PBP Commentary

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

Eslami
vs
St Piere

177 cm
19
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

182 cm
23
179 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Arsham Eslami!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jorge St Piere!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Yves DeLean and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Piere is trying hard to land a takedown here. Eslami sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A looping hook to the body misses from Eslami. St Piere does a little dance to reset his feet.

St Piere darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Eslami wants to get back to his feet.
St Piere seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Eslami is trying to defend against the ground and pound but St Piere scores with a couple of nice shots.
Eslami is staying active underneath St Piere, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Eslami knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for St Piere on the ground.
Eslami is looking to escape.
St Piere has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
St Piere scoring with strikes to the body and head.
St Piere is nestled in close to Eslami, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Eslami pushes St Piere off but St Piere dives into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Eslami is breathing heavily.
St Piere working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
St Piere landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
St Piere connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Eslami some visible discomfort.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
St Piere lands a nice forearm strike.
St Piere scoring with punches and elbows.
St Piere working the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eslami is looking to work his way out of this bad position but St Piere is controlling him well.
St Piere lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
St Piere in side control lands a decent elbow.
Eslami wants to get back to his feet but St Piere drags him back down.
St Piere advances nicely into full mount.
St Piere scoring with strikes but Eslami is staying in there.

St Piere has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Eslami is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jorge St Piere!