PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gregory St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Sampaio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Pierre comes to the ring accompanied by The Rush. Ivan Sampaio has the eye of the tiger tonight.

St Pierre
vs
Sampaio

178 cm
23
172 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

178 cm
19
175 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gregory St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ivan Sampaio!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Dillan Fox and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre chopping away at his opponent's legs.
St Pierre keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sampaio.
Sampaio lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

It looks like Gregory St Pierre has been cut.
A jab from Sampaio finds it's way through St Pierre's defenses.
Sampaio looks to throw the jab but St Pierre is out of range.
Sampaio swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ivan Sampaio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

St Pierre shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Sampaio is trying to defend but St Pierre finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Sampaio is trying to get back to full guard.

Sampaio is defending against the submission attempts here by St Pierre.
St Pierre not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Sampaio really doesn't want to stay on the ground with St Pierre. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sampaio blocking the ground and pound attempt from St Pierre.

St Pierre seems to be working for a kimura but Sampaio defends the submission attempt.
St Pierre stops Sampaio from getting back to his feet.
St Pierre throwing shots but Sampaio is blocking nicely.
St Pierre thows a huge punch but Sampaio dodges it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
St Pierre throwing shots but Sampaio is blocking nicely.
St Pierre missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
St Pierre wants to pass to mount but Sampaio is defending the position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sampaio can do anything to dispel that myth.
Sampaio looks like he's trying to stand up.
St Pierre trying to pass the guard but Sampaio defending well.

St Pierre is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
St Pierre is keen to just control but Sampaio is a slippery customer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sampaio avoiding damage under a succession of punches from St Pierre.
Sampaio is looking to improve his position.
Sampaio is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
St Pierre thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sampaio's head.
St Pierre is looking to advance position but Sampaio won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
St Pierre is trying to control the action in half guard but Sampaio is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
St Pierre thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sampaio's head.
Sampaio trying to control but St Pierre postures up.
Sampaio keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
St Pierre thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sampaio's head.
St Pierre wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sampaio keeps working.
St Pierre tries to pass to full mount but Sampaio defends it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Sampaio dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gregory St Pierre's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Sampaio throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Sampaio lands a lovely overhand right.
Sampaio fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sampaio looks to land a combination but St Pierre avoids it well.
Nice cross by Sampaio.
Sampaio misses with a looping left.
Sampaio displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from St Pierre.
Sampaio throws a series of punches but St Pierre avoids them all with ease.
Sampaio takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
St Pierre moves out of range as Sampaio strikes.
St Pierre throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sampaio's waist but Sampaio gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing St Pierre off to one side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sampaio misses with a straight right.
Sampaio misses with a body shot.
Sampaio throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A punch combination from Sampaio misses.
St Pierre shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sampaio as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gregory St Pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sampaio tries to bum rush St Pierre with a series of wild strikes but St Pierre uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nice uppercut there from Sampaio.
A jab from Sampaio misses.
Gregory St Pierre is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sampaio. St Pierre does a little dance to reset his feet.
St Pierre throws a sloppy head kick and Sampaio moves out of range easily.
St Pierre slips a jab and a cross from Sampaio.

St Pierre fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Sampaio sprawls well initially but St Pierre persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
St 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Sampaio does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Sampaio blocking the ground and pound attempt from St Pierre.
St Pierre not landing any meaningful shots this time.
St Pierre wants to pass the guard but Sampaio is defending well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sampaio is looking to improve his position.
St Pierre seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Sampaio does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sampaio wants to get back to full guard.
Sampaio is not content to let St Pierre control the position.

We're going to have a standup here because Gregory St Pierre wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Sampaio lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but St Pierre circles away quickly and effectively.
Sloppy strikes from Sampaio. Those never looked like landing.
Sampaio digs a good hook to St Pierre's body.
Sampaio displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Sampaio throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sampaio scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sampaio lands a two punch combo.
St Pierre tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Sampaio swivels and escapes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sampaio throws a right and a left that St Pierre avoids nicely.
Sampaio lands with an overhand left.
St Pierre looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Ivan Sampaio is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
St Pierre is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Sampaio lands an overhand right.

St Pierre is rocked!
St Pierre on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sampaio jabs at St Pierre's body.
Sampaio throws the left hand but St Pierre avoids the punch easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sampaio will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sampaio throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Sampaio showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Gregory St Pierre's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Left hook, right uppercut from Sampaio.
Sampaio misses with a double jab.
Sampaio swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sampaio misses with a series of wild punches.
A punch combination from Sampaio misses.
Sampaio misses with a straight left.
St Pierre changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Sampaio tries to avoid it but St Pierre manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Sampaio to the ground. Sampaio escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
St Pierre shoots in for a takedown but Sampaio shows good takedown defense.
Sampaio lands a lovely overhand right.
St Pierre dodges the punch combination from Sampaio.
St Pierre cracks the inside of Sampaio's front leg.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Sampaio.
St Pierre will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gregory St Pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sampaio catches St Pierre with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Sampaio swinging wildly here.
Sampaio throws a looping overhand right but St Pierre ducks down to avoid it.
Ivan Sampaio seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Sampaio!
Sampaio scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. St Pierre doesn't seem bothered though.
St Pierre has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
St Pierre has a takedown stuffed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre takes one on the chin but seems OK.

Sampaio drops St Pierre with a beautiful combination! St Pierre stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Sampaio is looking for the KO!
Oh St Pierre is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sampaio ducks down into range and throws a picture perfect right hook that connects with St Pierre's jaw. St Pierre's eyes stare off into space as he falls to the mat, out cold! Sampaio does the decent thing and steps back, rather than landing any shots to his unconscious opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ivan Sampaio!