PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pasi Rauha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rauha comes to the cage accompanied by Age of Aquarius. George St Pierre will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Rauha
vs
St Pierre

180 cm
22
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

198 cm
18
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Extremely Crazy MMA gear
Random Name Supplements

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pasi Rauha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, George St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Elvis Blanc and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rauha looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Rauha misses with a wild combination.
Rauha fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
St Pierre throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Rauha counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
St Pierre is not content to let Rauha control the position.
St Pierre wants to get back to his feet.
Rauha wants to control but St Pierre is keeping him busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
St Pierre has hold of Rauha's hands but Rauha slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
St Pierre looks like he's trying to stand up.
Rauha working St Pierre over with strikes.
Rauha winds up and cracks St Pierre with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Rauha is tying to control. St Pierre wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Rauha stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rauha is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Rauha tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Rauha lands with some strikes.
St Pierre wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
St Pierre looks gassed!
Rauha with good strikes from the mount here!
St Pierre is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
St Pierre is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A nice elbow there by Rauha.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rauha content just to control the position here.
Rauha breaks from St Pierre's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Rauha controlling from the full mount.
St Pierre really wants to buck Rauha off and get back to his feet.
Rauha can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as St Pierre is looking to escape.
St Pierre's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Rauha in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Rauha lands a heavy elbow.

St Pierre is rocked!
Rauha lands with some strikes.
St Pierre is still in real trouble! Can Rauha finish him?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
St Pierre wants to try and get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rauha trying to control but he's not successful this time.
St Pierre seems to have recovered his senses.
St Pierre is trying to stand up.
Rauha unloading with bombs!
Rauha looking to control but St Pierre is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Rauha working the ground and pound effectively.
St Pierre is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
St Pierre is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Rauha controlling the pace for now.
Rauha breaks from St Pierre's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rauha landing punches.

It looks like George St Pierre has been cut.
BOOM! Rauha connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
St Pierre is bucking up trying to escape but Rauha cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That has opened up George St Pierre's cut even more.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Rauha looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

George St Pierre's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at George St Pierre's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Pasi Rauha!