UPF-NY 11: PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bob Tassles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eliseo Seterra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Seterra has chosen My TIme Is Now as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Tassles
vs
Seterra

179 cm
18
149 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

170 cm
22
155 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Alpha-Male Nutritional Supplements (q160)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bob Tassles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eliseo Seterra!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, John Kavanagh and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tassles lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Seterra circles away quickly and effectively.
Seterra throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tassles stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Seterra tries to bum rush Tassles with a series of wild strikes but Tassles uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tassles throws a combination that misses

and Seterra moves into the clinch.
Seterra lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tassles is working for takedown but Seterra is calmly controlling the position for now.

Seterra breaks from the clinch.
Tassles shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Seterra pinned against the cage. Seterra gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Tassles lands a nice hook to Seterra's body. Seterra takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Seterra lands a nice hook to Tassles's body. Tassles takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Oooooh!!! Seterra has knocked Tassles down with a huge combo! Seterra steps away and waves a wobbly Tassles back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Tassles is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tassles scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Oh Tassles is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Seterra stuffs the takedown attempt from Tassles. Tassles gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bob Tassles. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tassles tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Seterra swivels and escapes.
Tassles misses with a few strikes there.
Tassles seems to have got his legs back now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tassles misses with a two punch combination.
Tassles doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

Tassles drives through with a takedown into Seterra's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

Seterra is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Seterra is trying to push Tassles away but Tassles has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Tassles is trying to drag Seterra to the mat but Seterra just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Tassles has Seterra pressed against the cage, preventing Seterra from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Seterra lands with a light punch inside.
Seterra lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Seterra gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Tassles.
Tassles has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Seterra is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seterra gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Tassles.

Seterra breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Seterra stuffs the takedown.
Seterra fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Seterra fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Tassles looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Tassles throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Seterra counters with a right hand to the body.
Tassles is breathing heavily.
Seterra misses with a jab, cross combination.
A punch combination from Seterra misses.
Tassles lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Tassles shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Seterra as he avoids it easily.
Seterra misses with a wild combination.
Bob Tassles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Tassles.

Seterra lands a left and a right that send Tassles crashing to the mat, dazed. Seterra thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tassles looks to land a right hand but Seterra moved out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Tassles. Those never looked like landing.

Seterra cracks Tassles with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Seterra has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Tassles to stand back up!
Seterra is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Tassles rather than just go for the knockout.
Tassles finds himself stumbling back on wobbly legs after being clipped by a right hand. He's up against the cage, ducking and weaving under Seterra's strikes but an uppercut finds it's way through and Tassles falls! - He's completely out of it and the ref jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eliseo Seterra!
An intense looking Eliseo Seterra took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'Wazzup New York?!!!! I'm a new kid here. Thank you for the welcome. Feed me more! Thank you guys!'.

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RATING
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Undercard bout

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Matti Ciechu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karl Pilkington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matti Ciechu has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Ciechu
vs
Pilkington

167 cm
22
162 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

172 cm
25
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Big heart

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Matti Ciechu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Karl Pilkington!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Steve Montenegro and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Pilkington closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Pilkington lands in his opponent's guard.
Ciechu is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Pilkington throwing strikes but missing.

Ciechu is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Pilkington is aware though and is defending well.
Ciechu keeping moving, preventing Pilkington from controlling successfully.
Pilkington postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Pilkington connects with a couple of short punches.
Ciechu is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Pilkington distracts Ciechu with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Pilkington postures up and lands a big shot to Ciechu's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ciechu controls Pilkington momentarily but Pilkington frees himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pilkington connects with a couple of short punches.
Pilkington is working Ciechu over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Pilkington working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Pilkington stays in close to Ciechu's body and controls the position.
Ciechu not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Pilkington trying to control the position from guard on top but Ciechu is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pilkington lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pilkington looking to pass the guard.
Ciechu could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Ciechu looking to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ciechu keeping moving, preventing Pilkington from controlling successfully.
Ciechu looking to hit a scissor sweep but Pilkington is one step ahead there.
Pilkington trying to control but Ciechu is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Pilkington shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Pilkington trying to control the action but Ciechu is working from the bottom.
Ciechu taking some punishment here, with Pilkington in his half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Pilkington connects with a nice short shot to Ciechu's temple.
Pilkington slows the pace down in half guard.
Pilkington moves nicely into side control.
Ciechu dodges the ground and pound from Pilkington.
Pilkington has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ciechu can't do much from the bottom here.

