PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nino Pagnotto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lance St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pagnotto comes into the arena with Very Ape - Nirvana blaring out of the sound system. St Pierre is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by 16 FEVER. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Pagnotto
vs
St Pierre

171 cm
22
181 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

181 cm
21
181 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Conviction
Conviction

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nino Pagnotto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lance St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pagnotto manages to avoid it.
St Pierre lands a nice shot to the body.
St Pierre slips under a jab from Pagnotto.
St Pierre keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
St Pierre just misses with a punch to the body.
St Pierre avoids a kick to the body.
Pagnotto throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
St Pierre keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
St Pierre digs a good hook to Pagnotto's body.
Pagnotto throws a quick inside leg kick.
Pagnotto lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Pagnotto on the wrong end of a nice hook.
St Pierre tries for a takedown but Pagnotto sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Pagnotto feints and then cracks St Pierre's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow St Pierre down.
St Pierre throws a hook but Pagnotto avoids it easily.
Pagnotto thows a body shot but no joy.
Pagnotto misses with an uppercut. St Pierre saw that one coming.
Pagnotto throws a shot from downtown. St Pierre moves away and avoids it.
Pagnotto tries to clinch up but St Pierre circles away and keeps his distance.
Pagnotto throws a leg kick but St Pierre moved away.
Pagnotto thumps St Pierre with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pagnotto was well out of range. Poor timing from St Pierre.
Pagnotto throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
St Pierre misses with a wild body shot.
Pagnotto throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pagnotto takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Pagnotto drops his hands momentarily and St Pierre takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Pagnotto misses with a few strikes there.
St Pierre throws a jab but it's blocked by Pagnotto.
St Pierre swings for the body but Pagnotto moves out of range.
Good work by St Pierre as he checks the leg kick.
St Pierre lands a with a good body shot.
St Pierre lands a jab.
Pagnotto tries to score with a low kick but St Pierre moves his leg out of the way.
St Pierre stalks Pagnotto and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Pagnotto's face. Pagnotto staggers backwards, shaken.

Pagnotto rushes St Pierre and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
St Pierre avoids a wild elbow strike from Pagnotto.
Pagnotto tries to land knees in the clinch but St Pierre avoids the damage to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pagnotto.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pagnotto content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Pagnotto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from St Pierre.
Pagnotto tries to land knees in the clinch but St Pierre avoids the damage to the body.
Pagnotto stalling in the clinch but St Pierre improves position.
Pagnotto stalling the fight.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Nino Pagnotto.
St Pierre rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pagnotto moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
St Pierre throws a leg kick but Pagnotto moved away.
St Pierre cracks Pagnotto with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Pagnotto misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pagnotto throws the left hand but St Pierre avoids the punch easily.
Pagnotto tries to close the distance and clinch but St Pierre swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A punch combination from St Pierre misses.
St Pierre lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Pagnotto at a distance.
Pagnotto steps to the side to avoid the strikes from St Pierre.
St Pierre cracks Pagnotto with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pagnotto clinches up with St Pierre and pushes him back against the cage.
Pagnotto trying to land knees to the body.
Pagnotto looking to stall.
Pagnotto landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
St Pierre avoiding damage as Pagnotto throws knees to the body.
Pagnotto tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and St Pierre avoids it.
St Pierre has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pagnotto obliges.
Pagnotto tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
St Pierre managing to block the knees to the body from Pagnotto.
Pagnotto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from St Pierre.
St Pierre on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

St Pierre breaks the clinch.
St Pierre scores with a body shot.
Pagnotto is breathing heavily.
Pagnotto takes a shot right to the bread basket.
St Pierre misses with a wild body shot.
St Pierre thumps Pagnotto with a low kick.
Pagnotto tries to close the distance and clinch up but St Pierre swats him away and circles back towards the center.
St Pierre works the jab nicely.
St Pierre keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from St Pierre.
Pagnotto tries to clinch there but St Pierre circles away.
St Pierre dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pagnotto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but St Pierre was well out of range. Poor timing from Pagnotto.
St Pierre listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Pagnotto pulls out of a head kick attempt.
St Pierre digs a good hook to Pagnotto's body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pagnotto fails with an attempt to clinch.
St Pierre scores with a jab to the head.
St Pierre lands a nice looking body shot.
St Pierre throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
St Pierre thows a leg kick but Pagnotto checks it
and Pagnotto counters with a low kick, right behind St Pierre 's knee.
St Pierre scores with a hook to the body. Pagnotto takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pagnotto takes a body punch but keeps moving.
St Pierre connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
St Pierre lands a jab to Pagnotto's midsection.
Pagnotto is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Pagnotto walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lance St Pierre dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

