PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dave Collins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Collins comes into the arena with Beginning of the End blaring out of the sound system. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Collins
vs
St Pierre

178 cm
26
175 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

180 cm
26
170 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
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 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dave Collins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dan St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Anni Minnemäki and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Collins misses with a body shot.
Collins lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Collins digs a good body shot into St Pierre's ribs.
Collins takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
St Pierre fails with the takedown
and Collins counters with a lovely straight right hand!
St Pierre fails with the takedown
and Collins counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Collins misses with a body shot.
St Pierre shoots and misses
and Collins makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Dave Collins has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dan St Pierre.
Nice body punch from Collins.
St Pierre takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
St Pierre looks gassed!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
St Pierre shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Collins counters with a lovely straight right hand!
St Pierre keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Collins connects with a single shot there.
Collins slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Collins with a hook.

Collins shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in St Pierre's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Collins lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Collins throwing strikes but missing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Collins wants to control from the top but St Pierre keeps moving.
St Pierre utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if St Pierre can do anything to dispel that myth.
Collins stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. St Pierre swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Collins is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Collins is in close to St Pierre's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Collins postures up and lands a big shot to St Pierre's brow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
St Pierre can't keep his opponent in guard - Collins advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Collins sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. St Pierre defending well though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Collins works his way into side control.
St Pierre seems a little lost for a moment, as Collins dominates the positioning.
Collins scoring with punches from side control.
Collins trying to control the action but St Pierre is working from the bottom.
Collins cracks St Pierre with a big elbow.
St Pierre is not content to let Collins control the position.
Collins is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because St Pierre is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
St Pierre wants to get back to his feet but Collins drags him back down.
St Pierre taking punishment in the form of punches.
Collins trying to control the position but St Pierre is working away.
St Pierre tries to improve position but can't.
Collins working the head and body with strikes.
Collins passes to full mount! That's big trouble for St Pierre!
St Pierre regains half guard.
St Pierre is refusing to be controlled, as Collins sits in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Collins slips a nice elbow through St Pierre's hands, connecting with St Pierre's forehead.
Collins thows a huge punch but St Pierre dodges it nicely.
St Pierre has hold of Collins's hands but Collins slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

St Pierre looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Collins connects with a nice short shot to St Pierre's temple.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Collins is keen to just control but St Pierre is a slippery customer.
Collins working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
St Pierre is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Collins scores with a couple of nice shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dave Collins 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 keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Collins.
St Pierre tries to clinch up but Collins circles away and keeps his distance.
St Pierre doesn't manage to clinch there - Collins circles away.
St Pierre tries for a takedown but Collins circles away easily
and Collins counters with a lovely straight right hand!
St Pierre takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Collins lands a lovely overhand right.
Collins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but St Pierre moves away.
Dan St Pierre is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Collins lands with a good body shot.
Collins with a body punch. A glancing blow.
St Pierre on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Collins lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
St Pierre walks into a left hand.
Collins connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
St Pierre is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
St Pierre moves away from the strike by Collins.
Nice body punch from Collins.
St Pierre has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Collins finds it's way round the side to connect with St Pierre's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre avoids the body shot from Collins.
Collins stuns St Pierre with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
St Pierre on the wrong end of a nice hook.

St Pierre is rocked!
Collins punishes St Pierre's body with a nice straight punch.
Collins lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Nice defenses there by St Pierre.
Collins scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Collins throws a good cross that connects.
Collins misses with a hook. St Pierre ducked under it nicely.

St Pierre gets caught flat footed, as Collins shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Collins postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Collins is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Collins postures up in St Pierre's guard and throws a big left but St Pierre blocks it.
Dave Collins overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Collins advances to half guard.
St Pierre really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Collins. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Collins is taking a breather. St Pierre says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Ground and pound from Collins.
St Pierre tries to kick Collins off but Collins keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Collins connects with a nice short shot to St Pierre's temple.
Collins 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.
Collins uses his free foot to push down on St Pierre's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for St Pierre.
St Pierre tries to hold on but Collins pushes him away.
Collins lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Collins pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre is bucking up trying to escape but Collins cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
St Pierre is in a horrible position here. Collins smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Collins scores with a couple of good head shots there.
St Pierre is still in real trouble! Can Collins finish him?
Collins lands a big elbow.
Collins landing strikes from the mount.
Collins controlling his opponent.
St Pierre seems to have recovered his senses.
St Pierre taking shots to the head.
Collins landing strikes from the mount and St Pierre is in trouble!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Collins punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Collins trying to control but St Pierre is having none of it.
Collins in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Collins postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked St Pierre badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Collins around the waist but Collins pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Collins is the winner by TKO! Collins jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dave Collins!