PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Isaac Moore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Pierre comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Mornier 4 Life by Imposs kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Moore
vs
St Pierre

177 cm
25
178 lbs
13 - 9 - 1

178 cm
21
170 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

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 13 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Isaac Moore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, George St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Dillan Fox and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moore closes this distance looking for a takedown but St Pierre circles away.
Moore looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Moore.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Isaac Moore. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Moore closes this distance looking for a takedown but St Pierre circles away.
Moore tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Moore throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around St Pierre's waist but St Pierre gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Moore off to one side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

St Pierre scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
St Pierre is looking to take a break and control but Moore is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
St Pierre throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Moore dodges the ground and pound from St Pierre.
St Pierre looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Moore is avoiding damage well.
St Pierre lands a few punches from side control.
St Pierre sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Moore is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
St Pierre moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
St Pierre scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Moore to see if he's OK.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre controlling the position.
St Pierre trying to control the action but Moore is working from the bottom.

St Pierre decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Moore has his takedown stuffed

so St Pierre counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre trying to control the position from guard on top but Moore is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Moore is trying to control the position but St Pierre postures up.
St Pierre thows a big elbow that misses.
St Pierre throws and elbow that misses. Moore uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in St Pierre's guard. Nice move by Moore!
St Pierre wants to sweep but no luck.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

St Pierre is trying to push Moore off with his feet but Moore grabs hold of one of the legs and drops back looking for a submission! He's cranking on one of St Pierre's ankles and St Pierre is forced to tap! This one is aaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Ankle Lock). Isaac Moore!