PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dave St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and C Mehnutz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mehnutz has chosen TNT as his entrance music. C Mehnutz has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Dave St Pierre's chin.

St Pierre
vs
Mehnutz

200 cm
24
270 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

200 cm
20
255 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Good elbows
Heavy handed

Behold The Beast
Behold The Beast

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dave St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, C Mehnutz!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Paulsen Ambrosius and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mehnutz bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of St Pierre's head.
St Pierre throws a right hand that Mehnutz ducks under and follows up with a left that Mehnutz also avoids with ease.
St Pierre avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
C Mehnutz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
St Pierre keeps the fight on the outside.
Mehnutz dodges the punch combination from St Pierre.
Mehnutz is looking to clinch but St Pierre is avoiding it.
St Pierre throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mehnutz.
St Pierre throws a right and a left that Mehnutz avoids nicely.
St Pierre will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Mehnutz darts in and clinches St Pierre up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mehnutz scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mehnutz avoiding damage.
St Pierre is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Mehnutz pulls him back up using the underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dave St Pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mehnutz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of St Pierre backwards.
Mehnutz lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mehnutz lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mehnutz lands with a light punch inside.
St Pierre looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
A right handed body shot lands from Mehnutz.
St Pierre fails to pull the fight into his guard.
St Pierre tries to pull guard but Mehnutz won't allow it.
St Pierre tries to pull guard but Mehnutz won't allow it.
A short left from Mehnutz.
Mehnutz misses with some punches.

St Pierre pulls guard successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

St Pierre looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

St Pierre looking for a guillotine here but Mehnutz defends easily.
Mehnutz is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Mehnutz would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

St Pierre working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Mehnutz doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Mehnutz manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

St Pierre working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Mehnutz has passed into half guard!

St Pierre looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Mehnutz content to control rather than advance.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

St Pierre looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

C Mehnutz dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Mehnutz tries to close the distance and clinch but St Pierre swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mehnutz tries to clinch but St Pierre is having none of it.
Mehnutz tries to clinch there but St Pierre circles away.
Mehnutz is looking to clinch but St Pierre is avoiding it.
Mehnutz throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting St Pierre counter with a right hand.

It looks like C Mehnutz has been cut.
Mehnutz tries to clinch there but St Pierre circles away.
St Pierre shoots in but Mehnutz avoids the takedown attempt easily.
St Pierre swats away the attempt to clinch by Mehnutz.
Mehnutz tries to clinch up.
Mehnutz darts in trying to clinch

and St Pierre counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Mehnutz does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mehnutz slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
St Pierre stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Mehnutz swivels though and keeps the full guard.
St Pierre preventing the sweep.
Mehnutz pulls St Pierre in close to his closed guard and prevents St Pierre from doing any damage or advancing position.
Let's hope that Mehnutz has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Mehnutz looking for a sweep. Not yet Mehnutz, not yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
St Pierre trying to control but Mehnutz is working from the bottom.

St Pierre drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Mehnutz dives on top into guard.

St Pierre working for a triangle but Mehnutz defends it easily.

St Pierre is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Mehnutz defends well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

St Pierre isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Mehnutz stacks St Pierre on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Mehnutz!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre tries to buck Mehnutz off but Mehnutz is having none of it.
Mehnutz is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
St Pierre is trying to improve his position.
St Pierre trying his best to control but Mehnutz has mounted him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
St Pierre is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Mehnutz controlling from the full mount.
St Pierre working to try and regain half guard.
St Pierre regains half guard.
St Pierre tries to get to full guard but Mehnutz has control of the leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dave St Pierre dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on C Mehnutz's cut.
That's time! St Pierre's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Mehnutz uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Mehnutz wants to clinch up but St Pierre keeps it at a distance.
Mehnutz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but St Pierre circles away quickly and effectively.
Mehnutz doesn't manage to clinch there - St Pierre circles away.

Mehnutz has managed to clinch.
Mehnutz softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mehnutz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
St Pierre jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Mehnutz walks away with a smile on his face. St Pierre gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Mehnutz moves into the clinch.
St Pierre jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Mehnutz walks away with a smile on his face. St Pierre gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good shot there by Mehnutz.
Mehnutz tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and St Pierre decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Mehnutz's guard.

St Pierre drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Mehnutz manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now St Pierre has Mehnutz in his guard.

St Pierre throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Mehnutz escapes and throws St Pierre's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
St Pierre is looking for a sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mehnutz stands up.
St Pierre shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Mehnutz sprawls well. Mehnutz wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. St Pierre gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dave St Pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mehnutz moves in looking to clinch but St Pierre pushes him off.
Good shot there by Mehnutz.
St Pierre fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
St Pierre walks into a jab.

It looks like Dave St Pierre has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mehnutz lands a nice shot to the body.
Mehnutz tries to clinch up.
Mehnutz fails with an attempt to clinch.

St Pierre tries to keep at a distance but Mehnutz has taken the fight into the clinch.
Mehnutz holding his opponent close, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre takes a shot to the head.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Mehnutz. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
A bit of stalling here from Mehnutz.
Mehnutz continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
St Pierre tries to pull guard but Mehnutz won't allow it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
St Pierre fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Mehnutz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
C Mehnutz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Mehnutz has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... C Mehnutz!