PBP Commentary

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

Evans
vs
St Pierre

175 cm
22
174 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

190 cm
22
160 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Everaldo Evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, George St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evans throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Evans throws a head kick but St Pierre moves out of range.
St Pierre avoids the head kick by Evans.

St Pierre changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Evans looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
St Pierre fails to land a wild elbow strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Evans gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
St Pierre takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
St Pierre tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Evans.

Evans looking for submissions off his back.
Evans is looking for a sweep. St Pierre is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Evans gets back to full guard.
St Pierre tries to free his leg and advance position but Evans is retaining full guard.
St Pierre slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
You can see the frustration on Evans's face as St Pierre controls the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

St Pierre stands up and beckons Evans to his feet.
St Pierre looks gassed!
Evans misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

St Pierre moves into the clinch successfully.
Evans is trying to break the clinch but St Pierre has him pressed against the cage.

Evans successfully pulls guard.
St Pierre pushes down on Evans's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Evans is pressing down on St Pierre's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Evans might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Evans keeping moving, preventing St Pierre from controlling successfully.
Evans bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in St Pierre's guard.
Evans trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Evans trying to stand up but can't free himself from St Pierre's guard.
St Pierre is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Evans preventing the sweep.
Evans wants to pass the guard but St Pierre is keeping the position.
St Pierre bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Evans's guard.
St Pierre controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

Evans working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. St Pierre doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. St Pierre manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
St Pierre content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
St Pierre working some strikes from top position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as St Pierre accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
St Pierre must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
St Pierre controls from within his opponent's guard.

St Pierre decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

St Pierre shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
St Pierre is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Evans keeping moving, preventing St Pierre from controlling successfully.
St Pierre really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Evans. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Evans utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
St Pierre is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
St Pierre passes easily into side control. Nice work.
St Pierre trying to control the action but Evans is working from the bottom.
Evans looking for a sweep but St Pierre has passed into full mount! Oh no!
St Pierre can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Evans is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre unloads with some shots from mount but Evans bucks and avoids them well.
St Pierre has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Evans's face.
Evans is squirming around, avoiding St Pierre's attempts to control the action.
Evans really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

St Pierre is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Evans can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
St Pierre postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Evans looks a forlorn figure.
St Pierre trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Evans is desperately trying to improve his position but St Pierre has a good base and remains in mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George St Pierre dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Evans misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Evans throws a head kick but St Pierre moves out of range.
Evans fails with the takedown

so St Pierre counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
St Pierre stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Evans swivels though and keeps the full guard.
St Pierre loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
St Pierre wants to control from the top but Evans keeps moving.
St Pierre is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
St Pierre lands a couple of elbows.
St Pierre trying to control but Evans is working from the bottom.

St Pierre is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
St Pierre has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Evans is proving hard to escape from.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Evans throws a head kick but St Pierre moves out of range.

St Pierre bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Evans tries to bench press St Pierre off him but St Pierre keeps the position.

St Pierre decides to stand back up. St Pierre steps back and let's Evans get back to his feet.
St Pierre scores with a jab.

St Pierre rushes Evans and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

St Pierre pulls guard successfully.
St Pierre looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Evansis looking to pass into half guard but St Pierre pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now St Pierre is in guard.
St Pierre trying to control the position from guard on top but Evans is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
St Pierre seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Evans looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
St Pierre postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in St Pierre's guard.
George St Pierre has got the better of the ground game so far.

Evans drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Evans jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Evans wants to pass the guard but St Pierre is keeping the position.

Evans drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Evans jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Evans drops back looking for a leg! St Pierre is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and St Pierre manages to kick Evans off! Evans jumps back into St Pierre's guard.
Evans tries to stand but St Pierre is controlling from the bottom.

Evans drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Evans jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Evans wants to pass the guard but St Pierre is keeping the position.
St Pierre trying to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Evans scores with a head kick.
Evans shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and St Pierre counters with a nice double leg into guard.
St Pierre tries to free his leg and advance position but Evans is retaining full guard.

Evans looking for a guillotine here but St Pierre defends easily.
St Pierre pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Evans is keeping the position for now.
Evans keeping moving, preventing St Pierre from controlling successfully.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for St Pierre. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.

Evans is looking to sinch up a triangle. St Pierre throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Evans's body to avoid the submission. Evans has instead reached around St Pierre's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Evans arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Everaldo Evans!