PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Henri Jospin (ranked 1793 p4p, 2627 weight class) and Thomas Bolleke (ranked 242 p4p, 332 weight class). Jospin comes to the cage accompanied by In The Air Tonight. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jospin
vs
Bolleke

192 cm
35
218
22 - 18 - 1

195 cm
38
205
31 - 20 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Fast

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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 22 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Henri Jospin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 20 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thomas Bolleke!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Gwen Towbar and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jospin moves away from the strike by Bolleke.
Bolleke loads up on a big right hand but Jospin slips the punch.
Jospin will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Bolleke has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Jospin takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Bolleke getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Bolleke moves out of range as Jospin strikes.
Jospin misses with a wild body shot.
Jospin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bolleke moves into range and connects with a jab.
Bolleke steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jospin.
Jospin lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bolleke at a distance.
Jospin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Some bone on bone action there as Bolleke checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
And Bolleke tries to counter it with a takedown but Jospin pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Bolleke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And Bolleke tries to counter it with a takedown but Jospin pushes his down on his head and steps out.
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!
Jospin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bolleke.
Bolleke throws a shot to the body.
Bolleke misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jospin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bolleke feints the counter takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jospin avoids the body shot from Bolleke.
A big right from Bolleke misses.
A head kick misses from Jospin.
Bolleke tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Jospin misses with a straight left.
Jospin misses with a leg kick

and Bolleke counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Jospin has Bolleke pulled in close to control his posture.
Jospin avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bolleke stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jospin swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Jospin has momentary wrist control but Bolleke slips an elbow through the middle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jospin pulls Bolleke in close to prevent any damage.
Bolleke looking to pass the guard.
Bolleke sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Jospin's guard.
Jospin trying to control here.
Bolleke thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Bolleke missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bolleke not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bolleke thows a huge punch but Jospin dodges it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jospin holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Bolleke throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Bolleke winds up and cracks Jospin with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Bolleke wants to work for an arm triangle but Jospin is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Bolleke is trying to control the action in half guard but Jospin is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Bolleke is working for a submission of some sort.
Bolleke seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Jospin does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Bolleke working over Jospin with some ground and pound. Jospin looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jospin avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bolleke.
Jospin wants to improve his position but Bolleke is controlling well.
Jospin is not content to let Bolleke control the position.
Bolleke scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Bolleke has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bolleke stalling.
Jospin avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bolleke.
Jospin tries to get to full guard but Bolleke has control of the leg.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Bolleke dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A lazy left from Bolleke finds it's target.
Bolleke throws a lazy right hand but Jospin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Thomas Bolleke seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jospin listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Bolleke has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A telegraphed right hand from Jospin misses the target.
Bolleke closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jospin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bolleke throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Jospin to counter with a crisp jab.
Bolleke ducks under a wild hook from Jospin.
Bolleke feints the counter takedown.
Jospin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jospin scores with the left hand. Bolleke knows he should have avoided that one.
Jospin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bolleke misses with a looping right.
A big left from Bolleke misses.
Bolleke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Bolleke closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Jospin's guard.
Bolleke is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bolleke stopping the sweep attempt from Jospin.
Jospin is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Bolleke wants to improve his position but Jospin is controlling well.
Jospin trying to control the action but Bolleke is working from the bottom.
Bolleke tries to roll over but Jospin keeps him under control.

Bolleke with the active half guard here but Jospin passes nicely into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jospin is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Bolleke tries to improve position but can't.
Bolleke keeps trying to improve his position.
Jospin advances to mount.
Bolleke is looking to improve his position but Jospin isn't that keen on the idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jospin tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Jospin prevents Bolleke from getting the reversal.
Thomas Bolleke has got the better of the ground game so far.
Jospin takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Jospin tries to control but Bolleke wriggling away.
Bolleke is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Bolleke is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Jospin controlling the pace for now.
Bolleke manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Jospin controlling the action here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jospin is pressing down on Bolleke's thigh, looking to free his foot. Bolleke is holding on for now.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Henri Jospin dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Bolleke uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jospin.
Bolleke misses with a body shot.
The fighters circling - Bolleke throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jospin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Nice shot lands for Bolleke.
Jospin jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Jospin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jospin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bolleke.
Jospin will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Bolleke drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Jospin defends it well.
A low kick from Jospin is predictable there

and Bolleke decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Jospin's guard.
Bolleke throwing strikes from guard but Jospin blocks nicely.
Bolleke missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bolleke postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Jospin keeping moving, preventing Bolleke from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bolleke is fighting to break Jospin's control of his arms but Jospin is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

Bolleke postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Jospin is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Bolleke, into his guard.

Bolleke looking to control.

Bolleke looking for a guillotine here but Jospin defends easily.
Bolleke working a defensive guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bolleke wants to hit a sweep here but Jospin passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Bolleke there!
Jospin trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Bolleke is wriggling around trying to escape.
Bolleke manages to regain half guard. Good work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bolleke regains full guard. Nicely done.
Jospin pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bolleke is keeping the position for now.
Bolleke manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Jospin manages to get himself to full guard.

Bolleke loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bolleke controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Jospin is adopting a defensive guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bolleke landing some decent shots from guard.

Bolleke has gone for a leg lock! Jospin slips out almost immediately though and dives into Bolleke's guard.

Jospin wants to control from the top but Bolleke keeps moving.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bolleke is on top in guard.

Bolleke stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jospin swivels though and keeps the full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thomas Bolleke comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bolleke has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thomas Bolleke!
Thomas Bolleke seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.