PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Fuego Salsa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lance St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying St Pierre's choice of entrance music: 16 FEVER. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Lance St Pierre enters the cage!

Salsa
vs
St Pierre

168 cm
33
172 lbs
15 - 11 - 0

181 cm
30
185 lbs
28 - 10 - 3

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

- - - - - All Nutrients 160 - - - - -

Convicted Trap House
Conviction

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 15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Fuego Salsa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 10 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lance St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Trevor Gratis and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre slips a straight right by Salsa.
St Pierre lands with a good body shot.
St Pierre fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
St Pierre misses with a head kick.
St Pierre ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Salsa misses with a hook. St Pierre ducked under it nicely.
Salsa uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before St Pierre has time to react.
St Pierre ducks under a wild hook from Salsa.
St Pierre avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
St Pierre steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Salsa.
St Pierre misses with a kick to the body.
Salsa throws a hook to the side of St Pierre's head but St Pierre sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Salsa misses with an uppercut. St Pierre saw that one coming.
Salsa shoots for a double leg takedown but St Pierre sprawls well. He's pushed Salsa's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre scores with a hook to the body. Salsa takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Lance St Pierre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
St Pierre slips a straight right by Salsa.
St Pierre misses with a wild body shot.
Nice defenses there by St Pierre.
Salsa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
St Pierre keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Salsa.
St Pierre turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Salsa missing with a left hand there. St Pierre was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
St Pierre pulls out of a head kick attempt.
St Pierre pushes Salsa away with a front kick.
A big left from St Pierre misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre throws a leg kick that misses.
Salsa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by St Pierre.
Salsa lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
St Pierre throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
St Pierre works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

It looks like Fuego Salsa has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
St Pierre lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
A big left from St Pierre misses.
St Pierre scores with a hook to the body. Salsa takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

Salsa shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Salsa showed some decent athleticism there.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

Salsa is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, St Pierre has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre is looking for a sweep. Salsa is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Salsa is thwarting St Pierre's attempts to control the position.
The fighters are battling for position here. St Pierre manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
St Pierre seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Salsa might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Salsa content to stall in guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre looking to hit a scissor sweep but Salsa is one step ahead there.
Salsa trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
St Pierre managing to control the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Fuego Salsa.
Salsa throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Salsa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Salsa throws a jab but it's blocked by St Pierre.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lance St Pierre dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fuego Salsa'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.

Jab from St Pierre.
St Pierre scores with a jab to the body.
Salsa takes a shot right to the bread basket.
St Pierre is looking to land body kicks.
Salsa misses with a takedown
and St Pierre counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Salsa is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
St Pierre moves away from the strike by Salsa.
St Pierre is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Salsa rather than just go for the knockout.
St Pierre defending well as Salsa loads up on a big left hand.
St Pierre looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Salsa is really struggling to find his range with his punches. St Pierre's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Salsa with a jab.
Salsa throws a looping overhand right but St Pierre ducks down to avoid it.
Salsa takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salsa throws out a loose jab but St Pierre uses good head movement to avoid it.
St Pierre connects with a solid leg kick.
That kick from St Pierre tenderised Salsa's leg. Salsa is trying to keep his angry face on.
St Pierre stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and St Pierre wants it to stay on the feet.
St Pierre misses with a straight right.
St Pierre thows a body shot but no joy.
Salsa misses with a hook.
The fighters circling - Salsa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Salsa avoids a kick to the body.
St Pierre lands a jab to Salsa's midsection.
Salsa throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around St Pierre's waist but St Pierre gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Salsa off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fuego Salsa. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salsa throws a poor cross that misses
and St Pierre counters with a left to the body.

St Pierre lands a big head kick that sends Salsa tumbling to the mat! St Pierre takes a step backwards and waves Salsa back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Salsa is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Salsa is aggressively charging in as St Pierre backs up avoiding any damage. St Pierre tosses out a jab and Salsa runs right into it face first! Salsa is out cold! St Pierre dropped down on all fours and is barking in Salsa's face like a pit bull in celebration until the ref was finally able to pull him away!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Lance St Pierre!
A very excited looking Lance St Pierre made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.