St Pierre lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
St Pierre is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Pagnotto rather than just go for the knockout.
St Pierre fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
St Pierre lands a right hook to the body.
Pagnotto misses with a body kick.
St Pierre lands a nice hook to Pagnotto's body. Pagnotto takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
St Pierre blocks a head kick by Pagnotto.
Pagnotto on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by St Pierre. St Pierre obviously looking to wear him down.
St Pierre misses with a few strikes there.
Pagnotto moves in looking to clinch but St Pierre pushes him off.
St Pierre fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Pagnotto on the side of the head.
St Pierre ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Pagnotto on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Danga de danga de dang - St Pierre scores with a four punch combination!
Pagnotto doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pagnotto is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
St Pierre throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Pagnotto takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre looks to land a combination. Pagnotto sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
St Pierre lands the left hand.
St Pierre wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
St Pierre digs a good body shot into Pagnotto's ribs.
Pagnotto needs to keep his hands up - St Pierre had a free shot at his head there.
St Pierre throws a series of punches but Pagnotto moves out of range.
St Pierre lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
St Pierre paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
St Pierre lands a jab to the nose.
St Pierre connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Pagnotto's hands.
Pagnotto looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
St Pierre motions for Pagnotto to come forward. St Pierre throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A leg kick checked by St Pierre.
Pagnotto doesn't manage to clinch there - St Pierre circles away.
St Pierre looks to land a combination but Pagnotto avoids it well.
St Pierre digs a good body shot into Pagnotto's ribs.
Pagnotto misses with an uppercut. St Pierre saw that one coming.
St Pierre sizes up Pagnotto with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pagnotto doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre clobbers Pagnotto with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Pagnotto needs to keep his hands up - St Pierre had a free shot at his head there.
St Pierre misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pagnotto.
St Pierre closes the distance and clinches up with Pagnotto, looking for a takedown. St Pierre pushes Pagnotto against the cage but Pagnotto circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
St Pierre comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Pagnotto lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
St Pierre blocks a head kick by Pagnotto.
Donk. St Pierre catches Pagnotto right on the button with a cross.
St Pierre lands a nice shot that snaps Pagnotto's head back.
Pagnotto takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
St Pierre stuns Pagnotto with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
St Pierre lands a jab.
St Pierre misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pagnotto tries to work over St Pierre's front leg with a kick but St Pierre checks it.
St Pierre dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pagnotto. That did some damage!
St Pierre cracks Pagnotto with an open hand slap.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by St Pierre there.
St Pierre has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pagnotto pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
St Pierre throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pagnotto lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Pagnotto tries to clinch but St Pierre is having none of it.
Pagnotto tries to close the distance and clinch but St Pierre swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
St Pierre connects with a nice looking jab.
Pagnotto tries to score with a low kick but St Pierre moves his leg out of the way.
Pagnotto is really struggling to find his range with his punches. St Pierre's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Good exchange - St Pierre coming out on top.
St Pierre works over Pagnotto's head and body with a nice combination.
St Pierre scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
St Pierre throws a hook but Pagnotto blocks it.
St Pierre lands a with a good body shot.
St Pierre throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pagnotto fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pagnotto throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Pagnotto checks a leg kick nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pagnotto slips a jab and a cross from St Pierre.
St Pierre scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Good work by St Pierre as he checks the leg kick.
St Pierre dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
St Pierre throws a good cross that connects.
Pagnotto tries to close the distance and clinch up but St Pierre swats him away and circles back towards the center.
St Pierre swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
St Pierre steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pagnotto.
Pagnotto scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
St Pierre connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Pagnotto's hands.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Pagnotto has closed the distance and engaged St Pierre in a clinch.
Pagnotto stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

