PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Caspar Creel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luiz Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Caspar Creel has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Creel
vs
Da Silva

197 cm
25
203 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

180 cm
25
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Caspar Creel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Luiz Da Silva!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Dirk Anderson and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Da Silva gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Da Silva misses with some punches.
Da Silva lands a right hand.
Da Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Creel's elbow.
Da Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Creel backwards.
Da Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Creel.
Nice body punch from Da Silva.
Creel blocks an uppercut.
Da Silva leaning against his opponent.
Da Silva lands a shoulder strike.
Da Silva has Creel pressed against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Creel.
Our sources have told us that Creel has been working on his elbows in the gym.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Da Silva tries to work over Creel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Da Silva pushes Creel back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Creel blocking some punches.
Da Silva stalling against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Da Silva.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Da Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
Da Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Creel.
Da Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Creel controls the action.
Creel drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Da Silva gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Creel tries to pull guard but Da Silva won't allow it.
Creel is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Da Silva is keeping busy.
Da Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Da Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Creel tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Caspar Creel. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Creel prevents a body shot from Da Silva.
Da Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Creel backwards.
Da Silva lands a nice uppercut.
Da Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Da Silva lands a body shot.
Creel is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Da Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of Creel backwards.
Da Silva lands a body punch in the clinch.
Creel changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Da Silva fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Da Silva'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.
Stalling in the clinch from Da Silva.
A right handed body shot lands from Da Silva.
Da Silva lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Da Silva lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Da Silva makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Creel is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva stalls.
Creel jumps guard but Da Silva turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Da Silva pushes Creel back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Da Silva lands with a light punch inside.
Oh Creel is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Da Silva lands a body punch in the clinch.
Da Silva creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Creel's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Creel drops to his knees and Da Silva pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luiz Da Silva!