PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Asher Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Georges St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Pierre has chosen Ca Fait Mal as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lee
vs
St Pierre

192 cm
33
192 lbs
26 - 12 - 0

185 cm
26
192 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

ANABOLIC **160** and LAUNDRY 95%

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Asher Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Georges St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Alexandre Firmino and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

St Pierre shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
St Pierre throws a big right hand that misses.
St Pierre working some strikes from top position.
St Pierre stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Lee swivels though and keeps the full guard.
St Pierre throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
St Pierre trying to control but Lee is working from the bottom.
Lee avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
St Pierre throwing strikes from guard but Lee blocks nicely.
Lee can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as St Pierre controls the pace.
St Pierre lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
St Pierre is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
St Pierre controlling from the top position.
Lee keeping moving, preventing St Pierre from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lee is keeping the position for now.
Lee avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Lee preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St Pierre loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
St Pierre missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
St Pierre looking to sit in guard and control but Lee gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Lee wants to stand but St Pierre has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

St Pierre looking for a guillotine here but Lee defends easily.

St Pierre had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Lee defends it easily.
St Pierre has a closed guard, preventing Lee from standing up.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.

St Pierre is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Lee rolls with it to try and escape but St Pierre cranks on the arm and Lee is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Georges St Pierre!
During a confident post fight interview, Georges St Pierre thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.