PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marco Brickowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Louis St Laurent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marco Brickowski has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Brickowski
vs
St Laurent

169 cm
21
160 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

175 cm
23
168 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marco Brickowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Louis St Laurent!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Elvis Blanc and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Laurent throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Brickowski counters with a good, hard body kick but St Laurent shrugs it off.

St Laurent closes the distance and clinches.
Brickowski is trying to force a seperation but St Laurent has the dominant position.
St Laurent lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Brickowski backwards.
St Laurent presses Brickowski against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A right hand to the body from St Laurent.
St Laurent prevents Brickowski from breaking the clinch.
A short uppercut from St Laurent.
Good body shot from St Laurent.
St Laurent lands a body shot in the clinch.
Brickowski takes a shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brickowski tried to land a shot to the body but connects with St Laurent's elbow.
Brickowski wants to get back to striking at distance but St Laurent won't allow it.
Brickowski working hard to break the clinch.
St Laurent prevents Brickowski from breaking the clinch.
A short left from St Laurent.
St Laurent lands a body shot.
Brickowski is breathing heavily.
St Laurent digs a right hand into Brickowski's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Brickowski's gas tank.
St Laurent presses Brickowski against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
St Laurent is working Brickowski over against the cage.
Nice body punch from St Laurent - that landed with a thud.
Brickowski takes a knee to the side of the body.
St Laurent lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
St Laurent lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
St Laurent landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from St Laurent.
A right handed body shot lands from St Laurent.
St Laurent works on Brickowski's body with a couple of short punches.
St Laurent connects with a nasty looking knee right to Brickowski's face.

It looks like Marco Brickowski has been cut.
A short left from St Laurent.
Brickowski looking for a takedown.
St Laurent lands a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Laurent working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short uppercut from St Laurent.
Brickowski looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
St Laurent crunches a lovely knee into Brickowski's ribcage.
St Laurent lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Brickowski.
St Laurent scores with a shot to the side of Brickowski's head.
St Laurent utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
St Laurent lands with a light punch inside.
St Laurent digs a right hand into Brickowski's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Brickowski's gas tank.
St Laurent lands a hook that snaps the head of Brickowski backwards.
St Laurent presses Brickowski against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
St Laurent scores with a shoulder strike.
Nice body punch from St Laurent - that landed with a thud.
A short right from St Laurent on the inside.
St Laurent lands with a short head shot on the inside.
St Laurent lands a knee to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from St Laurent.
St Laurent lands on the inside with an uppercut.
St Laurent cracks Brickowski with a nice body shot.
St Laurent cracks Brickowski with a nice body shot.
St Laurent lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Brickowski backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from St Laurent.
Brickowski is trying to break the clinch but St Laurent has him pressed against the cage.
St Laurent lands a body shot.
St Laurent lands a body shot in the clinch.
Brickowski is trying to break free.
St Laurent scores with a shot to the side of Brickowski's head.
St Laurent pushes Brickowski back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for St Laurent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Laurent throws a knee to the head but misses.
St Laurent lands a body shot in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brickowski tries to circle away but St Laurent has him pinned against the cage.
St Laurent lands with a right to the head.
Brickowski jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as St Laurent walks away with a smile on his face. Brickowski gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
St Laurent misses with an attempted mid kick.

St Laurent drives through with a takedown into Brickowski's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.

Brickowski looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! St Laurent has picked Brickowski up and slammed him! Brickowski can't keep hold of the triangle and St Laurent manages to pass to side control!
Brickowski is trying to control St Laurent's posture but St Laurent avoids it.
Brickowski takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
St Laurent in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Brickowski is not content to let St Laurent control the position.
Brickowski is trying to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
You can see the frustration on Brickowski's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Brickowski is trying to get back to half guard.
Brickowski struggling a bit here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Brickowski tries to control the position but he's not in luck - St Laurent easily slips into full mount!
Brickowski is desperately trying to improve his position but St Laurent has a good base and remains in mount.
St Laurent landing strikes from the mount.
The referee warns Brickowski that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
St Laurent scoring with strikes but Brickowski is staying in there.
St Laurent lands a big elbow.
St Laurent putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brickowski wants to hold on but St Laurent pushes him away.

St Laurent with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Louis St Laurent dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marco Brickowski's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

St Laurent takes a kick to the side of the head.
Brickowski tries a head kick but it misses.
Brickowski takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
St Laurent connects with a looping right hand.
Marco Brickowski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A solid body kick from Brickowski.
Brickowski pivots, looking for a leg kick but St Laurent is out of range and Brickowski settles back down.
St Laurent avoids the head kick by Brickowski.
Brickowski throws the kick towards the body but St Laurent avoids it.
St Laurent moves out of range as Brickowski throws a body kick.
St Laurent connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
St Laurent blocks a head kick by Brickowski.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brickowski throws a sloppy head kick

and St Laurent counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Brickowski avoiding damage under a succession of punches from St Laurent.
Brickowski trying to control here.
St Laurent is trying to control. Brickowski wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Brickowski trying to control from the bottom.
Brickowski wants to get back to full guard.
Brickowski trying to hold on to St Laurent's head to control him but St Laurent postures up.
Brickowski is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Marco Brickowski wasn't doing enough on the ground.
St Laurent jabs at Brickowski's body.
Brickowski misses with a telegraphed body shot
and St Laurent counters with a good low kick that Brickowski was not able to check.
Brickowski lands a jab to St Laurent's midsection.
Brickowski misses with the body kick

and St Laurent counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
St Laurent trying to control the position from guard on top but Brickowski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Brickowski is trying to control the position from the bottom.
This has been an exciting period of action!

