PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pierre St Georges (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clay Rawls (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Georges comes to the cage accompanied by Sandsnake by Skream & Cluekid. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

St Georges
vs
Rawls

183 cm
24
180 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

188 cm
24
178 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

White Gorilla Nutrition
White Gorilla Nutrition

Hell's Balls Fightwear

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 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pierre St Georges!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Clay Rawls!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Alec Ball and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

St Georges moves into the clinch successfully.
Rawls tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
St Georges lands a body punch.
Rawls is trying to break the clinch but St Georges has him pressed against the cage.
Rawls fails to pull guard.
Rawls wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rawls taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Rawls tries to throw a body punch but St Georges avoids it by throwing Rawls back against the cage.

St Georges escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rawls misses with the combination.
Rawls throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rawls lands a nice hook to St Georges's body. St Georges takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Decent striking displayed by Rawls there.
St Georges lands a nice looking body shot.
Rawls throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
St Georges fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice jab there from Rawls.
Rawls throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rawls keeps the fight on the outside.
St Georges tries to clinch there but Rawls circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rawls scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
St Georges fails with an attempt to clinch.
St Georges shoots in but no luck this time.
Clay Rawls seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rawls misses with a head kick.
Rawls throws a nice looking combination but St Georges bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
St Georges tries to close the distance and clinch but Rawls swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rawls scores with a hook to the body. St Georges takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
St Georges throws a combination that misses
and Rawls counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Rawls uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from St Georges.
Rawls throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and St Georges counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by St Georges.
Rawls tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. St Georges smiles and moves away.
Pierre St Georges has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Clay Rawls.
St Georges looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
St Georges walks into a stiff left hand from Rawls.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rawls misses with a head kick.
St Georges looks for a takedown but Rawls sprawls well.
St Georges doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Rawls counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
St Georges is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rawls with a hook.
Rawls bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps St Georges's head backwards.
Rawls closes the distance and lands a one-two.

It looks like Pierre St Georges has been cut.
St Georges fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rawls lands a slapping body shot.

Rawls drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Rawls trying to control but St Georges is working from the bottom.
Rawls throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rawls scoring with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Georges throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
St Georges keeping full guard, as Rawls tries to pass.
St Georges is trying to control the position from the bottom.
St Georges wants to sweep but no luck.
St Georges doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

St Georges pushes Rawls off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Rawls throws a one two combo.
Rawls connects with a good right hand that stumbles St Georges. St Georges circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Rawls moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Rawls connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed St Georges momentarily.
Rawls cracks St Georges with a right hand to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Rawls scores with a four punch combination!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rawls cracks St Georges with an open hand slap.
Rawls pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
St Georges tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Rawls counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rawls lands a slapping body shot.
Rawls throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Rawls uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before St Georges has time to react.
St Georges shoots in for a double leg but Rawls sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Rawls is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round!St Georges had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Rawls rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but St Georges moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rawls is working the combinations to good effect here.
Rawls lands with a nice body punch.
St Georges tries to clinch but Rawls moves away
and Rawls counters with a right hand to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Rawls drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Rawls looks up at the clock and then as St Georges takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Rawls smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clay Rawls dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pierre St Georges's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Rawls works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Rawls lands with a right hand.
Rawls works St Georges's body with a nice hook.
Rawls moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

St Georges is rocked!
Rawls steps into range and unloads a brutal right left combo! St Georges is out on his feet! Rawls sets himself and nearly takes St Georges's head off with a straight right, sending him crashing to the mat! Wow, that was nasty... but awesome! Wooo!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Clay Rawls!