PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Georges St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Valentijn Sammens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Sammens's choice of entrance music: PRIDE FC - Opening. This should be fireworks!

St Pierre
vs
Sammens

185 cm
23
185 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

188 cm
21
185 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Great elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

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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 - 1 - 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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Valentijn Sammens!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Saam Ante and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sammens misses with an attempted mid kick.
St Pierre sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
St Pierre just misses with a punch to the body.
A head kick misses from St Pierre.
St Pierre tried to score with a low kick but Sammens checks it.
Sammens tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and St Pierre is able to avoid easily.
St Pierre misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sammens lands with a shot to the body.
St Pierre lands a really nice looking cross but Sammens seems unphased.
Sammens throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sammens lands a high kick!
St Pierre takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sammens misses with a head kick.
Valentijn Sammens seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
St Pierre scores with a jab to the head.
A nice leg kick lands there from St Pierre.
St Pierre throws a right hand that Sammens ducks under and follows up with a left that Sammens also avoids with ease.
A nice leg kick lands there from St Pierre.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sammens tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sammens misses the shot to the body.
St Pierre swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sammens throws a half hearted mid kick.

St Pierre fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Sammens sprawls well initially but St Pierre persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Sammens keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
St Pierre controlling the action here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

St Pierre is looking for a kimura but Sammens is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for St Pierre to get the leverage.
St Pierre is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
St Pierre throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
St Pierre is looking to take a break and control but Sammens is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
St Pierre has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Well, if St Pierre is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Sammens trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but St Pierre manages to pass to mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre landing shots from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
St Pierre fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
St Pierre controlling the pace for now.
St Pierre lands with some strikes.

Sammens is rocked!
St Pierre with the ground and pound from mount.
Sammens is still in real trouble! Can St Pierre finish him?
St Pierre postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Sammens bigstyle! Two more strikes land for St Pierre and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Georges St Pierre!
A victorious Georges St Pierre thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.