PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Emer Dlouze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Pierre is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Make Smash Ya Tap!. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dlouze
vs
St Pierre

179 cm
28
182 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

175 cm
30
185 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
KO power

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
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 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Emer Dlouze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, George St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Hirohito Nitta and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Dlouze. No joy for St Pierre on that attempt.
Dlouze stuffs the takedown.
St Pierre gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Dlouze counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

It looks like George St Pierre has been cut.
Emer Dlouze has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of George St Pierre.
Dlouze fails to land with a series of punches.
Dlouze cracks St Pierre with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
St Pierre tries for a takedown but Dlouze circles away easily
and Dlouze counters with a straight right hand.
St Pierre fails with the takedown
and St Pierre takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A jab from Dlouze misses.
St Pierre throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Dlouze's waist but Dlouze gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing St Pierre off to one side.
St Pierre looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Dlouze is fending him off so far but St Pierre persists. Nope, Dlouze circles away and we're back to standing.
Dlouze throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck St Pierre on the side of the head.
St Pierre takes one on the chin but seems OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dlouze scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. St Pierre doesn't seem bothered though.
St Pierre shoots in but Dlouze avoids the takedown attempt easily.
St Pierre walks into a straight right hand from Dlouze.
George St Pierre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
St Pierre misses with a takedown
and Dlouze counters with a series of strikes. St Pierre will be more careful next time no doubt.
Dlouze connects with a looping right hand.
A nice leg kick lands there from Dlouze.
St Pierre slips under a jab from Dlouze.
St Pierre shoots for a takedown but Dlouze saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Dlouze scores with a leg kick.

Dlouze drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dlouze pushing down on St Pierre's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Dlouze not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Dlouze content to control rather than advance.
Dlouze is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Dlouze thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
St Pierre tries to roll over but Dlouze keeps him under control.
St Pierre manages to get to full guard.

St Pierre looking for a guillotine here but Dlouze defends easily.
Dlouze advances to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dlouze wants to pass the guard but St Pierre is defending well.

St Pierre looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
St Pierre is trying to maintain the position but Dlouze is very close to passing his half guard.
Dlouze thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed St Pierre's head.

St Pierre looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Dlouze knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for St Pierre on the ground.
St Pierre is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Dlouze wants to take a breather but St Pierre is having none of it.
St Pierre is trying to get back to full guard.
St Pierre on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

St Pierre looking for submissions off his back.

St Pierre looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
St Pierre is not content to let Dlouze control the position.
Dlouze moves into full mount! St Pierre won't be happy about that!
Dlouze looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
St Pierre tries to hold on but Dlouze postures up.
Dlouze dominating with strikes here.
St Pierre keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
St Pierre is in a horrible position here. Dlouze smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Nice strikes from Dlouze there.

St Pierre looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Dlouze seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Dlouze slips a nice elbow through St Pierre's hands, connecting with St Pierre's forehead.
St Pierre tries to roll over but Dlouze keeps him under control.

St Pierre looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Dlouze trying to pass the guard but St Pierre defending well.
Dlouze is nestled in close to St Pierre, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
St Pierre is not content to let Dlouze control the position.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
St Pierre won't allow Dlouze to pass to mount.
St Pierre is positioning himself well to prevent Dlouze advancing to mount.
St Pierre works his way to full guard. Good work.

Dlouze avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Dlouze with a nice head shot there.
Dlouze trying to control but St Pierre is working from the bottom.

St Pierre has his foot on Dlouze's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Dlouze works his way back into a safe position though.

St Pierre has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Dlouze can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

St Pierre looking for a guillotine here but Dlouze defends easily.
St Pierre looks gassed!
St Pierre keeping moving, preventing Dlouze from controlling successfully.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

St Pierre working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Dlouze doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Dlouze manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Dlouze pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. St Pierre is keeping the position for now.

