but it's blocked by Cheese.
Cheese pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Apollo scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Cheese doesn't seem bothered though.
Nice defenses there by Apollo.
Cheese blocks a head kick by Apollo.
Cheese lands with a hook. Apollo tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Cheese throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Apollo on the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Apollo.
A telegraphed right hand from Cheese misses the target.

Cheese gets tackled into the cage by Apollo. Apollo maintains the clinch.
Cheese throws a punch but it's blocked by Apollo.
Apollo can't break the clinch.
Apollo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cheese misses with the head strike.
A short right from Apollo on the inside.
Cheese lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Apollo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Apollo lands a nice uppercut.
Apollo misses with the head strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cheese throws a punch but it's blocked by Apollo.
Apollo works on Cheese's body with a couple of short punches.
Cheese lands a left hand that snaps the head of Apollo backwards.
A short left from Apollo.
Cheese blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cheese's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Apollo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Apollo throws a jab but it's blocked by Cheese.
Apollo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Apollo misses with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Apollo. Cheese does a little dance to reset his feet.
Apollo lands with a kick to the temple. Cheese shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Cheese takes one to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A swing and a miss from Apollo.
Cheese swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Apollo lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Apollo paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Apollo tries to land a leg kick but Cheese saw it coming and moves away.
Cheese scores with a leg kick.
Cheese missing with a left hand there. Apollo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cheese swinging wildly here.
Apollo throws a hook but Cheese avoids it easily.
Cheese throws a jab when Apollo was well out of range.
Apollo doesn't manage to clinch there - Cheese circles away.
Apollo wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Apollo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cheese is looking to chop away at Apollo's legs.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cheese. That's going to slow Apollo down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Apollo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Apollo's corner calls for a 1-2. Apollo obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Cheese attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Apollo cracks a nice hook into Cheese's ribs.
Cheese misses with a low kick as Apollo jumps back.
Apollo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Cheese has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Apollo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cheese.
Cheese throws a series of strikes that have Apollo backpedaling.
Cheese with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Cheese stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Apollo.
Cheese chopping away at his opponent's legs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Apollo throws a looping overhand right but Cheese ducks down to avoid it.
Apollo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Apollo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cheese misses with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Apollo looks to throw the jab but Cheese is out of range.
Cheese on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cheese.
Apollo looks to land a left hand but Cheese moved out of range nicely.
As Apollo looks to move away, Cheese throws a big counter combo but Apollo just gets out of the way.
Cheese throws a push kick but Apollo slaps the foot to one side.
Some bone on bone action there as Apollo checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Apollo with a nice calf kick.
Apollo scores with a jab to the body.
Cheese scores with a head kick. Apollo tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

Cheese cracks Apollo with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Cheese has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Apollo to stand back up!

Apollo is rocked!
Apollo fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Cheese checks it well.
Apollo is still on wobbly legs! Can Cheese finish him?
Cheese is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Cheese throws a wild body kick that Apollo sees coming a mile off.
Apollo slips under a jab.
Apollo connects with an inside leg kick.
Apollo lands a front kick.
Cheese thows a left - swing and a miss!
Apollo throws a big shot that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Apollo swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Cheese counters with a low kick, right behind Apollo 's knee.
Cheese lands with a hook. Apollo tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Cheese waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Apollo.
Apollo tries to score with a low kick but Cheese moves his leg out of the way.
Cheese drops a shoulder and throws a monster hook that connects perfectly to the side of Apollo's head, knocking him out cold! Cheese is extatic as he celebrates with his cornermen.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Charles Eric Cheese!
Charles Eric Cheese retains his bantamweight title!
Charles Eric Cheese seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.