PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between George Wood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eisenstein Priestley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Wood
vs
Priestley

185 cm
24
216 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
200 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Inner Fire Nutrition *Q140 Energy* $50

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, George Wood!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Eisenstein Priestley!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Alec Ball and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Priestley ducks right into an uppercut from Wood.

It looks like Eisenstein Priestley has been cut.

Priestley has taken the fight to the clinch.
Wood has a couple of punches blocked by Priestley.
Priestley is trying to stall.
Priestley slows down the pace here.
Priestley gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like George Wood has been cut.
Wood blocks an elbow strike.
Priestley is stalling here.
Wood takes an elbow to the forehead.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Priestley.
Priestley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wood lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Wood is trying to break free.
Wood swings wildly with an uppercut but Priestley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wood tries to break the clinch but Priestley is controlling the position.
A head punch on the inside from Wood fails to land.
Priestley takes a shot to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Priestley throws an elbow but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Priestley.
A short left from Wood.
Priestley prevents a body shot from Wood.
Wood lands with a short shot to the head.
Priestley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Wood.

Priestley is rocked!
Wood is trying to break free.
Priestley is still on wobbly legs! Can Wood finish him?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Priestley with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Priestley blocking some punches.
Priestley lands a damaging elbow.
Priestley seems to have recovered his senses.
Wood wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Wood misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wood struggles to land a body shot inside as Priestley controls his hands.
Priestley blocking some punches.
Priestley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wood swings wildly with an uppercut but Priestley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Priestley is struggling to control the position.
Priestley creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Priestley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wood throws a head punch that misses.

Wood turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Wood manages to end up in side control.

Wood tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Wood has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Priestley prevents Wood from moving into mount.
Wood looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Priestley is avoiding damage well.
Wood throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Wood creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Priestley sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Wood 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.
Priestley is not content to let Wood control the position.
Priestley is looking to get back to his feet here but Wood is keeping cool and he's managed to take Priestley's back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Priestley preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Wood.
Priestley rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Wood is looking to stall here but Priestley recovers full guard.
Priestley utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wood throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Priestley works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Woodis looking to pass into half guard but Priestley pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Priestley is in guard.
Priestley controlling from the top position.

Wood working for submissions but it's allowed Priestley to get to half guard.
Wood wants to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Wood dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Wood's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A slow jab from Priestley misses its intended target.
Wood misses with a looping right.
Wood bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Wood lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Priestley at a distance.
Priestley wants to clinch up but Wood keeps it at a distance.
Priestley tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wood paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wood swats away the attempt to clinch by Priestley.
Wood comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Wood lands a nice hook to Priestley's body. Priestley takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Wood fails to land with a series of punches.
Wood scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wood ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Wood cracks Priestley with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Priestley is breathing heavily.
Wood lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Wood throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Priestley drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That has opened up Eisenstein Priestley's cut even more.
Wood misses with a few strikes there.
Priestley moves out of range as Wood throws a body kick.
Wood looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
George Wood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wood stuns Priestley with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Wood moves into range and throws a big uppercut. OH! Priestley goes down! Can Wood finish him!?
Priestley utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Wood sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Priestley's guard.
Wood throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Wood frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wood lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Priestley hang on?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood throwing strikes here but Priestley is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Poor strikes thrown by Wood there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Wood has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Priestley's face.

Wood goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Priestley turns into him and now he's in Wood's guard.

