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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Felix St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and August Derleth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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147 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
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135 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
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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
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Felix St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, August Derleth!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Gregory Folan and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Derleth keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from St Pierre.
The fight stays on the outside here - Derleth looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Derleth avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
St Pierre looks to score with a jab to the body but Derleth is just out of range.
Derleth tries to clinch there but St Pierre circles away.
St Pierre takes a swing at Derleth's ribcage but misses.
Derleth is looking to clinch.
Derleth is looking to clinch.
Derleth tries a head kick but it misses.
Derleth closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Derleth is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Derleth uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from St Pierre.
St Pierre closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Derleth wants to get back to his feet.
Derleth is looking to improve his position.
St Pierre content to control rather than advance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Derleth tries to roll over but St Pierre keeps him under control.
Derleth is trying to stand.
St Pierre moves nicely into side control.
St Pierre tries to move into full mount but can't pass Derleth's legs.
St Pierre is working hard here to advance position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
An elbow from St Pierre crashes against the mat.
St Pierre working the head and body with strikes.
Derleth bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
A big right from St Pierre misses.
Derleth fails with an attempt to clinch.
Derleth tries to clinch up but St Pierre circles away and keeps his distance.
Derleth fails with an attempt to clinch.
St Pierre throws a looping overhand right but Derleth ducks down to avoid it.
Derleth tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but St Pierre paws at him with a jab and circles away.
St Pierre swinging wildly here.
Derleth is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Derleth tries to clinch up but St Pierre circles away and keeps his distance.
Derleth wants to clinch up but St Pierre keeps it at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Derleth tries to clinch up but St Pierre circles away and keeps his distance.
Derleth is looking to clinch but St Pierre is avoiding it.
St Pierre avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Derleth tries to clinch there but St Pierre circles away.
St Pierre shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Derleth is looking to get to half guard.
St Pierre wants to control the pace but Derleth is squirming around nicely.
Derleth really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
St Pierre goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Derleth is on top in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
St Pierre is adopting a defensive guard.
St Pierre keeping moving, preventing Derleth from controlling successfully.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Derleth wants to stand and escape but instead St Pierre has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Derleth wants to stand and escape but St Pierre is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Felix St Pierre dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
St Pierre takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Derleth tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but St Pierre paws at him with a jab and circles away.
St Pierre connects with the punch.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from St Pierre.
St Pierre throws a lazy right hand but Derleth sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
St Pierre throws a body punch but Derleth moves out of range.
Derleth is looking to clinch.
St Pierre lands with a hook. Derleth tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
St Pierre swats away the attempt to clinch by Derleth.
Derleth scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
St Pierre swats away the attempt to clinch by Derleth.
St Pierre closes the distance and clinches up with Derleth, looking for a takedown. St Pierre pushes Derleth against the cage but Derleth circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
St Pierre swats away the attempt to clinch by Derleth.
An inside leg kick lands from Derleth.
Derleth rushes St Pierre and presses him up against the cage.
St Pierre dodges an elbow strike from Derleth.
St Pierre letting Derleth take a breather here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Derleth unloads a knee to the mid-section. St Pierre lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
St Pierre misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Derleth displaying some good clinch control by pressing St Pierre up against the cage.
Nice elbow from Derleth.
Derleth connects with a knee to the head.
Derleth just leaning against St Pierre, taking a breather.
St Pierre blocks the elbow strike.
A head punch on the inside from St Pierre fails to land.
Derleth scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Derleth.
Derleth lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Derleth is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Derleth is trying to maintain a safe position but St Pierre gets an underhook and turns Derleth into the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Derleth lands a knee to the head.
Derleth blocking some punches.
Derleth lands a knee to the head.
Derleth throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but St Pierre blocks it with crossed arms.
St Pierre tries to pull guard but Derleth holds him up against the cage and eventually St Pierre drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Felix St Pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A knee to the head by Derleth.
St Pierre decides to pull guard.
St Pierre had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Derleth defends it easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
St Pierre working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Derleth doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but St Pierre is tightening it up a little... Derleth has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Derleth reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Derleth taps out! nice BJJ there by St Pierre!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Felix St Pierre!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
35% |
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