PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Matt Llewellyn (ranked 6190 p4p, 0 weight class) and Django Freeman (ranked 4668 p4p, 0 weight class). Freeman comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Grinding all my life kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Matt Llewellyn has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Llewellyn
vs
Freeman

183 cm
25
158 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

180 cm
22
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Matt Llewellyn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Django Freeman!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Jorge Garcia and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Llewellyn shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Freeman but Freeman pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Llewellyn looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Freeman throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

Freeman clinches with his opponent.
Freeman stalling the fight.
Freeman manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Llewellyn is working for takedown but Freeman is calmly controlling the position for now.
Freeman manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Freeman stalling in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Freeman scores a nice knee to the body.
Freeman lands a good knee to the midsection. Llewellyn won't want to take too many of those.
A bit of stalling here from Freeman.

Freeman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Llewellyn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Freeman gets a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Freeman will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Llewellyn up against the cage.
Freeman lands an elbow just above Llewellyn 's eye.
Freeman taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Django Freeman.
Llewellyn fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Llewellyn. That's going to take a lot out of him.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Freeman obliges.
Freeman gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Come on Freeman - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Llewellyn has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Freeman after a bit of a struggle.

Freeman manages to break the clinch.

Freeman rushes Llewellyn and presses him up against the cage.
Freeman has Llewellyn pressed against the cage.
Freeman landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Freeman lands a nice knee to the body.

Freeman breaks from the clinch.
Freeman scores with a jab to the body.
Django Freeman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Freeman forces Llewellyn back against the cage and clinches.
Llewellyn takes a knee to the side of the body.
Freeman utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Freeman stalling the fight.
The referee calls for Freeman to work.
Freeman receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
A bit of stalling here from Freeman.
Freeman has Llewellyn pressed against the cage.
Freeman landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Freeman is struggling to control the position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Django Freeman.
Freeman scores with a push kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Freeman pushes Llewellyn up against the cage in a clinch.
Llewellyn looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Knees in the clinch landing for Freeman.
Freeman holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Freeman lands an elbow just above Llewellyn 's eye.
Llewellyn has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Freeman after a bit of a struggle.
Freeman is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Freeman slows down the pace here.
The crowd are getting on Freeman's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Freeman taking a breather.
Freeman has Llewellyn pushed against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Django Freeman.
Freeman smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
No luck for Llewellyn with that takedown attempt.
A little jabbing left from Freeman on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Llewellyn gets tackled into the cage by Freeman. Freeman maintains the clinch.
Freeman lands an elbow inside.
Freeman scores a nice knee to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Freeman.
Freeman is pushing Llewellyn up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Freeman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Freeman closes the distance and clinches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

Freeman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Freeman lands a head kick. Llewellyn smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Llewellyn fails with the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Django Freeman dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Freeman clinches up against the cage.
Freeman creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Llewellyn's defenses.

Freeman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Freeman lands with a slapping head kick.
Llewellyn fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Freeman avoids it really well and circles away.
Freeman looks to land a left hand but Llewellyn moved out of range nicely.
Llewellyn shoots in for a takedown but Freeman shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Freeman fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Llewellyn.
Nice jab there from Freeman.
Matt Llewellyn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Freeman closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Freeman with a knee to the head.
Freeman leaning his opponent against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Freeman scores a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Freeman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Freeman clinches with his opponent.

Freeman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Matt Llewellyn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Freeman misses the shot to the body.
Freeman throws a right hand that Llewellyn ducks under and follows up with a left that Llewellyn also avoids with ease.
Freeman misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Freeman takes the fight into the clinch.
Freeman connects with a nasty looking knee right to Llewellyn's face.
Django Freeman seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Freeman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Llewellyn takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Llewellyn tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Freeman swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Llewellyn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Llewellyn takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Llewellyn avoids a punch combination nicely.
Llewellyn appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Freeman throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

Llewellyn is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Freeman lands a nice hook to Llewellyn's body. Llewellyn takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Oh Llewellyn is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Freeman has Llewellyn up against the cage in a clinch.

Freeman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Freeman scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Llewellyn wants to stay close but Freeman steps back to make room for something. Llewellyn seems frozen to the spot and bam! huge swing of the leg from Freeman and Llewellyn drops like he has been shot! A huge head kick and it's all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Django Freeman!
A very excited looking Django Freeman rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.