PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Fekadeab Dejene (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fekadeab Dejene could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Matt St Pierre's chin.

Dejene
vs
St Pierre

183 cm
22
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

183 cm
24
185 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Fekadeab Dejene!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Matt St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Ian Loll and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dejene wants to clinch up but St Pierre keeps it at a distance.
Dejene misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dejene with a jab.
Dejene throws a combination. St Pierre tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Dejene moves in looking to clinch but St Pierre pushes him off.
Dejene throws a right hand that St Pierre ducks under and follows up with a left that St Pierre also avoids with ease.
St Pierre throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dejene takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
St Pierre fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dejene misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dejene listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Dejene moves out of range of the strikes.
Dejene scores with a nice head shot.
Dejene throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Matt St Pierre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
St Pierre throws a hook but Dejene avoids it easily.
St Pierre misses with a series of wild punches.
St Pierre misses with a two punch combination.
Dejene misses with a few strikes there.
St Pierre showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dejene.
Dejene will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
St Pierre tries to bum rush Dejene with a series of wild strikes but Dejene uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dejene will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dejene looks to land a combination. St Pierre sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Dejene lands with a good body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dejene throws a push kick but St Pierre slaps the foot to one side.
St Pierre takes a swing at Dejene's ribcage but misses.
St Pierre looks gassed!
Dejene scores with a jab.
No joy there for Dejene, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
St Pierre moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Dejene scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
St Pierre throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dejene tries to close the distance and clinch but St Pierre swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dejene connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed St Pierre momentarily.
Dejene blocks a jab.
St Pierre pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A big left from St Pierre misses.
St Pierre is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Dejene moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
St Pierre checks a low kick from Dejene.
Dejene rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but St Pierre moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
St Pierre looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Dejene is fending him off so far but St Pierre persists. Nope, Dejene circles away and we're back to standing.
A left and a right from Dejene both land. Nice combination.
Dejene's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Dejene duly obliges.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Dejene!

St Pierre is rocked!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Dejene throws a left jab followed by a right to the body, Oh St Pierre colapses and takes a barrage of punches from Dejene as he moves to mount! the ref stops the fight and St Pierre is left battered and dazed whilst Dejene and his camp cheer!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fekadeab Dejene!