PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Maxwell The Priest (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dante Jericho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

The Priest
vs
Jericho

200 cm
24
205 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

183 cm
23
205 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dante Jericho!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jericho throws the left hand but The Priest avoids the punch easily.
Jericho fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Jericho as The Priest shoots in.
Jericho wants to clinch.
Dante Jericho seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Priest shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Jericho defends it nicely.
Jericho tries to clinch up.
Jericho pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jericho tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but The Priest paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jericho lands with a straight right. The Priest didn't see that one coming.
Jericho tries to close the distance and clinch up but The Priest swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jericho is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jericho tries to clinch up.
Jericho throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The Priest avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jericho misses with a hook.
Jericho is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by The Priest.
The Priest is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Jericho.
The Priest avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jericho throws a jab when The Priest was well out of range.
The Priest has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Maxwell The Priest. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A punch combination from Jericho misses.
Jericho is looking to clinch but The Priest is avoiding it.
Jericho is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Jericho goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Priest keeps the fight on the outside.
Jericho throws a hook but The Priest avoids it easily.
The Priest avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jericho tries to clinch but The Priest is having none of it.
Jericho tries to clinch there but The Priest circles away.
Jericho fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jericho throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jericho is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jericho is looking to clinch but The Priest is avoiding it.
Left hook, right uppercut from Jericho.
Jericho tries to close the distance and clinch but The Priest swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The Priest swats away the attempt to clinch by Jericho.
Dante Jericho is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Priest tries to score a power double leg takedown but Jericho sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten The Priest somewhat.
Jericho misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from The Priest.
Jericho tries to clinch up.
The Priest ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jericho throws a nice looking combination but The Priest bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The Priest slips under a jab.
Jericho tries to clinch but The Priest is having none of it.
Jericho is looking to clinch but The Priest is avoiding it.
Jericho lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The Priest avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
A combination from Jericho does no damage.
Jericho misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from The Priest.
Jericho is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The Priest avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The Priest showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jericho.
Jericho tries to clinch up.
Jericho fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jericho tries to clinch up but The Priest circles away and keeps his distance.
Jericho missing with a left hand there. The Priest was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jericho will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Jericho wants to clinch up but The Priest keeps it at a distance.
The Priest circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jericho tries to clinch but The Priest is having none of it.
Jericho lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but The Priest circles away quickly and effectively.
Jericho displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Jericho misses with a series of wild punches.
Jericho throws a right and a left that The Priest avoids nicely.
Nice sprawl there from Jericho as The Priest shoots in.
Jericho is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jericho moves in looking to clinch but The Priest pushes him off.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Jericho looks to land a combination but The Priest avoids it well.
Jericho throws a series of punches but The Priest avoids them all with ease.
Jericho tries to clinch up.
Jericho fails to land with a series of punches.
Jericho is looking to clinch.
Jericho keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Jericho waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract The Priest.
Jericho fails in his attempt to clinch.
The Priest closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jericho circles away.
Jericho tries to close the distance and clinch but The Priest swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jericho misses with an uppercut.
Jericho looks to score with a jab to the body but The Priest is just out of range.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Jericho scores with a three punch combo!
Jericho tries to clinch up.
Jericho tries to clinch but The Priest moves out of range.
Jericho wants to clinch up but The Priest keeps it at a distance.
Jericho is looking to clinch but The Priest is avoiding it.
Jericho misses with a wild combination.
The Priest shoots in for a takedown but Jericho shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Jericho tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but The Priest paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Some wild striking there from Jericho.
Jericho tries to clinch up.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Jericho takes a swing at The Priest's ribcage but misses.
The Priest fails with the takedown.
Jericho tries to clinch but The Priest moves out of range.
Jericho tries to clinch but The Priest is having none of it.
The Priest fails with the takedown.
Some wild striking there from Jericho.
Jericho tries to clinch up.
Jericho tries to clinch there but The Priest circles away.
Jericho tries to clinch up.
Jericho throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jericho is working the combinations to good effect here.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Jericho moves in looking to clinch but The Priest pushes him off.
Jericho tries to close the distance and clinch up but The Priest swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jericho throws a right and a left that The Priest avoids nicely.
The Priest swats away the attempt to clinch by Jericho.
Jericho swinging wildly here.
Jericho tries to clinch there but The Priest circles away.
Jericho fakes high and swings low for a body shot but The Priest manages to avoid it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jericho lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but The Priest circles away quickly and effectively.
Jericho loads up on a big right hand but The Priest slips the punch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jericho looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dante Jericho dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Jericho misses with the combination.
The Priest dodges the punch combination from Jericho.
Jericho is looking to clinch but The Priest is avoiding it.
Jericho throws a right hand that The Priest ducks under and follows up with a left that The Priest also avoids with ease.
Jericho tries to clinch up.
Jericho tries to clinch up but The Priest circles away and keeps his distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jericho is looking to clinch.
Jericho moves in looking to clinch but The Priest pushes him off.
The Priest swats away the attempt to clinch by Jericho.
The Priest swats away the attempt to clinch by Jericho.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jericho is looking to clinch.
Jericho looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jericho tries to clinch but The Priest moves out of range.
The Priest shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jericho but Jericho pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jericho tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but The Priest paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jericho is looking to clinch but The Priest is avoiding it.
Jericho thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jericho swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A slow jab from Jericho misses its intended target.
Jericho tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but The Priest paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Jericho tries to clinch but The Priest is having none of it.
Jericho throws a series of punches but The Priest avoids them all with ease.
Jericho throws a hook but The Priest avoids it easily.
Jericho misses with a few strikes there.
The Priest circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jericho tries to close the distance and clinch but The Priest swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jericho tries to close the distance and clinch up but The Priest swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The Priest dives in and grabs Jericho's left leg, looking for a takedown. Jericho pushes down on The Priest's head and hops out.
Jericho is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jericho is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The Priest avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jericho looks to land a combination but The Priest avoids it well.
Jericho looks to throw the jab but The Priest is out of range.
Jericho tries to close the distance and clinch up but The Priest swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A combination from Jericho does no damage.
Jericho misses with a straight right.
Jericho is looking to clinch.
Jericho tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but The Priest paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jericho misses with a jab, cross combination.
The Priest avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jericho looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jericho wants to clinch up but The Priest keeps it at a distance.

