PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Georges St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Axel Whitecoat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Whitecoat has chosen Seven Nation Army as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

St Pierre
vs
Whitecoat

178 cm
34
180 lbs
16 - 7 - 0

178 cm
41
186 lbs
20 - 27 - 1

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 16 - 7 - 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 20 - 27 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Axel Whitecoat!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Bruno Hogan and Darius Henderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre tries to clinch but Whitecoat moves out of range.
Whitecoat pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
St Pierre walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Whitecoat comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Whitecoat 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.
A telegraphed right hand from Whitecoat misses the target.
Whitecoat looks for a takedown but St Pierre sprawls well.
Whitecoat throws a shot from downtown. St Pierre moves away and avoids it.
St Pierre bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A jab from Whitecoat does it's job there.

St Pierre forces Whitecoat back against the cage and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
St Pierre pushes off an throws an elbow but Whitecoat leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
St Pierre pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Whitecoat is trying to break the clinch but St Pierre has him pressed against the cage.
Whitecoat blocks an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, St Pierre throws an elbow but misses.
St Pierre misses with an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre misses with an elbow over the top.
St Pierre misses with an elbow over the top.
St Pierre lands an elbow inside that Whitecoat shrugs off.
St Pierre throws an elbow but it misses.
St Pierre softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Whitecoat misses with a hook to the ribs.
Whitecoat working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Whitecoat looking to stall.
St Pierre looks to throw an elbow but misses.
St Pierre tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
St Pierre lands an elbow inside.
St Pierre looks to throw an elbow but misses.
St Pierre creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Whitecoat pushes St Pierre back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Whitecoat pushes St Pierre back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Whitecoat is stalling here.
St Pierre pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
St Pierre throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Whitecoat blocks the elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Whitecoat stalling in the clinch but St Pierre improves position.
St Pierre with an attempt at a knee that misses.
St Pierre pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nice elbow from St Pierre.
St Pierre misses with an elbow over the top.
St Pierre throws an elbow that misses.
Whitecoat looking to stall.
St Pierre comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Whitecoat misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Whitecoat fails to land.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, St Pierre just misses with a elbow thrown towards Whitecoat's brow.
A head punch on the inside from Whitecoat fails to land.
St Pierre misses with an elbow over the top.
St Pierre throws an elbow but it's blocked.
St Pierre throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Whitecoat looking to slow down the pace here.
Whitecoat stalling in the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Whitecoat.
Whitecoat managing to block the knees to the body from St Pierre.
St Pierre creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Whitecoat's defenses.
Whitecoat misses with some punches.
St Pierre pushes off an throws an elbow but Whitecoat leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Whitecoat avoids the elbow strike from St Pierre, against the cage.
Whitecoat avoids the elbow strike from St Pierre, against the cage.
Whitecoat tries to pull guard but St Pierre won't allow it.
Whitecoat avoids the elbow strike from St Pierre, against the cage.
Whitecoat tries to pull guard but St Pierre holds him up against the cage and eventually Whitecoat drops back down to his feet.
Georges St Pierre has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Axel Whitecoat.
St Pierre looks to throw an elbow but misses.
St Pierre tries to land knees in the clinch but Whitecoat avoids the damage to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Whitecoat avoids the elbow strike from St Pierre, against the cage.
St Pierre misses with an elbow strike.
Whitecoat looking to slow down the pace here.
St Pierre lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Whitecoat blocks an elbow strike.
St Pierre swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitecoat stalling the fight.
St Pierre lands an elbow inside.
Whitecoat blocks an elbow strike from St Pierre.
St Pierre comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
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!
Whitecoat takes an elbow to the forehead.
Whitecoat avoids the elbow strike from St Pierre, against the cage.
Whitecoat tries to work over St Pierre's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
St Pierre pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Whitecoat is trying to push St Pierre away but St Pierre has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Whitecoat blocks the elbow strike.
Whitecoat stalling in the clinch but St Pierre improves position.
Whitecoat gets through St Pierre's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Whitecoat dodges an elbow strike from St Pierre.
St Pierre throws an elbow that misses.
Whitecoat lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Whitecoat can't find room to land a body shot as St Pierre controls the action.
Whitecoat lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by St Pierre as Whitecoat tries to tie him up.
St Pierre throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
St Pierre lands an elbow inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Georges St Pierre dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Whitecoat darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A slow jab from Whitecoat misses its intended target.
St Pierre displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Whitecoat throws out the jab.

St Pierre has Whitecoat up against the cage in a clinch.
Whitecoat lands with a left to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Georges St Pierre has scored more points in the clinch so far.
St Pierre comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
St Pierre gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
St Pierre lands a nice elbow.
St Pierre takes a shot to the head.
St Pierre blocks a punch to the side of the head.
St Pierre throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Whitecoat takes an elbow to the temple.
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!

Whitecoat jumps into guard, dragging St Pierre to the mat.
St Pierre pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Whitecoat is keeping the position for now.
St Pierre has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Whitecoat keeping moving, preventing St Pierre from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre stopping the sweep attempt from Whitecoat.
St Pierre trying to control but Whitecoat is working from the bottom.
St Pierre wants to stand but Whitecoat is controlling his posture from full guard.
Whitecoat 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.

St Pierre decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
A jab from Whitecoat misses.
Axel Whitecoat seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
St Pierre tries to clinch up

and Whitecoat counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for St Pierre!
Whitecoat landing strikes.
St Pierre is pushing Whitecoat's head away, looking to escape. Whitecoat manages to hold on to the position though.
Whitecoat lands a nice forearm strike.
St Pierre takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Whitecoat lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
St Pierre knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Whitecoat on the ground.
Whitecoat working away.
Sloppy strikes there by Whitecoat.
Whitecoat lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear St Pierre down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitecoat is looking to take a break and control but St Pierre is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
St Pierre tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Whitecoat wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Whitecoat has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Whitecoat works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Whitecoat trying to control the action but St Pierre is working from the bottom.
Whitecoat might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control St Pierre haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Whitecoat advances to full mount.
Whitecoat raining down shots from the mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre working to try and regain half guard.
Whitecoat raining down shots from the mount!

St Pierre is rocked!
St Pierre takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Whitecoat's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Axel Whitecoat!
Post fight, an emotional Axel Whitecoat said 'That's four victims in a row now...I will fight whomever BFT puts in front of me next. Aussie Aussie Aussie!!! Oi Oi Oi!!!'.