PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dylan Llewellyn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and The Future (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Future has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Dylan Llewellyn's chin.

Llewellyn
vs
Future

203 cm
24
178 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

181 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

The Knot
Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dylan Llewellyn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, The Future!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shirou Masuda and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Llewellyn closes the distance and pushes Future back into the cage.
Future is trying to maintain a safe position but Llewellyn gets an underhook and turns Future into the cage.

Llewellyn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Future uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Llewellyn has time to react.
Future lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Future throws out a loose jab but Llewellyn uses good head movement to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Future.
Future waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Llewellyn.
Future throws a lazy right hand but Llewellyn sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Future connects with a body shot that sends Llewellyn's belly button to the back.
Future lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Future just misses with a punch to the body.
Horrible takedown attempt by Llewellyn or perhaps it was just good defense by Future, which made it look bad.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Llewellyn gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Llewellyn leaning against his opponent.
Future tries to break free but Llewellyn pushes him back against the cage.
Future is trying to stall.
Llewellyn landing knees to the body.
Llewellyn controlling the action here for a moment.
Future wants to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Llewellyn's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Llewellyn ducks under a wild hook from Future.
Llewellyn tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Future manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Future tries to keep at a distance but Llewellyn has taken the fight into the clinch.

Llewellyn decides to pull guard.
Future preventing the sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Llewellyn is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Future defends well.
Future is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Future trying to control but Llewellyn is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Future controls from within his opponent's guard.
Future must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Llewellyn looking to control.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Llewellyn wriggles free and stands up.
Future lands a jab to the head.
Llewellyn fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Future avoids it really well and circles away.
Future throws a body shot but no joy.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Future cracks Llewellyn with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Future dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Future lands a body shot.
Llewellyn looks to land a right hand but Future moved out of range.
Llewellyn ducks under a wild hook from Future.
Future missing with a left hand there. Llewellyn was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Future scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A jab lands there for Future.
Llewellyn is looking to clinch.
Future misses with a looping left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head kick misses from Llewellyn.
Future throws a hook to the side of Llewellyn's head but Llewellyn sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Llewellyn moves out of range of the strikes.

Llewellyn gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Llewellyn slowing the pace effectively.
Future looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Llewellyn pulls Future into guard.
Future pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Llewellyn is keeping the position for now.
Llewellyn really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Llewellyn is trying to control the position but Future postures up.
Future is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Llewellyn wants to stand and escape but Future is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Llewellyn wants to sweep here but Future controlling him for the moment.

Llewellyn looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Future slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Future dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Llewellyn wants to clinch up but Future keeps it at a distance.
Future throws an off balance right hand
and Llewellyn counters with a flying knee. Nice.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Llewellyn walks into a straight right hand from Future.
Llewellyn slips under a jab.
Llewellyn shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Future as he jumps to the side.
Future scores with a body shot.
Future leaves Llewellyn with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Llewellyn tries to clinch but Future moves out of range.
Future lands a jab to Llewellyn's midsection.
Future looks to land a right hand but Llewellyn moved out of range.
Llewellyn fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dylan Llewellyn. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Future looks to score with a jab to the body but Llewellyn is just out of range.
Llewellyn looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Future swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Future lands with a nice body punch.
Llewellyn looks for a takedown but Future sprawls well.
Llewellyn walks into a jab.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Future lands a slapping body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Future lands with a nice body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Future showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Future stalks Llewellyn and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Llewellyn's face. Llewellyn staggers backwards, shaken.
Future misses with a few strikes there.
Future circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fighters circle momentarily. Future darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Future keeps the fight on the outside.
Llewellyn wants to clinch.
Future takes a swing at Llewellyn's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Future throws a shot from downtown. Llewellyn moves away and avoids it.
Future avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Future looks to throw the jab but Llewellyn is out of range.
Future lands with a cross.
Llewellyn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Future lands the left hand.
Future keeps the fight on the outside.
Future throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Llewellyn is rocked!
Future lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Oh Llewellyn is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Future comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Future stuns Llewellyn with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Future circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Llewellyn to the canvas! Llewellyn doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Future keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). The Future!
An out of breath The Future thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.