Pilkington tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Pilkington has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Pilkington wants to control but Ciechu is keeping him busy.
Ciechu looks to move to half guard but instead Pilkington has passed into mount! Damn!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pilkington looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ciechu is wriggling around trying to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karl Pilkington dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A head kick from Pilkington lands but Ciechu takes it in his stride.
Ciechu fails with the takedown

so Pilkington counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Ciechu working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Pilkington.
Pilkington lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Pilkington distracts Ciechu with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ciechu wants to sweep but no luck.
Pilkington pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ciechu is keeping the position for now.
Ciechu being controlled here, momentarily.
Ciechu trying to control the position.
Pilkington wants to control from the top but Ciechu keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ciechu isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Pilkington stacks Ciechu on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Pilkington!
Ciechu tries to improve position but can't.
Pilkington cracks Ciechu with a big elbow.
Pilkington working the ground and pound from side control.
Pilkington lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Ciechu down.
Ciechu is trying to control Pilkington's posture but Pilkington avoids it.
Ciechu is letting Pilkington control him for a moment.
Pilkington working the ground and pound from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ciechu taking punishment in the form of punches.

Ciechu is rocked!
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!
Ciechu regains half guard.
Oh Ciechu is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ciechu moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Ciechu seems to have got his legs back now.
Ciechu wants to sweep but no luck.
Ciechu keeping moving, preventing Pilkington from controlling successfully.
Pilkington controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Pilkington scoring with punches to the head and body.
Ciechu controls Pilkington momentarily but Pilkington frees himself.
Pilkington with a nice head shot there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pilkington missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Pilkington lands a couple of digs.
Pilkington postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Ciechu keeping moving, preventing Pilkington from controlling successfully.
Pilkington is looking to work some ground and pound but Ciechu has wrist control.
Ciechu is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Ciechu keeping moving, preventing Pilkington from controlling successfully.
Pilkington landing some decent shots from guard.
Pilkington has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ciechu tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Pilkington lands a couple of elbows.

Ciechu is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Pilkington is aware though and is defending well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pilkington scoring with some ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pilkington pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ciechu is keeping the position for now.
Pilkington postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pilkington content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Pilkington with a nice head shot there.
Ciechu trying to control the position.
Ciechu being controlled here, momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karl Pilkington showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Pilkington is really turning it up, unleashing another crisp combination which drops Ciechu like a ton of bricks! The referee dives in to stop the fight, saving Ciechu from another fist facial!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Karl Pilkington!

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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between George St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Fury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Pierre comes to the cage accompanied by Make Smash Ya Tap!. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

St Pierre
vs
Fury

175 cm
35
185 lbs
18 - 12 - 0

178 cm
21
190 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Experienced

Good wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

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 18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, George St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nick Fury!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Chad Campbell and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fury fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
St Pierre throws a right and a left that Fury avoids nicely.
Some wild striking there from Fury.

Fury is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in St Pierre's half guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Fury stops St Pierre from getting back to his feet.
Fury is just content to waste time from the top position. St Pierre takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
St Pierre avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
St Pierre trying to control the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Fury accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Fury in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
St Pierre is looking to stand up but Fury isn't so interested in that idea.
St Pierre seems keen to control Fury's posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fury is in close to St Pierre's body, working some short punches and elbows.
St Pierre keeping moving, preventing Fury from controlling successfully.
Fury trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Fury cracks St Pierre with a solid left hand.
Fury throwing strikes but missing.
St Pierre utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Fury keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of St Pierre's head.
St Pierre is trying to control the position but Fury postures up.
Fury with a flurry of punches that miss.
Fury wants to control from the top but St Pierre keeps moving.
Fury looking to pass the guard.
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.
Fury wants to control from the top but St Pierre keeps moving.
Fury stops St Pierre from standing up.
Fury must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Fury throws a strike but St Pierre rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells St Pierre's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
St Pierre working some strikes from top position.
St Pierre engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
St Pierre landing with the ground and pound.
Fury throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
St Pierre lands a couple of digs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Fury will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Fury utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
St Pierre is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
St Pierre keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Fury's head.
Fury striking off his back but it's not causing St Pierre any problems.
St Pierre throwing strikes from guard but Fury blocks nicely.
Fury throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
St Pierre is pushing down on Fury's leg trying to pass to half guard. Fury is fighting to maintain full guard but St Pierre has managed to sneak the leg through.
Fury blocking the ground and pound attempt from St Pierre.
St Pierre 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.

