PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Luigi Beretta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin St Louis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luigi Beretta could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Martin St Louis's chin.

Beretta
vs
St Louis

181 cm
23
179 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

182 cm
23
174 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

ADCC Champion
Counter striker
Determined

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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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Luigi Beretta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Martin St Louis!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Gregory Folan and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beretta throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Beretta bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of St Louis's head.

St Louis looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
St Louis stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Beretta swivels though and keeps the full guard.
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.
St Louis won't allow Beretta to get back to his feet.
St Louis trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
St Louis trying to control the position from guard on top but Beretta is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Beretta rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but St Louis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
St Louis staying out of range there.
St Louis takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Luigi Beretta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beretta lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Beretta tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but St Louis was well out of range. Poor timing from Beretta.
St Louis looks for a takedown but Beretta sprawls well.
St Louis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Beretta.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Beretta, as that shot connected.
Beretta swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beretta lands a body shot.
Beretta misses the shot to the body.
St Louis fails with the takedown.
St Louis connects with a nice looking jab.

St Louis fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Beretta sprawls well initially but St Louis persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
St Louis tries to pass the half guard into mount. Beretta knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
St Louis controlling the action here.
Let's hope that St Louis has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Louis prevents Beretta from standing back up.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
St Louis stalling.
Beretta is trying to stand up here but St Louis is controlling him well.
St Louis thows a huge punch but Beretta dodges it nicely.
St Louis is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
St Louis stops Beretta from getting back to his feet.
St Louis is keen to just control but Beretta is a slippery customer.
St Louis prevents Beretta from standing back up.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Beretta cracks St Louis with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Beretta throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
St Louis fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Luigi Beretta has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Martin St Louis.
Beretta works the jab nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luigi Beretta dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

St Louis throws a half hearted mid kick.
St Louis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Beretta.
Beretta misses with the combination.
No luck with that takedown attempt from St Louis.
Beretta fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
St Louis shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Beretta sprawls well. Beretta wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. St Louis gets slowly back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St Louis changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Beretta tries to avoid it but St Louis manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Beretta to the ground. Beretta escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Luigi Beretta has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Martin St Louis.
A combination from Beretta does no damage.
Beretta throws an uppercut from half a mile away. St Louis sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beretta stuffs the takedown.
Beretta tries to bum rush St Louis with a series of wild strikes but St Louis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Beretta misses with an uppercut.
Beretta displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from St Louis.
Beretta with a nice cross.
Luigi Beretta is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
St Louis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Beretta.
Beretta scores with a jab to the head.
St Louis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Beretta throws out the jab.
St Louis avoids a punch combination nicely.
St Louis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Beretta.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beretta will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Beretta misses with a series of wild punches.
Beretta throws a right hand that St Louis ducks under and follows up with a left that St Louis also avoids with ease.
Beretta swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Beretta throws a lazy right hand but St Louis sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Some wild striking there from Beretta.
St Louis changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Beretta tries to avoid it but St Louis manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Beretta to the ground. Beretta escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Beretta throws a series of punches but St Louis avoids them all with ease.
Beretta moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beretta scores with a decent looking hook.
Beretta pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
St Louis fails with the takedown.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from St Louis.
Beretta fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches St Louis on the side of the head.
Beretta throws a right and a left that St Louis avoids nicely.
Beretta ducks down and throws a hook to the body but St Louis moves away.
No joy there for Beretta, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Beretta throws a one two combo.
Beretta fails to land with a series of punches.
Beretta misses with a wild combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Louis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
St Louis throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
No joy there for Beretta, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Beretta swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
St Louis takes one to the side of the head.
St Louis is looking to chop away at Beretta's legs.
Beretta misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
St Louis slips a jab and a cross from Beretta.
Beretta looks to throw the jab but St Louis is out of range.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
St Louis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Beretta manages to avoid it.
Beretta throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Beretta scores with a decent looking hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luigi Beretta dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

St Louis slips a jab and a cross from Beretta.
St Louis closes the distance and clinches up with Beretta, looking for a takedown. St Louis pushes Beretta against the ropes but Beretta circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Beretta stuffs the takedown.
Beretta works over St Louis's head and body with a nice combination.
St Louis misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Luigi Beretta has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Martin St Louis.
St Louis lands with a shot to the body.
Beretta throws a nice looking combination but St Louis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from St Louis.
Beretta throws a right and a left that St Louis avoids nicely.
St Louis fails with a takedown attempt.
Luigi Beretta is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice takedown defense from Beretta. No joy for St Louis on that attempt.
Luigi Beretta is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beretta tests St Louis's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Beretta throws a series of punches but St Louis avoids them all with ease.
Beretta will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
St Louis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Beretta.
St Louis shoots in and drives through. Beretta sprawls well.
St Louis shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Beretta fails to land with a series of punches.
Beretta lands an overhand right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

St Louis feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Beretta keeping moving, preventing St Louis from controlling successfully.
Beretta is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
St Louis is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
St Louis trying to control but Beretta is working from the bottom.
Beretta wants to stand but St Louis is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Louis is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
St Louis trying to control the position from guard on top but Beretta is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Beretta wants to stand up but St Louis is controlling him.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Beretta throws a head kick but St Louis moves out of range.
Beretta keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
St Louis shoots in for a takedown but Beretta shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
St Louis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Beretta looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Beretta keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
St Louis avoids a punch combination nicely.
St Louis avoids a punch combination nicely.
Beretta avoids a kick to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
St Louis is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Beretta.
St Louis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Beretta.
St Louis takes a swing at Beretta's ribcage but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Luigi Beretta showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Beretta, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight for Luigi Beretta!
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight for Luigi Beretta!
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight for Luigi Beretta!

Luigi Beretta wins by unanimous decision!