PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Georges St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brad Bandridge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bandridge is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: 6 pack of beer- Hank 3. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

St Pierre
vs
Bandridge

178 cm
34
180 lbs
16 - 8 - 0

187 cm
27
185 lbs
15 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 - 8 - 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 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brad Bandridge!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Ben Watson and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre swinging wildly here.
Bandridge scores with a punch to the head.
St Pierre tries to clinch up but Bandridge circles away and keeps his distance.
St Pierre tries to close the distance and clinch but Bandridge swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

St Pierre has managed to clinch.
Bandridge tries to break the clinch but St Pierre is controlling the position.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
St Pierre pushes off an throws an elbow but Bandridge leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bandridge is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
St Pierre lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St Pierre tries to land a knee to the head but Bandridge blocks with his arms.
Bandridge wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bandridge takes an elbow to the forehead.
St Pierre lands a damaging elbow.
Bandridge takes an elbow to the forehead.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by St Pierre.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bandridge blocks an elbow strike.
St Pierre lands a nice elbow.
St Pierre lands an elbow inside.
Bandridge takes an elbow to the forehead.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bandridge.
Bandridge wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bandridge takes an elbow to the temple.
St Pierre comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
St Pierre creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bandridge's defenses.
Bandridge blocks an elbow strike from St Pierre.
St Pierre lands an elbow that stopped Bandridge in his tracks for a moment.
St Pierre lands an elbow inside.
St Pierre lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch on the inside from Bandridge fails to land.
Bandridge wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but St Pierre has him pressed against the cage.
St Pierre lands an elbow that stopped Bandridge in his tracks for a moment.
St Pierre lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
St Pierre with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
St Pierre throws an elbow that misses.
St Pierre lands an elbow inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bandridge tries to circle away but St Pierre has him pinned against the cage.
Bandridge is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but St Pierre is keeping busy.
St Pierre creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bandridge's defenses.
St Pierre lands a damaging elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by St Pierre.
St Pierre lands an elbow just above Bandridge 's eye.
St Pierre lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bandridge is trying to stall.
St Pierre lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
St Pierre gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
St Pierre gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bandridge avoids the elbow strike from St Pierre, against the cage.
St Pierre throws an elbow but it's blocked.
St Pierre lands an elbow that stopped Bandridge in his tracks for a moment.
St Pierre lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bandridge looking to stall.
St Pierre lands a damaging elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre lands an elbow that stopped Bandridge in his tracks for a moment.
Bandridge is trying to maintain a safe position but St Pierre gets an underhook and turns Bandridge into the cage.
St Pierre lands a good knee to the midsection. Bandridge won't want to take too many of those.
St Pierre gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
St Pierre misses with an elbow strike.
St Pierre lands a nice elbow.
St Pierre with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bandridge blocks an elbow strike from St Pierre.
Bandridge stalling in the clinch but St Pierre improves position.
St Pierre throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
St Pierre lands an elbow that stopped Bandridge in his tracks for a moment.
Bandridge misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Bandridge fails to land.
St Pierre comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bandridge taking a breather.
St Pierre lands a damaging elbow.
St Pierre is defending well against a takedown attempt.
A nice glancing elbow lands by St Pierre.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bandridge avoids a wild elbow strike from St Pierre.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bandridge takes an elbow to the forehead.
St Pierre lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
St Pierre pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
St Pierre lands with a right to the head.
St Pierre lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
St Pierre lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bandridge takes an elbow to the forehead.
A nice glancing elbow lands by St Pierre.
St Pierre lands an elbow inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Bandridge takes an elbow to the temple.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bandridge seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
St Pierre lands an elbow just above Bandridge 's eye.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bandridge takes an elbow to the temple.
Bandridge blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
St Pierre lands an elbow inside that Bandridge shrugs off.
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.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

St Pierre is looking to clinch but Bandridge is avoiding it.
St Pierre tries to clinch up but Bandridge circles away and keeps his distance.
Bandridge is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Bandridge ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Georges St Pierre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

St Pierre gets in close and instigates a clinch.
St Pierre lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
St Pierre gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bandridge is trying to push St Pierre away but St Pierre has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bandridge blocks an elbow strike.
Bandridge has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. St Pierre avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
St Pierre lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
St Pierre pushes Bandridge back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
St Pierre lands a left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St Pierre lands a nice elbow.
St Pierre lands an elbow inside.
Bandridge takes an elbow to the temple.
This has been an exciting period of action!
St Pierre lands an elbow inside.

Bandridge is rocked!
Bandridge is breathing heavily.
Bandridge will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning St Pierre up against the cage.
Bandridge is still on wobbly legs! Can St Pierre finish him?
Bandridge takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bandridge misses with the head strike.
Bandridge seems to have recovered his senses.
Bandridge takes an elbow to the forehead.
St Pierre lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
St Pierre lands a damaging elbow.
St Pierre lands an elbow that stopped Bandridge in his tracks for a moment.
St Pierre lands a nice elbow.
Nice elbow from St Pierre.
Bandridge is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
St Pierre lands an uppercut.
St Pierre has Bandridge pressed against the cage. He pushes Bandridge back and as he springs towards him off the cage, St Pierre throws a beautiful elbow that sends Bandridge crashing to the floor! St Pierre piles on the pressure with more strikes! Bandridge is flailing away but he's not defending himself and the referee steps in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Georges St Pierre!
A very excited looking Georges St Pierre made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
The defeated Brad Bandridge had this to say: 'I must have really underestimated you Good fuckin Job.'.