PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Georges St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vsevolod Amerkhanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vsevolod Amerkhanov will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

St Pierre
vs
Amerkhanov

178 cm
22
170 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

180 cm
22
177 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 - 4 - 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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vsevolod Amerkhanov!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Nard Betker and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
St Pierre shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Amerkhanov defends it nicely.
St Pierre fails with a takedown attempt.

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

Amerkhanov jumps guard and drags St Pierre to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Amerkhanov keeping moving, preventing St Pierre from controlling successfully.
Amerkhanov wants to stand and escape but St Pierre is having none of it.
St Pierre passes Amerkhanov's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
St Pierre passes to full mount!
Amerkhanov is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

St Pierre with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
St Pierre tries to control but Amerkhanov wriggling away.

St Pierre goes for an armbar but Amerkhanov turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Amerkhanov.
St Pierre is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

St Pierre is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Amerkhanov working hard to break the clinch.
Amerkhanov stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

Amerkhanov breaks the clinch.
Amerkhanov throws a series of punches but St Pierre avoids them all with ease.
Amerkhanov fails with a takedown attempt.
St Pierre tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Amerkhanov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Amerkhanov connects with the punch.
Amerkhanov defends well against a solid takedown attempt from St Pierre.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Georges St Pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

St Pierre shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

St Pierre looking to secure an arm triangle but Amerkhanov defends it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Amerkhanov is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
St Pierre scores with a couple of good head shots there.
St Pierre wants to control the pace but Amerkhanov is squirming around nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
St Pierre is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Amerkhanov is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Amerkhanov is in all sorts of trouble here.
St Pierre trying to control but he's not successful this time.
St Pierre pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

St Pierre working for a guillotine from mount but Amerkhanov is in no mood to give up.
St Pierre working Amerkhanov over with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre punishing his opponent with strikes.
St Pierre trying to control but he's not successful this time.
St Pierre avoids the attempt from Amerkhanov to control.
Amerkhanov looks gassed!
St Pierre wants to control the pace but Amerkhanov is squirming around nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Amerkhanov can't escape the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
St Pierre lands a nice shot to the head.
St Pierre controlling from the full mount.
St Pierre lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Georges St Pierre dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Amerkhanov tries to clinch up.
Amerkhanov connects with a jab.
St Pierre shoots in but no luck this time.
Vsevolod Amerkhanov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Amerkhanov connects with a right hand. St Pierre shakes it off.

St Pierre shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than St Pierre was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
St Pierre looking to control but Amerkhanov is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
St Pierre fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
St Pierre content just to control the position here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St Pierre lands a big elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Amerkhanov is trying to escape the mount.
St Pierre scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Amerkhanov wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Amerkhanov working to try and regain half guard.
Amerkhanov is breathing heavily.
St Pierre working away from the top, dropping strikes.

St Pierre is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! St Pierre extends the arm and Amerkhanov is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Georges St Pierre!