PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Timur Rubin (ranked 113 p4p, 13 weight class) and Pierre St. Georges (ranked 206 p4p, 21 weight class). St. Georges has chosen Jiu Jitsu as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rubin
vs
St. Georges

190 cm
35
256 lbs
39 - 17 - 1

193 cm
26
265 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 39 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Timur Rubin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pierre St. Georges!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rubin scores with a hook to the body. St. Georges takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
St. Georges takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rubin. St. Georges does a little dance to reset his feet.

St. Georges closes the distance and pushes Rubin back into the cage.

Rubin manages to break the clinch.

Rubin gets tackled into the cage by St. Georges. St. Georges maintains the clinch.
Rubin has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Rubin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rubin has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by St. Georges after a bit of a struggle.
St. Georges tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rubin's elbow.
St. Georges lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rubin lands a body punch.

Rubin manages to break the clinch.

Rubin bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rubin trying to control the action but St. Georges is working from the bottom.
St. Georges is looking to regain half guard here but Rubin keeps moving and retains side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rubin postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rubin tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Sloppy strikes there by Rubin.
Rubin lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Rubin is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt St. Georges will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
St. Georges struggling a bit here.
Rubin wants to lay and pray for a moment but St. Georges keeps working.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St. Georges is trying to improve his position.
Rubin wants to control for a moment but St. Georges uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rubin takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
St. Georges tries to roll over but Rubin keeps him under control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rubin lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
St. Georges is trying to get back to full guard.
Rubin throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
St. Georges wants to sweep but Rubin has passed to side control!
Rubin lands a decent elbow from side control.
Rubin connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused St. Georges some visible discomfort.
Rubin tries to score with some ground and pound. St. Georges controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rubin fails to land a wild elbow strike.
St. Georges tries to bench press Rubin off him but Rubin keeps the position.
Rubin landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Rubin tries to score with some ground and pound. St. Georges controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Rubin scoring with punches from side control.
Rubin tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
St. Georges tries to buck Rubin off but Rubin is having none of it.
Rubin working the ground and pound but St. Georges is defending the strikes.
St. Georges takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Rubin misses with the ground and pound.
St. Georges wants to control but Rubin postures up.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rubin is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt St. Georges will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Timur Rubin 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.

Rubin cracks St. Georges with a right hand to the side of the head.
St. Georges ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rubin moves away.
Good standup being displayed there by Rubin as he connects with a hook.
Rubin fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches St. Georges on the side of the head.
St. Georges is looking to clinch.
St. Georges uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rubin.
St. Georges unleashes a big counter combination but Rubin bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Rubin dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on St. Georges. That did some damage!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St. Georges misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rubin.
Rubin appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Rubin lands a nice shot that snaps St. Georges's head back.
Rubin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that St. Georges can do to turn this around?
Rubin misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rubin throws a hook to the side of St. Georges's head but St. Georges sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
St. Georges throws a right hand that misses

and Rubin counters with a nice double leg into side control. St. Georges won't be happy with that.
Rubin working away.
St. Georges is trying to get back to his feet.
St. Georges takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
St. Georges struggling a bit here.
St. Georges is looking for a sweep.
Rubin 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.
Rubin working away.
Rubin works to advance to full mount. St. Georges defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
St. Georges felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
St. Georges in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rubin connects with a bit shot that sees St. Georges covering up! More strikes from Rubin and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Rubin is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Timur Rubin!
A very excited looking Timur Rubin 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.