PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Julius Lew (ranked 88 p4p, 90 weight class) and Mustafa Erdogan (ranked 10 p4p, 11 weight class). Julius Lew has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Lew
vs
Erdogan

185 cm
32
185
21 - 6 - 0

188 cm
34
195
28 - 7 - 0

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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 21 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Julius Lew!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mustafa Erdogan!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Paulo Santos and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lew throws a right hand that misses
and Erdogan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lew catches Erdogan with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The fighters circling - Lew throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Erdogan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lew wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Lew throws a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Lew takes a body punch but keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Erdogan misses with a hook. Lew ducked under it nicely.
Lew was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Lew fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A head kick misses from Lew.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Erdogan misses with an uppercut

and Lew counters with a nice right hand that sends Erdogan toppling to the canvas! Erdogan scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Lew finish him?!

Erdogan is rocked!
Lew throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Erdogan counters with a head kick.
Erdogan tries to land a front kick but Lew steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
An attempted straight right counter from Lew misses the target.
Erdogan moves out of range as Lew strikes.
Erdogan follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Erdogan on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lew takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Lew connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Lew scores with a decent looking hook.
Erdogan lands with a good body shot.
Erdogan ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Erdogan takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Lew throws a lazy uppercut
and Erdogan counters with a straight right hand.
Lew takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lew swings widly with a right hand
and Erdogan counters with a nice body shot.
Erdogan has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Lew finds it's way round the side to connect with Erdogan's head.
Erdogan throws a hook but Lew avoids it easily.
Erdogan is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Lew rather than just go for the knockout.

Lew closes the distance and clinches.
Erdogan blocks a body shot from Lew.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Erdogan.
Lew lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lew lands a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Erdogan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Lew doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Erdogan tries to throw a body punch but Lew avoids it by throwing Erdogan back against the cage.
Erdogan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stalling in the clinch from Lew.
Lew throws a punch but it's blocked by Erdogan.
Erdogan lands an uppercut.
Erdogan misses with a body punch.
Erdogan lands with a light punch inside.
Still in the clinch, Lew scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lew trying to stall but Erdogan improves his position.
Erdogan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Erdogan misses with some punches.
Lew scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lew takes an elbow to the forehead.
Erdogan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Erdogan blocks an uppercut.
Erdogan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lew avoids it.
I was talking to Lew's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Erdogan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A short right from Erdogan on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Erdogan throws a punch but it's blocked by Lew.
Erdogan has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Lew seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Erdogan can turn it around.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Lew.
Erdogan has a couple of punches blocked by Lew.
Erdogan blocking some punches.
Erdogan has a couple of punches blocked by Lew.
Erdogan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Erdogan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lew backwards.
Lew tries a body shot but Erdogan blocks it.
Erdogan lands a hook that snaps the head of Lew backwards.
Lew lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Erdogan backwards.
A right hand to the body from Lew.
Erdogan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Erdogan swings wildly with an uppercut but Lew uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lew goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Erdogan lands an elbow inside that Lew shrugs off.

It looks like Julius Lew has been cut.
Lew has a couple of punches blocked by Erdogan.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Erdogan lands a body punch in the clinch.
Lew blocks an uppercut.
Lew lands with a short shot to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Erdogan.
Erdogan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Mustafa Erdogan will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Julius Lew's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Erdogan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Erdogan scores with a nice strike.

Lew feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Erdogan sprawling to the canvas! Erdogan rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Lew finish him?!
Erdogan is still on wobbly legs! Can Lew finish him?

It looks like Mustafa Erdogan has been cut.
Erdogan throws out a loose jab but Lew uses good head movement to avoid it.
Erdogan seems to have recovered his senses.
Julius Lew is winning the standup battle so far.
Erdogan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lew.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Erdogan tries a head kick but it misses.
Erdogan connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Lew momentarily.
Erdogan with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Erdogan misses with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lew throws a series of strikes that have Erdogan backpedaling.
Lew walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Erdogan drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Lew swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Erdogan's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Julius Lew!
Our winner, Julius Lew, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.