PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kristof Pardi (ranked 1984 p4p, 2116 weight class) and Raleigh St. Clair (ranked 268 p4p, 284 weight class). Pardi comes to the cage accompanied by Party Boy Theme. Kristof Pardi is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Pardi
vs
St. Clair

172 cm
30
154
18 - 17 - 2

175 cm
32
160
12 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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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 18 - 17 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kristof Pardi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Raleigh St. Clair!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Albert Achterberg and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St. Clair connects with a leg kick.
St. Clair on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Pardi there.
Pardi takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Pardi lands a big shot that drops St. Clair! Can he finish him?

St. Clair is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

St. Clair is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

St. Clair working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Pardi doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Pardi manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Pardi lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Pardi lands a couple of elbows.
Pardi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. St. Clair swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Pardi is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Pardi lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pardi stopping the sweep attempt from St. Clair.
Pardi wants to control from the top but St. Clair keeps moving.
St. Clair looking to hit a scissor sweep but Pardi is one step ahead there.

Pardi avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Pardi is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Pardi lands a couple of decent looking shots.

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.
St. Clair looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Pardi wants to control from the top but St. Clair keeps moving.

St. Clair is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
St. Clair wants to sweep here but Pardi controlling him for the moment.

St. Clair working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Pardi doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Pardi manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Pardi scoring with punches to the head and body.
Pardi 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.
Pardi scoring with punches to the head and body.
Pardi slips nicely into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pardi working over St. Clair with some ground and pound. St. Clair looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Pardi works his way into full mount!
Pardi landing strikes, looking to finish!
Pardi prevents St. Clair from getting the reversal.
Pardi with good strikes from the mount here!
BOOM! Pardi connects with a massive shot to the dome!
St. Clair working to try and regain half guard.
Pardi scoring with strikes but St. Clair is staying in there.
Pardi breaks from St. Clair's wrist control and lands an elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
St. Clair is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Pardi lands a big shot there that rocks St. Clair but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pardi with a couple of short strikes.
Pardi wants to control the pace but St. Clair is squirming around nicely.
Pardi landing strikes from the mount.
Pardi tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Pardi punishing his opponent with strikes.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Pardi landing strikes from the mount.
St. Clair tries to reverse the position but Pardi maintains control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kristof Pardi dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Pardi scores with a jab to the head.
Nice defenses there by Pardi.
St. Clair slips a jab from Pardi.
Pardi connects with the punch.

Pardi drops his shoulder and cracks St. Clair with a huge uppercut! St. Clair goes down! Can Pardi finish him?
St. Clair is still in real trouble! Can Pardi finish him?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Pardi's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Pardi landing some decent shots from guard.
Kristof Pardi overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Pardi content to stall in guard here.
St. Clair has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Pardi has passed into side control.
St. Clair manages to work his way to half guard, despite Pardi's best efforts.
St. Clair seems to have recovered his senses.
Pardi looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
St. Clair tries to roll over but Pardi keeps him under control.
Pardi trying to mount his opponent but St. Clair defends it.
St. Clair trying to get back to full guard but Pardi takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pardi working the ground and pound effectively.
St. Clair is trying to escape the mount.
Pardi working away from the top, dropping strikes.
St. Clair keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Pardi wants to control the pace but St. Clair is squirming around nicely.
St. Clair is looking to improve his position but Pardi isn't that keen on the idea.
St. Clair takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
St. Clair really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pardi lands a big elbow.

Pardi is working for a guillotine from mount but St. Clair frees his head quite easily.
Pardi pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Pardi is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pardi is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Pardi looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Pardi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that St. Clair can do to turn this around?
Pardi trying to control but St. Clair is having none of it.
Pardi landing strikes from the mount.
St. Clair is squirming around, avoiding Pardi's attempts to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pardi working St. Clair over with strikes here.
St. Clair is wriggling around trying to escape.
Pardi looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
BOOM! Pardi connects with a massive shot to the dome!
St. Clair regains half guard.
Pardi seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but St. Clair does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Pardi scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pardi wants to control but St. Clair is keeping him busy.

St. Clair is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Pardi pulls his head out easily.
Pardi is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
St. Clair tries to get to full guard but Pardi has control of the leg.
St. Clair won't allow Pardi to pass to mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St. Clair is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Pardi scores with a couple of nice shots.
Pardi is keen to just control but St. Clair is a slippery customer.
Pardi slows the pace down in half guard.
Pardi is trying to control. St. Clair wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
St. Clair gets full guard.
St. Clair keeping moving, preventing Pardi from controlling successfully.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pardi keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of St. Clair's head.
Pardi scoring with punches to the head and body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kristof Pardi dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

St. Clair lands a slapping body shot.
Kristof Pardi is winning the standup battle so far.
St. Clair throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kristof Pardi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pardi closes the distance and clinches up with St. Clair, looking for a takedown. Pardi pushes St. Clair against the cage but St. Clair circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Pardi thuds his right hand into St. Clair's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
St. Clair swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
St. Clair stuffs the takedown.

St. Clair gets tackled into the cage by Pardi. Pardi maintains the clinch.
St. Clair throws a punch but it's blocked by Pardi.
Pardi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pardi pressing his opponent against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for St. Clair.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pardi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of St. Clair backwards.
St. Clair lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Pardi blocks an uppercut.
Pardi blocks an uppercut.
Pardi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with St. Clair's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pardi misses with a punch on the inside.
St. Clair swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from St. Clair.
Pardi prevents a body shot from St. Clair.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pardi.
St. Clair is working Pardi over against the cage.
A short left from St. Clair.
St. Clair swings wildly with an uppercut but Pardi uses good head movement to avoid it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from St. Clair.
St. Clair tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pardi throws a head punch that misses.
Pardi blocks a body shot from St. Clair.
St. Clair lands an uppercut.
St. Clair throws a head punch that misses.
Pardi blocks an uppercut.
I was talking to Pardi's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Pardi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pardi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pardi swings wildly with an uppercut but St. Clair uses good head movement to avoid it.
St. Clair lands with a short punch from the clinch.
St. Clair misses with a punch to the body.
St. Clair prevents a body shot from Pardi.
Raleigh St. Clair has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Pardi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
St. Clair working aggressively here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pardi misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pardi.
St. Clair tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pardi changes levels and goes for a takedown here. St. Clair fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kristof Pardi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pardi bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Pardi shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Pardi clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Pardi as the two fighters clinch.
Pardi is looking for a takedown.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for St. Clair.
Pardi blocking some punches.
St. Clair misses with a punch on the inside.
St. Clair lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pardi backwards.
St. Clair fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Pardi.
Kristof Pardi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pardi blocks a body shot from St. Clair.
Pardi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pardi lands a left hand.
Pardi prevents a body shot from St. Clair.
Pardi leaning against his opponent.
Pardi blocking some punches.
Pardi avoiding damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pardi controlling the action here for a moment.
St. Clair tries to throw a body punch but Pardi avoids it by throwing St. Clair back against the cage.
A short right from St. Clair.
A head punch on the inside from St. Clair fails to land.
St. Clair misses with the head strike.
Pardi pushes St. Clair back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Pardi blocks a body shot from St. Clair.
St. Clair misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pardi.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
St. Clair misses with the head strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Raleigh St. Clair comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Pardi has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 29:28
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 29:27
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kristof Pardi!