PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Georges St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lamsongkram Chuwattana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chuwattana comes into a darkened arena with his song building. humans being - Van Halen kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

St Pierre
vs
Chuwattana

180 cm
25
182 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

186 cm
20
177 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Georges St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lamsongkram Chuwattana!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Elvis Blanc and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
St Pierre slips under a jab from Chuwattana.
Nice body kick from Chuwattana.
St Pierre looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
St Pierre throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Chuwattana's waist but Chuwattana gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing St Pierre off to one side.
Chuwattana shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. St Pierre defends it nicely.
St Pierre fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Georges St Pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
St Pierre shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Chuwattana sprawls well. Chuwattana wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. St Pierre gets slowly back to his feet.
Nice takedown defense from St Pierre. No joy for Chuwattana on that attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chuwattana.
St Pierre gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Chuwattana counters with a left and a right that stings St Pierre.
St Pierre takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A head kick misses from Chuwattana.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Chuwattana.
St Pierre fails to land the takedown.
St Pierre misses with a takedown

and Chuwattana counters with a shoot takedown. St Pierre fights it but they end up in guard.
St Pierre is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Chuwattana decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on St Pierre, up you get!
Chuwattana lands a really nice looking cross but St Pierre seems unphased.

It looks like Georges St Pierre has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Chuwattana.

St Pierre shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than St Pierre was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Chuwattana blocking the ground and pound.
St Pierre avoids the attempt from Chuwattana to control.
Chuwattana really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
St Pierre throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

Chuwattana bucks St Pierre off and manages to get back to his feet!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Chuwattana tenderised St Pierre's leg. St Pierre is trying to keep his angry face on.
St Pierre fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Chuwattana will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Chuwattana stuffs the takedown.
No luck for St Pierre with that takedown attempt.
Chuwattana bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps St Pierre's head backwards.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from St Pierre is defended easily by Chuwattana.
St Pierre misses with a takedown attempt - Chuwattana sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
No joy there for Chuwattana, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
St Pierre looks for a takedown but Chuwattana sprawls well.
St Pierre shoots for a double leg takedown but Chuwattana sprawls well. He's pushed St Pierre's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Chuwattana lands with an overhand left.

Chuwattana closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. St Pierre did well to prevent Chuwattana getting side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St Pierre wants to improve his position but Chuwattana is controlling well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
St Pierre wants to stand back up but Chuwattana manages to pass into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lamsongkram Chuwattana dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Georges St Pierre's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

A slapping body kick lands there for Chuwattana.
Nice defenses there by Chuwattana.
Chuwattana tries to bum rush St Pierre with a series of wild strikes but St Pierre uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
St Pierre doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Chuwattana counters with a left and a right that stings St Pierre.
Chuwattana throws a sloppy head kick and St Pierre moves out of range easily.
St Pierre takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
St Pierre shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Chuwattana sprawls well. Chuwattana wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. St Pierre gets slowly back to his feet.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Chuwattana. St Pierre shrugs it off though.
Georges St Pierre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre tries to score a power double leg takedown but Chuwattana sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten St Pierre somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Georges St Pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A punch combination from Chuwattana misses.
Chuwattana throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Chuwattana lands a left and a right that send St Pierre crashing to the mat, dazed. Chuwattana thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

St Pierre is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chuwattana throws a quick head kick that knocks St Pierre silly! This fight is all over! What a finish! Chuwattana is up on the cage, taking in the applause from the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Lamsongkram Chuwattana!
Lamsongkram Chuwattana seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.