PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between George St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and The Leadpunch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

St Pierre
vs
Leadpunch

180 cm
26
180 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

185 cm
26
170 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 6 - 0 - 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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, The Leadpunch!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Jorge Garcia and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre misses with a takedown
and Leadpunch counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps St Pierre thinking.

Leadpunch darts in and clinches St Pierre up against the cage.
Leadpunch stalling in the clinch but St Pierre improves position.
Leadpunch stalling in the clinch but St Pierre improves position.
Leadpunch stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Leadpunch crunches a lovely knee into St Pierre's ribcage.
Stalling in the clinch from Leadpunch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Leadpunch - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Leadpunch lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
St Pierre is trying to drag Leadpunch to the mat but Leadpunch just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Leadpunch utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
St Pierre is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Leadpunch.
Leadpunch stalling.
Leadpunch lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Leadpunch lands a knee to the head.
Leadpunch taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
St Pierre takes an elbow to the temple.
St Pierre tries for a takedown but Leadpunch manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George St Pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Leadpunch lands a damaging elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leadpunch effectively controlling the action here.
Leadpunch unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Leadpunch connects with a knee to the head.
Leadpunch lands an elbow that stopped St Pierre in his tracks for a moment.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Leadpunch stalling against the cage.
Nice elbow from Leadpunch.
St Pierre takes a knee right on the jaw!
Leadpunch lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Leadpunch lands a damaging elbow.
Leadpunch leaning against his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leadpunch slows down the pace here.
Leadpunch lands a damaging elbow.
A knee to the head by Leadpunch.
Leadpunch stalling.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by The Leadpunch.

St Pierre scores with a takedown into Leadpunch's guard.
Leadpunch is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and St Pierre dives into side control.

We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The referee asks St Pierre politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. St Pierre prefers to stall for the moment though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Leadpunch parries the strikes from St Pierre easily there. St Pierre is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Leadpunch to escape.
St Pierre is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Leadpunch will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
St Pierre has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Leadpunch!
St Pierre looking to control and managing it successfully.
Leadpunch is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
We've been hearing that St Pierre has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
St Pierre scoring with strikes but Leadpunch is staying in there.

Leadpunch has left one of his arms exposed and St Pierre doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Leadpunch screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). George St Pierre!
In his post fight interview, George St Pierre started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.