PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Matt St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kimo Kanoa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Pierre's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Territoire Hostile. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

St Pierre
vs
Kanoa

180 cm
29
178 lbs
26 - 20 - 0

183 cm
28
180 lbs
16 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

Fossington & Blythe: Gentlemen's Fight Attire
Bloodsport Nutrition (100% Genuine)

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 26 - 20 - 0, fighting out of London, Matt St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Kimo Kanoa!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Paul Tew and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Kanoa swivels and escapes.
Kanoa throws a jab but it's blocked by St Pierre.
St Pierre will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Kanoa scores with a jab. St Pierre acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Kanoa attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Kanoa will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

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!
Kanoa tries to lock up and control but St Pierre gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
St Pierre tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre trying to control but Kanoa is having none of it.
Kanoa blocking the ground and pound.
Poor strikes thrown by St Pierre there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Kanoa is squirming around, avoiding St Pierre's attempts to control the action.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
St Pierre looking to control and managing it successfully.
Kanoa keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kanoa taking shots to the head.
Kanoa is looking to get to half guard.
Kanoa is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
St Pierre thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
St Pierre trying to control but Kanoa is having none of it.
St Pierre unloading with bombs!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kanoa tries to hold on but St Pierre postures up.
St Pierre looking to ground and pound but Kanoa is blocking nicely.
St Pierre lands a big elbow.
Kanoa is trying to escape the mount.
St Pierre looking to finish Kanoa with some ground and pound. This is bad for Kanoa!
Kanoa blocking the ground and pound.
St Pierre landing strikes from the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
St Pierre fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Kanoa in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
St Pierre with good strikes from the mount here!
St Pierre looking to finish with strikes here!
St Pierre thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
St Pierre misses with a head shot.
St Pierre trying to control but he's not successful this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt St Pierre dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Kanoa lunges at St Pierre with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by St Pierre's hand.
Kanoa misses with an attempted mid kick.
Horrible takedown by St Pierre or perhaps it was just good defense by Kanoa which made him look bad.
St Pierre avoids the body shot from Kanoa.
St Pierre ducks under a wild hook from Kanoa.
Kanoa throws a right hand that misses

and St Pierre counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Kanoa!
St Pierre lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
St Pierre raining down hammerfists from mount.
St Pierre tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
St Pierre dominating with strikes here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, St Pierre cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Kanoa tries to hold on but St Pierre postures up.
St Pierre lands with some strikes.
St Pierre scoring with strikes but Kanoa is staying in there.

Kanoa tries to improve his position but St Pierre has taken his back! St Pierre has a choke - it's sunk in pretty tight... Will Kanoa tap? No... maybe... yes! He's tapped! St Pierre pushes Kanoa away and gets up to celebrate with his corner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Matt St Pierre!
Matt St Pierre managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Fossington & Blythe: Gentlemen's Fight Attire, into his post fight interview.