PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between George St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hades Destroyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). George St Pierre has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

St Pierre
vs
Destroyer

195 cm
25
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, George St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hades Destroyer!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Destroyer.
Destroyer leaves St Pierre with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
St Pierre shoots in for a double leg but Destroyer sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Destroyer gets tackled into the cage by St Pierre. St Pierre maintains the clinch.

St Pierre breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

St Pierre shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Destroyer napping and manages to drive through into side control!

St Pierre is trying to get an arm triangle but Destroyer is defending well.
Destroyer is trying to control St Pierre's posture but St Pierre avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Destroyer regains half guard.
St Pierre tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Destroyer.
Destroyer trying to control here.
Destroyer avoiding damage under a succession of punches from St Pierre.
Destroyer is doing well to control the position and prevent St Pierre from advancing to side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Destroyer looks like he's trying to stand up.
St Pierre wants to lay and pray for a moment but Destroyer keeps working.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of George St Pierre.
St Pierre darts in trying to clinch

and Destroyer counters with a nice double leg into guard.
St Pierre is looking to stand up but Destroyer isn't so interested in that idea.
St Pierre will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Destroyer won't allow St Pierre to sweep him here.
Destroyer passes into half guard.

Destroyer is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Destroyer controlling the action here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
St Pierre is controlling Destroyer's position as best he can from this difficult position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Destroyer works his way into side control.
St Pierre regains half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Destroyer decides to stand and escape the position.
St Pierre tries to close the distance and clinch up but Destroyer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Hades Destroyer will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Destroyer looking to score a takedown here. St Pierre is defending well but Destroyer drives through and ends up in St Pierre's guard.
Destroyer passes easily into side control. Nice work.
St Pierre is not content to let Destroyer control the position.
St Pierre tries to control but Destroyer manages to take his back.
St Pierre trying to control the position but Destroyer manages to sink in the hooks.

Destroyer tightening his grip on St Pierre, looking for the choke.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Destroyer doesn't have the hooks in and St Pierre manages to turn into his guard.
St Pierre wants to stand but Destroyer is controlling his posture from full guard.
Destroyer seems keen to control St Pierre's posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre trying to control but Destroyer is working from the bottom.
Destroyer keeping full guard, as St Pierre tries to pass.
Destroyer managing to control the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up. George St Pierre wasn't doing enough on the ground.

St Pierre shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Destroyer napping and manages to drive through into side control!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Destroyer gets back to half guard.
Destroyer is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
St Pierre is trying to control. Destroyer wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Destroyer is positioning himself well to prevent St Pierre advancing to mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Destroyer does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

The ref stands the fighters back up because George St Pierre just wasn't active enough.
St Pierre throws a head kick that misses.
St Pierre moves in looking to clinch but Destroyer pushes him off.
St Pierre moves in looking to clinch but Destroyer pushes him off.
St Pierre wants to clinch.
George St Pierre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
St Pierre fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hades Destroyer 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. This is the final round!

St Pierre throws a sloppy head kick and Destroyer moves out of range easily.
St Pierre moves to clinch but Destroyer breaks away

and Destroyer counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Destroyer.
St Pierre can't break the clinch.
St Pierre tries to score a body lock takedown but Destroyer shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Destroyer tries to circle away but St Pierre has him pinned against the cage.

St Pierre's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
St Pierre throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Destroyer's waist but Destroyer gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing St Pierre off to one side.
St Pierre tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck for Destroyer with that takedown attempt.
St Pierre will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
St Pierre throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Destroyer's waist but Destroyer gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing St Pierre off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George St Pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
St Pierre fails with the takedown

and Destroyer counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Destroyer advances position into side control!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Destroyer wants to control but St Pierre is keeping him busy.
St Pierre really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
St Pierre tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Destroyer wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Destroyer works to advance to full mount. St Pierre defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Destroyer wants to control the pace but St Pierre is squirming around nicely.
Destroyer wants to take St Pierre's back here but St Pierre is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Destroyer moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, St Pierre has worked his arm free - good work by St Pierre!
St Pierre can't do much from the bottom here.
Destroyer trying to control the action but St Pierre is working from the bottom.
St Pierre gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Destroyer trying to control but he's not successful this time.
St Pierre has given up his back here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hades Destroyer comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Destroyer winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hades Destroyer!