Wood looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Wood looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Priestley puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Priestley in particular looking to stall.
Priestley tries to stand but can't do so whilst Wood controls his leg.
Wood is trying to control but can't.
Wood tries to get to full guard but Priestley has control of the leg.
Wood works his way to full guard. Good work.
Wood trying to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Wood striking off his back but it's not causing Priestley any problems.
Wood has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Priestley has passed into side control.
Wood manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Wood trying to mount his opponent but Priestley defends it.
Wood looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Priestley with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Priestley wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Wood dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Priestley displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wood throws out the jab.
Wood misses with a hook.
Priestley tries to close the distance and clinch but Wood swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wood tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Priestley was well out of range. Poor timing from Wood.
Wood lands a jab.
Wood wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Wood misses with a hook. Priestley ducked under it nicely.
Horrible takedown by Wood or perhaps it was just good defense by Priestley which made him look bad.
Priestley has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Priestley there as he acknowledges the shot.
Wood throws a sloppy head kick and Priestley moves out of range easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Wood tries to keep at a distance but Priestley has taken the fight into the clinch.
Priestley blocking some punches.
Priestley lands a nice elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood lands a body punch.
Priestley lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Priestley using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wood has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wood lands an uppercut.
A short left from Wood.
Wood swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wood swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wood digs a right hand underneath Priestley's ribcage. Priestley let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Priestley throws an elbow but it misses.
Wood lands a left hand that snaps the head of Priestley backwards.
Wood swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wood is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Priestley can do to turn this around?
A short body shot lands from Wood as the two fighters clinch.
Wood being controlled against the cage.
Wood dodges an elbow strike from Priestley.
Wood misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wood lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Wood tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wood tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wood lands with a light punch inside.
Priestley lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A short right from Wood.
Wood lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Wood as Priestley tries to tie him up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Priestley.
Still in the clinch, Wood scores with a nice short uppercut.
Priestley lands a damaging elbow.
Priestley pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A short right from Wood.
Wood lands with a right to the head.
Priestley stalling.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wood creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Priestley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wood lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wood blocks the elbow strike.
Wood working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wood lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Wood swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wood lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wood looking for a takedown.
With the fighters up against the cage, Priestley throws an elbow but misses.
Wood lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wood blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wood is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Priestley.
Priestley is struggling to control the position.
Wood swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Priestley prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George Wood. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wood has a couple of punches blocked by Priestley.
Priestley unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wood lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wood on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Priestley lands a knee to the body.
Priestley throws an elbow that misses.
Wood softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Wood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Priestley throws an elbow but it misses.
Priestley blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wood.
Wood lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wood goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wood has a couple of punches blocked by Priestley.
Priestley with a knee to the head.
A short body shot lands from Wood as the two fighters clinch.
Priestley tries to stall but Wood uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A short right from Wood on the inside.
Priestley pressing his opponent against the cage.
Wood swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Priestley misses with an elbow over the top.
With the fighters up against the cage, Priestley throws an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Wood on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wood lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Priestley.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wood.
Wood lands a right hand that snaps the head of Priestley backwards.
Priestley tries a knee to the head but Wood blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Wood fails to land.
Wood lands a left hand that snaps the head of Priestley backwards.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Priestley's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wood swings wildly with an uppercut but Priestley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wood lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wood lands a nice uppercut.
Priestley takes a shot to the head.
Priestley is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Wood is keeping busy.
Wood on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wood lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wood lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wood lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Wood avoids the elbow strike from Priestley, against the cage.
Wood misses with the head strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Priestley just misses with a elbow thrown towards Wood's brow.
Wood lands an uppercut.
Wood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Wood clearly takes that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Priestley is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
George Wood is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Priestley slips under a jab.
Wood throws the kick towards the body but Priestley avoids it.
Priestley looks to land a combination but Wood avoids it well.
Priestley wants to clinch.
Wood shoots for a double leg takedown but Priestley sprawls well. He's pushed Wood's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Priestley closes the distance and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Priestley lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Wood takes an elbow to the forehead.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Wood is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Priestley prevents the takedown attempt.
Wood throws a punch but it's blocked by Priestley.
Wood pushes Priestley back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Priestley prevents a body shot from Wood.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Priestley looking to throw knees to the head but Wood is blocking nicely.
Wood is trying to break the clinch but Priestley has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Priestley.
Priestley lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Wood has Priestley pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Priestley manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George Wood. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Priestley unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wood lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Priestley landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Priestley lands a knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Priestley.
Priestley unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wood lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Priestley lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wood doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wood on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Priestley comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Priestley tries to land a knee to the head but Wood blocks with his arms.
Wood pushes Priestley back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Wood presses Priestley against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short uppercut from Wood.
Priestley trying to control the position but instead, Wood has worked for underhooks and has pushed Priestley into the cage.
Priestley looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Wood swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wood swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wood lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Priestley or not.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood blocks the elbow strike.
Priestley looking to stall.
Wood lands a left hand that snaps the head of Priestley backwards.
George Wood has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Wood lands a nice shot to the body.
Priestley throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wood blocks it with crossed arms.
Wood is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Wood is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Priestley gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Priestley lands an elbow inside that Wood shrugs off.

Wood's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wood fails to land the takedown.
Wood swats away the attempt to clinch by Priestley.
Priestley fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wood takes a swing at Priestley's ribcage but misses.
Wood throws the left hand but Priestley avoids the punch easily.
Wood scores with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Priestley sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wood throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Priestley stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Wood misses with a body shot.
Wood avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wood swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Priestley counters with an inside leg kick.
Priestley is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Priestley tries to clinch but Wood moves out of range.
Wood moves out of range of the body kick.
Wood cracks a nice hook into Priestley's ribs.
Wood misses with a hook to the body

and Priestley counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Wood tries for a takedown. No joy.
Wood misses with the head strike.
Nice elbow from Priestley.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Priestley blocks an uppercut.
Priestley is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Wood is keeping busy.
Wood tries for a takedown. No joy.
Priestley blocking some punches.
Priestley connects with a nasty looking knee right to Wood's face.
Wood lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Wood doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Priestley using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Priestley lands an elbow that stopped Wood in his tracks for a moment.
Priestley lands a knee to the body.
Priestley landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Priestley tries to land a knee to the head but Wood blocks with his arms.
Wood scores with a nice hook to the head.
Priestley looking to slow down the pace here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wood.
Priestley is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Good body shot from Wood.
Wood lands a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eisenstein Priestley dominated that fourth round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Wood rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Priestley moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Priestley tries to clinch there but Wood circles away.
A big right from Wood misses.
Priestley is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wood throws an overhand right that lands on Priestley's shoulder, as Priestley tries to avoid the shot.
Priestley slips under a jab.
Wood lands a jab-cross combination.
Wood misses with a shot to the body
and Priestley counters with a nice kick to the body.
Priestley tries to clinch but Wood is having none of it.
Priestley tries to clinch there but Wood circles away.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.

Wood scores a takedown into full mount!
Wood throwing strikes but Priestley uses the opportunity to regain half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Priestley controlling the position well.
Wood wants to advance to full mount but Priestley doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Priestley keeping moving, preventing Wood from controlling successfully.
Priestley can't keep his opponent in guard - Wood advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Priestley is holding on to half guard well.
Priestley really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Wood. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Wood missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Wood passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Priestley!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Priestley squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
BOOM! Wood connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Priestley in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Priestley avoids a series of strikes thrown by Wood.
Wood throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Wood is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Wood misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Wood connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Wood is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Priestley can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Wood throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Wood throws some wild stikes that Priestley manages to avoid easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wood with good strikes from the mount here!
Wood throws some wild stikes that Priestley manages to avoid easily.
Priestley suckers Wood into throwing a sloppy strike and uses the momentum to reverse the position beautifully! Priestley is now in Wood's guard!
Wood working a defensive guard here.

Priestley avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
George Wood overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Wood trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

And that's the end of the fight!
George Wood showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Wood has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 49:45
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 49:45
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 49:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... George Wood!
George Wood retains his light heavyweight title!