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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between George St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Louvierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Pierre's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, enter sandman. Louvierre has chosen Dirty House as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Alex Louvierre has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with George St Pierre's chin.
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Good wrestling
Counter striker
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, George St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alex Louvierre!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, William Peck and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Louvierre misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Louvierre shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. St Pierre defends it nicely.
Louvierre shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
St Pierre trying to control but Louvierre postures up.
St Pierre on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
St Pierre actively working from the bottom here.
St Pierre is pressing down on Louvierre's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Louvierre not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Louvierre lands a couple of digs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre keeping moving, preventing Louvierre from controlling successfully.
Louvierre is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
St Pierre has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Louvierre can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
St Pierre tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Louvierre is looking to work some ground and pound but St Pierre has wrist control.
St Pierre seems keen to control Louvierre's posture.
St Pierre escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Louvierre gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
St Pierre is breathing heavily.
Louvierre in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Louvierre postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
St Pierre has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Louvierre can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
St Pierre avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louvierre stands up over St Pierre, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Louvierre is in close to St Pierre's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Louvierre content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Louvierre working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
St Pierre is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
St Pierre trying to keep a closed guard but Louvierre is proving a slippery customer.
Louvierre in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Louvierre distracts St Pierre with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
St Pierre looking to control.
St Pierre working for a triangle but Louvierre defends it easily.
Louvierre is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre keeping moving, preventing Louvierre from controlling successfully.
Louvierre landing with the ground and pound.
Louvierre chips away with some ground and pound.
St Pierre avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Louvierre is working St Pierre over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
St Pierre is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Louvierre defends well.
Louvierre trying to control but St Pierre is working from the bottom.
Louvierre working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of St Pierre's head.
Louvierre must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
St Pierre looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Louvierre lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre has momentary wrist control but Louvierre slips an elbow through the middle.
Louvierre really doesn't want to stay on the ground with St Pierre. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Louvierre slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
St Pierre struggling a bit here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Louvierre lands a nice forearm strike.
Louvierre in side control lands a decent elbow.
Louvierre landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Louvierre landing strikes.
Louvierre working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Louvierre scoring with punches from side control.
St Pierre is looking for a sweep.
Louvierre working the head with strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Louvierre lands a nice forearm strike.
St Pierre tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Louvierre scoring with punches and elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Louvierre dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Louvierre feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
St Pierre is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Louvierre frees his head nicely. Oh but St Pierre has switched to an armbar! Louvierre is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). George St Pierre!
An out of breath and clearly excited George St Pierre thanked Ducksfoot Clothing - SALE!! All Items $10 for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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