PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Maikkel Mikkelsson (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!

Mikkelsson
vs
St Pierre

225 cm
26
188 lbs
15 - 6 - 0

178 cm
30
180 lbs
23 - 15 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Maikkel Mikkelsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, George St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Elvis Blanc and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mikkelsson tests St Pierre's chin there with a solid looking shot.
St Pierre throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mikkelsson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Mikkelsson misses with a double jab.
Mikkelsson misses with a wild combination.
St Pierre tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mikkelsson was well out of range. Poor timing from St Pierre.
St Pierre missing with a left hand there. Mikkelsson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
St Pierre misses with a straight left.
St Pierre moves away from the strike by Mikkelsson.
Mikkelsson looks to land a left hand but St Pierre moved out of range nicely.
Mikkelsson scores with a jab.
St Pierre looks to score with a jab to the body but Mikkelsson is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - St Pierre throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mikkelsson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Maikkel Mikkelsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mikkelsson throws a right and a left that St Pierre avoids nicely.
Mikkelsson scores with a nice strike.
Mikkelsson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Mikkelsson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but St Pierre was well out of range. Poor timing from Mikkelsson.
Mikkelsson scores with a jab to the body.
Mikkelsson is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
No joy there for Mikkelsson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
St Pierre tries for a takedown but Mikkelsson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
St Pierre lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
St Pierre moves into range and connects with a jab.
Mikkelsson loads up on a big right hand but St Pierre slips the punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mikkelsson. St Pierre does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mikkelsson looks to land a left hand but St Pierre moved out of range nicely.
St Pierre defending well as Mikkelsson loads up on a big left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mikkelsson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

St Pierre shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
St Pierre throws some wild stikes that Mikkelsson manages to avoid easily.
St Pierre throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
St Pierre looking to finish Mikkelsson with some ground and pound. This is bad for Mikkelsson!
St Pierre throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
St Pierre looking to control but Mikkelsson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
St Pierre with a couple of short strikes.
St Pierre sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, St Pierre cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Mikkelsson is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
St Pierre misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
St Pierre with shots to the head and body - Mikkelsson looks very uncomfortable down there.
St Pierre lands a nice shot to the head.

St Pierre is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Mikkelsson to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Mikkelsson shrugs it off.
Poor strikes thrown by St Pierre there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
St Pierre lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
St Pierre breaks from Mikkelsson's wrist control and lands an elbow.

It looks like Maikkel Mikkelsson has been cut.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Mikkelsson is in a horrible position here. St Pierre smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Mikkelsson is rocked!

Maikkel Mikkelsson's cut is getting worse.
St Pierre landing strikes from the mount.
Oh Mikkelsson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Maikkel Mikkelsson's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
St Pierre cracks Mikkelsson with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). George St Pierre!