PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steven Saint Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and omer abubakr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steven Saint Pierre has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Saint Pierre
vs
abubakr

200 cm
22
210 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

188 cm
24
205 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Steven Saint Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, omer abubakr!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Dillan Fox and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saint Pierre rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but abubakr moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Saint Pierre closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
abubakr drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Saint Pierre gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Saint Pierre swings wildly with an uppercut but abubakr uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by abubakr.
Saint Pierre tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Saint Pierre breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
abubakr has a takedown stuffed.

Saint Pierre clinches.
Saint Pierre looking to throw knees to the head but abubakr is blocking nicely.
Saint Pierre working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Saint Pierre using the Thai plumb to throw knees but abubakr has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Saint Pierre misses with an elbow strike.
Saint Pierre lands a shoulder strike.
abubakr has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Saint Pierre is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Steven Saint Pierre has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of omer abubakr.
Saint Pierre throws a knee to the head but misses.
Saint Pierre lands with a short punch from the clinch.
abubakr looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint Pierre using the Thai plumb to throw knees but abubakr has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Saint Pierre using the Thai plumb to throw knees but abubakr has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Saint Pierre throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Saint Pierre throws an elbow but misses.

Saint Pierre manages to pull guard.
Saint Pierre manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Saint Pierre lands a heavy elbow.
Saint Pierre throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
BOOM! Saint Pierre connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The referee warns abubakr that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saint Pierre fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Saint Pierre throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Saint Pierre looking to ground and pound but abubakr is blocking nicely.
A nice elbow there by Saint Pierre.
Saint Pierre lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Saint Pierre landing strikes from the mount and abubakr is in trouble!
Saint Pierre has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Saint Pierre in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Saint Pierre throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
abubakr avoids a series of strikes thrown by Saint Pierre.
Saint Pierre lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Saint Pierre working abubakr over with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saint Pierre scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish abubakr?
Saint Pierre with the ground and pound from mount.
Saint Pierre throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Saint Pierre looking to finish abubakr with some ground and pound. This is bad for abubakr!
Saint Pierre lands a heavy elbow.
Saint Pierre with a couple of short strikes.
Saint Pierre unloads with some shots from mount but abubakr bucks and avoids them well.
Saint Pierre lands a big shot there that rocks abubakr but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Saint Pierre scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish abubakr?
Saint Pierre throwing strikes here but abubakr is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Saint Pierre cracks abubakr with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Saint Pierre working abubakr over with strikes here.
Saint Pierre lands a nice shot to the head.
The referee warns abubakr that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Saint Pierre is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. abubakr can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Saint Pierre connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Saint Pierre with a couple of short strikes.
Saint Pierre working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Saint Pierre will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
abubakr wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Saint Pierre.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Saint Pierre sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Saint Pierre connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steven Saint Pierre 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.

Saint Pierre lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but abubakr circles away quickly and effectively.
Saint Pierre keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
abubakr slips a jab and a cross from Saint Pierre.
abubakr shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Saint Pierre defends it nicely.
Steven Saint Pierre is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Saint Pierre moves into range and clinches up with abubakr.
Saint Pierre lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Saint Pierre throws a knee to the head but misses.
Saint Pierre throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but abubakr blocks it with crossed arms.
A shot in the inside from Saint Pierre.
Saint Pierre looking to throw knees to the head but abubakr is blocking nicely.
Saint Pierre tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saint Pierre throws an elbow but it misses.
Saint Pierre throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but abubakr blocks it with crossed arms.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Saint Pierre pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Saint Pierre displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from abubakr.
Steven Saint Pierre has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of omer abubakr.
Saint Pierre takes a swing at abubakr's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from abubakr.

Saint Pierre has closed the distance and engaged abubakr in a clinch.
Saint Pierre swings wildly with an uppercut but abubakr uses good head movement to avoid it.
Saint Pierre lands an uppercut.
Saint Pierre tries to land a knee to the head but abubakr blocks with his arms.
Saint Pierre tries to land a knee to the head but abubakr blocks with his arms.

Saint Pierre has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics abubakr uses from the top position.
abubakr is looking to advance position but Saint Pierre has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Saint Pierre avoids the attempt from abubakr to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saint Pierre landing punches.
Saint Pierre lands a nice shot to the head.
Saint Pierre unloading with bombs!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Saint Pierre cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Saint Pierre throwing strikes here but abubakr is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Saint Pierre with good strikes from the mount here!
abubakr is trying desperately to improve position.
Saint Pierre lands with some strikes.
Saint Pierre raining down shots from the mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saint Pierre avoids the attempt from abubakr to control.
Saint Pierre pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Saint Pierre pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
abubakr wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Saint Pierre.
Saint Pierre lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Saint Pierre lands with some vicious ground and pound - can abubakr hang on?
Saint Pierre scoring with strikes but abubakr is staying in there.
Saint Pierre is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Steven Saint Pierre overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Saint Pierre.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Saint Pierre throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Saint Pierre punching from mount but abubakr doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Saint Pierre misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Saint Pierre cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Saint Pierre cracks abubakr with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The referee warns abubakr that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Poor strikes thrown by Saint Pierre there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Saint Pierre landing strikes, looking to finish!
Saint Pierre lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Saint Pierre sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steven Saint Pierre dominated that second round.
That's time! Saint Pierre's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Saint Pierre takes a swing at abubakr's ribcage but misses.
Saint Pierre shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with abubakr but abubakr pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Saint Pierre takes a swing at abubakr's ribcage but misses.

abubakr drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Saint Pierre can't do much from the bottom here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

abubakr thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Saint Pierre throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!

Saint Pierre moves into the clinch.
Saint Pierre tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Saint Pierre using the Thai plumb to throw knees but abubakr has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
abubakr takes a knee right on the jaw!

Saint Pierre breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Saint Pierre throws a body punch but abubakr moves out of range.

Saint Pierre closes the distance and clinches.

Saint Pierre escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Saint Pierre will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Saint Pierre throws a body punch but abubakr moves out of range.
abubakr uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Saint Pierre.
abubakr avoids the body shot from Saint Pierre.

abubakr drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

abubakr wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Saint Pierre, who protects the arm well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

abubakr looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

abubakr is trying to get an arm triangle but Saint Pierre is defending well.
omer abubakr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

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

abubakr working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

And that's the end of the fight!
omer abubakr comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Saint Pierre has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:26
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:26
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steven Saint Pierre!