PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Matt St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julio Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Pierre comes to the cage accompanied by Territoire Hostile. Dos Santos De Souza Silva has chosen Darude - Sandstorm as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

St Pierre
vs
Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva

180 cm
27
178 lbs
20 - 16 - 0

179 cm
24
176 lbs
10 - 13 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 16 - 0, fighting out of London, Matt St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 13 - 1, fighting out of London, Julio Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Atkins and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like Julio Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva has been cut.
No joy there for Dos Santos De Souza Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

St Pierre feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

St Pierre gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva throws a head kick that misses
and St Pierre counters with a lovely shot to the body.

Dos Santos De Souza Silva manages to get an easy takedown there - catching St Pierre on his heels. He'll look to pass St Pierre's guard now, I'm sure.

St Pierre working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Dos Santos De Souza Silva doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Dos Santos De Souza Silva manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
St Pierre has a closed guard, preventing Dos Santos De Souza Silva from standing up.

St Pierre throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
St Pierre working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dos Santos De Souza Silva.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dos Santos De Souza Silva stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Dos Santos De Souza Silva closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming St Pierre to the mat! St Pierre manages to get full guard.

St Pierre had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Dos Santos De Souza Silva defends it easily.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva is looking to stand up but St Pierre won't let him.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva tries to free his leg and advance position but St Pierre is retaining full guard.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva won't allow St Pierre to get back to his feet.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva wants to get up but he can't break St Pierre's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva won't allow St Pierre to get back to his feet.

St Pierre is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Dos Santos De Souza Silva defends well.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva won't allow St Pierre to sweep him here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Dos Santos De Souza Silva gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Julio Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
St Pierre ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva misses with a kick to the body
and St Pierre counters with a straight right hand.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva misses with an uppercut.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva connects with a good right hand that stumbles St Pierre. St Pierre circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
St Pierre avoids a punch combination nicely.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from St Pierre.
Nice jab there from Dos Santos De Souza Silva.
St Pierre takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

St Pierre shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Dos Santos De Souza Silva is trying to defend but St Pierre finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

St Pierre is working for a submission of some sort.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva wants to get back to his feet.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.

St Pierre is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva tries to kick St Pierre off but St Pierre keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
St Pierre not landing any meaningful shots this time.

St Pierre seems to be working for a kimura but Dos Santos De Souza Silva defends the submission attempt.

Dos Santos De Souza Silva looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva wants to control but St Pierre is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva tries to kick St Pierre off but St Pierre keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva wants to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
St Pierre lands strikes from half guard.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva pushes St Pierre off but St Pierre dives into side control.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva is working to avoid the ground and pound but St Pierre connects with a decent elbow.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dos Santos De Souza Silva is trying to get back to half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
St Pierre wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dos Santos De Souza Silva keeps working.

St Pierre is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Dos Santos De Souza Silva looks calm but he's in trouble here. St Pierre gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Dos Santos De Souza Silva is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! St Pierre lets go of the hold and Dos Santos De Souza Silva can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Matt St Pierre!
Matt St Pierre managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Fossington & Blythe: Gentlemen's Fight Attire, into his post fight interview.