PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pierre St Georges (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and alexandre zanelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Georges comes to the cage accompanied by Its the word. Pierre St Georges could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to alexandre zanelli's chin.

St Georges
vs
zanelli

185 cm
24
175 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

180 cm
19
175 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pierre St Georges!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, alexandre zanelli!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Elvis Blanc and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
zanelli throws a right and a left that St Georges avoids nicely.
St Georges wants to clinch up but zanelli keeps it at a distance.
No joy there for zanelli, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
St Georges doesn't manage to clinch there - zanelli circles away.
St Georges is looking to clinch but zanelli is avoiding it.

St Georges shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

St Georges is looking for a kimura but zanelli is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for St Georges to get the leverage.
zanelli is trying to stand back up but St Georges is controlling him
St Georges thows a huge punch but zanelli dodges it nicely.

zanelli makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
zanelli throws a series of punches but St Georges moves out of range.

St Georges clinches up against the cage.
zanelli can't break the clinch.
St Georges fails to pull guard.
St Georges with a knee to the head.
St Georges wants a takedown but no success here.
St Georges lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of zanelli backwards.

St Georges escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
zanelli tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Georges throws a right hand that zanelli ducks under and follows up with a left that zanelli also avoids with ease.
zanelli throws a combination that misses

and St Georges holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
zanelli on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
zanelli gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from St Georges.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pierre St Georges. That's going to take a lot out of him.
St Georges jumps guard but zanelli stands there with St Georges around his waist. St Georges gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

St Georges has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics zanelli uses from the top position.
zanelli must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

St Georges throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
St Georges is breathing heavily.

St Georges has his foot on zanelli's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. zanelli works his way back into a safe position though.

St Georges looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
zanelli has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of St Georges is proving hard to escape from.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

St Georges is working an open guard so zanelli takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

St Georges closes the distance and clinches.

St Georges escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

St Georges drives through and clinches with zanelli against the cage.

St Georges breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
alexandre zanelli seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
zanelli throws a series of punches but St Georges avoids them all with ease.
St Georges tries to close the distance and clinch up but zanelli swats him away and circles back towards the center.
zanelli tries to clinch but fails miserably

and St Georges counters by clinching up.
St Georges lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
St Georges fails to pull guard.

St Georges pulls guard effortlessly.

zanelli decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on St Georges, up you get!
alexandre zanelli is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

St Georges moves into the clinch.
St Georges with a knee to the head.
zanelli takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Georges tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. zanelli just stands there and leans against the cage.
St Georges gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

St Georges breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
St Georges misses with a jab, cross combination.

St Georges throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. zanelli tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. St Georges is in zanelli's guard.

St Georges drops back looking for a leg! zanelli is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and zanelli manages to kick St Georges off! St Georges jumps back into zanelli's guard.
zanelli wants to stand up but St Georges is controlling him.
St Georges is standing up over zanelli. zanelli looks to escape but St Georges dives into side control.

St Georges thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

St Georges has hold of zanelli's arm. He's looking for a kimura. zanelli seems comfortable defending it but St Georges has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! zanelli is real pain and he's forced to tap out! zanelli is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but St Georges couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Pierre St Georges!