PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Orlando Creed (ranked 3422 p4p, 417 weight class) and Jack Holer (ranked 2988 p4p, 381 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Creed
vs
Holer

182 cm
21
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

184 cm
21
182 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Orlando Creed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jack Holer!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holer wants to clinch up but Creed keeps it at a distance.
Holer bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Creed's head backwards.
Holer throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Creed sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Holer misses with a double jab
and Creed counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Holer throws a lazy uppercut
and Creed cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A big left from Holer misses.
Holer throws a body punch but Creed moves out of range.
Holer throws a hook but Creed avoids it easily.
Creed will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Creed connects with a nice looking jab.
Creed looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Holer looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Creed keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Creed looks to throw the jab but Holer is out of range.
Creed jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Holer has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Creed thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Creed is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Holer.
Creed blocks a jab.
Creed swinging wildly here.
Holer lands with a hook. Creed tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Holer jabs at Creed's body.
Creed swings for the body but Holer moves out of range.

Holer moves into the clinch successfully.
Holer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Holer misses with a body punch.
Creed blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Creed.
Holer takes a shot to the head.
Creed tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Holer's elbow.
Creed stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Creed.
Creed tries to work over Holer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Creed as the two fighters clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Creed.
Creed misses with a hook from the clinch.
Creed misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Creed pushes Holer back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Holer lands an uppercut.
Holer blocks a body shot from Creed.
A right handed body shot lands from Creed.
Creed lands a right hand that snaps the head of Holer backwards.
Creed lands a shot to the body.
Holer tries to work over Creed's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Creed tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Creed tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Holer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Creed misses with a punch to the body.
Creed swings wildly with an uppercut but Holer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Creed tries to work over Holer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Creed blocks an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Holer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Creed struggles to land a body shot inside as Holer controls his hands.
Creed can't find room to land a body shot as Holer controls the action.
Holer has a couple of punches blocked by Creed.
Creed blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Creed blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Creed escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Holer jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Decent striking displayed by Creed there.
Creed moves out of range as Holer strikes.
A shot to the liver by Holer. Beautiful body shot.
Creed sizes up Holer with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Creed just misses with a punch to the body.
Holer swings for the body but Creed moves out of range.
Holer takes a swing at Creed's ribcage but misses.
Creed throws a head kick that misses.
Holer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Creed.
Holer steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Creed.
Holer throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Holer moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holer uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Creed has time to react.
Holer throws a nice looking combination but Creed bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Holer misses with a series of wild punches.
Creed darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Creed tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Holer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Holer with a hook.
Holer misses with a jab to the body
and Creed counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Holer misses with a straight right.
Creed throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Holer misses with a hook
and Creed counters with a nice body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Holer tries to close the distance and clinch but Creed swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
It looked like Creed was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Holer.
Creed ducks right into an uppercut from Holer.
Creed looks to throw the jab but Holer is out of range.
Holer now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Orlando Creed will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Holer misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Creed counter with a right hand.
Creed jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Creed tries a head kick but it misses.
Creed lands a slapping body shot.
Creed misses with a hook.
Holer swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Creed throws a head kick that misses.
Orlando Creed is winning the standup battle so far.
Creed throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Holer digs a good body shot into Creed's ribs.
Creed misses with a straight left.
Holer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Holer tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Creed manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A looping hook to the body misses from Holer. Creed does a little dance to reset his feet.
Creed connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Holer gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Holer misses with a body shot
and Holer takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Holer throws a hook to the side of Creed's head but Creed sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Creed tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Holer was well out of range. Poor timing from Creed.
No joy there for Holer, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Creed ducks under a wild hook from Holer.
Holer avoids the body shot from Creed.
Creed scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Creed thows a left - swing and a miss!
Creed throws a series of punches but Holer avoids them all with ease.
Holer slips a straight right by Creed.
Holer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Creed scores with a nice head shot.
Holer misses with an uppercut.
Creed is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Holer.
Creed takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Creed walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Jack Holer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Creed throws a body shot but no joy.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Creed lands with a good body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Creed throws a predictable looking body shot
and Holer counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Creed keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Holer.
Holer swings widly with a right hand
and Creed counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Holer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Creed was well out of range. Poor timing from Holer.
Creed takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Holer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Holer misses with a body shot.
Holer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Holer bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A swing and a miss from Creed.
Holer scores with a jab to the jaw.
Holer throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Creed holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Holer misses with the head strike.
Creed working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Creed goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Holer blocks a body shot from Creed.
A short right from Creed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holer has a couple of punches blocked by Creed.
Holer works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Holer tries a body shot but Creed blocks it.
Creed lands a body punch in the clinch.
Orlando Creed has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Creed lands a right hand that snaps the head of Holer backwards.
Holer throws a head punch that misses.
Holer misses with a punch on the inside.
Holer misses with some punches.
Holer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short body shot lands from Creed as the two fighters clinch.
Holer lands with a light punch inside.
Creed lands a body shot.
Holer tries to throw a body punch but Creed avoids it by throwing Holer back against the cage.
Holer misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Creed.
Holer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Holer misses with a body punch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Holer.
Holer is leaning against Creed and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Creed misses with a hook to the ribs.

Creed breaks the clinch.
Creed throws a right hand that misses
enabling Holer to counter with a crisp jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
No joy there for Creed, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Holer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Holer works the jab nicely.

Creed is rocked!
Holer lands a body shot.
Creed missing with a left hand there. Holer was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Holer! But no joy.
Creed avoids a punch combination nicely.
Holer bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Creed's head backwards.
Oh Creed is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Holer fakes the body blow, causing Creed to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Creed goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jack Holer!
Jack Holer really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that XFighter Clothing logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.