PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between AJ Llewellyn (ranked 2675 p4p, 6085 weight class) and Ted Meredith (ranked 350 p4p, 591 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Llewellyn might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Doomsday. Meredith has chosen Skinny Boys - Skinny (They Can't Get Enough) as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. AJ Llewellyn has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Llewellyn
vs
Meredith

189 cm
27
196
7 - 3 - 0

184 cm
28
185
5 - 9 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 7 - 3 - 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 5 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Ted Meredith!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Meredith throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Llewellyn.
Llewellyn bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Meredith's head backwards.
Meredith throws a lazy uppercut
and Llewellyn connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Llewellyn fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Meredith, pushing him back against the cage.

Llewellyn drags the fight down to the ground.

Llewellyn escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Meredith gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Meredith accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Meredith throws a big right hand that misses.
Meredith missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Meredith is posturing up here but Llewellyn has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Meredith tries to roll out but it's too tight and Meredith has to tap! Slick submission there by Llewellyn!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). 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.