PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Georges St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Corey Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Georges St Pierre has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Georges St Pierre seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

St Pierre
vs
Taylor

178 cm
22
170 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

185 cm
22
185 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Georges St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Corey Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Saam Ante and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor throws out a powerful jab.

It looks like Georges St Pierre has been cut.
Taylor getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Taylor lands a body shot.

Taylor shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. St Pierre manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

St Pierre isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Taylor stacks St Pierre on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Taylor!
St Pierre is trying to work for a sweep but Taylor has mounted him!
Taylor takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Taylor prevents St Pierre from getting the reversal.
St Pierre is squirming around, avoiding Taylor's attempts to control the action.
Taylor takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor unloads with some shots from mount but St Pierre bucks and avoids them well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
St Pierre is trying desperately to improve position.
Taylor sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Taylor throws some wild stikes that St Pierre manages to avoid easily.
Taylor sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Taylor prevents St Pierre from getting the reversal.

That's two 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.
Taylor controlling from the full mount.
Taylor looking to finish St Pierre with some ground and pound. This is bad for St Pierre!
St Pierre keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Taylor fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor controlling from the full mount.

Taylor working for a guillotine from mount but St Pierre is in no mood to give up.
Taylor tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
St Pierre is in all sorts of trouble here.
St Pierre is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Taylor trying to control but St Pierre is having none of it.
St Pierre is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Corey Taylor dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Georges St Pierre's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Taylor lands a slapping body shot.
Taylor lands a jab to the head.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Taylor!
Taylor connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
St Pierre has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Taylor.
St Pierre fails with the takedown
and Taylor counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Taylor clobbers St Pierre with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Taylor works the jab nicely.
St Pierre doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Taylor throws a shot to the body.
St Pierre closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Taylor feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends St Pierre sprawling to the canvas! St Pierre rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Taylor finish him?!

St Pierre is rocked!
Taylor drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks St Pierre right on the button. St Pierre goes down! Taylor follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Taylor gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Corey Taylor!