PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Henry Kissinger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kissinger is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Kissinger
vs
St Pierre

190 cm
23
180 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

178 cm
25
170 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
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 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Henry Kissinger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, George St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Leandro Rodrigues and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kissinger is breathing heavily.
St Pierre shoots in for a takedown but Kissinger shows good takedown defense.

Kissinger instigates a clinch.
Kissinger lands a nice uppercut.
Kissinger misses with a body punch.
Kissinger lands a right hand that snaps the head of St Pierre backwards.
St Pierre wants to get back to striking at distance but Kissinger won't allow it.
St Pierre is trying to break the clinch but Kissinger is controlling him.
Kissinger lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kissinger lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down St Pierre.
Kissinger presses St Pierre against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kissinger creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kissinger keeps control of St Pierre as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A head punch on the inside from Kissinger fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kissinger tries to work over St Pierre's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Kissinger trying to land knees to the body.
Kissinger misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kissinger lands on the inside with an uppercut.
St Pierre is trying to push Kissinger away but Kissinger has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Kissinger misses with a shot to the kidneys.
St Pierre tries to circle away but Kissinger has him pinned against the cage.
St Pierre is trying to pull guard but Kissinger has him pressed against the cage.
St Pierre is trying to break the clinch but Kissinger is controlling him.
Kissinger keeps the fight in the clinch, despite St Pierre's efforts to push away.
Kissinger works on St Pierre's body with a couple of short punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre tries to break the clinch but Kissinger is controlling the position.
Kissinger goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kissinger struggles to land a body shot inside as St Pierre controls his hands.
Kissinger has St Pierre pressed against the cage, preventing St Pierre from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
St Pierre wants to break free but Kissinger has control.
Kissinger tries to land knees in the clinch but St Pierre avoids the damage to the body.
St Pierre tries to break free but Kissinger pushes him back against the cage.
St Pierre tries to break the clinch but Kissinger is controlling the position.
St Pierre is trying to break free.
Kissinger misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kissinger misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kissinger fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre blocks a body shot from Kissinger.
St Pierre is trying to break the clinch but Kissinger has him pressed against the cage.
Kissinger tried to land a shot to the body but connects with St Pierre's elbow.
St Pierre blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
St Pierre misses with some punches.
Kissinger doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
St Pierre tries to pull guard but Kissinger forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Henry Kissinger has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of George St Pierre.
St Pierre is trying to force a seperation but Kissinger has the dominant position.
St Pierre can't find room to land a body shot as Kissinger controls the action.
St Pierre is trying to break free.
St Pierre is trying to break the clinch but Kissinger is controlling him.
Kissinger trying to stall but St Pierre improves his position.
St Pierre is trying to force a seperation but Kissinger has the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre tries to break free but Kissinger pushes him back against the cage.
St Pierre is trying to break the clinch but Kissinger is controlling him.
St Pierre blocks a punch to the side of the head.
St Pierre is trying to break the clinch but Kissinger has him pressed against the cage.
Kissinger throws a punch but it's blocked by St Pierre.
St Pierre tries to pull guard but Kissinger won't allow it.
St Pierre jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kissinger walks away with a smile on his face. St Pierre gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
St Pierre works Kissinger's body with a nice hook.
Henry Kissinger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
St Pierre tries to score a power double leg takedown but Kissinger sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten St Pierre somewhat.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A big left from St Pierre misses.
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 Henry Kissinger will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A big right from St Pierre misses.
St Pierre throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Kissinger's waist but Kissinger gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing St Pierre off to one side.
Kissinger moves out of range of the body kick from St Pierre.
Kissinger tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. St Pierre manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
St Pierre swats away the attempt to clinch by Kissinger.

