PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Georges St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pranang Krampuk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

St Pierre
vs
Krampuk

178 cm
27
180 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

177 cm
28
169 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Determined

BeastMode

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Georges St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Pranang Krampuk!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Skip Squint and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre takes a swing at Krampuk's ribcage but misses.
St Pierre wants to clinch.
No joy there for St Pierre, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Krampuk lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
St Pierre is looking to clinch but Krampuk is avoiding it.
Krampuk scores with a head kick. St Pierre tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Krampuk throws a series of strikes that have St Pierre backpedaling.
St Pierre is looking to clinch but Krampuk is avoiding it.
St Pierre tries to bum rush Krampuk with a series of wild strikes but Krampuk uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Krampuk stuns St Pierre with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - St Pierre looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Krampuk buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
St Pierre tries to clinch up.
St Pierre tries to clinch but Krampuk moves out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Krampuk throws a sloppy head kick and St Pierre moves out of range easily.
St Pierre is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
St Pierre walks forward, straight into a front kick from Krampuk.

St Pierre clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre unloads a knee to the mid-section.
With the fighters up against the cage, St Pierre throws an elbow but misses.
St Pierre has Krampuk pressed against the cage, preventing Krampuk from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, St Pierre just misses with a elbow thrown towards Krampuk's brow.
St Pierre keeps control of Krampuk as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nice elbow from St Pierre.

It looks like Pranang Krampuk has been cut.
Krampuk blocks an elbow strike from St Pierre.
St Pierre throws an elbow that misses.
St Pierre lands an elbow that stopped Krampuk in his tracks for a moment.
St Pierre pushes off an throws an elbow but Krampuk leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
St Pierre prevents Krampuk from breaking the clinch.
St Pierre throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
St Pierre lands an elbow inside.
St Pierre lands with a light punch inside.
Krampuk is trying to break the clinch but St Pierre has him pressed against the cage.
St Pierre pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Krampuk tries to break the clinch but St Pierre is controlling the position.
Krampuk dodges an elbow strike from St Pierre.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krampuk takes an elbow to the temple.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Krampuk blocks the elbow strike.
St Pierre prevents Krampuk from breaking the clinch.
Krampuk avoids a wild elbow strike from St Pierre.
Krampuk takes an elbow to the forehead.
Krampuk avoids the elbow strike from St Pierre, against the cage.
St Pierre throws an elbow but it misses.
Krampuk blocks the elbow strike.
Nice elbow from St Pierre.
St Pierre misses with an elbow over the top.
St Pierre lands a left hand that snaps the head of Krampuk backwards.
St Pierre gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
St Pierre misses with an elbow strike.
Krampuk wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
St Pierre misses with an elbow over the top.
St Pierre pushes off an throws an elbow but Krampuk leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
St Pierre pushes off an throws an elbow but Krampuk leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Krampuk pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
St Pierre misses with the combination.
Krampuk throws a sloppy head kick and St Pierre moves out of range easily.
St Pierre tries to clinch up but Krampuk circles away and keeps his distance.
Krampuk chopping away at his opponent's legs.
St Pierre tries to clinch up.
St Pierre tries to clinch up but Krampuk circles away and keeps his distance.
Krampuk ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

St Pierre has Krampuk up against the cage in a clinch.
Krampuk is trying to break the clinch but St Pierre has him pressed against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by St Pierre.
Krampuk can't break the clinch.
St Pierre looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Krampuk is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
St Pierre lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Krampuk tries to circle away but St Pierre has him pinned against the cage.
Krampuk wants to break free but St Pierre has control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krampuk takes an elbow to the forehead.
Krampuk wants to get back to striking at distance but St Pierre won't allow it.
Krampuk wants to break free but St Pierre has control.
St Pierre lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
St Pierre lands an elbow that stopped Krampuk in his tracks for a moment.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Krampuk tries to break the clinch but St Pierre is controlling the position.
St Pierre throws a knee to the head but misses.
Krampuk blocks an elbow strike.

Krampuk pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
St Pierre tries to clinch but Krampuk is having none of it.
Georges St Pierre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

St Pierre closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Krampuk tries to circle away but St Pierre has him pinned against the cage.
St Pierre gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
St Pierre keeps control of Krampuk as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Krampuk dodges an elbow strike from St Pierre.
Krampuk is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
St Pierre throws an elbow but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Georges St Pierre dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pranang Krampuk's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

St Pierre wants to clinch.
St Pierre tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
St Pierre takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Georges St Pierre is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight stays on the outside here - St Pierre looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
St Pierre tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Krampuk manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
St Pierre has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

St Pierre clinches.
St Pierre lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
St Pierre lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
St Pierre creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Krampuk's defenses.
St Pierre lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
St Pierre creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Krampuk's defenses.

