PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Georges St Clair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Lowe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anthony Lowe will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

St Clair
vs
Lowe

179 cm
22
180 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

185 cm
22
183 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Fast

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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Georges St Clair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Anthony Lowe!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Elvis Blanc and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Clair fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Lowe tries to clinch but St Clair is having none of it.
St Clair avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

St Clair drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
St Clair looking to pass the guard.
Lowe controls St Clair momentarily but St Clair frees himself.

St Clair drops back looking for a leg! Lowe is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Lowe manages to kick St Clair off! St Clair jumps back into Lowe's guard.
St Clair won't allow Lowe to sweep him here.
St Clair passes into half guard.

St Clair is trying to work for a kimura but Lowe is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lowe trying to control but St Clair postures up.

St Clair seems to be working for a kimura but Lowe defends the submission attempt.
Lowe is trying to get back to full guard.
Lowe wants to control but St Clair is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Lowe is refusing to be controlled, as St Clair sits in half guard.
St Clair moves nicely into side control.
St Clair tries to advance to mount but Lowe denies him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Lowe can't do much from the bottom here.
St Clair controls the position.
Lowe has control of an arm but St Clair manages to advance to St Clair's back!
St Clair not allowing Lowe to control his hands.
Lowe is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Lowe manages to reverse the position and now he's in St Clair's guard. Nice work there by Lowe.

St Clair is looking for a triangle but Lowe pushes his legs off easily.
Lowe wants to control from the top but St Clair keeps moving.

St Clair working for a triangle but Lowe defends it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

St Clair throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Lowe escapes and throws St Clair's legs to the side, diving into side control!
St Clair prevents Lowe from moving into mount.
St Clair is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Lowe off and has taken his back!

Lowe preventing the rear naked choke attempt from St Clair.

St Clair tightening his grip on Lowe, looking for the choke.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
St Clair is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Lowe showing good submission defense here.

St Clair is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Lowe defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
St Clair gets his hands free as Lowe looks to control.

St Clair is looking for the choke from the back position but Lowe is controlling his hands well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

St Clair is looking for a rear naked choke here but Lowe reverses the position brilliantly into St Clair's guard!
Lowe wants to control from the top but St Clair keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Georges St Clair dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

St Clair fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
St Clair shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lowe as he jumps to the side.
St Clair keeps the fight on the outside.
St Clair shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Lowe as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Georges St Clair. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lowe tries to clinch there but St Clair circles away.
Lowe tries to clinch but St Clair moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lowe looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lowe looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lowe misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St Clair fails with the takedown.
St Clair fails with a takedown attempt.

St Clair drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lowe is trying to control St Clair's posture but St Clair avoids it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

St Clair is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Lowe knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

St Clair thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
St Clair wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lowe keeps working.
Lowe is trying to get back to half guard.

St Clair is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Lowe is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Lowe is looking for a sweep.
Lowe is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
St Clair fails with a takedown attempt.

Lowe has taken the fight to the clinch.
Lowe with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lowe tries to land a knee to the head but St Clair blocks with his arms.
Lowe tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lowe landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lowe throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lowe with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lowe missing with knees to the body.
Lowe throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lowe misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from St Clair.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lowe.
St Clair fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Lowe tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lowe tries to land a knee to the head but St Clair blocks with his arms.
Lowe lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
St Clair fails to pull guard.
Lowe looking to throw knees to the head but St Clair is blocking nicely.
Lowe using the Thai plumb to throw knees but St Clair has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lowe tries to land a knee to the head but St Clair blocks with his arms.
St Clair drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Lowe gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Lowe connects with a nasty looking knee right to St Clair's face.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lowe.
Lowe misses with a knee to the head.
St Clair takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Georges St Clair has been cut.
Lowe tries a knee to the head but St Clair blocks it.
Lowe tries a knee to the head but St Clair blocks it.

St Clair pulls guard successfully.
Lowe trying to control the position from guard on top but St Clair is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lowe must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Lowe might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control St Clair kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Lowe thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

St Clair looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
St Clair trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Lowe passes St Clair's left leg - he's now in half guard.

St Clair actively working from the bottom here.
St Clair tries to get to full guard but Lowe has control of the leg.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Lowe is working for a kimura but St Clair is defending it quite comfortably.
Lowe is tying to control. St Clair wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Lowe showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Georges St Clair's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Lowe tries to clinch there but St Clair circles away.
Lowe is looking to clinch.
St Clair circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lowe wants to clinch.
St Clair keeps the fight on the outside.

St Clair feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Lowe wants to control the position but St Clair says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Lowe trying to control from the bottom.
Lowe is not content to let St Clair control the position.
St Clair has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
St Clair manages to capitalize on a mistake by Lowe to take his back!
Lowe takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Lowe staying busy and making it hard for St Clair to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lowe showing good submission defense here.

St Clair has both hooks in and is working for a choke. Lowe is in real trouble here. St Clair gets an arm under the chin and tightens the submission attempt... is this the end? Yes, Lowe is tapping out! St Clair wins by rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Georges St Clair!