PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marion Cobretti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Apollo Creed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Cobretti might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Robert Tepper - Angel of the City. Apollo Creed will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Cobretti
vs
Creed

185 cm
25
270 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

198 cm
26
272 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Einherjer RAW Nutrition * Recovery 156 : 45$ *

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marion Cobretti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Apollo Creed!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Stewart Dunkirk and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Creed misses the shot to the body.
Cobretti is looking to clinch but Creed is avoiding it.
Creed throws a series of punches but Cobretti avoids them all with ease.
Cobretti fails with an attempt to clinch.
Creed missing with a left hand there. Cobretti was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cobretti throws a wild body kick that Creed sees coming a mile off.
Cobretti on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Creed throws a right hand that Cobretti ducks under and follows up with a left that Cobretti also avoids with ease.
Creed keeps the fight on the outside.

Creed lands a big uppercut and Cobretti crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Cobretti looks OK. Creed waves Cobretti back to his feet!

It looks like Marion Cobretti has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head kick misses from Creed.
Cobretti tries to clinch up.
Creed misses with a straight left.
Cobretti tries to clinch but Creed is having none of it.
Cobretti tries to clinch up.
A jab from Creed misses.
Creed throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cobretti tries to land a front kick but Creed steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Cobretti is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Creed tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Cobretti moves into the clinch successfully.
Creed blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cobretti throws an elbow but misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cobretti obliges.
Creed looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobretti using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Creed has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cobretti misses with an elbow strike.
Creed misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cobretti tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Creed avoids it.
Creed misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cobretti lands a nice elbow.
Creed takes a knee right on the jaw!
Cobretti throws an elbow that misses.
Cobretti looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Creed throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cobretti taking a breather.
Cobretti stalling.
Creed on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Creed tries to land knees in the clinch but Cobretti avoids the damage to the body.
Cobretti misses with a knee strike.
Cobretti lands an elbow just above Creed 's eye.

