PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nickolay Katorjnov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lance St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Katorjnov kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Remember the name - Fort Minor. St Pierre has chosen 16 FEVER as his entrance music. Nickolay Katorjnov could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Lance St Pierre's chin.

Katorjnov
vs
St Pierre

178 cm
31
186 lbs
20 - 13 - 0

181 cm
26
184 lbs
20 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
KO power

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 20 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nickolay Katorjnov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lance St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are , and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Katorjnov moves out of range of the body kick from St Pierre.
St Pierre fails in his attempt to clinch.
Katorjnov scores with a nice strike.
Katorjnov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Katorjnov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by St Pierre.
St Pierre shoots in looking for a takedown but Katorjnov manages to keep the fight standing, pushing St Pierre's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Katorjnov misses with a looping right.
Katorjnov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
St Pierre takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
St Pierre tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Katorjnov was well out of range. Poor timing from St Pierre.
A punch lands to the side of St Pierre 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Katorjnov scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. St Pierre doesn't seem bothered though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre wants to clinch up but Katorjnov keeps it at a distance.
Katorjnov lands a nice looking body shot.
Katorjnov scores with a jab.
St Pierre misses with a wild combination.
St Pierre swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lance St Pierre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice shot lands for St Pierre.
Katorjnov moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
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!
Katorjnov blocks the body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Katorjnov with a jab.
St Pierre blocks a jab.

St Pierre has closed the distance and engaged Katorjnov in a clinch.
St Pierre blocking some punches.

St Pierre breaks from the clinch.
St Pierre uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
St Pierre misses with a hook. Katorjnov ducked under it nicely.
St Pierre tries to clinch up.
St Pierre pivots, looking for a leg kick but Katorjnov is out of range and St Pierre settles back down.
Katorjnov ducks under a wild hook from St Pierre.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Katorjnov misses with a hook. St Pierre ducked under it nicely.
Good leg kick by St Pierre there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
St Pierre pulls out of a head kick attempt.
St Pierre scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

St Pierre closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, St Pierre creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Katorjnov lands a body punch in the clinch.
Katorjnov throws a punch but it's blocked by St Pierre.
Katorjnov scores with a shoulder strike.
St Pierre blocking some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Katorjnov.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Katorjnov presses St Pierre against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Come on St Pierre - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Katorjnov working aggressively here.
St Pierre blocks a body shot from Katorjnov.
St Pierre scores a nice knee to the body.
St Pierre scores with a nice hook to the head.
St Pierre prevents a body shot from Katorjnov.
Katorjnov is trying to break the clinch but St Pierre is controlling him.
St Pierre blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Katorjnov has had enough of the clinch but St Pierre keeps him there for the moment.
Katorjnov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Good body shot from St Pierre.
St Pierre lands a left hand.
St Pierre working some nice short punches in the clinch.
St Pierre working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by St Pierre.
St Pierre tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Katorjnov's elbow.
Katorjnov avoiding damage as St Pierre throws knees to the body.
St Pierre lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Katorjnov backwards.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Nickolay Katorjnov will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

St Pierre tests Katorjnov's chin there with a solid looking shot.
St Pierre lands a nice hook to Katorjnov's body. Katorjnov takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
St Pierre throws a front kick that sends Katorjnov stumbling back into the cage.
Nickolay Katorjnov is winning the standup battle so far.
St Pierre fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Katorjnov has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
St Pierre lets loose with a powerful body kick. Katorjnov will feel that in the morning.

St Pierre drives through and clinches with Katorjnov against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
St Pierre digs a right hand into Katorjnov's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Katorjnov's gas tank.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Katorjnov takes an elbow to the temple.
St Pierre working Katorjnov over with knees to the body.
St Pierre scores with a shoulder strike.
A nice left hand lands by St Pierre.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from St Pierre - that landed with a thud.
St Pierre softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
St Pierre is leaning against Katorjnov and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
St Pierre with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
St Pierre lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Katorjnov.
St Pierre lands on the inside with an uppercut.
St Pierre scores with a shot to the side of Katorjnov's head.
St Pierre lands with a short shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good body shot from St Pierre.
Good body shot from St Pierre.
St Pierre working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
St Pierre misses with a knee strike.
A hook to the body from St Pierre.
Nice body punch from St Pierre - that landed with a thud.
Nice body punch from St Pierre - that landed with a thud.
St Pierre lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by St Pierre.
Good body shot from St Pierre.
St Pierre displaying some good clinch control by pressing Katorjnov up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for St Pierre.
St Pierre cracks Katorjnov with a nice body shot.
St Pierre lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Katorjnov.
St Pierre's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
St Pierre blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Katorjnov takes a shot to the head.
St Pierre works on Katorjnov's body with a couple of short punches.
St Pierre works on Katorjnov's body with a couple of short punches.
St Pierre keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Katorjnov's efforts to push away.
St Pierre scores with a nice hook to the head.
St Pierre lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Katorjnov backwards.
St Pierre lands with a light punch inside.

Katorjnov is rocked!
St Pierre comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Oh Katorjnov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lance St Pierre seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
St Pierre presses Katorjnov against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre works on Katorjnov's body with a couple of short punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from St Pierre.
St Pierre lands a shoulder strike.
St Pierre stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A right hand to the body from St Pierre.
A short uppercut from St Pierre.
St Pierre has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
St Pierre lands a right hand.
St Pierre softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

St Pierre has picked Katorjnov up - he's going for a ride! St Pierre dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
St Pierre thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Katorjnov is trying to defend against the ground and pound but St Pierre scores with a couple of nice shots.
St Pierre looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
St Pierre missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
St Pierre has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
St Pierre passes to side control.
St Pierre taking a breather here.
St Pierre lands an elbow.
St Pierre cracks Katorjnov with a big elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
St Pierre cracks Katorjnov with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! St Pierre immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Katorjnov is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by St Pierre!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lance St Pierre!