PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Mica (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that John Mica has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily John Mica seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Mica
vs
St Pierre

178 cm
24
165 lbs
7 - 3 - 1

178 cm
24
180 lbs
8 - 3 - 1

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Experienced

Good wrestler
Brawler
Knockout power

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, John Mica!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, George St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Yves DeLean and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

St Pierre drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Mica tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but St Pierre wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
St Pierre working the head and body with strikes.
Mica is breathing heavily.
Mica is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
St Pierre controlling the position from side mount.
Mica tries to improve position but can't.
St Pierre works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
St Pierre scoring with punches from side control.
St Pierre creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
St Pierre landing a few strikes.
St Pierre lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre lands a nice forearm strike.
St Pierre trying to control the action but Mica is working from the bottom.
St Pierre is putting a hurting on Mica here, landing some big shots from side control.
St Pierre is chipping away with strikes.
Mica taking punishment in the form of punches.
Mica is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
St Pierre is chipping away with strikes.
Mica regains half guard.
St Pierre is taking a breather. Mica says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
St Pierre drops an elbow to the side of Mica's head.
St Pierre perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
St Pierre winds up and cracks Mica with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre is nestled in close to Mica, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
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. St Pierre connects with a nice short shot to Mica's temple.
St Pierre drops an elbow to the side of Mica's head.
St Pierre lands strikes from half guard.
Mica has hold of St Pierre's hands but St Pierre slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
St Pierre winds up and cracks Mica with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Mica wants to improve his position but St Pierre is controlling well.
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. St Pierre connects with a nice short shot to Mica's temple.

Mica looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and St Pierre pushes past his half guard into mount!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, St Pierre cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
St Pierre fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
St Pierre working the ground and pound effectively.
St Pierre landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre breaks from Mica's wrist control and lands an elbow.
A nice elbow there by St Pierre.

Mica is rocked!
St Pierre landing strikes, looking to finish!
Oh Mica is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
St Pierre with a couple of short strikes.
St Pierre landing shots from mount.
St Pierre scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Mica?
Mica taking shots to the head.
St Pierre tries to control but Mica wriggling away.
St Pierre working away from the top, dropping strikes.
A nice elbow there by St Pierre.
St Pierre lands a big shot there that rocks Mica but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
St Pierre raining down shots from the mount!
St Pierre controlling from mount.
Mica seems to have got his legs back now.
St Pierre with shots to the head and body - Mica looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre breaks from Mica's wrist control and lands an elbow.
St Pierre has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Mica's face.
St Pierre working Mica over with strikes here.
Mica tries to reverse the position but St Pierre maintains control.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, St Pierre cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
St Pierre dominating with strikes here.
St Pierre scores with a couple of good head shots there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St Pierre punishing his opponent with strikes.
St Pierre controlling his opponent.
St Pierre landing strikes from the mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
St Pierre with a couple of short strikes.
St Pierre dominating with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George St Pierre 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.

Mica fails with an attempt to clinch.

St Pierre scores with a takedown into Mica's guard.
St Pierre content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
St Pierre lands a couple of decent looking shots.
St Pierre is working Mica over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
St Pierre lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Mica is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
St Pierre landing with the ground and pound.

St Pierre gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Mica takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nice uppercut there from St Pierre.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

St Pierre looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
St Pierre looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mica tries to roll over but St Pierre keeps him under control.
St Pierre slips a nice elbow through Mica's hands, connecting with Mica's forehead.
Mica taking some punishment here, with St Pierre in his half guard.
St Pierre works his way into side control.
St Pierre scores with punches from side control.
Mica is working to avoid the ground and pound but St Pierre connects with a decent elbow.
St Pierre scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Mica to see if he's OK.
Mica taking a bit of punishment here - St Pierre scoring with strikes.
St Pierre cracks Mica with a big right hand but Mica just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
St Pierre works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
St Pierre landing a few strikes.
St Pierre works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Mica is trying to improve his position.

That's two 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.
Mica taking punishment in the form of punches.
Mica taking punishment in the form of punches.
St Pierre wants to control but Mica is keeping him busy.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
St Pierre shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from St Pierre.

Mica closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Mica is sneakily working for an arm triangle but St Pierre sees it coming and defends easily.
Mica trying to advance position but St Pierre counters by regaining guard.
St Pierre working a defensive guard here.
Mica stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. St Pierre swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mica stopping the sweep attempt from St Pierre.
St Pierre striking off his back but it's not causing Mica any problems.
St Pierre looking to hit a scissor sweep but Mica is one step ahead there.
George St Pierre has got the better of the ground game so far.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

St Pierre gets the takedown into side control.
Mica takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Mica tries to get back to half guard but can't.
St Pierre lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mica tries to get back to half guard but can't.
St Pierre landing a few strikes.
Mica takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
St Pierre trying to control the action but Mica is working from the bottom.
St Pierre lands a decent elbow from side control.
St Pierre is chipping away with strikes.
St Pierre connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Mica some visible discomfort.
St Pierre working the body and head with strikes.
Mica tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but St Pierre wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
St Pierre in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Mica taking punishment in the form of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George St Pierre showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Mica takes one on the button.
St Pierre keeps the fight on the outside.
St Pierre scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
St Pierre scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Mica takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Mica drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
St Pierre lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Excellent takedown into side control there by St Pierre.
Mica is trying to work for a sweep but St Pierre has mounted him!
St Pierre looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
St Pierre pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
St Pierre with a couple of short strikes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
St Pierre landing strikes, looking to finish!
Mica is looking to get to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee warns Mica that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Mica is bucking up trying to escape but St Pierre cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
BOOM! St Pierre connects with a massive shot to the dome!
St Pierre working the ground and pound effectively.
Mica really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Mica is bucking up trying to escape but St Pierre cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Mica is looking to improve his position but St Pierre isn't that keen on the idea.
St Pierre with a couple of short strikes.
St Pierre landing strikes from the mount.
Mica keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
St Pierre lands with some strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre with good strikes from the mount here!
Mica is trying to escape the mount.
St Pierre landing shots from mount.
Mica is desperately trying to improve his position but St Pierre has a good base and remains in mount.
St Pierre is in the full mount, landing strikes.
St Pierre scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Mica really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
St Pierre with a couple of short strikes.
Mica is looking to improve his position but St Pierre isn't that keen on the idea.
St Pierre raining down shots from the mount!
St Pierre dominating with strikes here.
St Pierre has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
St Pierre with good strikes from the mount here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre landing strikes, looking to finish!
St Pierre is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Mica can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Mica is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
St Pierre scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, St Pierre cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
St Pierre controlling from mount.
St Pierre with the ground and pound from mount.
St Pierre lands a heavy elbow.
St Pierre landing strikes from the mount and Mica is in trouble!
Mica is desperately trying to improve his position but St Pierre has a good base and remains in mount.
St Pierre lands a nice shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
St Pierre has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Mica's face.
St Pierre lands a big elbow.
St Pierre prevents Mica from getting the reversal.
St Pierre scores with a couple of good head shots there.
St Pierre connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Mica takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
St Pierre with good strikes from the mount here!
St Pierre scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Mica working to try and regain half guard.
Mica is working hard here to advance position.
John Mica has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
George St Pierre is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
St Pierre looking to control but Mica is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

And that's the end of the fight!
George St Pierre comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well St Pierre 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 25:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 25:30
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... George St Pierre!