PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Frank St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cavin Moorhead (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Frank St Pierre has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

St Pierre
vs
Moorhead

182 cm
18
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
178 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Frank St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cavin Moorhead!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Mauricio Rocha and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moorhead throws a right and a left that St Pierre avoids nicely.

St Pierre closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
A frustrated look appears on Moorhead's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Moorhead is trying to break free.
Stalling in the clinch from Moorhead.
Moorhead wants to get back to striking at distance but St Pierre won't allow it.

Moorhead breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Moorhead wants to clinch but St Pierre slips to the side

and St Pierre counters with a nice double leg into side control. Moorhead won't be happy with that.
Moorhead is working to avoid the ground and pound but St Pierre connects with a decent elbow.

St Pierre tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no St Pierre has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

St Pierre is trying to get an arm triangle but Moorhead is defending well.

St Pierre tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Moorhead can't do much from the bottom here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moorhead is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on St Pierre's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Moorhead is looking for a sweep. St Pierre is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
St Pierre scoring with strikes to the body and head.

St Pierre is trying to work for a kimura but Moorhead is defending well.
Moorhead moves into full guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
St Pierre is fighting to break Moorhead's control of his arms but Moorhead is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre lands a couple of digs.
Moorhead throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Moorhead looking to control.
St Pierre stopping the sweep attempt from Moorhead.
St Pierre thows a big elbow that misses.

St Pierre is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Moorhead is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Moorhead has escaped and now he's on top!

St Pierre is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre cracks Moorhead with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Moorhead from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.

St Pierre is looking for the choke from the back position but Moorhead is controlling his hands well.

St Pierre has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Moorhead has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
St Pierre is breathing heavily.
Moorhead turns into St Pierre and is now in his guard.
Moorhead wants to control from the top but St Pierre keeps moving.

St Pierre working for a triangle but Moorhead defends it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moorhead makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

St Pierre had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Moorhead is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. St Pierre Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Moorhead's back instead.
Moorhead trying to control but not successfully.
You can see the frustration on Moorhead's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
St Pierre landing with strikes.
Moorhead turns into St Pierre and is now in his guard.
St Pierre is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

St Pierre throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre keeping moving, preventing Moorhead from controlling successfully.
Moorhead postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Moorhead got a little sloppy there for a moment and St Pierre has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Moorhead has managed to get both his arms back between St Pierre's legs - danger averted.
Moorhead thows a big elbow that misses.
Moorhead postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Moorhead throws a big right hand that misses.

St Pierre looking for the choke from the back.
St Pierre doesn't have the hooks in and Moorhead manages to turn into his guard.

That's six minutes gone in the round.

Moorhead avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Moorhead trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Moorhead avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Moorhead stops St Pierre from standing up.
St Pierre working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Moorhead.
Moorhead wants to stand but St Pierre has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

St Pierre is working an open guard so Moorhead takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Moorhead looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
St Pierre tries to clinch there but Moorhead circles away.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

St Pierre looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Moorhead!

St Pierre jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Moorhead manages to avoid the submission attempt.
You can see the frustration on Moorhead's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The strikes coming from St Pierre are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Moorhead can't do much from the bottom here.

St Pierre is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Moorhead is trying to escape and St Pierre transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Moorhead is forced to tap! Nice work there by St Pierre! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Frank St Pierre!