PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between George St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arabic Persian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

St Pierre
vs
Persian

178 cm
22
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

186 cm
22
175 lbs
0 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Prefers ground

BJJ Blue Belt
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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, George St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Arabic Persian!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Robert Douchet and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Persian keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

St Pierre gets a takedown into half guard.
St Pierre slips a nice elbow through Persian's hands, connecting with Persian's forehead.
St Pierre working the head and body with strikes.
Persian has hold of St Pierre's hands but St Pierre slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Persian is rocked!
St Pierre 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.
Persian is still in real trouble! Can St Pierre finish him?
This has been an exciting period of action!
St Pierre scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Persian looks gassed!
St Pierre looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Persian with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
St Pierre drops an elbow to the side of Persian's head.
Ground and pound from St Pierre.
Persian on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
St Pierre lands with a punch from half guard.
St Pierre is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
St Pierre scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Persian on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre is controlling the pace.
Persian has hold of St Pierre's hands but St Pierre slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
St Pierre takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
St Pierre seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Persian for as long as he can get away with.
Persian seems to have recovered his senses.
St Pierre landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Persian taking some punishment here, with St Pierre in his half guard.
St Pierre trying to mount his opponent but Persian defends it.
St Pierre controlling the action here.
St Pierre is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre with good strikes from the mount here!
Persian in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
St Pierre looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
St Pierre lands a big elbow - Persian is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Persian is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). George St Pierre!