PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yourn Rotterdam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lewis Creed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rotterdam comes to the cage accompanied by Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll. Creed has chosen Motley Crue - Kickstart My Heart as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Rotterdam
vs
Creed

193 cm
26
224 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

192 cm
22
224 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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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 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yourn Rotterdam!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lewis Creed!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Fedor Mirinova and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Creed. Rotterdam does a little dance to reset his feet.
Creed lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nice uppercut there from Rotterdam.
Creed avoids the body shot from Rotterdam.
Rotterdam fails to land the takedown.
Creed ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Creed looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Creed cracks the inside of Rotterdam's front leg.
Creed lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rotterdam circles away quickly and effectively.
Creed is looking to land body kicks.
Rotterdam blocks a low kick nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Creed stuffs the takedown.
Rotterdam ducks right into an uppercut from Creed.
An inside leg kick lands from Creed.
Rotterdam ducks under a wild hook from Creed.
Creed cracks a nice hook into Rotterdam's ribs.
Creed missing with a left hand there. Rotterdam was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Creed looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Creed throws a right and a left that Rotterdam avoids nicely.
Creed stuns Rotterdam with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Creed lands with a cross.
Creed misses with a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rotterdam comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

Creed moves into the clinch.
Rotterdam blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Creed using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rotterdam has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Creed lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rotterdam backwards.
Creed lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Creed misses with a punch on the inside.
Rotterdam wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yourn Rotterdam. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Creed lands a shot to the body.
Creed throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rotterdams head.
Creed tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Creed is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rotterdam is defending well for now.
Rotterdam tries to pull guard but Creed won't allow it.
Knees to the body from Creed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Creed tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rotterdam's elbow.
Rotterdam tries for a takedown but Creed manages to get underhooks.
Creed lands an elbow just above Rotterdam 's eye.
Rotterdam avoiding damage as Creed throws knees to the body.
Creed lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Creed doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Creed tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rotterdam avoids it.
A short right from Creed.
A left hand lands to the body for Creed.
Creed lands an uppercut.
Creed with a knee to the head.

Rotterdam is rocked!
Rotterdam looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Oh Rotterdam is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Creed landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rotterdam is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Creed jerks Rotterdam's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Rotterdam drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Creed goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Creed because Rotterdam was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Lewis Creed!