PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Danny Turner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Georges St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Turner
vs
St Pierre

200 cm
24
135 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
145 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Danny Turner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Georges St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Robert Douchet and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre takes a kick to the side of the head.
Turner connects with a high kick.
Turner closes this distance looking for a takedown but St Pierre circles away.
Turner gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and St Pierre counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by St Pierre.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
St Pierre postures up.
St Pierre lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Turner striking off his back but it's not causing St Pierre any problems.
St Pierre content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
St Pierre postures up.
St Pierre makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Turner will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Turner working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from St Pierre.
Turner has momentary wrist control but St Pierre slips an elbow through the middle.
St Pierre with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
St Pierre makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
St Pierre working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Turner's head.
St Pierre chips away with some ground and pound.
St Pierre postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
St Pierre scoring with some ground and pound.
St Pierre landing some decent shots from guard.
St Pierre working some strikes from top position.
Turner is trying to control the position but St Pierre postures up.
Turner is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
St Pierre works over Turner with some ground and pound from guard.
St Pierre throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Turner works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
St Pierre content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Turner has momentary wrist control but St Pierre slips an elbow through the middle.
St Pierre lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
St Pierre postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
St Pierre in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre lands a couple of decent looking shots.
St Pierre stands up over Turner, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
St Pierre keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Turner's head.
St Pierre scoring with punches to the head and body.
Turner is trying to keep St Pierre in close.
St Pierre is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
St Pierre scoring with punches to the head and body.

Turner is rocked!
St Pierre throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Turner works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
St Pierre with a nice head shot there.
St Pierre working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Turner's head.
St Pierre is working Turner over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
St Pierre is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Oh Turner is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
St Pierre scoring with punches to the head and body.
St Pierre postures up and lands a big shot to Turner's brow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
St Pierre landing some decent shots from guard.
St Pierre postures up and lands a big shot to Turner's brow.
St Pierre content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
St Pierre throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Turner works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
St Pierre with a nice head shot there.
Turner working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from St Pierre.
St Pierre chips away with some ground and pound.
St Pierre postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
St Pierre with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Turner really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
St Pierre is working Turner over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
St Pierre works over Turner with some ground and pound from guard.
St Pierre postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre stands up over Turner, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
St Pierre keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Turner's head.
St Pierre with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
St Pierre chips away with some ground and pound.
St Pierre postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
St Pierre working some strikes from top position.
St Pierre advances to half guard.
St Pierre lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Turner wants to control but St Pierre is keeping busy.
Turner seems to have got his legs back now.
Turner is trying to defend against the ground and pound but St Pierre scores with a couple of nice shots.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Turner wants to control but St Pierre is keeping busy and won't allow it.
St Pierre works his foot free and advances to mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Turner in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Georges St Pierre dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

St Pierre shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
St Pierre has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Turner lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but St Pierre circles away quickly and effectively.
Turner wants to clinch.
Turner fails in his attempt to clinch.
Danny Turner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turner throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
St Pierre tries to score a power double leg takedown but Turner sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten St Pierre somewhat.
Turner fails with the takedown

and St Pierre counters with a takedown into side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre is chipping away with strikes.
St Pierre scores with a couple of short elbows.
St Pierre lands a few punches from side control.
Check out the look on St Pierre's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
St Pierre in side control lands a decent elbow.
St Pierre cracks Turner with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! St Pierre immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Turner is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by St Pierre!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Georges St Pierre!