PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tsar Bomba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesus St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Pierre comes into a darkened arena with his song building. For Heavy Metal we will die! kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Tsar Bomba has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Bomba
vs
St Pierre

180 cm
35
157 lbs
22 - 10 - 1

176 cm
31
159 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Bullet Proof System

Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tsar Bomba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jesus St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Lou da Vinci and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bomba throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
St Pierre looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
St Pierre 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.
Bomba connects with a body shot that sends St Pierre's belly button to the back.
St Pierre scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bomba connects with a good right hand that stumbles St Pierre. St Pierre circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Bomba throws a nice looking combination but St Pierre bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bomba takes a swing at St Pierre's ribcage but misses.
Bomba steps to the side to avoid the strikes from St Pierre.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bomba.
St Pierre throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Bomba counter with a right hand.
The fighters circling - St Pierre throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

St Pierre pushes Bomba up against the ropes in a clinch.
St Pierre gets through Bomba's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

St Pierre breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Good standup being displayed there by Bomba as he connects with a hook.
Bomba misses with a straight right.
St Pierre with the counter takedown but Bomba avoids it easily.
Bomba swings away with a leg kick that misses.
St Pierre misses with an uppercut. Bomba saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Bomba.
A big left from Bomba misses.
Bomba connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Bomba fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bomba lands with a hook. St Pierre tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Donk. Bomba catches St Pierre right on the button with a cross.
Bomba slips under a jab from St Pierre.
St Pierre throws a jab when Bomba was well out of range.
Bomba slips a jab from St Pierre.
Bomba scores with a leg kick.
Bomba throws a jab when St Pierre was well out of range.
St Pierre checks a leg kick nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
St Pierre throws a series of punches but Bomba avoids them all with ease.
Bomba swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre takes one to the side of the head.
Bomba throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Bomba throws an ugly left hook that misses
and St Pierre counters with a straight right hand.
Bomba lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Bomba scores with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from St Pierre. Bomba does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bomba defending well as St Pierre loads up on a big left hand.
Bomba fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and St Pierre has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Bomba rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and St Pierre counters with a stiff right hand.
Bomba fakes high and swings low for a body shot but St Pierre manages to avoid it.
Bomba misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from St Pierre.
St Pierre looks to score with a jab to the body but Bomba is just out of range.
St Pierre throws a looping overhand right but Bomba ducks down to avoid it.
St Pierre throws a jab but it's blocked by Bomba.
Bomba ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bomba throws a right hand that St Pierre ducks under and follows up with a left that St Pierre also avoids with ease.
A nice combination there by Bomba.
St Pierre lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
St Pierre misses with a left hand
and Bomba counters with a nice body shot.
Tsar Bomba seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
St Pierre moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Bomba connects with a right hand. St Pierre shakes it off.
Tsar Bomba is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bomba lands with a nice body punch.
St Pierre on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Bomba misses the shot to the body.
Bomba swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bomba misses with a hook. St Pierre ducked under it nicely.
St Pierre scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bomba misses with a low kick.
St Pierre looks to land a left hand but Bomba moved out of range nicely.
Bomba lands a nice shot that snaps St Pierre's head back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bomba moves out of range of the strikes.
Bomba lands a leg kick that knocks St Pierre off balance momentarily.
Bomba looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bomba.
Bomba drops his hands momentarily and St Pierre takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Bomba connects with an inside leg kick.
Bomba lands a body shot.
Bomba misses with a body punch
and St Pierre counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
St Pierre takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Bomba lands a jab to the nose.
Bomba throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nice shot lands for Bomba.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bomba dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
St Pierre misses with a straight left.
Bomba is on the wrong end of a nice combination from St Pierre.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tsar Bomba dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Bomba throws out a powerful jab.
A punch combination from Bomba misses.
Bomba walks into a straight right hand from St Pierre.
St Pierre misses with a wild combination.
Good standup being displayed there by St Pierre as he connects with a hook.
Bomba throws out a powerful jab.
Bomba throws a leg kick but St Pierre moved away.
St Pierre might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
St Pierre moves into range and connects with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bomba throws a one two combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St Pierre scores with a punch to the head.
Bomba with a jab.
Bomba works the jab nicely.
Bomba misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bomba misses with a wild body shot.
Bomba swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bomba swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by St Pierre.
Bomba moves out of range as St Pierre strikes.
St Pierre staying out of range there.
Bomba throws a shot to the body.
St Pierre jabbing away but nothing is landing.
St Pierre misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bomba ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Bomba slips a straight right by St Pierre.
St Pierre looks to land a right hand but Bomba moved out of range.
Bomba drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Good shot there by St Pierre.
Bomba is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that St Pierre can do to turn this around?
Bomba connects with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bomba looks to land a left hand but St Pierre moved out of range nicely.
Bomba lands a really nice looking cross but St Pierre seems unphased.
Bomba swings and misses with a shot to the body
and St Pierre counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A punch lands to the side of St Pierre 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bomba connects with a good right hand that stumbles St Pierre. St Pierre circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bomba. St Pierre does a little dance to reset his feet.
St Pierre misses with an uppercut. Bomba saw that one coming.
A swing and a miss from St Pierre.
As St Pierre looks to move away, Bomba throws a big counter combo but St Pierre just gets out of the way.
Bomba throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
St Pierre thuds a left hand into Bomba's body.
Bomba just misses with a punch to the body.
Bomba with a nice cross.
St Pierre fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bomba scores with a one two! St Pierre had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Bomba clobbers St Pierre with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Bomba throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Bomba lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bomba throws a nice looking combination but St Pierre bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bomba throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bomba swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling St Pierre to counter with a crisp jab.
Tsar Bomba is winning the standup battle so far.
A big left from St Pierre misses.
Bomba throws a right hand that misses
and St Pierre connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
St Pierre takes a shot right to the bread basket.
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!
Bomba feints and then cracks St Pierre's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow St Pierre down.
Bomba moves away from the strike by St Pierre.
Bomba thows a leg kick but St Pierre checks it
and St Pierre cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bomba throws a predictable looking body shot

and St Pierre counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Bomba is looking to stand up but St Pierre isn't so interested in that idea.
St Pierre lands a couple of digs.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
St Pierre scoring with some ground and pound.
St Pierre scoring with some ground and pound.
Bomba keeping moving, preventing St Pierre from controlling successfully.
St Pierre with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Bomba is rocked!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
St Pierre keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Bomba's head.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
St Pierre throws a strike but Bomba rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

St Pierre 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Tsar Bomba will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Bomba scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bomba swings for the body but St Pierre moves out of range.
Bomba scores with a hook to the body. St Pierre takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
St Pierre lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bomba at a distance.
Bomba closes the distance and lands a one-two.
St Pierre swings widly with a right hand
and Bomba counters with a straight right hand.
That kick from Bomba tenderised St Pierre's leg. St Pierre is trying to keep his angry face on.
Bomba takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Bomba throws a sloppy body shot

and St Pierre counters with a shoot takedown. Bomba fights it but they end up in guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
St Pierre stands up over Bomba, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
St Pierre works over Bomba with some ground and pound from guard.

Bomba wriggles free and stands up.
St Pierre uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bomba has time to react.
Oh Bomba is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
St Pierre lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Bomba falls backwards - clearly groggy! St Pierre dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jesus St Pierre!
Jesus St Pierre decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.