PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Georges St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Riley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

St Pierre
vs
Riley

187 cm
25
178 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

170 cm
21
177 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Georges St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Chris Riley!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Mauricio Rocha and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Riley shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Riley passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for St Pierre!
The referee warns St Pierre that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

It looks like Georges St Pierre has been cut.
St Pierre takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Riley looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Riley working the ground and pound effectively.
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!
St Pierre is working to get back to half guard.
St Pierre knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Riley on the ground.
Riley landing strikes from the mount and St Pierre is in trouble!
Riley looking to finish St Pierre with some ground and pound. This is bad for St Pierre!
St Pierre tries to hold on but Riley postures up.
Riley in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
St Pierre tries to reverse the position but Riley maintains control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riley has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
St Pierre takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Riley looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Riley lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

St Pierre is rocked!
Riley tries to control but St Pierre wriggling away.
Riley landing strikes, looking to finish!
Riley landing strikes from the mount.
Oh St Pierre is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Riley should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
A nice elbow there by Riley.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Riley fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Riley looking to control and managing it successfully.
St Pierre tries to buck Riley off but he can't manage it.
St Pierre seems to have got his legs back now.
St Pierre is bucking up trying to escape but Riley cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre is looking to improve his position but Riley isn't that keen on the idea.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
St Pierre is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
St Pierre is bucking up trying to escape but Riley cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Riley tries to control but St Pierre wriggling away.
Riley scoring with strikes but St Pierre is staying in there.
St Pierre really wants to buck Riley off and get back to his feet.
Riley lands a heavy elbow.
Riley trying to control but he's not successful this time.
St Pierre taking shots to the head.
Riley sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
St Pierre is trying to escape the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre is working hard here to advance position.
Riley raining down hammerfists from mount.
Riley is landing with some decent strikes but St Pierre is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Riley landing punches.
Riley cracks St Pierre with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Riley raining down shots from the mount!
St Pierre is working to get back to half guard.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Riley cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Riley wants to control the pace but St Pierre is squirming around nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Riley is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. St Pierre is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. St Pierre flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Riley anticipates the leg and manages to get behind St Pierre and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Riley slips an arm under St Pierre chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Riley has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Riley is squeezing on St Pierre like an anaconda would it's prey. St Pierre fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Chris Riley!