PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between George St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Clooten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clooten has chosen Hot Ride by The Prodigy as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!

St Pierre
vs
Clooten

178 cm
27
180 lbs
15 - 10 - 1

180 cm
27
182 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Rivers Edge Nutrition

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 15 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, George St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Matt Clooten!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Alec Ball and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre connects with a crisp jab.
St Pierre misses with a straight right.
St Pierre takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
St Pierre throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Clooten scores with a jab to the body.
Clooten takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Clooten scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Clooten misses the target.

St Pierre shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Clooten's guard.
Clooten utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Clooten not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Clooten has control of St Pierre's left arm, preventing St Pierre from doing any damage.
Clooten not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
St Pierre connects with a couple of short punches.
Clooten preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Clooten is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre advances position into side control!
Clooten is looking for a sweep.
St Pierre trying to control the position but Clooten is working away.
St Pierre tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
St Pierre waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Clooten.
St Pierre throws a hook to the side of Clooten's head but Clooten sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
St Pierre fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Clooten manages to avoid it.
Nice sprawl there from Clooten as St Pierre shoots in.
Clooten cracks St Pierre with a right hand to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Clooten misses with a wild body shot.
George St Pierre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Clooten misses the jab.
Clooten scores with a leg kick.
Clooten throws a half hearted mid kick.
Clooten throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
St Pierre lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Clooten misses with a straight left.
St Pierre defending well as Clooten loads up on a big left hand.
A left lands for St Pierre.
Clooten connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Clooten throws out a loose jab but St Pierre uses good head movement to avoid it.
St Pierre keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Clooten.
Clooten throws a shot from downtown. St Pierre moves away and avoids it.
Clooten shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Clooten throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre looks to land a right hand but Clooten moved out of range.
St Pierre missing with a left hand there. Clooten was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

St Pierre decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Ground and pound from St Pierre.
Clooten wants to get back to full guard.

Clooten pushes St Pierre off and gets back to his feet.
St Pierre throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Clooten connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
St Pierre ducks under a wild hook from Clooten.
St Pierre fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Clooten avoids it really well and circles away.
St Pierre throws a body punch but Clooten moves out of range.
A jab from Clooten does it's job there.
St Pierre throws the left hand but Clooten avoids the punch easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre lands with an overhand left.
St Pierre steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Clooten.
St Pierre keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Clooten.
A lazy left from St Pierre finds it's target.
St Pierre thows a left - swing and a miss!
A big right from St Pierre misses.
St Pierre jabs at Clooten's body.
St Pierre throws a hook to the side of Clooten's head but Clooten sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
St Pierre is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
St Pierre misses with a wild body shot.
A jab from St Pierre misses.
Clooten connects with a jab.
St Pierre misses with a shot to the body
and St Pierre takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Clooten uses good head movement to avoid the hook from St Pierre.
St Pierre misses with a takedown attempt - Clooten sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George St Pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
St Pierre throws an overhand right that lands on Clooten's shoulder, as Clooten tries to avoid the shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that George St Pierre will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

St Pierre looks to land a left hand but Clooten moved out of range nicely.
Clooten staying out of range there.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as St Pierre checks a leg kick.
St Pierre uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
St Pierre looks to score with a jab to the body but Clooten is just out of range.
Clooten slips under a jab from St Pierre.
St Pierre fails with the takedown
and Clooten counters with an outside leg kick.
Clooten shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Clooten misses with a hook. St Pierre ducked under it nicely.
St Pierre blocks a head kick by Clooten.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from St Pierre misses.
St Pierre swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
St Pierre misses with a hook. Clooten ducked under it nicely.
St Pierre ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Clooten moves away.
St Pierre shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre misses with a hook to the body
and Clooten counters with a series of strikes. St Pierre will be more careful next time no doubt.
Clooten throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Clooten misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from St Pierre.
St Pierre avoids a kick to the body.
St Pierre swings away with a body shot that misses
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
and Clooten counters with a nice uppercut.
St Pierre on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Clooten's corner calls for a 1-2. Clooten obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
St Pierre ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Clooten moves away.
St Pierre throws a jab but it's blocked by Clooten.
St Pierre throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Clooten works over St Pierre's head and body with a nice combination.
Clooten misses with a looping left.
Jab, jab by St Pierre - just one landing.
Clooten looks for the body kick but St Pierre saw that one coming.
St Pierre looks to throw the jab but Clooten is out of range.
Matt Clooten seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clooten is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by St Pierre.
St Pierre is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Clooten.
St Pierre misses with a body shot
and Clooten counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
St Pierre takes one on the button.
St Pierre swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Clooten.
Clooten throws a nice outside leg kick.
St Pierre throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Clooten sees it coming and avoids it easily.
St Pierre gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Clooten connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George St Pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Clooten uses good head movement to avoid the hook from St Pierre.
Matt Clooten is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Clooten moves forwards but St Pierre connects with a nice, crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jab from Clooten.
Clooten scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
St Pierre misses with a looping left.
St Pierre misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clooten uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by St Pierre.
Clooten lands a nice looking body kick.
A swing and a miss from Clooten.
Clooten lands with a hook. St Pierre tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
St Pierre misses with a looping right.
Clooten throws a series of punches but St Pierre avoids them all with ease.
Clooten blocks a jab.
Clooten waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract St Pierre.
Nice defenses there by St Pierre.