St Pierre is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Fury is looking to escape.

Fury makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
St Pierre avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Fury shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Fury showed some decent athleticism there.
Fury thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed St Pierre's head.
Fury throwing shots but St Pierre is blocking nicely.
Fury lands with a punch from half guard.

St Pierre has one foot on Fury's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Fury will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fury feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits St Pierres jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Fury looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Fury shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Fury looks winded!
Fury lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Fury loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Fury dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Fury lands the left hand.

Fury gets a takedown into half guard.
Fury is thwarting St Pierre's attempts to control the position.
Fury trying to advance position but St Pierre counters by regaining guard.
Fury wants to pass the guard but St Pierre is keeping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fury throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as St Pierre works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Fury wants to stand but St Pierre is controlling his posture from full guard.
Fury throws a strike but St Pierre rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fury throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Fury wants to get back to his feet but St Pierre is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Fury lands with a heel strike from the guard.
Fury wants to stand and escape but St Pierre is having none of it.
St Pierre landing with the ground and pound.
St Pierre cracks Fury with a solid left hand.
St Pierre with a nice head shot there.
St Pierre distracts Fury with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
St Pierre postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Nick Fury has got the better of the ground game so far.
St Pierre working some strikes from top position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St Pierre postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
St Pierre stops Fury from standing up.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Fury can do anything to dispel that myth.

St Pierre decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Fury, up you get!
No joy there for Fury, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
No luck for St Pierre with that takedown attempt.
St Pierre ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
St Pierre fails with a takedown attempt.
St Pierre tries to clinch up but Fury circles away and keeps his distance.
George St Pierre is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fury displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from St Pierre.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George St Pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Fury drives through with a takedown into St Pierre's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Fury wants to pass the guard but St Pierre is keeping the position.
St Pierre is adopting a defensive guard.
Fury working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fury loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Fury prevents St Pierre from getting back to his feet.
Fury with a flurry of punches that miss.
Fury landing with the ground and pound.
Fury looking to sit in guard and control but St Pierre gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Fury doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
St Pierre lands a couple of digs.
St Pierre trying to control the position from guard on top but Fury is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fury striking from the bottom here.
Fury tries to land a sweep but no joy.
St Pierre lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fury wants to sweep but no luck.
St Pierre trying to control the position from guard on top but Fury is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fury throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fury has momentary wrist control but St Pierre slips an elbow through the middle.
St Pierre is in close to Fury's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Fury looking for a sweep. Not yet Fury, not yet.
Fury really doesn't want to stay on the ground with St Pierre. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Fury tries to strike from the bottom.
St Pierre is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
St Pierre with a nice head shot there.
Fury is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst St Pierre is controlling him.
Fury is breathing heavily.
St Pierre working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Fury wants to sweep here but St Pierre controlling him for the moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fury wants to stand up but St Pierre is controlling him.
Fury striking off his back but it's not causing St Pierre any problems.
St Pierre trying to control the position from guard on top but Fury is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that George St Pierre will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

St Pierre shoots in but Fury avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Nick Fury seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
St Pierre misses with a body shot.
St Pierre thows a body shot but no joy.
St Pierre throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

St Pierre looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
St Pierre postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Fury is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
St Pierre preventing the sweep.
St Pierre makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Fury is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst St Pierre is controlling him.
St Pierre stands up over Fury, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
St Pierre lands a couple of digs.
St Pierre advances position into side control!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fury is trying to buck St Pierre off.
Fury takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fury takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
St Pierre lands a few punches from side control.
St Pierre scoring with punches and elbows.
Fury is trying to get back to his feet.
Fury is looking to regain half guard here but St Pierre keeps moving and retains side control.
St Pierre landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
St Pierre working the ground and pound from side control.
St Pierre cracks Fury with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Fury is looking for a sweep.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
St Pierre wants to control but Fury is keeping him busy.
Fury is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
St Pierre has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Fury!
St Pierre blocks Fury's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre landing strikes from the mount.

