PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lance St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Young Horse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Young Horse has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

St Pierre
vs
Horse

181 cm
18
179 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

KRRO Wear

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lance St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Young Horse!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Steve Smith and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horse tries to clinch up but St Pierre circles away and keeps his distance.
Horse lands with a thumping leg kick.
Horse throws a body kick that misses.
Jab, jab by St Pierre - just one landing.
Horse avoids a punch combination nicely.
St Pierre tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Horse swivels and escapes.
Horse falls off balance throwing a combination
and St Pierre cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Good standup being displayed there by St Pierre as he connects with a hook.
The fight stays on the outside here - St Pierre looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
St Pierre lands with a nice combination. Horse backs away looking to recover.
Some wild striking there from Horse.
St Pierre misses with a series of wild punches.
Left hook, right uppercut from St Pierre.
Horse tries to clinch but St Pierre is having none of it.
St Pierre misses with a series of wild punches.
Horse throws a sloppy head kick and St Pierre moves out of range easily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
St Pierre lands the left hand.
St Pierre keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
St Pierre fails to land the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Horse on the side of the head.
St Pierre connects with a single shot there.
St Pierre throws a nice looking combination but Horse bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Horse wants to clinch up but St Pierre keeps it at a distance.
St Pierre fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Horse on the side of the head.
Horse avoids the body shot from St Pierre.
St Pierre throws a series of punches but Horse moves out of range.
Horse throws a leg kick
and St Pierre makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Horse tries to clinch
and St Pierre counters with a three punch combo that has Horse backing up. Horse nods at St Pierre to acknowledge the strikes.
Horse tries to clinch but St Pierre is having none of it.
Horse showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from St Pierre.
Horse tries to clinch there but St Pierre circles away.
St Pierre circles away from the clinch attempt.
St Pierre keeps the fight on the outside.
Horse fails with an attempt to clinch.
St Pierre tries to land a front kick but Horse steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

Horse clinches with his opponent.
Horse trying to land knees to the body.
Horse landing knees to the body.
Horse will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning St Pierre up against the cage.

Horse breaks the clinch.
Young Horse seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Horse gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
St Pierre is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

St Pierre drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and St Pierre jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Horse really doesn't want to stay on the ground with St Pierre. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Horse is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

St Pierre stands up from Horse's guard - St Pierre perhaps looking for a knockout.
Horse tries to clinch but St Pierre is having none of it.
St Pierre throws a jab when Horse was well out of range.
Horse looks to land a combination but St Pierre avoids it well.
Horse will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Horse wants to clinch.
A combination from Horse does no damage.

Horse has St Pierre up against the cage in a clinch.
Horse misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from St Pierre.
Horse scores a nice knee to the body.
Horse lands a knee to the body.
Horse landing knees to the body.

Horse manages to break the clinch.

St Pierre clinches up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

St Pierre escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
St Pierre throws a one two combo.
Horse dodges the punch combination from St Pierre.
Horse misses with a double jab
and St Pierre counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by St Pierre!
Horse darts in trying to clinch
and Horse takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Danga de danga de dang - St Pierre scores with a four punch combination!
St Pierre swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

St Pierre clinches.
Horse using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Horse is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

St Pierre breaks the clinch.

St Pierre scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

St Pierre is trying for a kimura here. Horse looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! St Pierre wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Lance St Pierre!