PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Paha Aasi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Felix St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aasi comes to the cage accompanied by Aphrodite & Mickey Finn - Bad Ass. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Aasi
vs
St Pierre

160 cm
24
138 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

167 cm
21
148 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

ADCC Champion
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Paha Aasi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Felix St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Alec Ball and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Aasi misses with a body shot.
St Pierre keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Aasi.
St Pierre walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Aasi 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 slips under a jab from Aasi.
St Pierre misses with a straight left.
St Pierre is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Aasi.
St Pierre scores with a punch to the head.
Aasi throws a lazy right hand but St Pierre sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Aasi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Aasi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from St Pierre.
St Pierre thows a left - swing and a miss!
Aasi throws a combination but it was largely blocked by St Pierre.
Aasi thows a left - swing and a miss!
St Pierre misses with a wild body shot.
A combination from Aasi does no damage.
St Pierre uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Aasi.
A swing and a miss from Aasi.
St Pierre throws a body punch but Aasi moves out of range.
St Pierre walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
St Pierre avoids the body shot from Aasi.
St Pierre slips a jab from Aasi.
St Pierre throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Aasi's waist but Aasi gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing St Pierre off to one side.
Aasi misses with a two punch combination.
Paha Aasi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.

St Pierre moves into the clinch.
St Pierre fails to pull guard.

Aasi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Aasi loads up on a big right hand but St Pierre slips the punch.
St Pierre fails with an attempt to clinch.
St Pierre throws a right and a left that Aasi avoids nicely.
St Pierre lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Aasi paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Aasi throws a nice looking combination but St Pierre bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

St Pierre shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Aasi is trying to defend but St Pierre finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

St Pierre seems to be looking for submissions.
Aasi is looking for a sweep. St Pierre is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

St Pierre is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Aasi trying to control from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Aasi keeps control of the position for the meantime.

St Pierre is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
St Pierre looks gassed!
Aasi is looking for a sweep. St Pierre is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Aasi misses with a looping right.
St Pierre gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Aasi throws a shot to the body.
Nice shot by Aasi.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Aasi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but St Pierre moves away.
St Pierre slips a jab from Aasi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre has a takedown stuffed.
Paha Aasi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Felix St Pierre.
Aasi scores with a body shot.
St Pierre on the wrong end of a nice jab.

St Pierre is rocked!
Aasi scores with a hook to the body. St Pierre takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
St Pierre is still on wobbly legs! Can Aasi finish him?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Aasi circles away before darting back in with a big straight right hand. It connects beautifully and sends St Pierre tumbling to the canvas! He's out cold! Aasi wins by KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Paha Aasi!