PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gustavo Araujo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Igor St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Araujo's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Bawitdaba. Igor St Pierre looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Araujo
vs
St Pierre

178 cm
18
174 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

178 cm
20
170 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ Brown Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gustavo Araujo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Igor St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Dmitry Maklakov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre has a takedown stuffed.
St Pierre looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
St Pierre shoots in for a double leg but Araujo sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Araujo cracks the inside of St Pierre's front leg.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Araujo has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but St Pierre regains guard immediately.
Araujo wants to pass the guard but St Pierre is keeping the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre keeping moving, preventing Araujo from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Araujo is stalling in the full guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Araujo drops back looking for a leg! St Pierre is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and St Pierre manages to kick Araujo off! Araujo jumps back into St Pierre's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gustavo Araujo dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

St Pierre looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Araujo is fending him off so far but St Pierre persists. Nope, Araujo circles away and we're back to standing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Araujo looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
St Pierre is breathing heavily.

Araujo gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Araujo shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Araujo showed some decent athleticism there.

Araujo is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Araujo is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Araujo seems to be trying to get a kimura but instead St Pierre has recovered full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gustavo Araujo dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Araujo scores with a nice right hand.
St Pierre misses with a takedown attempt

and Araujo counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
St Pierre wants to get back to full guard but Araujo has mounted him!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Araujo sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
St Pierre takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Araujo fails to move to back control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Araujo working for a submission but St Pierre is keeping him at bay.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

St Pierre defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Araujo.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gustavo Araujo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Araujo has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gustavo Araujo!