PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jonathan Lewis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Valadez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Lewis might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to FOZZY - Sandpaper (Featuring M Shadows). The key to victory for Jonathan Lewis has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Lewis
vs
Valadez

173 cm
26
155 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

170 cm
25
160 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jonathan Lewis!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, David Valadez!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valadez circles away from the clinch attempt.

Valadez gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Lewis lands a hook to the side of the head.
Valadez tries to pull guard but Lewis won't allow it.
Valadez has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Lewis is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Valadez goes for a takedown in the clinch but Lewis prevents it.
Jonathan Lewis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Valadez.
Lewis scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Valadez has Lewis pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Lewis manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Valadez is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Lewis gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Valadez breaks from the clinch.
Lewis cracks Valadez with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Lewis connects with a body shot.
Lewis doesn't manage to clinch there - Valadez circles away.
Valadez fails with a takedown attempt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab from Lewis finds it's way through Valadez's defenses.
Lewis connects with a crisp jab.
Valadez takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Decent striking displayed by Lewis there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Valadez scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Lewis dodges the ground and pound from Valadez.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Lewis tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Valadez wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Lewis managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Valadez.
Valadez wants to stand but Lewis is controlling his arm.
Valadez looks winded!
Lewis regains half guard there - taking advantage of Valadez's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Valadez throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Lewis slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Valadez preventing the sweep.
Valadez throwing strikes from guard but Lewis blocks nicely.
Lewis is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lewis pulls Valadez in close to his closed guard and prevents Valadez from doing any damage or advancing position.
Lewis looking for a sweep. Not yet Lewis, not yet.
Lewis controls Valadez momentarily but Valadez frees himself.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Valadez is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Valadez landing some decent shots from guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Valadez throwing strikes from guard but Lewis blocks nicely.
Lewis is trying to keep Valadez in close.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lewis looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Lewis is trying to control the position from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Jonathan Lewis.
Lewis connects with a good right hand that stumbles Valadez. Valadez circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

Lewis rushes Valadez and presses him up against the ropes.
A head punch on the inside from Lewis fails to land.
Good body shot from Lewis.
Lewis prevents the takedown attempt.
Still in the clinch, Lewis scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lewis lands with a right to the head.
Valadez drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A right handed body shot lands from Lewis.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lewis prevents a takedown attempt there.
Lewis lands a right hand that snaps the head of Valadez backwards.
Valadez is trying to break the clinch but Lewis is controlling him.
Valadez looking for a takedown.
Lewis lands with a light punch inside.
Lewis throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Valadezs head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lewis.
Lewis lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Lewis scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lewis lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Lewis works on Valadez's body with a couple of short punches.
Lewis works on Valadez's body with a couple of short punches.
Valadez misses with a punch on the inside.
Lewis lands a body shot.
Lewis lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Valadez backwards.
Lewis is working Valadez over against the ropes.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Lewis lands a body shot in the clinch.
Lewis lands a left hand.
Lewis scores with a shoulder strike.
A shot in the inside from Lewis.
Lewis lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right from Lewis on the inside.

Valadez is rocked!
A right hand to the body from Lewis.
Lewis lands a body shot in the clinch.
Lewis lands with a left to the head.
Valadez is still on wobbly legs! Can Lewis finish him?
Lewis digs a right hand underneath Valadez's ribcage. Valadez let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Valadez seems to have recovered his senses.
Lewis is leaning against Valadez and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A right hand to the body from Lewis.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lewis lands a nice shot to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lewis.
Lewis lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Lewis is pressed up against the ropes. Valadez has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Lewis down to the mat. Lewis avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Lewis drops Valadez with a naaaaasty hook - Valadez is in real trouble here! Lewis dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jonathan Lewis!
Jonathan Lewis retains his lightweight title!
An out of breath Jonathan Lewis thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.