Fury is rocked!
St Pierre postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Fury badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of St Pierre around the waist but St Pierre pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! St Pierre is the winner by TKO! St Pierre jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). George St Pierre!

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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
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Co-main event

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ramon Pardoel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Fire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pardoel's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Trouble. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Pardoel
vs
Fire

182 cm
25
163 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

167 cm
26
155 lbs
12 - 18 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Experienced

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ramon Pardoel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 18 - 1, fighting out of New York, Tommy Fire!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Columbo Gatti and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fire fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Pardoel avoids it really well and circles away.
Pardoel closes the distance but Fire moves to the side

and Fire counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Fire breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fire closes this distance looking for a takedown but Pardoel circles away.

Fire darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Pardoel is trying to maintain the position but Fire is very close to passing his half guard.
Pardoel wants to get back to full guard.
Fire stops Pardoel from getting back to his feet.
Pardoel is trying to get back to full guard.
Fire controlling the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fire lands strikes from half guard.
Pardoel knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Fire on the ground.
Pardoel is looking to control Fire's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Pardoel avoid being mounted?
Fire stops Pardoel from getting back to his feet.
Fire drops an elbow to the side of Pardoel's head.
Fire content to control rather than advance.

Fire is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Pardoel doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Fire.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pardoel is looking to improve his position.
Fire sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pardoel wants to control but Fire passes into side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fire gets to mount! Pardoel was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Pardoel is wriggling around trying to escape.
Pardoel is breathing heavily.
Fire controlling the pace for now.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Pardoel wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Fire biding his time, looking for the opening.
Fire is not going to allow Pardoel to sit and survive in this position.
Fire softening up his opponent with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Fire 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 Pardoel with him. Pardoel is trying to defend but Fire has an arm under the chin now! Pardoel grimaces and is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Tommy Fire!
Tommy Fire decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
33%

Main event

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tim Sin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aiden Asylum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sin
vs
Asylum

199 cm
28
260 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

205 cm
33
284 lbs
19 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tim Sin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Aiden Asylum!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Franklyn Lucas and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sin takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Asylum tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Asylum defending well as Sin loads up on a big left hand.
Asylum explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Asylum throws a nice inside leg kick.
Asylum tries a head kick but it misses.
Sin misses the body punch
and Asylum counters with a slapping leg kick.
Sin ducks right into an uppercut from Asylum.
Asylum throws a head kick but Sin moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Asylum throws a sloppy head kick
letting Sin counter with a right hand.
Asylum throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Asylum takes a swing at Sin's ribcage but misses.
Asylum takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sin scores with a hook.
Asylum tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Asylum throws a lazy head kick
and Sin counters with a nice body shot.
Asylum looks winded!
Sin lands with a good body shot.
Asylum tries a head kick but it misses.
Asylum takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sin. Asylum does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sin cracks Asylum with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Asylum looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Sin finish him?

Asylum is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Asylum slips a straight right by Sin.
Sin takes a swing at Asylum's ribcage but misses.
Sin loads up on a big right hand but Asylum slips the punch.
Asylum throws a head kick but Sin moves out of range.
Sin throws a big shot that misses.
Sin misses with a body kick.
Sin missing with a left hand there. Asylum was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Asylum displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sin throws out the jab.
Sin avoids the head kick by Asylum.
Sin connects with a body shot.
Sin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Asylum takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Sin works Asylum's body with a nice hook.
Sin scores with a body shot.
Asylum drops his hands for a split second and Sin immediately capitalizes on the opportunity by smashing a powerful hook into Asylum face, sending his mouthguard sailing through the air, much to the delight of the crowd. Sin follows up with a right hand that knocks Asylum into next week. He's out cold and this fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Tim Sin!
Tim Sin retains his heavyweight title!
A victorious Tim Sin thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.