PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between AJ Llewellyn (ranked 888 p4p, 802 weight class) and Yaya Kouame (ranked 129 p4p, 114 weight class). Llewellyn comes into the arena with Doomsday blaring out of the sound system. Kouame is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by 2Pac - All Eyez On Me. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Llewellyn
vs
Kouame

189 cm
31
196
14 - 7 - 0

189 cm
23
185
10 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Conviction
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, AJ Llewellyn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yaya Kouame!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Trevor Gratis and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kouame misses with a straight left.
Llewellyn feinted with a counter takedown.

Kouame closes the distance and pushes Llewellyn back into the cage.
Llewellyn lands a knee to the body.
Llewellyn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kouame will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Llewellyn up against the cage.
Kouame tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kouame.
Kouame lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Llewellyn backwards.
Llewellyn looking for a takedown.
Llewellyn prevents a body shot from Kouame.

Llewellyn turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Llewellyn manages to end up in side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kouame gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Kouame is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Llewellyn can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Kouame is looking to escape.
Kouame is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
We've been hearing that Llewellyn has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Llewellyn working for a guillotine from mount but Kouame is in no mood to give up.
Llewellyn wants to control the pace but Kouame is squirming around nicely.
Llewellyn lands with some strikes.
Kouame wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Llewellyn lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Llewellyn lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Kouame hang on?
Llewellyn scoring with strikes but Kouame is staying in there.
Llewellyn landing strikes, looking to finish!
Llewellyn scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Llewellyn lands a heavy elbow.
Llewellyn with good strikes from the mount here!
Kouame really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Llewellyn. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Llewellyn lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Kouame is rocked!
Llewellyn postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Kouame bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Llewellyn and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). AJ Llewellyn!
AJ Llewellyn thanked the fans post fight for their support.