PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Georges St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Buster Cherry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cherry has chosen D-12 - Fight Music as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

St Pierre
vs
Cherry

178 cm
31
180 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

175 cm
24
175 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BeastMode

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 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Georges St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Buster Cherry!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Winston Howard and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cherry paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cherry swats away the attempt to clinch by St Pierre.
Cherry slips a jab and a cross from St Pierre.
The fighters circle momentarily. St Pierre darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Cherry keeps the fight on the outside.

Cherry 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.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Cherry throws a big elbow that misses.
St Pierre keeping moving, preventing Cherry from controlling successfully.
St Pierre avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Cherry is looking to work some ground and pound but St Pierre has wrist control.
St Pierre 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.
Cherry seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cherry working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
St Pierre is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at The Shield that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
St Pierre wants to sweep but no luck.
St Pierre on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if St Pierre tries to get out of the position.

St Pierre had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Cherry defends it easily.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cherry accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Cherry is looking to work some ground and pound but St Pierre has wrist control.
Cherry preventing the sweep.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Cherry working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
St Pierre trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Cherry missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cherry chips away with some ground and pound.
St Pierre seems keen to control Cherry's posture.
Cherry distracts St Pierre with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cherry stopping the sweep attempt from St Pierre.
Cherry working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of St Pierre's head.
Cherry postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cherry in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Cherry in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

St Pierre has his foot on Cherry's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Cherry works his way back into a safe position though.
Cherry is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Cherry lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
St Pierre wants to stand up but Cherry is controlling him.
Cherry trying to control but St Pierre is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cherry makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Cherry lands a couple of digs.
Cherry seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
St Pierre avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cherry sitting in guard here, content to control.

St Pierre scrambles and gets back to his feet.
St Pierre fails with an attempt to clinch.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cherry is keen to just control but St Pierre is a slippery customer.

Cherry is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and St Pierre defends it well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cherry takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Cherry thows a huge punch but St Pierre dodges it nicely.
Cherry is trying to control. St Pierre wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

St Pierre makes his way to full guard, as Cherry worked for a kimura.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
St Pierre working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cherry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Buster Cherry dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

St Pierre clinches.
St Pierre lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Buster Cherry has been cut.

Cherry gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Cherry lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
St Pierre preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cherry postures up in St Pierre's guard and throws a big left but St Pierre blocks it.
St Pierre has momentary wrist control but Cherry slips an elbow through the middle.
Cherry won't allow St Pierre to sweep him here.
St Pierre keeping moving, preventing Cherry from controlling successfully.
Buster Cherry has got the better of the ground game so far.
St Pierre has momentary wrist control but Cherry slips an elbow through the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cherry throws a big right hand that misses.
Cherry wants to control from the top but St Pierre keeps moving.
Cherry with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cherry stopping the sweep attempt from St Pierre.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cherry accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Cherry postures up and lands a big shot to St Pierre's brow.

Cherry thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
St Pierre keeping moving, preventing Cherry from controlling successfully.
Cherry stops St Pierre from standing up.
Cherry trying to control the position from guard on top but St Pierre is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Cherry is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
St Pierre is trying to control the position but Cherry postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cherry working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Cherry lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Cherry postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
St Pierre has Cherry pulled in close to control his posture.
Cherry landing with the ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
St Pierre is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Cherry has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Cherry scoring with some ground and pound.
St Pierre looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Cherry is in close to St Pierre's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cherry looking to sit in guard and control but St Pierre gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Cherry is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! St Pierre rolls with it to try and escape but Cherry cranks on the arm and St Pierre is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Buster Cherry!
A relieved looking Buster Cherry thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.