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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Georges St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patrick Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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165 lbs
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Georges St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Patrick Davis!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davis rushes St Pierre and presses him up against the cage.
St Pierre leaning his opponent against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Davis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Davis closes the distance and clinches.
Good body shot from St Pierre.
St Pierre escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Davis tries to clinch up but St Pierre circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice sprawl there from Davis as St Pierre shoots in.
St Pierre clinches but Davis breaks the clinch
and Davis counters by moving into the clinch.
St Pierre has Davis pressed against the cage, preventing Davis from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Davis manages to pull guard.
St Pierre is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis pulls St Pierre in close to prevent any damage.
St Pierre postures up in Davis's guard and throws a big left but Davis blocks it.
St Pierre preventing the sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Davis tries to strike from the bottom.
St Pierre won't allow Davis to get back to his feet.
St Pierre sitting in guard here, content to control.
St Pierre keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Davis's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Davis looking for a sweep. Not yet Davis, not yet.
St Pierre looking to pass the guard.
Davis working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from St Pierre.
Davis pulls St Pierre in to control the position.
Davis controls St Pierre momentarily but St Pierre frees himself.
St Pierre postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
St Pierre trying to control the position from guard on top but Davis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Davis wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and St Pierre is now in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis is trying to control but St Pierre passes into side control!
Davis is not content to let St Pierre control the position.
Davis tries to improve position but can't.
Davis looks gassed!
A lull in the action here.
Davis wants to control but St Pierre postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Davis trying his best to control but St Pierre has mounted him.
St Pierre wants to control the pace but Davis is squirming around nicely.
Davis is working to get back to half guard.
St Pierre controlling the position easily from mount.
St Pierre has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Georges St Pierre will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
St Pierre throws a left and a right that both miss
and Davis moves into the clinch.
Davis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Davis closes the distance and pushes St Pierre back into the cage.
St Pierre wants the takedown. Davis is fighting it off but St Pierre persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Davis's guard against the cage.
St Pierre scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Davis lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for St Pierre!
St Pierre tries to hold on but Davis pushes him away.
Davis tries to control but St Pierre wriggling away.
St Pierre is trying desperately to improve position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis is breathing heavily.
St Pierre is working hard here to advance position.
Davis controlling the pace for now.
Davis is in the full mount, landing strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Davis putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Davis trying to control but he's not successful this time.
St Pierre really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
St Pierre manages to regain half guard. Good work.
St Pierre tries to kick Davis off but Davis keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre is staying active underneath Davis, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Davis tries to pass the half guard into mount. St Pierre knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
St Pierre moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
St Pierre keeping full guard, as Davis tries to pass.
St Pierre is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Davis misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from St Pierre.
Davis gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Davis looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
St Pierre stopping the sweep attempt from Davis.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Georges St Pierre dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Davis tries for a takedown but St Pierre circles away easily
and St Pierre decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Davis's guard.
St Pierre sitting in guard, not really doing much.
St Pierre is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there.
St Pierre wants to control from the top but Davis keeps moving.
St Pierre won't allow Davis to get back to his feet.
St Pierre works over Davis with some ground and pound from guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Davis throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre wants to get up but he can't break Davis's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
St Pierre is in close to Davis's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Davis is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
St Pierre throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
St Pierre gets the takedown into side control.
Davis is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Davis lands a decent little punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre stands up.
Davis tries for a takedown but St Pierre circles away easily
and St Pierre counters with a single leg into guard. Davis didn't expect that.
St Pierre has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
St Pierre looking to pass the guard.
Davis keeping moving, preventing St Pierre from controlling successfully.
St Pierre throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Davis works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis trying to keep a closed guard but St Pierre is proving a slippery customer.
Davis tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Davis is trying to keep St Pierre in close.
St Pierre seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
St Pierre loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
St Pierre bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre wants to lay and pray for a moment but Davis keeps working.
St Pierre decides to stand up, so the ref orders Davis to his feet.
St Pierre gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
St Pierre shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Davis sprawls well. Davis wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. St Pierre gets slowly back to his feet.
Davis is trying hard to land a takedown here. St Pierre sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Patrick Davis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Georges St Pierre is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Georges St Pierre has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Patrick Davis.
Davis misses with a body kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Georges St Pierre showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for St Pierre, 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Georges St Pierre!
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FIGHT
RATING
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