PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Adolf Ellenberger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grease St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ellenberger's entrance music is Soldier. A fine choice. St Pierre has chosen Jag - Worst Nightmare as his entrance music. Grease St Pierre has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ellenberger
vs
St Pierre

188 cm
24
184 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

175 cm
25
175 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Insanely flexible

TWGC Champion
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Cripplers Corner
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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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Adolf Ellenberger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Grease St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Frank Dennis and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ellenberger fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
St Pierre keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts St Pierre, as that shot connected.
Ellenberger throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
St Pierre keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ellenberger.
St Pierre tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Ellenberger swivels and escapes.
St Pierre throws an off balance right hand
and Ellenberger counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
St Pierre swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ellenberger lands a leg kick that knocks St Pierre off balance momentarily.
We've been told by Ellenberger's head coaches at River's Edge Gym, LOP that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
St Pierre checks a low kick from Ellenberger.
St Pierre slips under a jab from Ellenberger.
St Pierre loads up on a big right hand but Ellenberger slips the punch.
A telegraphed right hand from Ellenberger misses the target.
Ellenberger keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ellenberger throws a quick head kick that skims the top of St Pierre's head.
St Pierre swings for the body but Ellenberger moves out of range.
St Pierre swings away with a body shot that misses
and Ellenberger counters with a nice leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ellenberger, right into the meat.
Ellenberger throws out a powerful jab.
The crowd cheers as Ellenberger lands an impressive looking overhand right. St Pierre doesn't seem phased though.
St Pierre rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ellenberger counters with a nice kick to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ellenberger thows a body shot but no joy.
St Pierre shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ellenberger pinned against the cage. Ellenberger gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Adolf Ellenberger has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Grease St Pierre.
St Pierre chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ellenberger can pounce on him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre moves out of range as Ellenberger strikes.
Ellenberger looks to land a right hand but St Pierre moved out of range.
St Pierre drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
St Pierre looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ellenberger connects with an inside leg kick.
Ellenberger scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ellenberger misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from St Pierre.
Ellenberger on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
St Pierre takes a swing at Ellenberger's ribcage but misses.
Ellenberger throws a wild body kick that St Pierre sees coming a mile off.
Ellenberger throws an overhand right that lands on St Pierre's shoulder, as St Pierre tries to avoid the shot.
St Pierre tries for a takedown but Ellenberger circles away easily
and Ellenberger counters with a straight right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ellenberger.
St Pierre misses with a left hand
and Ellenberger counters with a good low kick that St Pierre was not able to check.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as St Pierre checks a leg kick.
Ellenberger pushes St Pierre away with a front kick.

Excellent takedown into side control there by St Pierre.
Ellenberger can't do much from the bottom here.
Ellenberger tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre tries to control but Ellenberger wriggling away.
Ellenberger tries to hold on but St Pierre postures up.
St Pierre takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
St Pierre throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Ellenberger because St Pierre loaded up on that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ellenberger blocking the ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

St Pierre goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Ellenberger turns into him and now he's in St Pierre's guard.
St Pierre is adopting a defensive guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adolf Ellenberger dominated that round.
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.

Ellenberger throws a sloppy body shot

and St Pierre counters with a single leg into guard. Ellenberger didn't expect that.
St Pierre postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
St Pierre trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Ellenberger looking for a sweep. Not yet Ellenberger, not yet.
Ellenberger is pulling down on St Pierre's head. It's preventing any offense from St Pierre, at least for the moment.
Ellenberger lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for St Pierre!
Ellenberger sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Ellenberger sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ellenberger looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
St Pierre is in all sorts of trouble here.
St Pierre is trying to reverse the position but instead Ellenberger has taken his back - oops!
St Pierre tries to escape the position.
St Pierre looking very determined here, making life difficult for Ellenberger.
St Pierre is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Ellenberger's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.

Ellenberger is cranking St Pierre's head sideways - that looks painful. He's managed to get his other arm under the chin and this looks bad for St Pierre! He's tightened the choke and St Pierre is tapping out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Adolf Ellenberger!
Adolf Ellenberger gave a mention to Cripplers Corner in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).