PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between knowm sayin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pedro St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Pierre has chosen The Wicked End - Avenged Sevenfold as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

sayin
vs
St Pierre

190 cm
23
177 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

178 cm
21
180 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

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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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, knowm sayin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pedro St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Paulo Santos and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

St Pierre rushes sayin and presses him up against the cage.
St Pierre tries a knee to the head but sayin blocks it.
St Pierre is stalling here.
sayin tries for a takedown but St Pierre manages to get underhooks.
Nice body punch from St Pierre - that landed with a thud.
St Pierre prevents the takedown attempt.
sayin is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for knowm sayin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
St Pierre using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
sayin is breathing heavily.

St Pierre escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
St Pierre throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by sayin.
Nice sprawl there from St Pierre as sayin shoots in.

St Pierre moves into the clinch successfully.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
St Pierre unloads a knee to the mid-section.
St Pierre utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
St Pierre is pushing sayin up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

St Pierre pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

St Pierre clinches up with sayin and pushes him back against the cage.
St Pierre working sayin over with knees to the body.
St Pierre putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has sayin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
St Pierre with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for St Pierre.
A knee to the head by St Pierre.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Knees in the clinch landing for St Pierre.
St Pierre slows down the pace here.
St Pierre lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

St Pierre breaks the clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from St Pierre.
A chopping leg kick lands by St Pierre.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
St Pierre is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
sayin is trying to drag St Pierre to the mat but St Pierre just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
St Pierre just leaning against sayin, taking a breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre unloads a knee to the mid-section.
St Pierre just leaning against sayin, taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Pedro St Pierre.
St Pierre lands a front kick.

St Pierre closes the distance and clinches.
St Pierre connects with a nasty looking knee right to sayin's face.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A knee to the head by St Pierre.
St Pierre lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
St Pierre scores a nice knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
sayin being controlled against the cage.

St Pierre's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
sayin dives in and grabs St Pierre's left leg, looking for a takedown. St Pierre pushes down on sayin's head and hops out.

St Pierre moves into range and clinches up with sayin.
sayin goes for a takedown attempt but St Pierre pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
St Pierre throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
knowm sayin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

St Pierre takes the fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre lands a good knee to the midsection. sayin won't want to take too many of those.
St Pierre stalling the fight.
A hook to the body from St Pierre.

St Pierre escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
sayin takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
St Pierre pushes sayin away with a front kick.
sayin takes a kick to the side of the head.

sayin tries to keep at a distance but St Pierre has taken the fight into the clinch.
St Pierre pressing his opponent against the cage.
The crowd are getting on St Pierre's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
sayin takes an elbow to the forehead.
St Pierre stalling.
A left hand lands to the body for St Pierre.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
St Pierre has sayin pushed against the cage.
sayin takes a knee right on the jaw!
St Pierre manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
St Pierre landing knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
St Pierre with a knee to the head.
St Pierre lands a knee to the head.
St Pierre creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through sayin's defenses.
St Pierre avoiding damage.
St Pierre utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
St Pierre cracks sayin with a nice body shot.
St Pierre lands a damaging elbow.
sayin takes a knee right on the jaw!
sayin takes a knee right on the jaw!
St Pierre lands a knee to the head.
St Pierre lands a knee to the body.
St Pierre is stalling here.
St Pierre scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
St Pierre utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
sayin changes levels and goes for a takedown here. St Pierre fights it off and pushes away nicely.

St Pierre has sayin up against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pedro St Pierre dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

St Pierre closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
sayin looking for a takedown.
Nice elbow from St Pierre.
The referee is keeping an eye on St Pierre - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
sayin drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
sayin is trying to drag St Pierre to the mat but St Pierre just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for knowm sayin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
St Pierre utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
sayin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
St Pierre unloads a knee to the mid-section. sayin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
St Pierre leaning against his opponent.
St Pierre lands a nice knee to the body.
St Pierre avoiding damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
St Pierre crunches a lovely knee into sayin's ribcage.
St Pierre with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
sayin letting St Pierre take a breather here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has sayin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
St Pierre scores with an uppercut up the middle.

St Pierre breaks from the clinch.
Pedro St Pierre is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

St Pierre moves into the clinch.
St Pierre gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
St Pierre lands a knee to the head.
St Pierre working sayin over with knees to the body.
St Pierre putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has sayin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
St Pierre connects with a knee to the head.
St Pierre lands a good knee to the midsection. sayin won't want to take too many of those.
sayin wants a takedown.

St Pierre pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

St Pierre closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
St Pierre lands an elbow that stopped sayin in his tracks for a moment.
sayin tries to score a body lock takedown but St Pierre shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
St Pierre lands a knee to the head.
St Pierre scores with a knee to the head.
St Pierre stops a takedown attempt from sayin.
St Pierre gets underhooks to prevent sayin's takedown attempt.
Nice elbow from St Pierre.
sayin changes levels and goes for a takedown here. St Pierre fights it off and pushes away nicely.
sayin takes a kick to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

St Pierre has closed the distance and engaged sayin in a clinch.
Pedro St Pierre seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
St Pierre with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
sayin takes an elbow to the forehead.
A knee to the head by St Pierre.
St Pierre slowing the pace effectively.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St Pierre lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of sayin backwards.
sayin is working for takedown but St Pierre is calmly controlling the position for now.
sayin can't get the takedown.
A quick uppercut on the inside from St Pierre.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
sayin changes levels and goes for a takedown here. St Pierre fights it off and pushes away nicely.
sayin shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has St Pierre pinned against the cage. St Pierre gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

St Pierre closes the distance and clinches.
St Pierre misses with a knee to the head.