It looks like Apollo Creed has been cut.
Cobretti throws an elbow but it misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cobretti just misses with a elbow thrown towards Creed's brow.
Cobretti's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Cobretti tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Creed avoids it.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Creed tries a body shot but Cobretti blocks it.
Creed takes an elbow to the temple.
Creed misses with a punch on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cobretti just misses with a elbow thrown towards Creed's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cobretti misses with an elbow strike.
Cobretti lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Cobretti.
Cobretti is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Creed is defending well for now.
Cobretti throws an elbow but it misses.
Cobretti tries to land knees in the clinch but Creed avoids the damage to the body.
Creed misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Cobretti.
Creed misses with a punch on the inside.
Knees to the body from Cobretti.
Creed avoids a wild elbow strike from Cobretti.
Creed digs a right hand into Cobretti's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Cobretti's gas tank.
Cobretti is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Creed is defending well for now.
Cobretti lands a nice elbow.
Creed lands an uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cobretti just misses with a elbow thrown towards Creed's brow.
Cobretti blocking some punches.
Cobretti managing to block the knees to the body from Creed.
Cobretti misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Creed.
Cobretti throws an elbow but it misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Creed just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cobretti's brow.
Creed managing to block the knees to the body from Cobretti.
Creed working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Cobretti throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Creed blocks it with crossed arms.
Cobretti throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Creed manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Creed takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cobretti blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Creed blocks the elbow strike.
Creed misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cobretti scores with a knee to the head.
Cobretti missing with knees to the body.
Cobretti tries a knee to the head but Creed blocks it.
Creed throws a head punch that misses.
Cobretti tries to land knees in the clinch but Creed avoids the damage to the body.
Cobretti creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Creed's defenses.
Still in the clinch, Creed scores with a nice short uppercut.
Creed lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cobretti backwards.
Cobretti looking to throw knees to the head but Creed is blocking nicely.
Cobretti unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Cobretti stalling in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cobretti.
A right hand to the body from Creed.
Creed lands an uppercut.
Nice elbow from Cobretti.
Cobretti misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Creed.
A short body shot lands from Creed as the two fighters clinch.
Creed trying to land knees to the body.
Creed unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cobretti lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cobretti trying to land knees to the body.
Good body shot from Creed.
Creed blocks an elbow strike from Cobretti.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Creed.
Creed lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cobretti backwards.
Creed cracks Cobretti with a nice body shot.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Creed unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cobretti lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cobretti throws an elbow but it misses.
Creed scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Creed makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Creed scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cobretti putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Creed in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Creed lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cobretti backwards.
Creed working Cobretti over with knees to the body.
A short right from Creed on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cobretti throws an elbow but misses.
Cobretti avoids the elbow strike from Creed, against the cage.
Creed looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cobretti throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Creed lands a right hand.
Cobretti throws a knee to the head but misses.
Creed lands a body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cobretti is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Cobretti avoiding damage as Creed throws knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Creed.
Cobretti misses with an elbow over the top.
Cobretti blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Creed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Apollo Creed dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Creed punishes Cobretti's body with a nice straight punch.
Creed misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cobretti tries to clinch but Creed moves out of range.
Cobretti misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cobretti with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Creed to score with a decent uppercut.
Apollo Creed is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Creed works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Creed throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cobretti.
Cobretti throws out a leg kick but Creed moves out of range and Cobretti only half commits.
Cobretti displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Creed throws out the jab.
Cobretti walks into a left hand.
Creed throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Creed scores with a jab to the jaw.
Creed avoids the head kick by Cobretti.
Creed swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Apollo Creed seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Cobretti rushes Creed and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Creed has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Cobretti misses with an elbow strike.
Cobretti unloads a knee to the mid-section. Creed lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Creed is trying to stall.
Cobretti throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Creed throws a head punch that misses.
A body shot lands from Creed.
Creed swings wildly with an uppercut but Cobretti uses good head movement to avoid it.
Creed is leaning against Cobretti and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Creed lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Creed avoids the elbow strike from Cobretti, against the cage.
Cobretti's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Creed takes an elbow to the forehead.
Creed tries to stall but Cobretti uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Cobretti comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Creed blocks an elbow strike.
Creed misses with a body punch.
Cobretti blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Creed takes an elbow to the forehead.
Creed has a couple of punches blocked by Cobretti.
Creed is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Creed misses with a punch on the inside.
Creed managing to block the knees to the body from Cobretti.
Creed tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cobretti with a knee to the head.
Cobretti trying to control the position but instead, Creed has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cobretti into the cage.
Cobretti pushes off an throws an elbow but Creed leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cobretti blocking some punches.
Cobretti effectively controlling the action here.
Creed lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Creed takes an elbow to the forehead.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cobretti.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cobretti throws an elbow but misses.
Cobretti looking to slow down the pace here.
Creed blocks an elbow strike from Cobretti.
Creed lands a body punch.
Cobretti is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Creed lands a nice elbow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Creed just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cobretti's brow.
Cobretti blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Creed fails to land.
Creed takes an elbow to the forehead.
Creed fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cobretti is trying to stall.
Creed takes a knee right on the jaw!
Marion Cobretti has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Cobretti stalling in the clinch but Creed improves position.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cobretti throws an elbow but misses.
Cobretti blocks a body shot from Creed.
Cobretti throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cobretti.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Creed cracks Cobretti with a nice body shot.
Creed managing to block the knees to the body from Cobretti.
Creed scores with a nice hook to the head.
Creed throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Creed lands with a left to the head.
Creed throws an elbow but it misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cobretti throws an elbow but misses.
Cobretti is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Creed is defending well for now.
Cobretti is trying to maintain a safe position but Creed gets an underhook and turns Cobretti into the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cobretti throws an elbow but misses.
Cobretti displaying some good clinch control by pressing Creed up against the cage.
Creed lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Creed scores with a shot to the side of Cobretti's head.
Creed tries to land knees in the clinch but Cobretti avoids the damage to the body.
Creed avoids a wild elbow strike from Cobretti.
Creed misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cobretti tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Creed avoids it.
Creed on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Creed looking to slow down the pace here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cobretti.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Cobretti is trying to stall.
Creed scores with a shoulder strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Creed tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cobretti with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Creed misses with some punches.
Creed lands a body shot in the clinch.
Creed lands a left hand.
Creed takes an elbow to the forehead.
Creed throws an elbow but it misses.
Creed doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Creed blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Creed can't find room to land a body shot as Cobretti controls the action.
Cobretti landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cobretti takes an elbow to the forehead.
Creed lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cobretti backwards.
Creed misses with a punch to the body.
A body shot lands from Creed.
Cobretti dodges an elbow strike from Creed.
Creed lands a nice uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cobretti just misses with a elbow thrown towards Creed's brow.
Creed misses with the head strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Creed wants to stall.
Nice elbow from Cobretti.
A shot in the inside from Creed.
Cobretti blocks an uppercut.
Cobretti lands an elbow just above Creed 's eye.
Cobretti using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Creed has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Apollo Creed showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

