PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michael Jai White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eisenstein Priestley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jai White
vs
Priestley

180 cm
24
187 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

185 cm
28
200 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Michael Jai White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Eisenstein Priestley!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Trevor Gratis and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White moves in looking to clinch but Priestley pushes him off.
White feints and then cracks Priestley's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Priestley down.
Priestley throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

White gets a clinch.
Priestley tries to land knees in the clinch but White avoids the damage to the body.
White has Priestley pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Priestley manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Priestley working White over with knees to the body.
White working Priestley over with knees to the body.

White lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.

White is working for a submission of some sort.
Priestley keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
White thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
White landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Priestley avoiding damage under a succession of punches from White.
White thows a huge punch but Priestley dodges it nicely.
Priestley wants to improve his position but White is controlling well.
White throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
White missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Priestley on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
White thows a huge punch but Priestley dodges it nicely.
White landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
White not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
White thows a huge punch but Priestley dodges it nicely.
White wants to take a breather but Priestley is having none of it.
White thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Priestley's head.
White thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Priestley wants to get back to full guard.
White trying to pass the guard but Priestley defending well.
Priestley on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
White seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Priestley does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
White has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White thows a huge punch but Priestley dodges it nicely.
White seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Priestley does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
White working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Priestley's thigh. Priestley counters though and makes it back to full guard.
White throwing strikes but missing.
White connects with a couple of short punches.
White trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
White wants to control from the top but Priestley keeps moving.
White missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
White with a flurry of punches that miss.
White wants to control from the top but Priestley keeps moving.
Priestley is looking to stand up but White isn't so interested in that idea.
Priestley utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
White thows a big elbow that misses.
White scoring with punches to the head and body.
Priestley keeping moving, preventing White from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Jai White dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

White bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
White lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Priestley misses with a wild combination.
White thows a leg kick but Priestley checks it
and White takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
White lands a nice looking kick to the body. Priestley takes a step back to recover.
Priestley throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
White tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Priestley misses with an uppercut

and White counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
White using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Priestley is breathing heavily.
White is working for takedown but Priestley is calmly controlling the position for now.
White with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
White lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Eisenstein Priestley has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
White lands an elbow inside that Priestley shrugs off.
White lands an elbow just above Priestley 's eye.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from White.
White lands an elbow just above Priestley 's eye.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. White obliges.
White unloads a knee to the mid-section. Priestley lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Priestley prevents a takedown attempt there.
White lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
White lands an elbow inside that Priestley shrugs off.
Priestley takes an elbow to the forehead.
White has Priestley pushed against the cage.
White unloads a knee to the mid-section. Priestley lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
White using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Priestley has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nice elbow from White.
Knees in the clinch landing for White.
White comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

White wants the takedown. Priestley is fighting it off but White persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Priestley's guard against the cage.
White working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
White stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Priestley swivels though and keeps the full guard.
White postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White trying to control the position from guard on top but Priestley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
White slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
White postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.

White tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no White has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

White is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Priestley is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
White creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Priestley sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
White working the body and head with strikes.
White throws an elbow but Priestley slips to the side and avoids it well.
White working the ground and pound but Priestley is defending the strikes.
White working the ground and pound.
White throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Priestley works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White thows a huge punch but Priestley dodges it nicely.
Priestley is trying to stand back up but White is controlling him

White seems to be working for a kimura but Priestley defends the submission attempt.

White has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Priestley defend it? White steps over the head and cranks it - Priestley is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for White!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Michael Jai White!