PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jackson Kendricks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Georges St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Kendricks
vs
St Pierre

170 cm
24
182 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Prefers standup

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jackson Kendricks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Georges St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Alec Ball and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kendricks with a poor takedown
letting St Pierre counter with a right hand.
St Pierre is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Kendricks looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Kendricks has his takedown stuffed
and St Pierre counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jackson Kendricks. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kendricks misses with a takedown
and St Pierre cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
St Pierre changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A cross from St Pierre lands.
St Pierre getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Kendricks shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts St Pierre as he jumps to the side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kendricks fails with the takedown
and St Pierre counters with a nice uppercut.
St Pierre has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
St Pierre lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
St Pierre will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Georges St Pierre is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
St Pierre throws a shot to the body.
St Pierre lands a right hook to the body.
Kendricks misses with a takedown
and St Pierre counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A cross from St Pierre lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre digs a good body shot into Kendricks's ribs.
St Pierre's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kendricks under the eye.
St Pierre will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kendricks has a takedown stuffed.
Kendricks takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Kendricks shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts St Pierre as he jumps to the side.
St Pierre lands with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from St Pierre.
A jab from St Pierre does it's job there.
Kendricks fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
St Pierre scores with a jab to the body.

Kendricks shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Kendricks was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
St Pierre managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Kendricks.
Kendricks has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Kendricks has an Americana. St Pierre didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Kendricks is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Kendricks hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Jackson Kendricks!