St Pierre breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Both fighters circling a little - Pagnotto finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
St Pierre misses with a series of wild punches.
Lance St Pierre seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pagnotto looks for the body kick but St Pierre saw that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lance St Pierre showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Pagnotto misses with a hook.
Pagnotto tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A low kick from Pagnotto is predictable there
and St Pierre counters with a left to the body.
Pagnotto fails with an attempt to clinch.
St Pierre ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Pagnotto lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
St Pierre cracks Pagnotto with a right hand to the side of the head.
A slapping leg kick lands for Pagnotto.
St Pierre lands with a right hand.
Pagnotto looks to clinch
and St Pierre counters with a lovely straight right hand!
St Pierre on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Pagnotto. Pagnotto obviously looking to wear him down.
Pagnotto wants to clinch.
St Pierre cracks Pagnotto with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Pagnotto throws a leg kick
and St Pierre counters with a lovely shot to the body.
St Pierre lands a nice looking body shot.
St Pierre ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pagnotto moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pagnotto moves into the clinch successfully.
St Pierre's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A bit of stalling here from Pagnotto.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from St Pierre.
Pagnotto is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. St Pierre is defending well for now.
A short body shot lands from St Pierre as the two fighters clinch.
St Pierre dodges an elbow strike from Pagnotto.
St Pierre is trying to break free.
St Pierre digs a right hand into Pagnotto's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Pagnotto's gas tank.
Pagnotto pushes off an throws an elbow but St Pierre leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pagnotto.
Pagnotto works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Pagnotto is trying to stall.
Pagnotto tries to land a knee to the head but St Pierre blocks with his arms.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
St Pierre avoiding damage as Pagnotto throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

St Pierre escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
St Pierre lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
St Pierre swings and misses with a hook to the body.
St Pierre slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Some wild striking there from Pagnotto.
St Pierre throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pagnotto throws a head kick but St Pierre moves out of range.
St Pierre scores with a crisp jab that stopped Pagnotto in his tracks.
St Pierre throws a lazy right hand but Pagnotto sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
St Pierre scores with a jab. Pagnotto acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
St Pierre scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Pagnotto chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Pagnotto tries to clinch up but St Pierre circles away and keeps his distance.
St Pierre throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pagnotto with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling St Pierre to score with a decent uppercut.
St Pierre lands a jab to Pagnotto's midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre avoids a punch combination nicely.
St Pierre misses with a few strikes there.
Pagnotto tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but St Pierre paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pagnotto drops his hands momentarily and St Pierre takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from St Pierre, right into the meat.
Pagnotto tries to clinch but St Pierre moves away
and St Pierre counters with a left to the body.
St Pierre throws a right hand that Pagnotto ducks under and follows up with a left that Pagnotto also avoids with ease.
Pagnotto tries to close the distance and clinch but St Pierre swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
St Pierre swats away the attempt to clinch by Pagnotto.
Pagnotto tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Pagnotto takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nino Pagnotto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pagnotto drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
St Pierre avoids the head kick by Pagnotto.
Pagnotto tries to clinch up but St Pierre circles away and keeps his distance.
A jab lands there for St Pierre.
St Pierre swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
St Pierre throws the left hand but Pagnotto avoids the punch easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre lands a body shot.
St Pierre moves out of range of the body kick.
Pagnotto looks to throw the jab but St Pierre is out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. St Pierre darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
An inside leg kick lands from St Pierre.
Pagnotto doesn't manage to clinch there - St Pierre circles away.
Good exchange - St Pierre coming out on top.
St Pierre lands a jab to the head.
Pagnotto takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Pagnotto fails with an attempt to clinch.
St Pierre lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Nice shot by St Pierre.
St Pierre swings for the body but Pagnotto moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
St Pierre lands with an uppercut that bounces Pagnotto off the cage and back into rage.
St Pierre avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pagnotto darts in trying to clinch
and St Pierre counters with an outside leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lance St Pierre comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got St Pierre winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lance St Pierre!