PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Renan St Juste (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and KJ Talley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

St Juste
vs
Talley

178 cm
34
172 lbs
34 - 11 - 1

186 cm
30
177 lbs
17 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Red Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

Hellbent

KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 4 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 34 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Renan St Juste!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, KJ Talley!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Colin Fotheringham and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Talley uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from St Juste.
Talley stuns St Juste with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
St Juste ducks under a wild hook from Talley.
Good shot there by St Juste.
KJ Talley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Talley has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Talley there as he acknowledges the shot.
Talley ducks under a wild hook from St Juste.
St Juste moves out of range of the strikes.
A jab lands there for Talley.
Talley scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Talley throws a quick inside leg kick.
Talley has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
St Juste walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Talley misses with a kick to the body.
Talley scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Talley just misses with a punch to the body.
Good work by St Juste as he checks the leg kick.
St Juste on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Talley throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Juste avoids the body shot from Talley.
Nice defenses there by St Juste.
St Juste scores with a hook.
St Juste feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Talley's calf.
St Juste throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
St Juste throws a lazy right hand but Talley sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
St Juste lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Talley digs a good body shot into St Juste's ribs.
St Juste throws an overhand right that lands on Talley's shoulder, as Talley tries to avoid the shot.
We've been told by St Juste's head coaches at The Barracks - LOD that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
A cross from Talley lands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Talley thows a body shot but no joy.
Talley moves out of range of the strikes.
St Juste misses with a wild body shot.
Talley connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

It looks like Renan St Juste has been cut.
St Juste finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Talley misses with a hook

and St Juste counters by clinching up.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Talley with an attempt at a knee that misses.
St Juste tries a body shot but Talley blocks it.
Talley lands with a light punch inside.
Talley working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
St Juste tries to throw a body punch but Talley avoids it by throwing St Juste back against the cage.

Talley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Talley is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by St Juste.
St Juste on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Talley. Talley obviously looking to wear him down.
St Juste drops his hands momentarily and Talley takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Talley misses with a lunging right hand

and St Juste counters by moving into the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Talley being controlled against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Juste tries a body shot but Talley blocks it.
St Juste misses with a punch to the body.
Talley is stalling here.
A nice left hand lands by Talley.
St Juste scores with a nice hook to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Talley.
St Juste swings wildly with an uppercut but Talley uses good head movement to avoid it.
St Juste misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Juste makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Talley successfully pulls guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Talley trying to control the position.
Talley working a defensive guard but St Juste passes into half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Talley regains full guard. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

KJ Talley dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Renan St Juste's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Talley is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Talley throws a leg kick that is checked
and St Juste counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Talley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but St Juste moves away.
Talley works over St Juste's head and body with a nice combination.
St Juste connects with a solid leg kick.
St Juste throws a big shot that misses.
Talley throws a lazy uppercut
and St Juste counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A jab lands there for Talley.
St Juste misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nice body kick there by Talley.
Talley ducks under a wild hook from St Juste.
St Juste lands with a nice body kick.
Talley takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Talley misses the shot to the body.
St Juste misses with a jab to the body
and Talley counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Talley.
Talley lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
St Juste lands a lovely overhand right.
Talley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but St Juste was well out of range. Poor timing from Talley.
Talley swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Talley scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
KJ Talley seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Talley scoring well with a low kick there.
St Juste turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Talley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A big right from St Juste misses.
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!
Talley throws a hook but St Juste avoids it easily.
St Juste cracks Talley with an open hand slap.
Talley fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
St Juste lands an overhand right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Talley ducks under a wild hook from St Juste.
St Juste ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
St Juste swings and misses with a hook to the body.
St Juste scores with a jab to the head.
Nice straight punches there by Talley. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Talley.
St Juste swings and misses with a hook to the body.
St Juste throws a right hand that Talley ducks under and follows up with a left that Talley also avoids with ease.
St Juste slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Talley throws a leg kick which misses St Juste's front leg but catches the back leg as St Juste tries to avoid it.
Talley with a hook.
Talley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but St Juste manages to avoid it.
Talley scores with a decent looking hook.
St Juste looks to score with a jab to the body but Talley is just out of range.
Talley moves out of range as St Juste strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Talley avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
St Juste tries to land a leg kick but Talley saw it coming and moves away.
St Juste cracks Talley with a good jab.
St Juste avoids the body shot from Talley.
Talley misses with a wild body shot.
St Juste looks to score with a jab to the body but Talley is just out of range.
Talley lands a jab to the nose.
Talley tries to land a leg kick but St Juste saw it coming and moves away.
St Juste throws a predictable looking body shot
and Talley counters with a nice body shot.
Talley throws a leg kick

and St Juste counters with a crisp one two that drops Talley! St Juste thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Talley to his feet! Talley is in big trouble!

Talley is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
St Juste misses with an uppercut.
Talley is still on wobbly legs! Can St Juste finish him?
St Juste looks to throw the jab but Talley is out of range.
St Juste lands a big uppercut and this one is all over! His foe lies motionless on the canvas - a massive one punch knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Renan St Juste!
An out of breath Renan St Juste thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.