PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mortal Zeus (ranked 4696 p4p, 4193 weight class) and AJ Llewellyn (ranked 556 p4p, 528 weight class). The key to victory for Mortal Zeus has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Zeus
vs
Llewellyn

189 cm
25
195
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
25
193
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mortal Zeus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, AJ Llewellyn!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Sam Margolis and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Llewellyn bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Llewellyn closes this distance looking for a takedown but Zeus circles away.
A slow jab from Llewellyn misses its intended target.
A shot to the liver by Zeus. Beautiful body shot.

Zeus has taken the fight to the clinch.

Llewellyn has Zeus pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Llewellyn pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Zeus tumbling to the mat - Llewellyn dives into Zeus's guard.
Llewellyn prevents Zeus from getting back to his feet.
Zeus trying to control the position.
Llewellyn not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Llewellyn stops Zeus from standing up.
Zeus looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Zeus is looking to stand up but Llewellyn isn't so interested in that idea.
Llewellyn slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Zeus bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Zeus lands a head shot.
Zeus throws a head kick that misses.
Llewellyn looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Llewellyn fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Zeus keeps the fight on the outside.
A little feinted left hand from Zeus on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Llewellyn misses with a takedown
and Zeus counters with a straight right hand.
Mortal Zeus has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of AJ Llewellyn.
Jab from Zeus.
Zeus bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Zeus scores with a punch to the head.
Zeus uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Llewellyn has time to react.
Llewellyn misses with a takedown attempt
and Zeus counters with a nice body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Llewellyn fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zeus pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Llewellyn is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Zeus with a body shot.
Llewellyn moves to clinch but Zeus breaks away
and Zeus counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jab by Zeus.
Llewellyn misses with a takedown attempt - Zeus sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Zeus connects with a single shot there.
Zeus misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Llewellyn.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zeus lands a nice hook to Llewellyn's body. Llewellyn takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Zeus is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Llewellyn defending well as Zeus loads up on a big left hand.

Llewellyn drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zeus tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Llewellyn presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!

Llewellyn is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Llewellyn!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). AJ Llewellyn!