PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between LeBron St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Antal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think St Pierre might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to It's Raining Men. Antal has chosen Fully Alive - Flyleaf as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

St Pierre
vs
Antal

191 cm
21
215 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
215 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

MMA's Best Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, LeBron St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Eric Antal!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, William Peck and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Antal shoots in and drives through. St Pierre sprawls well.

St Pierre shoots in for a takedown and gets it, with a heavy slam. That will score well with the judges.

Antal is rocked!
Antal can't keep his opponent in guard - St Pierre advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Antal is still in real trouble! Can St Pierre finish him?
St Pierre works his way into side control.
Antal should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

St Pierre is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Antal has escaped the position, nice work there.
Antal seems to have recovered his senses.
Antal wants to control but St Pierre postures up.
Antal regains half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Antal wants to get back to full guard.
Antal trying to control from the bottom.

St Pierre is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Antal has managed to free his arm - good work.
Antal trying to control from the bottom.
Antal wants to get back to full guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Antal scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Antal misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

Antal thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Antal trying to control the position but St Pierre is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Antal wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
St Pierre is breathing heavily.
Antal trying to control the action but St Pierre is working from the bottom.

Antal has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
A thudding body kick lands there by Antal!
St Pierre gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
letting Antal counter with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Antal.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Antal.
St Pierre misses with a takedown attempt
and Antal counters with a series of strikes. St Pierre will be more careful next time no doubt.
Antal with a poor takedown

and St Pierre counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

St Pierre is looking for a kimura here.

St Pierre is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Antal has managed to free his arm - good work.
St Pierre is thwarting Antal's attempts to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre works his way into side control.
Antal is looking for a sweep.
Antal manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Antal trying to control from half guard but St Pierre is working away.
Antal missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Antal sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. St Pierre defending well though.
Antal tries to stand but can't do so whilst St Pierre controls his leg.
Antal thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

LeBron St Pierre dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

St Pierre tries for a takedown but Antal circles away easily

and Antal counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in St Pierre's guard now.
Antal connects with a couple of short punches.
LeBron St Pierre overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Antal missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Antal has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Antal passes St Pierre's left leg - he's now in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Antal is tying to control. St Pierre wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
St Pierre wants to improve his position but Antal is controlling well.
Antal wants to take a breather but St Pierre is having none of it.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Antal lands a nice short elbow.
Antal moves into full mount! St Pierre won't be happy about that!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Antal's lack of action.
Antal wants to control but St Pierre is keeping him busy.
Antal missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

St Pierre looking for submissions off his back.
Antal is looking to take a break and control but St Pierre is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
St Pierre is trying to get back to full guard.

That's two 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.
Antal throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Antal tries to pass to full mount but St Pierre defends it.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

St Pierre gets caught flat footed, as Antal shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
St Pierre will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

St Pierre working for a triangle but Antal defends it easily.

St Pierre keeping busy on the bottom but Antal has passed one foot through into half guard.
Antal is just content to waste time from the top position. St Pierre takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Antal stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. St Pierre swivels though and keeps the full guard.

St Pierre is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Antal trying to control but St Pierre is working from the bottom.

Antal sitting in guard doing not very much at all here. St Pierre doesn't need a second invitation though! He's locked up a guillotine and he's squeezing tight! That is tiiiiiiiiight! Antal paying the price for stalling here - he's pushing hard on the arm trying to free himself but it's no use! He's tapped! WOW, quick submission from St Pierre - great work!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). LeBron St Pierre!