PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between George St pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wesley Julianno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wesley Julianno has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

St pierre
vs
Julianno

196 cm
36
194 lbs
23 - 19 - 0

170 cm
23
195 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Raptorz Inc.

Fury Nutrition Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, George St pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Wesley Julianno!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Elvis Blanc and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Julianno throws a shot from downtown. St pierre moves away and avoids it.
St pierre misses with an uppercut.
St pierre ducks under a wild hook from Julianno.
St pierre looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Julianno is fending him off so far but St pierre persists. Nope, Julianno circles away and we're back to standing.
Julianno throws a predictable looking body shot
and St pierre connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Julianno swings widly with a right hand
and St pierre cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
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.
St pierre is trying hard to land a takedown here. Julianno sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
St pierre slips under a jab from Julianno.
St pierre misses with the combination.
A swing and a miss from Julianno.
St pierre throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Julianno misses with a wild combination.
Julianno is looking to land body kicks.
Julianno scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Julianno throws a lazy right hand but St pierre sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
St pierre throws a right hand that Julianno ducks under and follows up with a left that Julianno also avoids with ease.
A jab from Julianno misses.
Julianno misses with a hook. St pierre ducked under it nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Julianno. St pierre does a little dance to reset his feet.
Julianno misses with a hook. St pierre ducked under it nicely.
St pierre throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Julianno fakes high and swings low for a body shot but St pierre manages to avoid it.
St pierre misses with a wild body shot.
Julianno misses with a hook
and St pierre counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Julianno lands with a nice body punch.
Left hook, right uppercut from St pierre.
Julianno throws the left hand but St pierre avoids the punch easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Julianno cracks St pierre with an open hand slap.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Julianno ducks down and throws a hook to the body but St pierre moves away.
Julianno 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.
St pierre throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Julianno on the side of the head.

St pierre gets a double leg takedown into Julianno's guard.
St pierre trying to control but Julianno is working from the bottom.
St pierre is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Julianno is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Julianno keeping full guard, as St pierre tries to pass.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
St pierre distracts Julianno with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Julianno 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.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
St pierre trying to control but Julianno is working from the bottom.
Julianno keeping full guard, as St pierre tries to pass.
Julianno utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Julianno seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Julianno waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract St pierre.
St pierre misses with a takedown attempt - Julianno sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George St pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
St pierre ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
St pierre falls off balance throwing a combination
and Julianno counters with a nice body kick.
St pierre lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Julianno backs up against the cage.
A jab from Julianno misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
St pierre steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Julianno.
St pierre shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Julianno defends it nicely.
St pierre throws a body shot but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that George St pierre will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Julianno ducks down and throws a hook to the body but St pierre moves away.
Julianno misses with a looping right.
Julianno misses with a looping left.
Julianno takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
St pierre ducks under a wild hook from Julianno.

St pierre scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Julianno is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

St pierre tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

St pierre is trying to get an arm triangle but Julianno is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Julianno manages to work his way to half guard, despite St pierre's best efforts.
St pierre thows a huge punch but Julianno dodges it nicely.

St pierre is working for a submission of some sort.
Julianno keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
St pierre trying to control the action but Julianno is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Julianno wants to get back to his feet.

St pierre seems to be looking for submissions.
St pierre is looking to take a break and control but Julianno is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

St pierre is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

St pierre is trying to work for a kimura but Julianno is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St pierre is trying to control. Julianno wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

St pierre is working for a submission of some sort.
Julianno controlling the position well.
St pierre trying to control from Julianno's half guard. Julianno has other ideas though and has regained full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Julianno working a defensive guard here.
Julianno controlling the position.
St pierre trying to control but Julianno is working from the bottom.
St pierre looking to sit in guard and control but Julianno gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Julianno trying to control but St pierre is working from the bottom.
St pierre will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Julianno wants to stand but St pierre has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George St pierre dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

St pierre keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Julianno.
Donk. Julianno catches St pierre right on the button with a cross.
Julianno misses with a looping left.
Julianno swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A punch combination from St pierre misses.
St pierre on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Julianno uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before St pierre has time to react.
Julianno is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
St pierre slips under a jab.
St pierre steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Julianno.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Julianno, as that shot connected.
A big left from Julianno misses.
St pierre tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Julianno defends well and St pierre ends up having to push Julianno into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Julianno breaks from the clinch.
St pierre misses with a double jab.
Julianno throws a jab when St pierre was well out of range.
Wesley Julianno seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Julianno moves away from the strike by St pierre.
George St pierre is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A big right from Julianno misses.
Julianno misses with a hook.
Julianno slaps away a takedown attempt from St pierre, before circling back to the center of the mat.
St pierre misses with a jab, cross combination.
St pierre shoots for a double leg takedown but Julianno sprawls well. He's pushed St pierre's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George St pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A punch combination from St pierre misses.
St pierre throws a big shot that misses.
Julianno throws a sloppy body shot

and St pierre counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by St pierre.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St pierre lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
St pierre looking to sit in guard and control but Julianno gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Julianno would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
St pierre wants to sweep but no luck.
Julianno sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed St pierre's guard.

St pierre looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St pierre is trying to get back to full guard.
St pierre slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

St pierre is working an open guard so Julianno takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
The fighters circling - Julianno throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Julianno misses with a looping left.
A slow jab from St pierre misses its intended target.
St pierre lunges at Julianno with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Julianno's hand.
Julianno uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St pierre scores with a jab to the body.
Wesley Julianno is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Julianno looks to land a combination. St pierre sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Julianno throws a lazy uppercut
and St pierre counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Julianno throws a series of punches but St pierre avoids them all with ease.
Wesley Julianno has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Julianno misses with a hook.
St pierre looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
St pierre is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Julianno misses with a body shot.
George St pierre is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
St pierre misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Julianno.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
St pierre dives in for a single leg takedown but Julianno sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Julianno lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
St pierre has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Julianno is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
A right hand to the body from Julianno.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wesley Julianno comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think St pierre has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... George St pierre!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, George St pierre made sure he mentioned Raptorz Inc., along with how happy he was to win his fight.