PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Karl Mathers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mathers kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Buck cherry. St Pierre is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Territoire Hostile. Matt St Pierre has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Mathers
vs
St Pierre

178 cm
30
178 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

180 cm
26
178 lbs
17 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Karl Mathers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Matt St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Colin Fotheringham and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre takes one to the side of the head.
St Pierre uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mathers.
St Pierre chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Mathers throws a predictable looking body shot
letting St Pierre counter with a right hand.
Mathers throws a right and a left that both miss.
St Pierre uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mathers.
Mathers tries to score a power double leg takedown but St Pierre sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Mathers somewhat.

St Pierre moves into the clinch.

St Pierre works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

St Pierre drops back, looking for a kneebar! Mathers looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Mathers looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Mathers!

Mathers wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by St Pierre, who protects the arm well.

Mathers decides to stand up, so the ref orders St Pierre to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mathers will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Mathers misses with a takedown attempt
and St Pierre makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Mathers really felt that one!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Karl Mathers. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mathers is breathing heavily.
St Pierre will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
St Pierre uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mathers.
St Pierre misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mathers fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
St Pierre moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

St Pierre fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Mathers to the ground. St Pierre is now in Mathers's guard.

St Pierre thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
St Pierre with a nice head shot there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
St Pierre with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Mathers looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
St Pierre is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Mathers escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. St Pierre gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
St Pierre lands a couple of elbows.

Mathers is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. St Pierre is aware though and is defending well.

Mathers looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
St Pierre forces his way into half guard.
Mathers is not content to let St Pierre control the position.
Mathers wants to control but St Pierre is keeping busy and won't allow it.
St Pierre lands strikes from half guard.

St Pierre is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mathers makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Mathers.
St Pierre looking to pass the guard.
St Pierre keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Mathers's head.
Mathers keeping moving, preventing St Pierre from controlling successfully.
St Pierre scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
St Pierre tries to free his leg and advance position but Mathers is retaining full guard.

Mathers had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. St Pierre defends it easily.

Mathers looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
St Pierre keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Mathers's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre trying to control the position from guard on top but Mathers is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
St Pierre is working Mathers over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
St Pierre is working Mathers over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mathers wants to stand up but St Pierre is controlling him.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Mathers working for a triangle but St Pierre defends it easily.

St Pierre drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. St Pierre seems to have locked his on tight now - Mathers screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for St Pierre, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Matt St Pierre!