PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Bolleke (ranked 3741 p4p, 2302 weight class) and Judas Priest (ranked 0 p4p, 118 weight class). Priest has chosen Jiří Procházka Battle Scream as his entrance music. 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.

Bolleke
vs
Priest

195 cm
45
197
35 - 28 - 2

185 cm
44
224
14 - 12 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Solid boxing
Good chin

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 35 - 28 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thomas Bolleke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Judas Priest!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Priest connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Bolleke looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Priest ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

Priest decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Bolleke wants to stand back up but Priest manages to pass into side control.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

Priest wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Bolleke, who protects the arm well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Priest wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Bolleke, who protects the arm well.
You can see the frustration on Bolleke's face as Priest controls the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Priest has hold of Bolleke's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Bolleke tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Priest cranks the arm and Bolleke screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Bolleke, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Judas Priest!
After winning the bout, Judas Priest thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.