PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Georges St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ike Turner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Pierre comes into the arena with Ca Fait Mal blaring out of the sound system. Georges St Pierre had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

St Pierre
vs
Turner

185 cm
32
197 lbs
19 - 11 - 0

180 cm
34
196 lbs
22 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

ANABOLIC Nutrition 160Q and LAUNDRY 85%

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Georges St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ike Turner!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Alexandre Firmino and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turner wants to slow St Pierre down by chopping away at his legs.

St Pierre gets a clinch.
St Pierre content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Turner is looking to control St Pierre's arms but St Pierre gets an underhook and turns him. Now Turner has his back to the cage.
St Pierre throws a knee to the head but misses.
Turner tries to circle away but St Pierre has him pinned against the cage.
Turner scores with a hook to the body.
Turner lands a nice shot to the body.

Turner manages to break the clinch.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Turner is defended easily by St Pierre.
St Pierre misses with a series of wild punches.
St Pierre on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Turner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
St Pierre is looking to clinch but Turner is avoiding it.
St Pierre looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre throws a low kick but it's checked well by Turner.
Turner scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Turner throws a nice inside leg kick.
St Pierre moves out of range of the strikes.
St Pierre tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Turner counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Turner is looking to chop away at St Pierre's legs.
Turner catches St Pierre with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
St Pierre tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Turner paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Turner misses with a looping left.
Turner lands a nice shot that snaps St Pierre's head back.

St Pierre drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
St Pierre forces his way into half guard.
Turner tries to get to full guard but St Pierre has control of the leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Turner pushes St Pierre off and gets back to his feet.
A head kick misses from St Pierre.
St Pierre tries to close the distance and clinch up but Turner swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Danga de danga de dang - Turner scores with a four punch combination!
Turner avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
St Pierre doesn't manage to clinch there - Turner circles away.
St Pierre looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Turner tried to score with a low kick but St Pierre checks it.
St Pierre throws a front kick aimed at Turner's knee but Turner avoids it well.
Turner throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as St Pierre blocks the leg kick.
St Pierre moves in looking to clinch but Turner pushes him off.
Turner thuds a left hand into St Pierre's body.

A momentary lapse in concentration from St Pierre enables Turner to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. St Pierre manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
St Pierre being controlled here, momentarily.
Turner trying to control the position from guard on top but St Pierre is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Turner passes St Pierre's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

St Pierre looking for submissions off his back.
Turner wants to take a breather but St Pierre is having none of it.
Turner prevents St Pierre from improving his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre is looking to control Turner's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can St Pierre avoid being mounted?
St Pierre is trying to control but Turner passes into side control!
Turner working the head with strikes.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Turner trying to control the action but St Pierre is working from the bottom.
Turner controls the position.
St Pierre gets back to half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
St Pierre is looking to control Turner's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can St Pierre avoid being mounted?
St Pierre works his way to full guard. Good work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ike Turner dominated that round.
That's time! St Pierre's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Turner misses with a low kick as St Pierre jumps back.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Turner, right into the meat.
Turner circles away from the clinch attempt.
Georges St Pierre is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
St Pierre tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Turner counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Turner throws a leg kick but St Pierre sees it coming and moves out of range.
St Pierre is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Turner throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Turner tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but St Pierre was well out of range. Poor timing from Turner.
St Pierre shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Turner as he avoids it easily.
St Pierre avoids the body shot from Turner.
St Pierre is looking to clinch but Turner is avoiding it.
Turner circles away from the clinch attempt
and Turner cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from St Pierre.
A punch combination from Turner misses.
St Pierre tries to clinch up but Turner circles away and keeps his distance.
Turner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but St Pierre moves away.
St Pierre tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Turner manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
St Pierre tries to clinch up.
Ike Turner seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Turner lands a jab.
St Pierre closes the distance looking to clinch
and Turner makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
St Pierre fails with an attempt to clinch.
Turner throws a nice looking combination but St Pierre bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

St Pierre shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre trying to control but Turner is working from the bottom.
St Pierre loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
St Pierre trying to control the position from guard on top but Turner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Turner is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Turner has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. St Pierre is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
St Pierre tries to land a knee to the head but Turner blocks with his arms.
Turner is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Turner wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
St Pierre lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Ike Turner has been cut.

Turner breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Turner misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice defenses there by St Pierre.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
St Pierre is looking to slow Turner down with leg kicks.
St Pierre with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Turner to score with a decent uppercut.
St Pierre dodges the punch combination from Turner.
St Pierre tries to clinch there but Turner circles away.
St Pierre takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Turner fails with the takedown.

St Pierre shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Turner manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
St Pierre cracks Turner with a solid left hand.
Turner keeping moving, preventing St Pierre from controlling successfully.

Turner had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. St Pierre defends it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
St Pierre looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

Turner has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. St Pierre is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
A short right from Turner on the inside.
St Pierre scores with a knee to the head.
St Pierre misses with a knee to the head.
St Pierre keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Turner's efforts to push away.
St Pierre tries a knee to the head but Turner blocks it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
St Pierre tries a knee to the head but Turner blocks it.
St Pierre avoiding damage.

