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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lewis Creed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Gregory (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Creed comes into the arena with Motley Crue - Kickstart My Heart blaring out of the sound system. Gregory is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Chumbawamba - English Rebel Songs. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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192 cm
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222 lbs
21 - 14 - 0 |
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192 cm
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205 lbs
12 - 13 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Great elbows
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
21 - 14 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lewis Creed! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
12 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Paul Gregory! The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Anni Minnemäki and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Creed turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick. A head kick misses from Creed. Creed keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl. Creed is looking to score with low kicks. Gregory thows a leg kick but Creed checks it and Creed counters with a nice low kick that buckles Gregory's knee momentarily. Creed will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Creed. Gregory throws a wild combination but nothing lands. A bone on bone clash there as Gregory blocks the leg kick.
Gregory walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush. Creed keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Gregory. Gregory avoids the head kick by Creed.
Creed swats away the attempt to clinch by Gregory. Gregory stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Creed. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Gregory fails in his attempt to clinch. Gregory lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round. Creed lands a nice looking kick to the body. Gregory takes a step back to recover. Gregory shoots for a double leg takedown but Creed sprawls well. He's pushed Gregory's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily. Gregory fails in his attempt to clinch. Gregory takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nice jab there from Creed. Creed lands a lovely overhand right. Creed with a jab. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Gregory fails with a takedown attempt from distance. Lewis Creed has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paul Gregory. Creed swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gregory throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A head kick misses from Creed. Gregory shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Creed defends it nicely. Gregory shoots for a takedown but Creed saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily. Creed walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Gregory checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Gregory scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction. A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Gregory. Creed chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Creed pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lewis Creed is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Gregory closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage. Creed lands a nice knee to the body. Gregory has had enough of the clinch but Creed keeps him there for the moment. Gregory is trying to drag Creed to the mat but Creed just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there. Gregory looks winded! Gregory is struggling to control the position. Gregory is trying desperately to land a takedown but Creed is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Gregory. Creed lands an uppercut. Creed putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gregory in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body. Creed missing with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Creed lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gregory backwards. Creed breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Gregory fails with a takedown attempt. Ouch! a nice leg kick from Creed, right into the meat.
Creed connects with a good right hand that stumbles Gregory. Gregory circles away out of range and recomposes himself. Creed scores with a leg kick.
Creed scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard. Ouch! a nice leg kick from Creed, right into the meat.
This has been an exciting period of action! Creed jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Creed slips a straight right by Gregory. Creed tries to clinch but Gregory is having none of it. Creed throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Gregory. Creed throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Creed is really peppering his opponent's head with punches. Gregory has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Creed. Creed clinches with his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round. A short right from Creed on the inside. Gregory looks to throw an elbow but misses. Creed breaks from the clinch.
A shot to the body from Creed misses and Gregory counters with an inside leg kick. Creed tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Creed connects with a looping right hand.
Gregory takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness. Creed feints and then cracks Gregory's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gregory down. Creed lands with a shot to the body. Creed throws a leg kick but Gregory sees it coming and checks it nicely. A nice leg kick lands there from Creed. Creed keeps the fight on the outside. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Gregory throws a wild combination but nothing lands. An inside leg kick lands from Creed. Paul Gregory seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Creed fails in his attempt to clinch. Nice uppercut lands for Creed. That snapped Gregory's head back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lewis Creed dominated that round. That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Gregory tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Creed connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. Creed tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gregory was well out of range. Poor timing from Creed. Gregory tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Creed defends well and Gregory ends up having to push Creed into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch. Creed tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gregory avoids it. Gregory tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Creed avoids it. Gregory tries to stall but Creed uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Creed doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Creed digs a right hand into Gregory's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Gregory's gas tank. Creed misses with an elbow over the top. Creed trying to land knees to the body.
Creed lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Creed with a knee to the head.
Gregory prevents a body shot from Creed. Creed throws an elbow but it misses.
Gregory trying to control the position but instead, Creed has worked for underhooks and has pushed Gregory into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round. Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Creed obliges. Gregory is breathing heavily. Gregory misses with a knee strike.
Creed pushes Gregory back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. Both guys are working to get underhooks. Creed works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Gregory gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Creed trying to land knees to the body.
Gregory tries to break free but Creed pushes him back against the cage. Creed lands with a right to the head. Creed keeps control of Gregory as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Creed is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gregory can do to turn this around? Creed scores with a shot to the side of Gregory's head. Gregory taking a breather. Creed misses with an elbow strike.
Creed lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gregory backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Creed on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Creed landing knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Creed struggles to land a body shot inside as Gregory controls his hands.
Creed misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gregory.
Creed scores with an uppercut up the middle. Creed connects with a knee to the head.
Creed prevents the takedown attempt.
Gregory wants to break the clinch but can't.
Creed unloads a knee to the mid-section. A right hand to the body from Creed.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Creed. Creed lands a body punch in the clinch. Creed working Gregory over with knees to the body. Creed lands a right hand. Gregory's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down. Gregory managing to block the knees to the body from Creed.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Creed lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Creed softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. With the fighters up against the cage, Creed throws an elbow but misses. Creed scores with a shot to the side of Gregory's head.
Gregory is rocked! Creed jerks Gregory's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Gregory drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Creed goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Creed because Gregory 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 3:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Lewis Creed! During a confident post fight interview, Lewis Creed thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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hype
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