That's four 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.
Jericho fails to land with a series of punches.
The Priest shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Jericho as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Maxwell The Priest. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jericho tries to clinch up.
Jericho fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jericho tries to clinch up but The Priest circles away and keeps his distance.
Jericho tries to clinch but The Priest is having none of it.
Jericho tries to clinch up.
Jericho fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jericho tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but The Priest paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jericho is looking to clinch but The Priest is avoiding it.
Jericho tries to clinch there but The Priest circles away.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
The Priest ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jericho tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but The Priest paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jericho tries to clinch but The Priest moves out of range.
Jericho fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jericho tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but The Priest paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jericho fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jericho throws a series of punches but The Priest moves out of range.
The Priest slips a jab and a cross from Jericho.
Jericho tries to clinch there but The Priest circles away.
Jericho tries to bum rush The Priest with a series of wild strikes but The Priest uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The Priest keeps the fight on the outside.
Jericho rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but The Priest moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dante Jericho is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jericho wants to clinch.
The Priest shoots in but Jericho avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Jericho wants to clinch up but The Priest keeps it at a distance.
Jericho tries to close the distance and clinch but The Priest swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The Priest uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jericho.
Jericho swinging wildly here.
Jericho misses with a two punch combination.
Jericho tries to close the distance and clinch up but The Priest swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Jericho lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Jericho.
The Priest swats away the attempt to clinch by Jericho.
Jericho wants to clinch.
The Priest changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Jericho tries to avoid it but The Priest manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Jericho to the ground. Jericho escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
The Priest will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jericho is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jericho looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jericho misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Jericho swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The Priest circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jericho looks to land a left hand but The Priest moved out of range nicely.
The Priest shoots in for a double leg but Jericho sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Jericho misses with a wild combination.
Jericho throws a looping overhand right but The Priest ducks down to avoid it.
The Priest shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jericho as he jumps to the side.
Jericho missing with a left hand there. The Priest was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jericho is looking to clinch.
Jericho tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but The Priest paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Jericho, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The Priest circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jericho tries to clinch up but The Priest circles away and keeps his distance.
Jericho is looking to clinch.
The Priest fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jericho throws a big shot that misses.
Jericho is looking to clinch but The Priest is avoiding it.
Jericho throws the left hand but The Priest avoids the punch easily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jericho moves in looking to clinch but The Priest pushes him off.
Jericho is looking to clinch but The Priest is avoiding it.
Jericho swinging wildly here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dante Jericho comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Jericho has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Andi Peters scores the fight for Dante Jericho!
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight for Dante Jericho!
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight for Dante Jericho!

Dante Jericho wins by unanimous decision!