PBP Commentary

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

St Pierre
vs
Thompson

178 cm
25
180 lbs
12 - 4 - 1

183 cm
24
178 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Random Name Supplements

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 12 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, George St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jet Thompson!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Dillan Fox and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thompson manages to avoid it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

St Pierre looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Thompson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
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 but Thompson rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
St Pierre seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Thompson preventing the sweep.
St Pierre on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if St Pierre tries to get out of the position.
St Pierre is working hard here to advance position.
Thompson wants to stand but St Pierre has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
St Pierre wants to sweep here but Thompson controlling him for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Thompson staying out of range there.
Thompson misses with a looping right.
St Pierre shoots in but Thompson avoids the takedown attempt easily.
St Pierre swinging wilding here.
St Pierre misses with an uppercut.
Thompson scores with a punch to the head.
St Pierre fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
St Pierre slips a straight right by Thompson.
Thompson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from St Pierre.
St Pierre throws a lazy right hand but Thompson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
St Pierre avoids the body shot from Thompson.
Thompson thuds his right hand into St Pierre's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Thompson misses with an uppercut.
Thompson throws a body punch but St Pierre moves out of range.
St Pierre moves out of range of the strikes.

St Pierre shoots in and bounces Thompson off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as St Pierre accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson wants to sweep here but St Pierre controlling him for the moment.
Thompson is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
St Pierre with a nice head shot there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thompson wants to sweep but no luck.
St Pierre missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Thompson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Thompson has control of St Pierre's left arm, preventing St Pierre from doing any damage.
Thompson controls St Pierre momentarily but St Pierre frees himself.
St Pierre throws a big right hand that misses.
St Pierre wants to pass the guard but Thompson is keeping the position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Nice defenses there by St Pierre.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre looks to land a combination but Thompson avoids it well.

Excellent takedown into side control there by St Pierre.
Thompson parries the strikes from St Pierre easily there. St Pierre is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Thompson to escape.
St Pierre throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Thompson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
St Pierre working the head and body with strikes.
Thompson keeping his opponent close.
Thompson avoids any damage from the ground and pound of St Pierre.
St Pierre looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Thompson is avoiding damage well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Thompson is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on St Pierre's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
St Pierre sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Thompson defending well though.
St Pierre stalling away here and it's allowed Thompson to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Thompson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
St Pierre trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
St Pierre working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
St Pierre throws a strike but Thompson rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Thompson decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on St Pierre, up you get!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George St Pierre dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

St Pierre jabbing away but nothing is landing.
St Pierre throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Thompson's waist but Thompson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing St Pierre off to one side.
Thompson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Nice sprawl there from Thompson as St Pierre shoots in.
St Pierre smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Thompson looks to land a right hand but St Pierre moved out of range.
Thompson just misses with a punch to the body.
St Pierre misses with an uppercut.
A telegraphed right hand from St Pierre misses the target.
St Pierre is trying hard to land a takedown here. Thompson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George St Pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Thompson scores with a jab to the body.
St Pierre rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Thompson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Thompson.
Thompson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thompson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

St Pierre is rocked!
The fighters circling - Thompson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Thompson scores with a jab to the head.
Oh St Pierre is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
George St Pierre is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
St Pierre ducks under a wild hook from Thompson.
Thompson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
St Pierre defending well as Thompson loads up on a big left hand.
Thompson looks to throw the jab but St Pierre is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson throws an overhand right that lands on St Pierre's shoulder, as St Pierre tries to avoid the shot.
Thompson throws a jab but it's blocked by St Pierre.
Thompson loads up on a big right hand but St Pierre slips the punch.
St Pierre seems to have got his legs back now.
Jet Thompson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some wild striking there from St Pierre.
Thompson thuds his right hand into St Pierre's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Thompson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Thompson lands a jab to the nose.
St Pierre closes the distance and clinches up with Thompson, looking for a takedown. St Pierre pushes Thompson against the cage but Thompson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Thompson drops St Pierre with a big left hand! St Pierre is injured, injured bad! Thompson jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jet Thompson!