PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Apollo Creed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryuhaku Todoh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Creed
vs
Todoh

188 cm
18
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

172 cm
18
154 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Apollo Creed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ryuhaku Todoh!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, John Mangel and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Creed lands a nice shot that snaps Todoh's head back.
A head kick misses from Todoh.
Creed keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Creed avoids the head kick by Todoh.
Creed stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Todoh pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Todoh takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Creed closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Creed.
Todoh tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Todoh is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Todoh looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Todoh doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Todoh working hard to break the clinch.
Todoh misses with the head strike.
Creed lands a hook that snaps the head of Todoh backwards.
Todoh stalling in the clinch but Creed improves position.
Creed presses Todoh against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Todoh trying to control the position but instead, Creed has worked for underhooks and has pushed Todoh into the cage.
A short right from Creed on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Todoh misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Creed.
Creed lands a nice uppercut.
Todoh goes for a takedown in the clinch but Creed prevents it.
Creed dodges an elbow strike from Todoh.
Todoh is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Creed pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Creed stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Todoh looks gassed!
Todoh is trying to force a seperation but Creed has the dominant position.
Creed lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Creed scores with a nice short uppercut.
Creed is trying to break the clinch but Todoh is controlling him.
Todoh throws an elbow but it misses.
Creed lands a left hand.
Nice body punch from Creed - that landed with a thud.
Creed dodges an elbow strike from Todoh.
Todoh tries a body shot but Creed blocks it.
Creed blocking some punches.
Todoh is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Creed is keeping busy.
Creed lands a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Creed.
Todoh misses with some punches.
Todoh working hard to break the clinch.
Creed lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Creed gets through Todoh's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Todoh has Creed pressed against the cage, preventing Creed from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Creed lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Todoh.
Creed lands a body punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Creed lands a right hand that snaps the head of Todoh backwards.
Creed lands a nice shot to the body.
Creed scores with a shot to the side of Todoh's head.
Todoh keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Creed's efforts to push away.
Creed stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Creed lands a body punch in the clinch.
Creed throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Creed.
A frustrated look appears on Creed's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Todoh looking to slow down the pace here.
Creed lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Creed is trying to push Todoh away but Todoh has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Todoh trying to land knees to the body.
Good body shot from Creed.
Nice body punch from Creed.
Creed lands a shoulder strike.
A frustrated look appears on Creed's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Todoh with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Creed gets through Todoh's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Creed scores with a hook to the body.
Creed lands a body punch in the clinch.
Creed tries to break free but Todoh pushes him back against the cage.
Creed lands a body punch in the clinch.
Creed lands a body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Creed creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Creed has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Creed manages to break the clinch.
Creed lands a nice looking body shot.
A right-left combo lands from Creed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Creed moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Creed lands a big right hand that sends Todoh crashing to the mat! Creed stays standing though and waves Todoh back to his feet!

Todoh is rocked!
Apollo Creed is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Creed fakes the body blow, causing Todoh to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Todoh goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Apollo Creed!