Kissinger gets tackled into the cage by St Pierre. St Pierre maintains the clinch.
St Pierre wants to break free but Kissinger has control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kissinger is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. St Pierre is defending well for now.
St Pierre goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kissinger misses with a punch on the inside.
St Pierre avoiding damage as Kissinger throws knees to the body.
St Pierre is looking to break free of the clinch but Kissinger has double underhooks.
St Pierre is looking to break free of the clinch but Kissinger has double underhooks.
St Pierre can't break the clinch.
St Pierre working hard to break the clinch.
St Pierre tries to break the clinch but Kissinger is controlling the position.
St Pierre is trying to break free.
St Pierre wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
St Pierre tries to break free but Kissinger pushes him back against the cage.
Kissinger working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
St Pierre tries to circle away but Kissinger has him pinned against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre blocks a body shot from Kissinger.
St Pierre misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kissinger prevents St Pierre from breaking the clinch.
Kissinger can't find room to land a body shot as St Pierre controls the action.
St Pierre has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
St Pierre misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kissinger prevents St Pierre from breaking the clinch.
St Pierre jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kissinger walks away with a smile on his face. St Pierre gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
St Pierre rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kissinger moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kissinger stuffs the takedown.
Henry Kissinger has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of George St Pierre.
St Pierre lands the left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre misses with a wild combination.
St Pierre looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Kissinger is fending him off so far but St Pierre persists. Nope, Kissinger circles away and we're back to standing.
St Pierre misses with a takedown attempt - Kissinger sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Henry Kissinger is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
St Pierre looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
St Pierre pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Kissinger back to the cage. St Pierre follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre throws a leg kick but Kissinger sees it coming and moves out of range.
Henry Kissinger is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
St Pierre rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Kissinger counters by clinching up.
St Pierre is trying to push Kissinger away but Kissinger has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
St Pierre is looking to break free of the clinch but Kissinger has double underhooks.
Kissinger tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kissinger misses with a shot to the kidneys.
St Pierre is trying to break the clinch but Kissinger is controlling him.
Kissinger creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kissinger wants to stall.
St Pierre tries to break the clinch but Kissinger is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George St Pierre showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

St Pierre throws out a loose jab but Kissinger uses good head movement to avoid it.
No luck with that takedown attempt from St Pierre.
St Pierre tries a low kick but Kissinger avoids it.
Kissinger uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from St Pierre.
St Pierre shoots in looking for a takedown but Kissinger manages to keep the fight standing, pushing St Pierre's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
St Pierre lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by St Pierre.
St Pierre changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Kissinger tries to avoid it but St Pierre manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Kissinger to the ground. Kissinger escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Henry Kissinger has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of George St Pierre.
St Pierre throws a nice looking combination but Kissinger bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre lands a nice shot to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
St Pierre misses with a straight right.
St Pierre swats away the attempt to clinch by Kissinger.
St Pierre tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kissinger was well out of range. Poor timing from St Pierre.
St Pierre misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
St Pierre keeps the fight on the outside.
St Pierre misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

St Pierre has managed to clinch.

St Pierre breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
St Pierre fails with the takedown.
St Pierre fails with a takedown attempt.

St Pierre closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kissinger has him pressed against the cage.
Kissinger has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
St Pierre is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kissinger misses with some punches.
Kissinger misses with some punches.
Kissinger misses with the head strike.
St Pierre tries to pull guard but Kissinger forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Kissinger can't find room to land a body shot as St Pierre controls the action.
St Pierre can't break the clinch.
Henry Kissinger has scored more points in the clinch so far.
St Pierre is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
St Pierre is trying to force a seperation but Kissinger has the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kissinger tries to work over St Pierre's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kissinger is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but St Pierre is keeping busy.
St Pierre has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Kissinger avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
St Pierre jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kissinger walks away with a smile on his face. St Pierre gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Kissinger slips a straight right by St Pierre.
St Pierre swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kissinger takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
St Pierre clobbers Kissinger with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
St Pierre throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kissinger.

And that's the end of the fight!
George St Pierre comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think St Pierre has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 28:29
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:29
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... George St Pierre!
George St Pierre got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'