PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Lopez (ranked 1394 p4p, 3145 weight class) and Apollo Creed (ranked 18 p4p, 61 weight class). Lopez comes to the cage accompanied by Bob Dylan - Hurricane. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Lopez
vs
Creed

193 cm
25
240
6 - 1 - 0

197 cm
25
220
1 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

Vegan Gains
PWNAGE™

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Carlos Lopez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Apollo Creed!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Hugh Johnson and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Creed falls off balance throwing a combination
and Lopez makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Lopez looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Creed misses with a right hand
and Lopez makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Lopez walks into a left hand.
Creed misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A counter left hand to the body from Lopez misses its target.
Apollo Creed seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Lopez closes the distance and pushes Creed back into the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Creed creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Creed cracks Lopez with a nice body shot.
Lopez tries to throw a body punch but Creed avoids it by throwing Lopez back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Still in the clinch, Lopez scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lopez working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Creed misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lopez lands a shoulder strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lopez misses with a body punch.
Lopez misses with a body punch.
A shot in the inside from Creed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Creed tries to throw a body punch but Lopez avoids it by throwing Creed back against the cage.
Creed lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Creed struggles to land a body shot inside as Lopez controls his hands.
A body shot lands from Creed.
Creed tries to work over Lopez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lopez lands a body shot in the clinch.
Lopez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lopez lands with a short shot to the head.
Creed misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Creed has a couple of punches blocked by Lopez.
Creed tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lopez's elbow.
Lopez tries a body shot but Creed blocks it.
Creed digs a right hand underneath Lopez's ribcage. Lopez let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Lopez blocks a body shot from Creed.
Creed swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Creed tries to break the clinch but Lopez is controlling the position.
Lopez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Creed swings wildly with an uppercut but Lopez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lopez misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Creed.
Lopez prevents a body shot from Creed.
Lopez digs a right hand underneath Creed's ribcage. Creed let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Creed pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lopez takes a swing at Creed's ribcage but misses.
Creed misses with a shot to the body
and Lopez counters with a left and a right that stings Creed.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lopez throws a body shot but no joy.
Lopez is looking to wear down Creed with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Creed misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lopez.
Lopez swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A jab from Creed misses.
Creed misses the jab.
Lopez went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Creed swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Creed throws a right hand that misses
and Lopez counters with a left and a right... And another left! Creed is down! He's done! The ref dives in to save him and that's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Carlos Lopez!
Our winner, Carlos Lopez, 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.