PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Georges St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Shields (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

St Pierre
vs
Shields

178 cm
33
180 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

183 cm
31
170 lbs
22 - 19 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 14 - 6 - 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 22 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jake Shields!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, Ron Honeybunn and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shields circles away from the clinch attempt.
St Pierre wants to clinch.
St Pierre leaves Shields with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
St Pierre fails with an attempt to clinch.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Shields has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
St Pierre tries to close the distance and clinch but Shields swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Shields fails with the takedown.
Jake Shields seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shields shoots in for a takedown but St Pierre shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Georges St Pierre has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jake Shields.

Shields gets tackled into the cage by St Pierre. St Pierre maintains the clinch.
Shields is looking for a takedown up against the cage. St Pierre gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shields takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Jake Shields has been cut.
St Pierre is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Shields is defending well for now.
Shields blocks the elbow strike.
St Pierre gets underhooks to prevent Shields's takedown attempt.
Shields is trying to drag St Pierre to the mat but St Pierre just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
St Pierre comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
St Pierre lands an elbow just above Shields 's eye.
Shields takes an elbow to the forehead.
St Pierre throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
St Pierre lands an elbow that stopped Shields in his tracks for a moment.
We've been hearing reports that St Pierre has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Shields changes levels and goes for a takedown here. St Pierre fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Shields gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and St Pierre counters with a left and a right that stings Shields.
Shields throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around St Pierre's waist but St Pierre gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Shields off to one side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Shields drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
St Pierre looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Shields working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
St Pierre preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
St Pierre is pulling down on Shields's head to control his posture.
St Pierre wants to stand up but Shields is controlling him.
Shields stands up over St Pierre, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Shields 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 trying to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shields trying to control but St Pierre is working from the bottom.
Shields in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Shields has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
St Pierre is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shields is trying to control but can't.
Shields gets back to full guard.

Shields is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Shields looking for a guillotine here but St Pierre defends 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 wants to stand but Shields has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Shields has his foot on St Pierre's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. St Pierre works his way back into a safe position though.

Shields looking for a guillotine here but St Pierre defends easily.
St Pierre is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Shields is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and St Pierre defends well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Shields dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jake Shields's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

St Pierre moves in looking to clinch but Shields pushes him off.
Shields shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts St Pierre as he jumps to the side.
Shields misses with a takedown attempt - St Pierre sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
St Pierre is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St Pierre stuffs the takedown.
Georges St Pierre has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jake Shields.
St Pierre stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and St Pierre wants it to stay on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre fails in his attempt to clinch.
Shields tries for a takedown but St Pierre sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Georges St Pierre is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Shields changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. St Pierre tries to avoid it but Shields manages to keep hold of a leg and drag St Pierre to the ground. St Pierre escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
St Pierre fails with an attempt to clinch.
St Pierre tries to clinch but Shields is having none of it.
No luck for Shields with that takedown attempt.
Shields shoots and misses
and St Pierre counters with a lovely straight right hand!

St Pierre forces Shields back against the cage and clinches.
St Pierre lands an elbow just above Shields 's eye.

That has opened up Jake Shields's cut even more.
St Pierre throws an elbow but it misses.
St Pierre lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
St Pierre lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shields wants to take the fight to the mat but St Pierre manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Shields avoids a wild elbow strike from St Pierre.
Shields dodges an elbow strike from St Pierre.
Shields takes an elbow to the forehead.
St Pierre gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Shields.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short right from St Pierre.
St Pierre lands a nice elbow.
Shields blocks the elbow strike.
Shields takes an elbow to the temple.

The cut above Jake Shields's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
St Pierre creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Shields's defenses.
Shields has St Pierre pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. St Pierre manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
St Pierre lands an elbow inside that Shields shrugs off.

Jake Shields's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
A quick uppercut on the inside from St Pierre.
St Pierre lands an elbow inside.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jake Shields's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Georges St Pierre!
Our winner, Georges St Pierre, 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.