PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joseph Ducreux (ranked 884 p4p, 1430 weight class) and AJ Llewellyn (ranked 99 p4p, 160 weight class). Llewellyn comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Doomsday kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Ducreux
vs
Llewellyn

184 cm
34
186
19 - 14 - 1

189 cm
35
196
20 - 13 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Shadow Realm Apparel
Kersikov's Vitamin Clinic (160)

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 19 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Joseph Ducreux!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, AJ Llewellyn!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Francis DeMontford and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Llewellyn throws a right hand that misses
and Ducreux counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Ducreux gets caught napping as Llewellyn dives in and scores a takedown. Ducreux manages to retain guard.
Llewellyn engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Llewellyn wants to control from the top but Ducreux keeps moving.
Llewellyn showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Llewellyn pushing down on Ducreux's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Llewellyn works his way into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Llewellyn misses with the ground and pound.
Llewellyn tries to move to mount but Ducreux blocks the move with his legs.
Llewellyn wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ducreux keeps working.

Llewellyn is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Ducreux is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The referee asks Llewellyn politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Llewellyn prefers to stall for the moment though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ducreux can't do much from the bottom here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Ducreux takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Ducreux is looking for a sweep.
Ducreux avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Llewellyn.

Llewellyn is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Ducreux looks calm but he's in trouble here. Llewellyn gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Ducreux is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Llewellyn lets go of the hold and Ducreux can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). AJ Llewellyn!
A very excited looking AJ Llewellyn made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.