PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between George St pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jean Caisse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jean Caisse has the eye of the tiger tonight.

St pierre
vs
Caisse

196 cm
40
194 lbs
26 - 24 - 0

180 cm
31
200 lbs
6 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Beaver Jooce!

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 26 - 24 - 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 6 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jean Caisse!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Alec Ball and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Caisse misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
St pierre half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
St pierre shoots in for a double leg but Caisse sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Caisse throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
St pierre tests Caisse's chin there with a solid looking shot.
St pierre swinging wildly here.
St pierre will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
St pierre moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Nice straight punches there by St pierre. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of St pierre.
St pierre scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Caisse doesn't seem bothered though.
Caisse stuffs the takedown attempt from St pierre. St pierre gets slowly back to his feet.
Jean Caisse seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Caisse tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. St pierre manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Caisse tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but St pierre was well out of range. Poor timing from Caisse.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caisse swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Caisse tries to clinch up but St pierre circles away and keeps his distance.
A head kick by Caisse misses
and St pierre counters with a left to the body.
Nice uppercut there from St pierre.
Caisse throws a right and a left that both miss.
Caisse misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from St pierre.

Caisse moves into the clinch.
Caisse wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
St pierre fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George St pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Caisse is defending well against a takedown attempt.

St pierre manages to pull guard.
Caisse throws a big elbow that misses.

Caisse is posturing up here but St pierre has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Caisse tries to roll out but it's too tight and Caisse has to tap! Slick submission there by St pierre!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). George St pierre!
A very excited looking George 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.