PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Esposito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pele St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pele St Pierre struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 171.9lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Pele St Pierre is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Esposito
vs
St Pierre

175 cm
20
161 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

179 cm
25
177 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Anthony Esposito!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pele St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Robert Douchet and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Esposito scoring well with a low kick there.

St Pierre gets a double leg takedown into Esposito's guard.
St Pierre looks winded!
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Esposito is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Esposito is working hard here to advance position.
St Pierre advances to half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Esposito looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Esposito wants to improve his position but St Pierre is controlling well.
Esposito is looking to control St Pierre's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Esposito avoid being mounted?
Esposito tries to roll over but St Pierre keeps him under control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre is trying to control. Esposito wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Esposito wants to get back to full guard.
St Pierre seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Esposito does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Pele St Pierre.
St Pierre stuffs the takedown attempt from Esposito. Esposito gets slowly back to his feet.
Esposito fails with the takedown

and St Pierre counters by moving into the clinch.
Esposito is trying to break the clinch but St Pierre has him pressed against the ropes.

St Pierre breaks from the clinch.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Esposito.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anthony Esposito. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Esposito shoots in for a double leg but St Pierre sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Esposito shoots in but no luck this time.

St Pierre drives through and clinches with Esposito against the ropes.
St Pierre taking a breather.
A frustrated look appears on St Pierre's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Esposito can't get the takedown.
Esposito has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by St Pierre after a bit of a struggle.
Esposito goes for a takedown in the clinch but St Pierre prevents it.
St Pierre lands a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

St Pierre turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Esposito tries to improve position but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre wants to lay and pray for a moment but Esposito keeps working.
Esposito 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 looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Esposito is trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
St Pierre wants to lay and pray for a moment but Esposito keeps working.
Esposito is looking for a sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Esposito struggling a bit here.

St Pierre tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no St Pierre has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Esposito tries to bench press St Pierre off him but St Pierre keeps the position.
Esposito manages to work his way to half guard, despite St Pierre's best efforts.
Esposito trying to control from the bottom.
Esposito wants to improve his position but St Pierre is controlling well.
St Pierre trying to pass the guard but Esposito defending well.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre is thwarting Esposito's attempts to control the position.
Esposito misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Esposito knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for St Pierre on the ground.
Esposito is refusing to be controlled, as St Pierre sits in half guard.
Esposito is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The fighters are battling for position here. Esposito manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
St Pierre wants to stand and escape but instead Esposito has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Esposito tries to free his leg and advance position but St Pierre is retaining full guard.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Esposito sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed St Pierre's guard.

Esposito is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Esposito is keen to just control but St Pierre is a slippery customer.
St Pierre throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Esposito wants to lay and pray for a moment but St Pierre keeps working.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Esposito tries to stand but his hand is stuck under St Pierre.
Esposito trying to control the action but St Pierre is working from the bottom.

We're going to have a standup here because Anthony Esposito wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

St Pierre rushes Esposito and presses him up against the ropes.

Esposito escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Esposito with a lazy takedown attempt

and St Pierre counters with a single leg into guard. Esposito didn't expect that.
Esposito wants to get back to his feet but St Pierre is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Esposito has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think St Pierre should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Esposito has tightened it up now! St Pierre should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Anthony Esposito!
During a confident post fight interview, Anthony Esposito thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.