PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between AJ Llewellyn (ranked 595 p4p, 129 weight class) and Kohinata Minoru Ii (ranked 79 p4p, 16 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Llewellyn might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Doomsday. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Llewellyn
vs
Minoru Ii

189 cm
36
196
22 - 13 - 0

185 cm
36
186
26 - 10 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

30th Century Beer Store

Kersikov's Vitamin Clinic (160)
NARCOS

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 22 - 13 - 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 26 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kohinata Minoru Ii!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Ryoma Takatsuka and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Minoru Ii swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Llewellyn.
Llewellyn misses with a shot to the body
and Minoru Ii connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like AJ Llewellyn has been cut.
A jab from Minoru Ii finds it's way through Llewellyn's defenses.
Llewellyn scores with a shot to the body.
Minoru Ii scores with a shot to the body.
AJ Llewellyn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Llewellyn looks to land a combination but Minoru Ii avoids it well.

Minoru Ii has Llewellyn up against the cage in a clinch.
Minoru Ii misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Llewellyn is looking to control Minoru Ii's arms but Minoru Ii gets an underhook and turns him. Now Llewellyn has his back to the cage.
Llewellyn misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Minoru Ii.
Llewellyn blocks a body shot from Minoru Ii.
Llewellyn is trying to drag Minoru Ii to the mat but Minoru Ii just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
A shot in the inside from Minoru Ii.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Stalling in the clinch from Llewellyn.
Minoru Ii lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Llewellyn backwards.
Minoru Ii goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Minoru Ii misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Minoru Ii misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Llewellyn is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Minoru Ii is defending well.
Minoru Ii is working Llewellyn over against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Minoru Ii.
Minoru Ii blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Minoru Ii presses Llewellyn against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Minoru Ii lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Llewellyn or not.
Llewellyn is breathing heavily.
Minoru Ii lands a body punch.
Minoru Ii lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Minoru Ii scores with a shot to the side of Llewellyn's head.
Minoru Ii lands with a light punch inside.
Minoru Ii has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Llewellyn seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Minoru Ii can turn it around.
Minoru Ii scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Minoru Ii goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Minoru Ii pushes Llewellyn back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Llewellyn's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Minoru Ii.
Llewellyn has a couple of punches blocked by Minoru Ii.
Llewellyn misses with a knee strike.
Llewellyn tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Minoru Ii avoids it.
Minoru Ii tries a body shot but Llewellyn blocks it.
Nice body punch from Minoru Ii.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Minoru Ii lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Minoru Ii throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Llewellyn's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Minoru Ii.
Minoru Ii digs a right hand into Llewellyn's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Llewellyn's gas tank.
Minoru Ii lands a shot to the body.
Minoru Ii scores with a shoulder strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Minoru Ii creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Minoru Ii scores with an uppercut up the middle.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Minoru Ii creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Minoru Ii scores with a nice short uppercut.
Minoru Ii lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Llewellyn misses with a hook to the ribs.
Minoru Ii lands a left hand.
Minoru Ii makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Minoru Ii lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Minoru Ii works on Llewellyn's body with a couple of short punches.
Minoru Ii digs a right hand underneath Llewellyn's ribcage. Llewellyn let out a lung full of air as it connected.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Minoru Ii creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Minoru Ii digs a right hand underneath Llewellyn's ribcage. Llewellyn let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Minoru Ii working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Minoru Ii scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A right hand to the body from Minoru Ii.
Minoru Ii scores with a shot to the side of Llewellyn's head.
Minoru Ii lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Llewellyn or not.
A short right from Minoru Ii.

Llewellyn is rocked!
Minoru Ii lands with a left to the head.
Oh Llewellyn is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Minoru Ii cracks Llewellyn with a nice body shot.
Minoru Ii throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Llewellyns head.
Minoru Ii lands a right hand that snaps the head of Llewellyn backwards.
A short uppercut from Minoru Ii.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Minoru Ii scores with a shot to the side of Llewellyn's head.
Minoru Ii lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Minoru Ii unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Llewellyn! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Minoru Ii is unloading with more strikes now! Llewellyn drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kohinata Minoru Ii!
During a confident post fight interview, Kohinata Minoru Ii thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.