PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Maxwell The Priest (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and ahbula tuhlur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). tuhlur comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Public Enemy:Fight to Power. kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! ahbula tuhlur has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

The Priest
vs
tuhlur

200 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
20
200 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Maxwell The Priest!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, ahbula tuhlur!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Priest stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and The Priest wants it to stay on the feet.
The Priest with a poor takedown

and tuhlur counters with a nice double leg into guard.
tuhlur throwing strikes but missing.
tuhlur tries to free his leg and advance position but The Priest is retaining full guard.
tuhlur looking to sit in guard and control but The Priest gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
tuhlur controls The Priest momentarily but The Priest frees himself.
tuhlur tries to land a sweep but no joy.
tuhlur working a defensive guard here.
The Priest pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. tuhlur is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
tuhlur with a lazy takedown attempt

and The Priest counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in tuhlur's guard now.
tuhlur is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
tuhlur wants to control but The Priest is keeping him busy.
tuhlur looks gassed!
The Priest regains full guard. Nicely done.
tuhlur must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
The Priest looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The Priest keeping moving, preventing tuhlur from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
tuhlur doesn't succeed with the takedown

and The Priest counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Maxwell The Priest has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of ahbula tuhlur.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The Priest is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. tuhlur doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time The Priest.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Priest moves nicely into side control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if tuhlur can do anything to dispel that myth.

The Priest thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The Priest working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
tuhlur tries to bench press The Priest off him but The Priest keeps the position.
The Priest advances nicely into full mount.
tuhlur can't escape the position.

The Priest moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, tuhlur has worked his arm free - good work by tuhlur!
tuhlur is looking for a sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
The Priest works to advance to full mount. tuhlur defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.

The Priest looking to isolate an arm here. tuhlur doesn't see it coming and as The Priest extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by The Priest!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Maxwell The Priest!