Turner manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Georges St Pierre will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ike Turner's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

St Pierre is looking to clinch.
St Pierre fails in his attempt to clinch.
St Pierre tries to clinch up but Turner circles away and keeps his distance.
St Pierre swings away with a leg kick that misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - St Pierre looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Some wild striking there from Turner.
St Pierre checks a leg kick.
St Pierre fails with an attempt to clinch.
St Pierre stuffs the takedown attempt from Turner. Turner gets slowly back to his feet.
Turner circles away from the clinch attempt.
St Pierre is looking to clinch but Turner is avoiding it.
St Pierre fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre tries to clinch there but Turner circles away.
Turner misses with the combination.
St Pierre tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Turner manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Turner throws a head kick that St Pierre semi-blocks.
St Pierre is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Turner.
St Pierre is looking to clinch but Turner is avoiding it.
Turner scores with a jab to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - St Pierre looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Turner connects with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turner blocks a head kick by St Pierre.
Turner dives in and grabs St Pierre's left leg, looking for a takedown. St Pierre pushes down on Turner's head and hops out.
St Pierre shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Turner defends it nicely.
Turner circles away from the clinch attempt.
Turner throws a quick inside leg kick.
Turner scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
St Pierre connects with a single shot there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
St Pierre tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Turner shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Turner showed some decent athleticism there.

Turner is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and St Pierre defends it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner works his way into side control.
Turner wants to lay and pray for a moment but St Pierre keeps working.
Turner cracks St Pierre with a big elbow.
St Pierre is not content to let Turner control the position.
Turner working away.
Turner scoring with punches and elbows.
St Pierre struggling a bit here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turner wants to take a breather but St Pierre manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Turner.
Turner trying to stand up but can't free himself from St Pierre's guard.
St Pierre seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.

St Pierre looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
St Pierre has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

Turner got a little sloppy there for a moment and St Pierre has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Turner has managed to get both his arms back between St Pierre's legs - danger averted.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
St Pierre working a defensive guard but Turner manages to pass into side control anyway.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ike Turner really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ike Turner's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

St Pierre fails with an attempt to clinch.
Turner lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
St Pierre closes the distance looking to clinch
and Turner makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
St Pierre fails with an attempt to clinch.
St Pierre shoots in for a takedown but Turner shows good takedown defense.
St Pierre shoots in looking for a takedown. Turner tries to sprawl out of it but St Pierre keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Turner manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
St Pierre tries to clinch but Turner is having none of it.
St Pierre tries to clinch up but Turner circles away and keeps his distance.
St Pierre tries for a takedown but Turner circles away easily
and Turner counters with a straight right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Georges St Pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Turner does no damage.
Turner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Turner misses with a wild body shot.
St Pierre wants to clinch up but Turner keeps it at a distance.
St Pierre tries to clinch there but Turner circles away.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Turner lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and St Pierre has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from St Pierre and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
St Pierre throws a looping overhand right but Turner ducks down to avoid it.
Turner misses with a head kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - St Pierre looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by St Pierre.
Turner scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Turner throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent St Pierre stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre fails with the takedown.
Jab by Turner.
Turner moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
St Pierre tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Turner scores with a body shot.
St Pierre takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
St Pierre shoots and misses
and Turner counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Turner misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
St Pierre throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A bone on bone clash there as St Pierre blocks the leg kick.
St Pierre takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Turner, right into the meat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt St Pierre.
Turner misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A combination from Turner does no damage.
Good work by St Pierre as he checks the leg kick.
Turner pulls out of a head kick attempt.
St Pierre tries to close the distance and clinch but Turner swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
St Pierre avoids the body shot from Turner.
Turner throws a half hearted mid kick.
St Pierre wants to clinch up but Turner keeps it at a distance.

St Pierre moves into range and clinches up with Turner.
St Pierre misses with a hook to the ribs.
St Pierre struggles to land a body shot inside as Turner controls his hands.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by St Pierre as Turner tries to tie him up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre landing knees to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Turner's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as St Pierre takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Turner is trying to break the clinch but St Pierre is controlling him.
Turner wants to break free but St Pierre has control.
St Pierre taking a breather.
St Pierre with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
St Pierre throws a knee to the head but misses.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
St Pierre using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Turner has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
St Pierre tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ike Turner dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Ike Turner's cut.
That's time! St Pierre's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Turner's jab looks to have found its range, popping St Pierre under the eye.

Turner drives through with a takedown into guard.
Turner stops St Pierre from standing up.
Turner wants to control from the top but St Pierre keeps moving.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Turner accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Turner wants to control from the top but St Pierre keeps moving.
Turner stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. St Pierre swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Turner wants to stand but St Pierre is controlling his posture from full guard.
Turner is working St Pierre over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Turner drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Turner jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

St Pierre is looking for a triangle but Turner pushes his legs off easily.

St Pierre is looking for a triangle here but Turner uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
St Pierre takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
St Pierre tries to improve position but can't.
St Pierre is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
St Pierre struggling a bit here.
St Pierre manages to work his way to half guard, despite Turner's best efforts.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turner looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
St Pierre is trying to control but can't.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St Pierre is refusing to be controlled, as Turner sits in half guard.

Turner is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Turner is looking to advance position but St Pierre won't allow it.
Turner throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
St Pierre is refusing to be controlled, as Turner sits in half guard.
St Pierre is trying is best to control the position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner trying to control from half guard but St Pierre is working away.
Turner looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks St Pierre with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
St Pierre is looking to improve his position.
St Pierre is trying to control but can't.
Georges St Pierre has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Turner wants to take a breather but St Pierre is having none of it.
Turner tries to pass to full mount but St Pierre defends it.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
St Pierre tries to clinch but Turner moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Turner.

St Pierre closes the distance and clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre effectively controlling the action here.

Turner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
St Pierre moves out of range of the leg kick from Turner.
A looping hook to the body misses from Turner. St Pierre does a little dance to reset his feet.
St Pierre is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
St Pierre is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
St Pierre tries to clinch but Turner moves away
and Turner counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
St Pierre slips a jab and a cross from Turner.
Turner lands with a nice body kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
St Pierre fails in his attempt to clinch.
St Pierre steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Turner.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fight stays on the outside here - St Pierre looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Turner connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ike Turner comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Turner has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 46:49
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 46:49
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ike Turner!
Our winner, Ike Turner, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.