PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Pawlikowski (ranked 3334 p4p, 3794 weight class) and Judas Priest (ranked 501 p4p, 0 weight class). Priest has chosen Jiří Procházka Battle Scream as his entrance music. Daniel Pawlikowski has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Pawlikowski
vs
Priest

175 cm
29
210
11 - 22 - 0

185 cm
41
224
9 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Good knees
Very quick

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 11 - 22 - 0, fighting out of London, Daniel Pawlikowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Judas Priest!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Daniel Bishop and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pawlikowski blocks a head kick by Priest.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Pawlikowski avoiding damage.
Priest has Pawlikowski pushed against the cage.
Priest lands with a left to the head.
Priest tries a knee to the head but Pawlikowski blocks it.
Priest lands with a short head shot on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The referee calls for Priest to work.
Pawlikowski has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Priest lands a shoulder strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Priest lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pawlikowski backwards.
Priest lands with a light punch inside.
Priest lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Priest will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Pawlikowski up against the cage.
Priest lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short right from Priest on the inside.
Priest presses Pawlikowski against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Pawlikowski is looking to break free of the clinch but Priest has double underhooks.
Pawlikowski jumps guard but Priest stands there with Pawlikowski around his waist. Pawlikowski gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Pawlikowski jumps guard but Priest turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Priest.
Priest is pushing Pawlikowski up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Priest stalling in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Priest creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Pawlikowski is trying to break free.
Priest lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Priest throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pawlikowski wants to stall.
Pawlikowski wants to take the fight to the mat but Priest manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daniel Pawlikowski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A short left from Priest.
Pawlikowski is looking to control Priest's arms but Priest gets an underhook and turns him. Now Pawlikowski has his back to the cage.
Priest lands an uppercut.
Pawlikowski dodges an elbow strike from Priest.
We've been informed that Priest has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Nice body punch from Priest - that landed with a thud.
Pawlikowski takes a shot to the head.
Priest lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pawlikowski backwards.
Priest lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Priest lands a nice shot to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Priest.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Priest working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pawlikowski is trying to maintain a safe position but Priest gets an underhook and turns Pawlikowski into the cage.

Priest lands an uppercut that drops Pawlikowski! Priest follows him to the canvas looking to finish.

Pawlikowski is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Priest tries to advance to mount but can't.
Oh Pawlikowski is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Priest happy to just control the position for now.
Pawlikowski seems to have got his legs back now.
Priest wants to lay and pray for a moment but Pawlikowski keeps working.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Priest is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Pawlikowski is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Judas Priest dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Pawlikowski tries a head kick but it misses.
Priest drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Pawlikowski defends it well.

Priest moves into range and clinches up with Pawlikowski.
Pawlikowski avoiding damage as Priest throws knees to the body.
Priest working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Priest.
A short uppercut from Priest.
Priest lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pawlikowski tries to pull guard but Priest forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Pawlikowski blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pawlikowski looking for a takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pawlikowski misses with a punch to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Priest.
Priest pushes Pawlikowski back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Priest lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Priest lands with a light punch inside.
Priest has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Priest lands a big left hand right to the temple and Pawlikowski goes down!
Priest wants to control but Pawlikowski is keeping him busy.

Priest wants to work for an arm triangle but Pawlikowski is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Priest tries to pass the half guard into mount. Pawlikowski knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Pawlikowski tries to get to full guard but Priest has control of the leg.
Priest is looking to take a break and control but Pawlikowski is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Priest frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pawlikowski is squirming around, avoiding Priest's attempts to control the action.
Pawlikowski reaches up to try and control the position but Priest seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Pawlikowski rolls and tries to escape and now Priest has his back!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pawlikowski is in bad spot here.
Priest gets his hands free as Pawlikowski looks to control.
Pawlikowski rolls, trying to escape but Priest keeps control of the position.
Priest has good solid back control here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Pawlikowski showing good submission defense here.
Priest is not going to allow Pawlikowski to sit and survive in this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pawlikowski tries to break free.
Pawlikowski trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Judas Priest has got the better of the ground game so far.
Priest trying to control.
Priest is riding his opponent, not letting Pawlikowski buck him off.
Well, with Priest on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Pawlikowski is tapping out... Can he escape the position?
Pawlikowski wants to get back to his feet.

Priest is working for the choke. I would put my money on him to finish from this position. He's rolled onto his back and has dragged Pawlikowski with him. Pawlikowski is trying to defend but Priest has an arm under the chin now! Pawlikowski grimaces and is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Judas Priest!
Our winner, Judas Priest, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.