St Pierre breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

St Pierre moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
sayin takes a knee right on the jaw!
St Pierre dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
St Pierre receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
St Pierre continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
St Pierre lands an elbow that stopped sayin in his tracks for a moment.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from St Pierre.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Pedro St Pierre.
sayin dives in and grabs St Pierre's left leg, looking for a takedown. St Pierre pushes down on sayin's head and hops out.
knowm sayin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
St Pierre is looking to slow sayin down with leg kicks.
St Pierre has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
St Pierre moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

St Pierre moves into the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. St Pierre obliges.
St Pierre lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
St Pierre with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
St Pierre landing knees to the head.
St Pierre is pushing sayin up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
St Pierre scores a nice knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
St Pierre gets underhooks to prevent sayin's takedown attempt.
St Pierre lands a nice knee to the body.
St Pierre unloads a knee to the mid-section.
St Pierre lands a good knee to the midsection. sayin won't want to take too many of those.

St Pierre's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
St Pierre scores with a kick to the midsection.

St Pierre moves into the clinch.
sayin has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. St Pierre is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
St Pierre will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning sayin up against the cage.
St Pierre crunches a lovely knee into sayin's ribcage.
St Pierre lands an elbow that stopped sayin in his tracks for a moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
sayin is trying to work for a single leg takedown but St Pierre pulls him back up using the underhooks.
A quick uppercut on the inside from St Pierre.
St Pierre displaying some good clinch control by pressing sayin up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pedro St Pierre showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

St Pierre fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with sayin, pushing him back against the cage.
St Pierre crunches a lovely knee into sayin's ribcage.
St Pierre with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
sayin looking for a takedown.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
St Pierre lands a good knee to the midsection. sayin won't want to take too many of those.
St Pierre crunches a lovely knee into sayin's ribcage.
sayin tries for a takedown but St Pierre manages to get underhooks.
sayin takes a knee to the side of the body.
St Pierre gets underhooks to prevent sayin's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for knowm sayin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
St Pierre lands an elbow just above sayin 's eye.
St Pierre lands an elbow inside that sayin shrugs off.
St Pierre lands a nice knee to the body.
St Pierre utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
St Pierre lands a damaging elbow.
St Pierre is pressed up against the cage. sayin has hold of a leg and is looking to drag St Pierre down to the mat. St Pierre avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
sayin moves forwards but St Pierre connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
St Pierre throws a nice head kick!

St Pierre clinches up with sayin and pushes him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

St Pierre breaks the clinch.

St Pierre darts in and clinches sayin up against the cage.
St Pierre landing knees to the head.
St Pierre effectively controlling the action here.
St Pierre is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
St Pierre connects with a nasty looking knee right to sayin's face.
St Pierre lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
St Pierre landing knees to the body.
sayin being controlled against the cage.
sayin has St Pierre pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. St Pierre manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
St Pierre has sayin pushed against the cage.

St Pierre breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
St Pierre stuffs the takedown attempt from sayin. sayin gets slowly back to his feet.
Pedro St Pierre seems to be getting the better of the standup.
sayin misses with a takedown attempt - St Pierre sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

St Pierre has closed the distance and engaged sayin in a clinch.
St Pierre lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from St Pierre.
sayin drops to a knee looking for a takedown but St Pierre gets the underhooks and prevents it.
St Pierre slowing the pace effectively.
Nice elbow from St Pierre.
St Pierre with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
St Pierre taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
St Pierre is pressed up against the cage. sayin has hold of a leg and is looking to drag St Pierre down to the mat. St Pierre avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

St Pierre clinches with his opponent.
St Pierre unloads a knee to the mid-section.
St Pierre landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

St Pierre breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

St Pierre moves into the clinch successfully.
sayin goes for a takedown in the clinch but St Pierre prevents it.
sayin takes a knee to the side of the body.
sayin has St Pierre pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. St Pierre manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Come on St Pierre - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
sayin tries for a takedown. No joy.
A nice left hand lands by St Pierre.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre pressing his opponent against the cage.
sayin takes a knee right on the jaw!
St Pierre using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
St Pierre prevents a takedown attempt there.
St Pierre slowing the pace effectively.

St Pierre breaks the clinch.
sayin fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

St Pierre pushes sayin up against the cage in a clinch.
St Pierre's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

St Pierre's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
sayin shoots in but no luck this time.

St Pierre forces sayin back against the cage and clinches.
Knees in the clinch landing for St Pierre.

St Pierre escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

St Pierre drives through and clinches with sayin against the cage.
St Pierre lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre is working sayin over against the cage.
St Pierre connects with a nasty looking knee right to sayin's face.
A short left from St Pierre.
St Pierre with a knee to the head.
sayin managing to block the knees to the body from St Pierre.
St Pierre is stalling here.
sayin wants a takedown.
St Pierre putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has sayin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
St Pierre crunches a lovely knee into sayin's ribcage.

St Pierre breaks the clinch.
sayin shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as St Pierre sprawls well. St Pierre wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. sayin gets slowly back to his feet.
St Pierre changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

St Pierre moves into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
St Pierre looking to throw knees to the head but sayin is blocking nicely.
sayin avoiding damage as St Pierre throws knees to the body.

St Pierre breaks from the clinch.
sayin looks for a takedown but St Pierre sprawls well.
knowm sayin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pedro St Pierre is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

St Pierre has managed to clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pedro St Pierre comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well St Pierre has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 24:30
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 24:30
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 24:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pedro St Pierre!