St Pierre feints and as Clooten raises his hands in defense, St Pierre changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
St Pierre lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Clooten looking for a sweep. Not yet Clooten, not yet.
Clooten working a defensive guard here.
Clooten is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Clooten pulls St Pierre in to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clooten is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Clooten bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in St Pierre's guard.
Clooten trying to control the position from guard on top but St Pierre is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
St Pierre utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
St Pierre controlling the position.
St Pierre tries to land a sweep but no joy.
St Pierre is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Clooten tries to roll over but St Pierre keeps him under control.
St Pierre thows a huge punch but Clooten dodges it nicely.
Clooten tries to roll over but St Pierre keeps him under control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Clooten showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Nice defenses there by Clooten.
A shot to the body from St Pierre misses
and Clooten counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Clooten throws a hook to the side of St Pierre's head but St Pierre sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
St Pierre throws out a loose jab but Clooten uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jab, jab by Clooten - just one landing.
St Pierre just misses with a punch to the body.
A jab from St Pierre misses.
St Pierre tests Clooten's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Clooten takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
St Pierre thows a body shot but no joy.
Clooten ducks under a wild hook from St Pierre.
St Pierre takes a swing at Clooten's ribcage but misses.
Clooten misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre takes a swing at Clooten's ribcage but misses.
A jab from Clooten misses.

Clooten shoots in and bounces St Pierre off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
St Pierre controlling the position.
St Pierre is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Clooten throwing strikes from guard but St Pierre blocks nicely.
St Pierre is pulling down on Clooten's head to control his posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clooten trying to control but St Pierre is working from the bottom.
Clooten throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Clooten wants to control from the top but St Pierre keeps moving.
Clooten won't allow St Pierre to sweep him here.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
A telegraphed right hand from Clooten misses the target.
Clooten misses with a double jab.
St Pierre lands with a cross.
St Pierre throws a hook but Clooten avoids it easily.
St Pierre lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
St Pierre fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Clooten avoids it really well and circles away.
St Pierre avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre misses the shot to the body.
Clooten thuds his right hand into St Pierre's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
St Pierre misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Clooten.
St Pierre takes a swing at Clooten's ribcage but misses.
St Pierre tries for a takedown but Clooten circles away easily
and Clooten counters with a stiff right hand.
Clooten bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Clooten misses the shot to the body.
St Pierre misses the jab.
Clooten bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
St Pierre showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Clooten.
St Pierre takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clooten moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
St Pierre fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Clooten manages to avoid it.
St Pierre throws a looping overhand right but Clooten ducks down to avoid it.
Clooten thows a left - swing and a miss!
A looping hook to the body misses from Clooten. St Pierre does a little dance to reset his feet.
Clooten clobbers St Pierre with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Good standup being displayed there by Clooten as he connects with a hook.
Clooten fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
St Pierre throws a hook but Clooten blocks it.
Clooten misses with a kick to the body.
St Pierre misses with a straight left.
St Pierre uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Clooten.
Clooten lands a nice shot to the body.
Clooten uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from St Pierre.

And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Clooten comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Clooten has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Clooten!