PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between George St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dusty Mears (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that George St Pierre has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily George St Pierre seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

St Pierre
vs
Mears

178 cm
23
180 lbs
7 - 2 - 1

183 cm
19
181 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Hell's Balls Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, George St Pierre!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dusty Mears!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Alec Ball and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mears lands with a shot to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Mears.
St Pierre shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
St Pierre blocks a head kick by Mears.
St Pierre moves out of range of the leg kick from Mears.
St Pierre lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Mears ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

St Pierre decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
St Pierre not doing much here.

Mears manages to escape and get back to his feet!

St Pierre shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
St Pierre throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
St Pierre looking to pass the guard.
St Pierre controlling from the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mears works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
St Pierre has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
St Pierre is working Mears over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
St Pierre is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Mears wants to stand up but St Pierre is controlling him.

Mears throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
St Pierre postures up in Mears's guard and throws a big left but Mears blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
St Pierre is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
St Pierre trying to control the position from guard on top but Mears is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

St Pierre stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Mears jabbing away but nothing is landing.
St Pierre tests Mears's chin there with a solid looking shot.
St Pierre scores with a jab to the head.
St Pierre moves away from the strike by Mears.
St Pierre moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Dusty Mears is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mears walks into a left hand.
St Pierre swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Mears.

Mears is rocked!
Good exchange - Mears coming out on top.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mears throws an overhand right that lands on St Pierre's shoulder, as St Pierre tries to avoid the shot.
Mears misses with a body shot.
Mears throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

St Pierre looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Mears!
Mears is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Mears looks gassed!
St Pierre dominating with strikes here.
Mears is trying to stand up.
St Pierre dominating with strikes here.
St Pierre cracks Mears with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
St Pierre is landing with some decent strikes but Mears is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre landing strikes from the mount.
St Pierre has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Mears's face.
St Pierre lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
St Pierre dominating with strikes here.
St Pierre lands with some strikes.
St Pierre working away from the top, dropping strikes.
St Pierre lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
St Pierre connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
St Pierre breaks from Mears's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, St Pierre cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George St Pierre dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

No joy there for Mears, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dusty Mears is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mears throws a left and a right that both miss

and St Pierre counters with a series of strikes that sends Mears to the canvas! St Pierre follows down into guard, looking to finish the fight!
Mears is still in real trouble! Can St Pierre finish him?
St Pierre is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
St Pierre postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
St Pierre works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Mears seems to have recovered his senses.
St Pierre missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Mears is trying to stand up here but St Pierre is controlling him well.
St Pierre is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
St Pierre lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Mears is breathing heavily.
St Pierre works his way into full mount!
St Pierre trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre landing strikes, looking to finish!
St Pierre landing punches.
Mears is trying to escape the mount.
St Pierre landing strikes from the mount and Mears is in trouble!
St Pierre is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre raining down shots from the mount!
St Pierre fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
St Pierre dominating with strikes here.
St Pierre landing shots from mount.
St Pierre scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Mears?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice elbow there by St Pierre.
St Pierre lands a big shot there that rocks Mears but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
St Pierre with the ground and pound from mount.
St Pierre connects with a bit shot that sees Mears covering up! More strikes from St Pierre and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! St Pierre is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). George St Pierre!
George St Pierre retains his welterweight title!