St Pierre isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Dlouze stacks St Pierre on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Dlouze!
St Pierre is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Dlouze's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
St Pierre wants to control but Dlouze is keeping busy and won't allow it.
St Pierre slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

St Pierre working for a triangle but Dlouze defends it easily.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Dlouze working some strikes from top position.

St Pierre has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Dlouze can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Dlouze works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Dlouze lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

St Pierre is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Dlouze pulls his head out easily.
Dlouze landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Dlouze works his way into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dlouze works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Dlouze lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Dlouze lands a nice forearm strike.
Dlouze working the body and head with strikes.
St Pierre is looking for a sweep.
Dlouze working the ground and pound.
Dlouze lands some shots froms side control.
St Pierre is looking for a sweep.
St Pierre is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Dlouze is keen to just control but St Pierre is a slippery customer.
Dlouze looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

St Pierre looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Dlouze wants to control but St Pierre is keeping him busy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dlouze thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

St Pierre is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Dlouze pulls his head out easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Emer Dlouze dominated that round.
The cut man is working on George St Pierre's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

St Pierre slips a straight right by Dlouze.
Dlouze looks to land a right hand but St Pierre moved out of range.
Dlouze tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
St Pierre shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Dlouze pinned against the cage. Dlouze gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Dlouze stuffs the takedown.
St Pierre misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
St Pierre misses with a takedown attempt

and Dlouze counters with a shoot takedown. St Pierre fights it but they end up in guard.
Emer Dlouze has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of George St Pierre.
Dlouze is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
St Pierre is breathing heavily.
Dlouze content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

St Pierre is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's one minute gone in the round.

St Pierre working for a triangle but Dlouze defends it easily.

Dlouze avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Dlouze trying to control but St Pierre is working from the bottom.

St Pierre has an active guard here but Dlouze has managed to pass into half guard.
St Pierre on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Dlouze takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Dlouze is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Dlouze stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. St Pierre swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Dlouze works over St Pierre with some ground and pound from guard.

St Pierre is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Dlouze is aware though and is defending well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dlouze with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Emer Dlouze overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
St Pierre keeping full guard, as Dlouze tries to pass.

St Pierre had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Dlouze defends it easily.
St Pierre looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dlouze is one step ahead there.
Dlouze wants to control from the top but St Pierre keeps moving.
Dlouze scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dlouze working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Dlouze looking to pass the guard.

St Pierre looking for subs off his back but Dlouze has passed one foot through into half guard.
St Pierre slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Dlouze trying to control but St Pierre is working from the bottom.

St Pierre had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Dlouze defends it easily.
St Pierre lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Dlouze!
Dlouze is looking to get to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

St Pierre looking for a guillotine from mount but Dlouze is having none of it.
St Pierre lands a big shot there that rocks Dlouze but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Poor strikes thrown by St Pierre there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
St Pierre trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Dlouze prevents St Pierre from taking his back.
St Pierre can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Dlouze is looking to escape.
Dlouze is working to get back to half guard.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

St Pierre goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Dlouze is on top in guard.
Dlouze trying to control the position from guard on top but St Pierre is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

St Pierre had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Dlouze defends it easily.
St Pierre keeping full guard, as Dlouze tries to pass.
Dlouze working some strikes from top position.
St Pierre is trying to keep Dlouze in close.

St Pierre working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Dlouze doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Dlouze manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Dlouze makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Dlouze landing some decent shots from guard.
Dlouze working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dlouze scoring with punches to the head and body.

St Pierre throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

St Pierre is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Dlouze trying to control but St Pierre is working from the bottom.

St Pierre working for a triangle but Dlouze defends it easily.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

Dlouze avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Dlouze is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

St Pierre is looking for a triangle here but Dlouze uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
St Pierre is looking for a sweep.
Dlouze is looking to take a break and control but St Pierre is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Dlouze working away.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Dlouze works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Dlouze landing strikes.
St Pierre is looking to reverse the position.
Dlouze landing strikes.

St Pierre is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dlouze lands a strong strike to the head of St Pierre. That's dazed him! Dlouze looking to finish here. St Pierre is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Dlouze lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Emer Dlouze!