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). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

St Juste
vs
Talley

178 cm
34
172 lbs
35 - 12 - 1

186 cm
31
177 lbs
17 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Red Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

Hellbent

GREEN!160
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 35 - 12 - 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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, KJ Talley!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Colin Fotheringham and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Juste scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
St Juste has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Barracks - LOD in the buildup to the fight.
St Juste lands a nice looking kick to the body. Talley takes a step back to recover.
Talley throws a leg kick
and St Juste makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Talley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but St Juste moves away.
St Juste swings and misses with a hook to the body.
St Juste pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
St Juste missing with a left hand there. Talley was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Talley moves out of range as St Juste strikes.
Renan St Juste seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Talley thows a body shot but no joy.
The fighters circle momentarily. Talley darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
St Juste scores with a body shot.
Talley throws a solid leg kick but St Juste takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Talley.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
St Juste misses with a right hand
and Talley counters with a leg kick.
Talley connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between St Juste's hands.

It looks like Renan St Juste has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Talley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but St Juste manages to avoid it.
St Juste throws a big shot that misses.
St Juste comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Talley swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by St Juste.
Talley ducks under a wild hook from St Juste.
Talley steps to the side to avoid the strikes from St Juste.
St Juste missing with a left hand there. Talley was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
St Juste takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Talley defending well as St Juste loads up on a big left hand.
St Juste looks to land a left hand but Talley moved out of range nicely.
Talley slips under a jab.
St Juste delivers a nice body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Talley takes a body punch but keeps moving.
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.
Talley throws a head kick that half lands.
St Juste blocks a jab.
A clash of legs there as Talley blocks the low kick.
St Juste connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Talley throws a hook to the side of St Juste's head but St Juste sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
St Juste throws a body kick that misses
and Talley makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
St Juste throws a hook but Talley blocks it.
Talley takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
St Juste lands with a shot to the body.
Talley avoids a kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Talley throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A thudding body kick lands there by St Juste!
St Juste looks to land a body kick but Talley moved away.
St Juste jabs Talley to the body, keeping him at a distance.
St Juste tries to land a body kick
and Talley counters with a slapping leg kick.
St Juste takes a shot to the body in his stride.
St Juste fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Talley checks it well.
That kick from Talley tenderised St Juste's leg. St Juste is trying to keep his angry face on.
A slow jab from St Juste misses its intended target.
St Juste takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
St Juste misses with the body kick
and Talley counters with a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Talley swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
St Juste feints and then cracks Talley's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Talley down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Talley avoids a punch combination nicely.
Talley misses with an uppercut.
Nice straight punches there by St Juste. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of St Juste.
St Juste jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Talley lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
St Juste misses with a right hand
and Talley counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A jab from St Juste misses.
St Juste throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Talley counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
St Juste throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Renan St Juste dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Renan St Juste'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.

Talley throws a right and a left that St Juste avoids nicely.
St Juste misses with a body punch
and Talley counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
St Juste slips a straight right by Talley.
Donk. St Juste catches Talley right on the button with a cross.
Talley falls off balance throwing a combination

and St Juste counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
St Juste tries a body shot but Talley blocks it.
Talley tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. St Juste smiles and moves away.
St Juste just misses with a punch to the body.
Talley connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Talley ducks right into an uppercut from St Juste.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Talley throws a leg kick but St Juste sees it coming and moves out of range.
Renan St Juste is winning the standup battle so far.
Talley throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nice body punch from St Juste.
St Juste throws a body punch but Talley moves out of range.
A thudding body kick lands there by St Juste!
St Juste throws a lazy body kick
and Talley connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Talley takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Talley is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Talley throws out a loose jab but St Juste uses good head movement to avoid it.
St Juste scores with the left hand. Talley knows he should have avoided that one.
St Juste stuns Talley with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
St Juste scores with a sloppy right hand. Talley should have avoided that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Talley throws a poor cross that misses
and St Juste counters with a slapping leg kick.
St Juste throws a body kick that misses.
Talley avoids a punch combination nicely.
Talley 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.
St Juste takes a swing at Talley's ribcage but misses.
St Juste avoids the body shot from Talley.

St Juste cracks Talley with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Talley looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can St Juste finish him?

Talley is rocked!
St Juste drops a shoulder and throws a monster hook that connects perfectly to the side of Talley's head, knocking him out cold! St Juste is extatic as he celebrates with his cornermen.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 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.