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brickowski tries to land a sweep but no joy.

St Laurent thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
St Laurent trying to control the position from guard on top but Brickowski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Louis St Laurent has got the better of the ground game so far.
St Laurent being controlled here momentarily.

Brickowski working for submissions but it's allowed St Laurent to get to half guard.
Brickowski trying to control here.

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 Laurent is looking to stall here but Brickowski recovers full guard.
St Laurent tries to free his leg and advance position but Brickowski is retaining full guard.
Brickowski manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Brickowski trying to control but he's not successful this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Louis St Laurent showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Marco Brickowski's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

St Laurent misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brickowski.

St Laurent rushes Brickowski and presses him up against the cage.
Louis St Laurent seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Nice body punch from St Laurent.
Brickowski wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but St Laurent has him pressed against the cage.
St Laurent lands with a short shot to the head.
Still in the clinch, St Laurent scores with a nice short uppercut.
St Laurent is leaning against Brickowski and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Brickowski is trying to break free.
Brickowski can't break the clinch.
Brickowski wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Brickowski can't find room to land a body shot as St Laurent controls the action.
A right handed body shot lands from St Laurent.
Brickowski wants to break the clinch but can't.
A frustrated look appears on Brickowski's face as he tries to break the clinch.
St Laurent works on Brickowski's body with a couple of short punches.
St Laurent lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brickowski backwards.
Brickowski tries a body shot but St Laurent blocks it.
Brickowski tries a body shot but St Laurent blocks it.
Brickowski takes a shot to the head.
Brickowski lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down St Laurent.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A left hand lands to the body for St Laurent.
St Laurent digs a right hand underneath Brickowski's ribcage. Brickowski let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. St Laurent obliges.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St Laurent lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Brickowski.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, St Laurent creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
St Laurent lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
St Laurent lands with a right to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Laurent lands a hook that snaps the head of Brickowski backwards.
St Laurent stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Knees to the body from St Laurent.
St Laurent lands a shoulder strike.
St Laurent using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
St Laurent lands with a short head shot on the inside.
St Laurent is working Brickowski over against the cage.
A right hand to the body from St Laurent.
St Laurent lands a shot to the body.
St Laurent makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by St Laurent.
Brickowski wants to break free but St Laurent has control.
A short left from St Laurent.
St Laurent scores with a shoulder strike.
St Laurent tries a knee to the head but Brickowski blocks it.
Brickowski is trying to push St Laurent away but St Laurent has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Brickowski wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
St Laurent with a knee to the head.
Brickowski is looking to break free of the clinch but St Laurent has double underhooks.
Brickowski is looking to break free of the clinch but St Laurent has double underhooks.
St Laurent blocks a body shot from Brickowski.

Brickowski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

St Laurent moves into the clinch.
St Laurent lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Brickowski backwards.
St Laurent has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
St Laurent blocks a body shot from Brickowski.
Brickowski has had enough of the clinch but St Laurent keeps him there for the moment.
St Laurent lands with a left to the head.
Brickowski tries to break the clinch but St Laurent is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Laurent presses Brickowski against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
St Laurent is working Brickowski over against the cage.
St Laurent is leaning against Brickowski and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
St Laurent scores with a nice hook to the head.
St Laurent lands with a short shot to the head.
Brickowski has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
St Laurent scores with a nice hook to the head.
St Laurent lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Brickowski works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
St Laurent lands a body shot.
St Laurent landing knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St Laurent blocks a body shot from Brickowski.
Brickowski tried to land a shot to the body but connects with St Laurent's elbow.
St Laurent lands a body shot.
Brickowski misses with a body punch.
Louis St Laurent is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Brickowski wants to break the clinch but can't.
Brickowski can't find room to land a body shot as St Laurent controls the action.
A short right from St Laurent on the inside.
Brickowski is trying to break the clinch but St Laurent has him pressed against the cage.
St Laurent connects with a nasty looking knee right to Brickowski's face.

Brickowski manages to break the clinch.
St Laurent jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
St Laurent avoids the head kick by Brickowski.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brickowski throws a head kick that misses
and St Laurent counters with a leg kick.
Brickowski throws a sloppy body shot
and St Laurent connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Brickowski throws a lazy body kick
and St Laurent counters with a solid body kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as St Laurent checks a leg kick.
Brickowski throws a head kick that misses
and St Laurent connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Brickowski throws the kick towards the body but St Laurent avoids it.
St Laurent rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Brickowski moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Brickowski plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A head kick by Brickowski misses
and St Laurent counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
St Laurent uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brickowski.
Brickowski tries to land a body kick

and St Laurent counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

St Laurent moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Brickowski.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Laurent controls the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
St Laurent wants to lay and pray for a moment but Brickowski keeps working.
St Laurent is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Marco Brickowski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brickowski can't do much from the bottom here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Louis St Laurent comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got St Laurent winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 26:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 26:30
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Louis St Laurent!