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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between AJ Llewellyn (ranked 2386 p4p, 2627 weight class) and I Am Jewish (ranked 285 p4p, 304 weight class). Llewellyn comes to the cage accompanied by Doomsday. I Am Jewish acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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13 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Powerful |
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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 17 - 12 - 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 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, I Am Jewish!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Robert Douchet and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jewish scores with a leg kick.
Jewish thumps Llewellyn with a low kick.
Jewish lands with a cross.
Jewish lands a leg kick that knocks Llewellyn off balance momentarily.
Jewish swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jewish pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Llewellyn avoids the body shot from Jewish.
Llewellyn is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Jewish.
Jewish misses with a hook.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Jewish - that will leave a mark!
Jewish lands with a nice body punch.
Jewish fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Llewellyn blocks a jab.
Llewellyn tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Jewish swivels and escapes.
Jewish throws a nice inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jewish throws a lazy uppercut
and Llewellyn connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jewish chopping away at his opponent's legs.
We've been informed that Jewish has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Jewish fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Llewellyn has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A slow jab from Jewish misses its intended target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jewish misses the shot to the body.
Llewellyn throwing a counter right hand but Jewish manages to avoid it.
Jewish lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Jewish throws a lazy head kick
and Llewellyn counters with a single leg into guard. Jewish didn't expect that.
Llewellyn tries to free his leg and advance position but Jewish is retaining full guard.
Llewellyn passes Jewish's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Llewellyn takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Jewish trying to hold on to Llewellyn's head to control him but Llewellyn postures up.
Llewellyn wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jewish keeps working.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Llewellyn wants to pass to mount but Jewish is defending the position.
Llewellyn with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Llewellyn thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jewish's head.
Llewellyn seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Llewellyn is trying to control the action in half guard but Jewish is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Llewellyn moves into full mount! Jewish won't be happy about that!
Llewellyn controlling his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Llewellyn is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Jewish has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Llewellyn looking to control and managing it successfully.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Jewish can do anything to dispel that myth.
Llewellyn trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Llewellyn sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Llewellyn is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Jewish is working to get back to half guard.
Llewellyn landing strikes from the mount.
A nice elbow there by Llewellyn.
Llewellyn lands a couple of good shots and Jewish has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Llewellyn is working the ground and pound. Can Jewish escape?
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that AJ Llewellyn will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Jewish connects with a body shot that sends Llewellyn's belly button to the back.
Jewish throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Llewellyn sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jewish misses with a double jab
and Llewellyn counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jewish is rocked!
Jewish chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jewish ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Llewellyn moves away.
Jewish's jab looks to have found its range, popping Llewellyn under the eye.
Jewish misses with a body kick.
Jewish is looking to chop away at Llewellyn's legs.
Llewellyn half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Llewellyn is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Jewish thows a body kick. Llewellyn tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Llewellyn goes for a double leg but Jewish avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Jewish continues to drive forward.
Llewellyn tries to pull guard but Jewish forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jewish pushes Llewellyn back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jewish lands a left hand that snaps the head of Llewellyn backwards.
Llewellyn breaks the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jewish fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Jewish's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Llewellyn connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Jewish scrambles back to his feet.
Jewish is still on wobbly legs! Can Llewellyn finish him?
I Am Jewish is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Jewish.
I Am Jewish seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jewish throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Llewellyn changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Jewish swinging wildly here.
As Jewish tries to get set, Llewellyn tries to push him back and clinch up but Jewish manages to avoid the attempt.
Jewish misses with a hook to the body
and Llewellyn counters with a big right hand! Oh Jewish is in trouble here! Llewellyn follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). AJ Llewellyn!
A victorious AJ Llewellyn thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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