PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pierre St George (ranked 7699 p4p, 600 weight class) and James Noir (ranked 2909 p4p, 370 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

St George
vs
Noir

178 cm
24
170 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

184 cm
23
173 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

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 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pierre St George!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Noir!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St George shoots in looking for a takedown. Noir tries to sprawl out of it but St George keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Noir manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Noir checks a low kick from St George.
Noir dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A combination from Noir does no damage.
Noir scores with a nice head shot.

Noir scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Noir working the head with strikes.
St George struggling a bit here.
St George prevents Noir from improving position.
St George takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Noir in side control lands a decent elbow.
St George tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Noir wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Noir cracks St George with an elbow. That is naaassty.
St George is not content to let Noir control the position.
St George is letting Noir control him for a moment.
Noir has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Noir lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear St George down.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
St George tries to bench press Noir off him but Noir keeps the position.
St George throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Noir working the ground and pound.
St George struggling a bit here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St George is looking for a sweep.
Noir working the ground and pound.
St George is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Noir controls the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
St George is looking for a sweep.
Noir tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Noir wants to control but St George is keeping him busy.
Noir is chipping away with strikes.
St George is looking to reverse the position.

Noir is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. St George knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
You can see the frustration on St George's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noir wants to control but St George is keeping him busy.
St George is trying to improve his position.

St George is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Noir's leg. Oh but that's left an opportunity for Noir! He's got an arm triangle... it looks tight! He's rotating and St George has tapped! This one is allllll over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). James Noir!
A very excited looking James Noir 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.