Krampuk is rocked!
St Pierre fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
St Pierre misses with an elbow over the top.
St Pierre working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Krampuk breaks the clinch.
St Pierre tries to clinch
and Krampuk counters with a flying knee. Nice.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre lands with a shot to the body.
St Pierre avoids the head kick by Krampuk.
St Pierre tries to clinch up.
Krampuk rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but St Pierre moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - St Pierre looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

St Pierre moves into range and clinches up with Krampuk.
St Pierre lands a damaging elbow.
Krampuk working hard to break the clinch.
St Pierre lands an elbow just above Krampuk 's eye.

Krampuk manages to break the clinch.
St Pierre fails in his attempt to clinch.
St Pierre tries to clinch but Krampuk moves out of range.
Krampuk avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
St Pierre on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Krampuk turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Krampuk slips under a jab from St Pierre.
St Pierre tries to clinch up but Krampuk circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre checks a leg kick.
St Pierre tries to clinch up but Krampuk circles away and keeps his distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Krampuk throws a quick inside leg kick.
Krampuk goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
St Pierre tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Krampuk manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
St Pierre tries to close the distance and clinch but Krampuk swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Krampuk throws a head kick but St Pierre moves out of range.
Krampuk misses with a head kick.
Krampuk lands a jab to the nose.
St Pierre tries to clinch up.
Krampuk lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
St Pierre tries to close the distance and clinch but Krampuk swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
St Pierre tries to clinch but Krampuk moves out of range.
A solid body kick from Krampuk.
St Pierre tries to close the distance and clinch up but Krampuk swats him away and circles back towards the center.
St Pierre tries to clinch there but Krampuk circles away.
St Pierre doesn't manage to clinch there - Krampuk circles away.
St Pierre moves in looking to clinch but Krampuk pushes him off.
St Pierre tries to clinch but Krampuk is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

St Pierre has taken the fight to the clinch.
Krampuk is trying to break the clinch but St Pierre has him pressed against the cage.
St Pierre looks to throw an elbow but misses.
St Pierre keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Krampuk's efforts to push away.
St Pierre throws an elbow that misses.
Krampuk takes an elbow to the temple.
Krampuk is trying to break the clinch but St Pierre has him pressed against the cage.
Krampuk blocks an elbow strike.
St Pierre lands an elbow that stopped Krampuk in his tracks for a moment.
Krampuk wants to break free but St Pierre has control.
St Pierre throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Krampuk avoids a wild elbow strike from St Pierre.
Krampuk is trying to push St Pierre away but St Pierre has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
St Pierre lands an elbow inside.
St Pierre lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
St Pierre creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Krampuk is trying to break free.
St Pierre throws an elbow but it misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, St Pierre just misses with a elbow thrown towards Krampuk's brow.
Krampuk dodges an elbow strike from St Pierre.
Krampuk takes an elbow to the forehead.
Krampuk looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Krampuk takes an elbow to the forehead.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Krampuk takes an elbow to the forehead.
St Pierre lands a nice elbow.
St Pierre lands a damaging elbow.
St Pierre pushes off an throws an elbow but Krampuk leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Krampuk wants to break free but St Pierre has control.
Krampuk takes an elbow to the temple.
St Pierre throws an elbow that misses.
Krampuk avoids the elbow strike from St Pierre, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Georges St Pierre dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Pranang Krampuk's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Krampuk misses with a head kick.
A head kick misses from Krampuk.
Krampuk misses with a two punch combination.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

St Pierre closes the distance and clinches.
St Pierre throws an elbow but it misses.
St Pierre working Krampuk over with knees to the body.
Krampuk wants to break free but St Pierre has control.
St Pierre lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nice elbow from St Pierre.
Krampuk is trying to push St Pierre away but St Pierre has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
St Pierre lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Krampuk is still on wobbly legs! Can St Pierre finish him?
Krampuk blocks an elbow strike.
Nice elbow from St Pierre.
St Pierre lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
With the fighters up against the cage, St Pierre throws an elbow but misses.
St Pierre creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Krampuk's defenses.
Krampuk is trying to break the clinch but St Pierre is controlling him.
A frustrated look appears on Krampuk's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krampuk takes an elbow to the forehead.
St Pierre lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Krampuk to his knees! St Pierre keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Georges St Pierre!
Georges St Pierre seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.