PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Newbomb Turk (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. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Turk
vs
St Pierre

178 cm
35
180 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

181 cm
32
182 lbs
33 - 14 - 3

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Newbomb Turk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 14 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lance St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Elvis Blanc and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turk throws a leg kick that is checked
and St Pierre counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Turk throws a head kick that misses.
Turk throws a series of punches but St Pierre moves out of range.
St Pierre throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Turk.
St Pierre pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
St Pierre is looking to land body kicks.
No joy there for St Pierre, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Turk lands with a straight right. St Pierre didn't see that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre fails in his attempt to clinch.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
St Pierre jabs Turk to the body, keeping him at a distance.
St Pierre misses with a straight right.
Turk misses with a lunging right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Turk throws a hook but St Pierre avoids it easily.
Turk is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
St Pierre throws a series of punches but Turk avoids them all with ease.
St Pierre avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by St Pierre. That's going to slow Turk down.
St Pierre uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Turk.
St Pierre misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Turk.
St Pierre gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Turk counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Turk throws a lazy right hand but St Pierre sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
St Pierre lands with a nice body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turk misses with a two punch combination.
Turk throws a leg kick
enabling St Pierre to counter with a crisp jab.
Turk fails to land with a series of punches.
Turk ducks under a wild hook from St Pierre.
St Pierre moves away from the strike by Turk.
Turk looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
St Pierre slips under a jab from Turk.
A solid leg kick lands there for St Pierre.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turk throws a body punch but St Pierre moves out of range.
Newbomb Turk is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Turk feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to St Pierre's calf.
The fighters circling - Turk throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Turk misses with an uppercut
and St Pierre counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Newbomb Turk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
St Pierre looks to score with a jab to the body but Turk is just out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Turk throws a head kick that misses.
Turk misses with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Lance St Pierre will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

St Pierre scores with a kick to the body.
St Pierre avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A left and a right from St Pierre both land. Nice combination.
St Pierre darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
St Pierre staying out of range there.
St Pierre misses with an attempted mid kick.
A right-left combo lands from St Pierre.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters circle momentarily. Turk darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turk throws a combination that misses

and St Pierre counters with a takedown into side control.
Turk tries to improve position but can't.
St Pierre working the ground and pound.
St Pierre throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
St Pierre trying to control the position but Turk is working away.
St Pierre tries to move into full mount but can't pass Turk's legs.
Turk wants to control but St Pierre postures up.
St Pierre lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Turk down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
St Pierre connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Turk some visible discomfort.
Turk is looking to regain half guard here but St Pierre keeps moving and retains side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Turk's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
St Pierre takes a little break here. Turk wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Turk tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but St Pierre wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
St Pierre working away.
St Pierre throws a strike aimed at the side of Turk's head but Turk avoids it well.
Turk is trying to get back to his feet.
St Pierre throws an elbow but Turk slips to the side and avoids it well.
Turk pushes St Pierre away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, St Pierre gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
St Pierre throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Turk avoids any damage from the ground and pound of St Pierre.
Turk tries to buck St Pierre off but St Pierre is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turk tries to control the position but he's not in luck - St Pierre easily slips into full mount!
St Pierre looking to control but Turk is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

St Pierre has control of Turk's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Turk regains control of the situation pretty easily.
St Pierre raining down shots from the mount!
St Pierre raining down hammerfists from mount.
St Pierre landing strikes from the mount and Turk is in trouble!
Turk is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turk wants to control but St Pierre is having none of it.
Turk is squirming around, avoiding St Pierre's attempts to control the action.
St Pierre has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Turk is bucking up trying to escape but St Pierre cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
St Pierre lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
St Pierre looking to control but Turk is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
St Pierre scores with a couple of good head shots there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lance St Pierre showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Turk scores with a leg kick.
St Pierre moves out of range as Turk strikes.
St Pierre throws a push kick but Turk slaps the foot to one side.
St Pierre slips a jab from Turk.
Turk misses with a straight left.
Turk throws a combination but it was largely blocked by St Pierre.
Turk fakes a jab and throws a low kick but St Pierre checks it well.
Turk swings for the body but St Pierre moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Some bone on bone action there as St Pierre checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Lance St Pierre seems to be getting the better of the standup.
St Pierre throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
St Pierre digs a good hook to Turk's body.
St Pierre moves out of range of the strikes.
Turk avoids the head kick by St Pierre.
No joy there for Turk, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turk takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
St Pierre paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
St Pierre scoring well with a low kick there.
Turk tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

St Pierre pushes Turk up against the cage in a clinch.
St Pierre is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Turk tries to break free but St Pierre pushes him back against the cage.
Turk looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Newbomb Turk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from St Pierre.

Turk breaks the clinch.
Turk chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before St Pierre can pounce on him.
Turk blocks a leg kick.
St Pierre's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and St Pierre duly obliges.
Turk throws an off balance right hand
enabling St Pierre to counter with a crisp jab.
Turk on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Turk misses with a low kick as St Pierre jumps back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turk walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. St Pierre checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
St Pierre fakes the leg kick and cracks Turk in the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St Pierre cracks the inside of Turk's front leg.
St Pierre misses with an attempted mid kick.
St Pierre lands a nice leg kick that just misses Turk's sensitive parts.
St Pierre fails in his attempt to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
St Pierre pulls out of a head kick attempt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lance St Pierre comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well St Pierre has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 28:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lance St Pierre!
During a confident post fight interview, Lance St Pierre thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.