PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lance St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nemean Athos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Pierre comes into the arena with 16 FEVER blaring out of the sound system. The crowd seem to be enjoying Athos's choice of entrance music: Thundercats. Nemean Athos has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Lance St Pierre's chin.

St Pierre
vs
Athos

181 cm
25
181 lbs
18 - 5 - 0

180 cm
24
181 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Conviction
Conviction

Firebird Designs
Broken Halo Pride 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 18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lance St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nemean Athos!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre throws a front kick aimed at Athos's knee but Athos avoids it well.
Athos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but St Pierre was well out of range. Poor timing from Athos.
St Pierre loads up on a big right hand but Athos slips the punch.
St Pierre on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
St Pierre throws a lazy right hand but Athos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Athos with a jab.
Athos avoids the body shot from St Pierre.
Athos misses with a wild body shot.
St Pierre throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A head kick misses from St Pierre.
Athos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Athos misses with a combination
and St Pierre counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Athos throws a sloppy body shot
and St Pierre counters with a slapping leg kick.
St Pierre fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Athos manages to avoid it.
St Pierre connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Athos's hands.
Athos swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and St Pierre counters with a stiff right hand.
Athos dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on St Pierre. That did some damage!
St Pierre slips under a jab from Athos.
Athos throws a combination that misses
and St Pierre counters with an inside leg kick.
St Pierre walks into a stiff left hand from Athos.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Athos cracks the inside of St Pierre's front leg.
Athos digs a good hook to St Pierre's body.
Athos misses the body punch
and St Pierre counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
St Pierre lands with a nice body punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Athos. St Pierre does a little dance to reset his feet.
Athos swings away with a leg kick that misses.
St Pierre looks to score with a jab to the body but Athos is just out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for St Pierre.
St Pierre throws a low kick but it's checked well by Athos.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Athos throws a lazy head kick
and St Pierre counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Athos thinking.
Lance St Pierre is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Decent striking displayed by Athos there.
Athos scores with a body shot.
Athos thuds a left hand into St Pierre's body.
Athos lands a two punch combo.
Athos lands with a slapping head kick.
St Pierre swings for the body but Athos moves out of range.
St Pierre stuns Athos with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Athos throws a leg kick but St Pierre checks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Athos stuns St Pierre with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
St Pierre throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
St Pierre takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Athos thows a leg kick but St Pierre checks it
and St Pierre counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
St Pierre throws a sloppy body shot
and Athos makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Nemean Athos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
St Pierre walks into a jab.
St Pierre moves out of range of the leg kick from Athos.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Athos misses the shot to the body.
Athos lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nemean Athos dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

St Pierre throws a body punch but Athos moves out of range.
St Pierre is looking to wear down Athos with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Athos keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from St Pierre.
Athos moves out of range of the strikes.
Nice defenses there by St Pierre.
Decent striking displayed by St Pierre there.
Nemean Athos seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Athos is looking to score with low kicks.
St Pierre swings away with a body shot that misses
and Athos counters with a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slow jab from Athos misses its intended target.
St Pierre connects with a body shot.
Athos misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre throws a shot from downtown. Athos moves away and avoids it.
St Pierre avoids a punch combination nicely.
Athos swings and misses with a shot to the body
and St Pierre counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Athos thows a body shot but no joy.
Athos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A head kick by Athos misses
and St Pierre counters with a body kick.
Athos doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Athos misses with a telegraphed body shot
and St Pierre counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Athos gets cracked there but stands up to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Athos throws a leg kick
letting St Pierre counter with a right hand.
Athos throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and St Pierre cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Athos looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Athos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
St Pierre swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Athos doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
St Pierre just misses with a punch to the body.

Athos shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Athos prevents St Pierre from getting the reversal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Athos trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Athos scoring with strikes but St Pierre is staying in there.
Athos trying to control but St Pierre is having none of it.
St Pierre tries to hold on but Athos postures up.
Athos looking to control but St Pierre is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
St Pierre tries to hold on but Athos postures up.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Athos controlling from the full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lance St Pierre dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Athos fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and St Pierre has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
St Pierre misses with a lunging right hand
and Athos counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
St Pierre swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Athos is defended easily by St Pierre.
St Pierre falls off balance throwing a combination
and Athos counters with a nice low kick that buckles St Pierre's knee momentarily.
St Pierre avoids the head kick by Athos.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre misses with a few strikes there.
St Pierre connects with a right hand. Athos shakes it off.
Athos lands with a good body shot.
St Pierre slips a jab and a cross from Athos.
Athos doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Athos connects with an inside leg kick.
St Pierre keeps the fight on the outside.
St Pierre ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Athos moves away.
St Pierre connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
St Pierre swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Athos counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps St Pierre thinking.

Athos shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Athos stalling.
Athos missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Athos takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
St Pierre is looking for a sweep. Athos is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Athos with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
St Pierre tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Athos has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Athos can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as St Pierre is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
St Pierre is trying desperately to improve position.
Athos looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
St Pierre is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Lance St Pierre has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
St Pierre flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
St Pierre wants to hold on but Athos pushes him away.
Athos controlling the position easily from mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nemean Athos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Athos has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Nemean Athos!
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Nemean Athos!
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Nemean Athos!

Nemean Athos wins by unanimous decision!