PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Matt St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Bush (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Pierre comes to the cage accompanied by Blur - Song 2. Matt St Pierre has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

St Pierre
vs
Bush

180 cm
22
181 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

177 cm
19
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Matt St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Bush!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Ian Loll and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bush fakes high and swings low for a body shot but St Pierre manages to avoid it.

Bush tries to keep at a distance but St Pierre has taken the fight into the clinch.
St Pierre has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Bush avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
St Pierre lands an elbow that stopped Bush in his tracks for a moment.
Bush blocks an elbow strike from St Pierre.
St Pierre comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
St Pierre has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Bush is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
St Pierre is stalling here.
Bush blocks an elbow strike.
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 doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St Pierre looks to throw an elbow but misses.
St Pierre stalling.
St Pierre unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bush lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
St Pierre misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bush.
St Pierre lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bush is looking to break free of the clinch but St Pierre has double underhooks.
St Pierre comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre with a knee to the head.
Bush is trying to break the clinch but St Pierre has him pressed against the cage.
St Pierre is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Bush pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt St Pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bush wants to get back to striking at distance but St Pierre won't allow it.
St Pierre misses with an elbow strike.
A bit of stalling here from St Pierre.
With the fighters up against the cage, St Pierre throws an elbow but misses.
St Pierre comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
St Pierre comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
St Pierre throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A right hand to the body from St Pierre.
St Pierre lands an elbow inside.
Bush is looking to break free of the clinch but St Pierre has double underhooks.
Knees in the clinch landing for St Pierre.
St Pierre throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bush stops a takedown attempt from St Pierre.
Bush wants to break the clinch but can't.
St Pierre misses with an elbow strike.
Bush blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bush avoiding damage as St Pierre throws knees to the body.
St Pierre stalling the fight.
A short right from St Pierre.
Bush managing to block the knees to the body from St Pierre.
St Pierre lands with a light punch inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by St Pierre.
St Pierre lands a nice elbow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, St Pierre just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bush's brow.
St Pierre scores with a shoulder strike.
St Pierre has Bush pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Bush manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Bush wants to break free but St Pierre has control.
Bush is trying to break free.
Bush is trying to force a seperation but St Pierre has the dominant position.
St Pierre lands a good knee to the midsection. Bush won't want to take too many of those.
Bush takes an elbow to the forehead.
St Pierre content to slow the pace in the clinch.
St Pierre is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Bush gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

St Pierre breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
John Bush seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bush takes a swing at St Pierre's ribcage but misses.

St Pierre shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Bush manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
St Pierre is breathing heavily.
St Pierre trying to control the position from guard on top but Bush is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
St Pierre passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Bush wants to get back to his feet but St Pierre drags him back down.
St Pierre slows the pace down.
St Pierre throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
St Pierre in side control, throwing shots but Bush defends.
Bush is trying to work for a sweep but St Pierre has mounted him!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre tries to control but Bush wriggling away.
St Pierre throwing strikes here but Bush is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
St Pierre landing shots from mount.
Bush wants to control but St Pierre is having none of it.

St Pierre working for a submission but Bush is keeping him at bay.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Poor strikes thrown by St Pierre there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Bush is wriggling around trying to escape.
St Pierre blocks Bush's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
St Pierre scores with a couple of good head shots there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt St Pierre dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

St Pierre shoots in and drives through. Bush sprawls well.
St Pierre avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bush on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

St Pierre moves into the clinch.
Bush wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A knee to the head by St Pierre.
Bush can't break the clinch.
St Pierre lands a good knee to the midsection. Bush won't want to take too many of those.
St Pierre stalling the fight.
Bush blocks a punch to the side of the head.
St Pierre lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bush tries to work over St Pierre's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bush is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
St Pierre misses with an elbow over the top.
St Pierre with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bush tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
St Pierre lands an elbow inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Bush avoiding damage as St Pierre throws knees to the body.
St Pierre misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bush.
A nice glancing elbow lands by St Pierre.
Bush prevents a takedown attempt there.
St Pierre creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bush's defenses.
St Pierre has Bush pressed against the cage.

St Pierre breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bush circles away from the clinch attempt.
A punch combination from Bush misses.
Bush takes a swing at St Pierre's ribcage but misses.
St Pierre wants to clinch.
Bush is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by St Pierre.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
St Pierre tries to close the distance and clinch but Bush swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
St Pierre wants to clinch.
Bush keeps the fight on the outside.
St Pierre doesn't manage to clinch there - Bush circles away.
St Pierre tries a head kick but it misses.

St Pierre rushes Bush and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
St Pierre creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bush's defenses.
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 is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bush is keeping busy.
St Pierre lands a nice elbow.
Bush throws a punch but it's blocked by St Pierre.
St Pierre pushes off an throws an elbow but Bush leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
St Pierre misses with some punches.
St Pierre has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Bush avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt St Pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bush gets underhooks to prevent St Pierre's takedown attempt.
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.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bush takes an elbow to the forehead.
St Pierre keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bush's efforts to push away.

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

St Pierre has taken the fight to the clinch.
St Pierre missing with knees to the body.
St Pierre throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bush takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bush fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
St Pierre lands an elbow inside that Bush shrugs off.
St Pierre misses with some punches.

St Pierre breaks the clinch.
St Pierre tries to clinch there but Bush circles away.
Bush misses with an uppercut. St Pierre saw that one coming.
Bush circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
A big left from Bush misses.
Bush tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but St Pierre was well out of range. Poor timing from Bush.
St Pierre moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
St Pierre keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
St Pierre tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
St Pierre ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bush connects with a jab and follows up with a big overhand right! Oh that's hurt St Pierre! He's out on his feet! Bush rushes in and drops St Pierre with another big right hand, forcing the referee to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). John Bush!