Learning to grow at their own pace is something that can never be measured in any length of time no matter how long a fighter has been with a single organization. In today’s episode of Across The Pond, you will meet a sizzling shore firecracker ratcheting up the room thermostat at flyweight for Cage Fury Fighting Championships. A professional mixed martial artist since December 2022 and representing Dante Rivera BJJ, Jerry Lleshi sports a 5-1 record in six outings consisting of two submissions, one knockout and two decisions. He has spent his entire career as a professional MMA fighter with Cage Fury Fighting Championships. Lleshi also fought for Cage Fury Fighting Championships as an Amateur before turning professional. He has spent his whole tenure in the United States. Both of his decision wins have resulted in a unanimous verdict. Lleshi has finished three out of his five total victories over the course of his time inside the professional ranks.
In his second appearance under the Cage Fury Fighting Championships banner at CFFC 117, he submitted Guilherme Crossi in the first round via rear-naked choke. Lleshi defeated Mardin Velasquez via unanimous decision at CFFC 128. Then at CFFC 134 at a catchweight of 128 pounds, he defeated Jacob Romano via TKO in round two to notch his lone knockout win as a professional. Lleshi defeated Gage Mitchell at CFFC 144 via unanimous decision to pick up his second decision victory as a professional.
In the opening main card contest of CFFC 152, he submitted Safar Akhmadov via rear-naked choke in the first round to score the second submission win of his professional career in addition to securing his third finish. He also earned his fifth overall win as a professional mixed martial artist in the process. If given an opportunity to use his strengths, be it his hands or the ground grindstone, Lleshi is a prospect whose sharp tools of a craftsman’s creative choice of an always eating trade at large portions and simmering fire will fuel his next stage of liftoff!