PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Matt St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and ben nevis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

St Pierre
vs
nevis

180 cm
20
178 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
23
170 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 Montreal, Matt St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, ben nevis!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Gregory Folan and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
nevis throws a head kick that half lands.
No luck for St Pierre with that takedown attempt.
St Pierre takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

nevis scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
nevis lands an elbow.
St Pierre is looking to work his way out of this bad position but nevis is controlling him well.
nevis working away.
nevis scores with punches from side control.
nevis lands a decent elbow from side control.
St Pierre is looking to regain half guard here but nevis keeps moving and retains side control.

nevis is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, St Pierre has escaped the position, nice work there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
nevis taking a breather here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre looking for a sweep but nevis has passed into full mount! Oh no!
nevis tries to control but St Pierre wriggling away.
St Pierre tries to lock up and control but nevis gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
nevis controlling the pace for now.
nevis lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
nevis controlling from mount.

nevis looking to secure an arm triangle but St Pierre defends it well.
nevis lands a big elbow.
nevis with a couple of short strikes.
St Pierre throwing hammer fists to the chest of nevis. What's that going to do exactly?
nevis content just to control the position here.
St Pierre is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

nevis stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
St Pierre lands with a kick to the temple. nevis shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
St Pierre with a lazy takedown attempt

so nevis counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

nevis gets to his feet. St Pierre looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
nevis throws a right and a left that St Pierre avoids nicely.

nevis feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
St Pierre is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

nevis gets to his feet. St Pierre looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
St Pierre with a lazy takedown attempt

so nevis counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt St Pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
nevis wants to control from the top but St Pierre keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre working a defensive guard here.
St Pierre keeping moving, preventing nevis from controlling successfully.
nevis postures up and lands a big shot to St Pierre's brow.

St Pierre is looking for a triangle but nevis pushes his legs off easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
nevis is standing up over St Pierre. St Pierre looks to escape but nevis dives into side control.
St Pierre is being controlled here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

ben nevis dominated that 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.

nevis pushes St Pierre up against the cage in a clinch.
nevis content to slow the pace in the clinch.

nevis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

St Pierre gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows nevis to score an easy takedown into full guard.
nevis wants to control from the top but St Pierre keeps moving.
ben nevis has got the better of the ground game so far.
nevis looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
St Pierre is trying to keep nevis in close.

That's one minute gone in the round.
nevis wants to control from the top but St Pierre keeps moving.
nevis passes St Pierre's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
nevis has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
nevis lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
nevis wants to lay and pray for a moment but St Pierre keeps working.
nevis throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
nevis stops St Pierre from getting back to his feet.
nevis sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. St Pierre defending well though.

St Pierre kicks nevis off and gets back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre closes the distance looking to clinch

and nevis counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

St Pierre is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a tringle but nevis frees his head nicely. Oh but St Pierre has switched to an armbar! nevis is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Matt St Pierre!