PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rush St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hiroki Nakajima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rush St Pierre is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

St Pierre
vs
Nakajima

178 cm
21
170 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

176 cm
22
175 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rush 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 Tokyo, Hiroki Nakajima!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nakajima throws a leg kick but St Pierre sees it coming and moves out of range.
Nakajima throws a series of punches but St Pierre moves out of range.

St Pierre scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Nakajima can do anything to dispel that myth.
St Pierre misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
St Pierre 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.
St Pierre throws a strike aimed at the side of Nakajima's head but Nakajima avoids it well.

St Pierre is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Nakajima is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

St Pierre thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
St Pierre lands a few punches from side control.
St Pierre misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Nakajima is looking for a sweep.
Nakajima 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.
St Pierre misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
St Pierre throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Nakajima works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Nakajima is looking for a sweep. St Pierre is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
St Pierre seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Nakajima is looking to improve his position.
St Pierre thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Nakajima's head.
St Pierre not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
St Pierre throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
St Pierre lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
St Pierre not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre prevents Nakajima from improving his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nakajima keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
St Pierre thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nakajima keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
St Pierre prevents Nakajima from improving his position.
St Pierre slips a nice elbow through Nakajima's hands, connecting with Nakajima's forehead.
Nakajima avoiding damage under a succession of punches from St Pierre.
St Pierre winds up and cracks Nakajima with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
St Pierre sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Nakajima defending well though.
St Pierre not landing any meaningful shots this time.
St Pierre missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakajima keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

St Pierre in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Nakajima tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from St Pierre!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Rush St Pierre!