PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Anthony D Amico (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pierre St Georges (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Georges has chosen PSG theme song as his entrance music. 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.

D Amico
vs
St Georges

172 cm
21
182 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

183 cm
26
180 lbs
12 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

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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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Anthony D Amico!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pierre St Georges!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, William Peck and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

D Amico is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in St Georges's half guard.
St Georges trying to hold on to D Amico's head to control him but D Amico postures up.
D Amico working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
D Amico stops St Georges from getting back to his feet.
D Amico thows a huge punch but St Georges dodges it nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
St Georges trying to control but D Amico postures up.
D Amico not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
D Amico looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
D Amico lands with a punch from half guard.
D Amico stops St Georges from getting back to his feet.

St Georges actively working from the bottom here.
D Amico winds up and cracks St Georges with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
D Amico tries to pass the half guard into mount. St Georges knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
D Amico working St Georges over with strikes.
St Georges keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
D Amico looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks St Georges with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Georges gets back to full guard.
D Amico thows a big elbow that misses.
St Georges is trying to control the position from the bottom.
St Georges tries to land a sweep but no joy.
St Georges trying to keep a closed guard but D Amico is proving a slippery customer.
St Georges wants to sweep here but D Amico controlling him for the moment.
D Amico is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
St Georges wants to sweep but no luck.

St Georges throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
D Amico works over St Georges with some ground and pound from guard.
D Amico might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
D Amico is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
D Amico is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
D Amico lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
D Amico won't allow St Georges to get back to his feet.
D Amico is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
D Amico keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of St Georges's head.
D Amico works over St Georges with some ground and pound from guard.
St Georges wants to stand but D Amico is controlling the position.
D Amico cracks St Georges with a solid left hand.

D Amico avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
St Georges looks gassed!
D Amico cracks St Georges with a solid left hand.
D Amico works over St Georges with some ground and pound from guard.
D Amico lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
D Amico lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

St Georges had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. D Amico defends it easily.
D Amico landing some decent shots from guard.
D Amico postures up and lands a big shot to St Georges's brow.

St Georges escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. D Amico gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
D Amico landing some decent shots from guard.
D Amico stands up over St Georges, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
D Amico is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
St Georges tries to land a sweep but no joy.
D Amico landing with the ground and pound.
St Georges wants to stand but D Amico is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
D Amico trying to control but St Georges is working from the bottom.
D Amico is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
D Amico lands a couple of elbows.
D Amico advances to half guard.
D Amico missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

St Georges actively working from the bottom here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
D Amico lands with a punch from half guard.
D Amico is nestled in close to St Georges, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
D Amico is trying to control the action in half guard but St Georges is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
D Amico working the head and body with strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
D Amico prevents St Georges from standing back up.
D Amico working St Georges over with strikes.
D Amico lands strikes from half guard.
D Amico drops an elbow to the side of St Georges's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony D Amico dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

D Amico closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
D Amico working the ground and pound from side control.
D Amico misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
St Georges tries to get back to half guard but can't.
St Georges manages to get back to half guard.
D Amico looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
St Georges tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
D Amico not landing any meaningful shots this time.
D Amico works his way into full mount!
St Georges wants to try and get back to his feet.
D Amico scores with a couple of good head shots there.
St Georges takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
St Georges is hanging on here. He's in a desperate position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

St Georges bucks D Amico off and manages to get back to his feet!

That's one minute gone in the round.
D Amico stuns St Georges with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from D Amico is defended easily by St Georges.
D Amico leaves St Georges with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from St Georges.

D Amico gets a takedown into half guard.
St Georges tries to get to full guard but D Amico has control of the leg.
Anthony D Amico overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
St Georges is trying to stand up here but D Amico is controlling him well.
St Georges on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Georges looks like he's trying to stand up.

D Amico is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, St Georges has managed to free his arm - good work.
D Amico slips a nice elbow through St Georges's hands, connecting with St Georges's forehead.
St Georges has hold of D Amico's hands but D Amico slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
St Georges is trying to stand.
D Amico is trying to control. St Georges wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
St Georges is trying to stand.
St Georges is looking to improve his position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

St Georges gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
D Amico postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

St Georges throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells D Amico's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells D Amico's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

St Georges is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. D Amico is aware though and is defending well.
D Amico distracts St Georges with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
D Amico postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
D Amico postures up and lands a big shot to St Georges's brow.
D Amico working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of St Georges's head.
D Amico throwing strikes from guard but St Georges blocks nicely.

St Georges had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. D Amico defends it easily.
St Georges wants to stand and escape but D Amico is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
D Amico connects with a couple of short punches.
St Georges is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
D Amico trying to control the position from guard on top but St Georges is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
D Amico lands a couple of digs.
St Georges wants to sweep here but D Amico controlling him for the moment.
D Amico landing some decent shots from guard.

St Georges is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
St Georges checks a low kick from D Amico.
D Amico keeps the fight on the outside.
Anthony D Amico seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

D Amico closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming St Georges to the mat! St Georges manages to get full guard.
D Amico won't allow St Georges to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony D Amico dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

D Amico throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

D Amico closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming St Georges to the mat! St Georges manages to get full guard.
St Georges is looking to stand up but D Amico isn't so interested in that idea.

St Georges is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
St Georges is working for takedown but D Amico is calmly controlling the position for now.

D Amico has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics St Georges uses from the top position.
D Amico is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
D Amico scoring with strikes to the body and head.
St Georges is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
D Amico is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
D Amico lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
D Amico scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Georges is pressing down on D Amico's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
D Amico is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

St Georges escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. D Amico gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

D Amico got a little sloppy there for a moment and St Georges has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, D Amico has managed to get both his arms back between St Georges's legs - danger averted.
D Amico scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
D Amico postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

St Georges pushes D Amico off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

D Amico shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. St Georges is trying to defend but D Amico finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
St Georges keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
St Georges trying to control from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. D Amico connects with a nice short shot to St Georges's temple.
D Amico looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
St Georges slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
D Amico throwing strikes from guard but St Georges blocks nicely.
D Amico preventing the sweep.

St Georges has his foot on D Amico's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. D Amico works his way back into a safe position though.
D Amico chips away with some ground and pound.
Pierre St Georges has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

St Georges has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but D Amico can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
D Amico scoring with punches to the head and body.
St Georges tries to land a sweep but no joy.
D Amico chips away with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

D Amico closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. St Georges did well to prevent D Amico getting side control.
D Amico not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
St Georges keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
St Georges manages to get to full guard.
D Amico stands up over St Georges, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
D Amico throws a big right hand that misses.
D Amico is looking to work some ground and pound but St Georges has wrist control.
D Amico wants to pass the guard but St Georges is keeping the position.
D Amico throws a strike but St Georges rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
D Amico wants to sweep but no luck.
St Georges throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as D Amico works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
D Amico looking for a sweep. Not yet D Amico, not yet.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
St Georges shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts D Amico as he jumps to the side.

St Georges has closed the distance and engaged D Amico in a clinch.

St Georges turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and St Georges manages to end up in side control.
D Amico gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
D Amico moves into full guard.
Anthony D Amico is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
D Amico seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
St Georges wants to control from the top but D Amico keeps moving.
D Amico has St Georges pulled in close to control his posture.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
St Georges throwing strikes from guard but D Amico blocks nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anthony D Amico showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for D Amico, 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anthony D Amico!