The fight stays on the outside here - Cobretti looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Creed throws a lazy head kick
and Cobretti counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

Cobretti rushes Creed and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Cobretti lands an elbow inside.
Creed misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cobretti.
Cobretti misses with an elbow over the top.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cobretti just misses with a elbow thrown towards Creed's brow.
Cobretti gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cobretti throws a knee to the head but misses.
Creed tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cobretti's elbow.
The referee calls for Cobretti to work.
Creed misses with a punch on the inside.
Cobretti misses with a knee strike.
Cobretti lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Creed working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Creed takes an elbow to the temple.
Cobretti throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cobretti lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cobretti looking to throw knees to the head but Creed is blocking nicely.
Creed lands a nice uppercut.
Creed lands a body punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cobretti lands an elbow inside.
Creed working aggressively here.
A body shot lands from Creed.
Cobretti throws an elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobretti lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Creed creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Creed managing to block the knees to the body from Cobretti.
Creed misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cobretti lands an elbow just above Creed 's eye.
Creed throws a punch but it's blocked by Cobretti.
Creed doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Creed managing to block the knees to the body from Cobretti.
Creed misses with the head strike.
Creed takes an elbow to the temple.
Cobretti blocks an uppercut.
Cobretti creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cobretti creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Creed working aggressively here.
Cobretti lands a nice knee to the body.
Cobretti trying to land knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Creed taking a breather.
Creed throws an elbow but it misses.
Cobretti lands an elbow just above Creed 's eye.
Cobretti tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Creed avoids it.
Creed on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Creed.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cobretti.
Creed dodges an elbow strike from Cobretti.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Creed gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Creed lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Creed misses with a punch on the inside.
Creed scores with a shot to the side of Cobretti's head.
Cobretti throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cobretti with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Creed is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cobretti is defending well for now.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cobretti.
Creed is trying to maintain a safe position but Cobretti gets an underhook and turns Creed into the cage.
A knee to the head by Cobretti.
Creed lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Cobretti misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Creed.
Creed lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Creed lands an elbow that stopped Cobretti in his tracks for a moment.
Cobretti using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Creed has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A head punch on the inside from Creed fails to land.
Cobretti is looking to control Creed's arms but Creed gets an underhook and turns him. Now Cobretti has his back to the cage.
Creed working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Creed lands an elbow just above Cobretti 's eye.
Cobretti lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Creed doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Creed takes an elbow to the temple.
Creed misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cobretti.
Cobretti creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Creed lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Cobretti.
Creed tries to throw a body punch but Cobretti avoids it by throwing Creed back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cobretti taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Cobretti lands a knee to the head.
Cobretti lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Cobretti tries to land a knee to the head but Creed blocks with his arms.
Creed lands a nice elbow.
Creed on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Creed.
Creed working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Creed works on Cobretti's body with a couple of short punches.
Cobretti blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cobretti lands a good knee to the midsection. Creed won't want to take too many of those.
Cobretti lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Creed doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Creed blocks an elbow strike from Cobretti.
Cobretti misses with an elbow strike.
Creed looking to slow down the pace here.
Cobretti tries to land a knee to the head but Creed blocks with his arms.
Creed digs a right hand underneath Cobretti's ribcage. Cobretti let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Creed doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Creed lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Creed avoids a wild elbow strike from Cobretti.
Cobretti misses with a knee to the head.
Cobretti with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cobretti blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cobretti tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Creed lands a nice elbow.
Creed swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Creed creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cobretti's defenses.
Creed tries to work over Cobretti's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nice elbow from Cobretti.
Cobretti misses with a knee to the head.
Cobretti is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Creed is defending well for now.
Creed gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cobretti looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Creed is trying to stall.
Creed lands a nice elbow.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Creed lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Creed takes an elbow to the temple.
Cobretti lands an elbow just above Creed 's eye.
Cobretti looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nice elbow from Creed.
Creed misses with the head strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Creed as Cobretti tries to tie him up.
Cobretti lands an elbow just above Creed 's eye.
Creed landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Creed.
Marion Cobretti has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Apollo Creed is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Creed avoids a wild elbow strike from Cobretti.
Creed lands a hook to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marion Cobretti showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Creed has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Apollo Creed!