PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Apollo Creed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Habbibi Uleh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Creed might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to James Brown - Living in America. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Habbibi Uleh enters the cage!

Creed
vs
Uleh

188 cm
19
210 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

177 cm
25
193 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

HeavyWeight Designs
Raw Edge Gear (R.E.G)

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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 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Apollo Creed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Habbibi Uleh!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Winston Howard and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Creed lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Sloppy strikes from Creed. Those never looked like landing.
Creed will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Creed missing with a left hand there. Uleh was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Creed lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Creed.
Creed fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Uleh looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Uleh throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Creed takes a swing at Uleh's ribcage but misses.
Creed dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Uleh's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Creed connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Uleh scrambles back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Left hook, right uppercut from Creed.
Creed ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Uleh moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Creed misses with a left hand

and Uleh counters by moving into the clinch.
Creed stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Uleh is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Creed stops a takedown attempt from Uleh.
Creed stops a takedown attempt from Uleh.
Apollo Creed has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Habbibi Uleh.
Uleh is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Uleh drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Uleh is working for takedown but Creed is calmly controlling the position for now.
Uleh looks gassed!

Creed's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Uleh ducks right into an uppercut from Creed.
Creed thuds a left hand into Uleh's body.
Apollo Creed seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Creed keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Uleh fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Creed throws out a loose jab but Uleh uses good head movement to avoid it.
Creed throws the left hand but Uleh avoids the punch easily.
Creed keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Creed takes a swing at Uleh's ribcage but misses.
Creed scores with a nice right hand.
Creed is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Creed is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Uleh walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Creed's corner calls for a 1-2. Creed obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Uleh fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Creed to the ground. Uleh is now in Creed's guard.
Uleh wants to control from the top but Creed keeps moving.
Uleh stops Creed from standing up.
Creed on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Creed tries to get out of the position.
Creed avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Uleh loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Creed working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Uleh.
Creed is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Uleh must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Uleh postures up in Creed's guard and throws a big left but Creed blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Creed wants to stand and escape but Uleh is having none of it.
Uleh throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Creed works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Uleh not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Uleh throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Creed works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Uleh is looking to work some ground and pound but Creed has wrist control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Uleh loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Creed keeping moving, preventing Uleh from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Apollo 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.

Uleh is looking to clinch.
Creed lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Creed looks to score with a jab to the body but Uleh is just out of range.

Uleh looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Creed!
Creed is trying to stand up.
Uleh landing strikes from the mount.
Uleh throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Uleh throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Uleh unloads with some shots from mount but Creed bucks and avoids them well.
Uleh prevents Creed from getting the reversal.
Uleh scoring with strikes but Creed is staying in there.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Uleh working the ground and pound effectively.
Uleh misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Uleh lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Uleh fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Creed is wriggling around trying to escape.
Uleh lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Creed hang on?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Uleh with a couple of short strikes.
Uleh with shots to the head and body - Creed looks very uncomfortable down there.

Creed is rocked!
Creed tries to hold on but Uleh pushes him away.
Uleh lands a big elbow - Creed is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Creed is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Habbibi Uleh!